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    This morning, I was going through the motions. I was having an off day and I did not feel much like doing anything and writing a post to put on my blog was the last thing on my mind. Human nature raised its ugly hand. It wasn’t a disaster or tragedy, it was a bad day. I was in a blue funk and...

    As a usual, I want to end the week on a positive post as I do have a lot to be grateful for. Tonight I, like umpteen millions, watched the Denver Bronco’s win the Super Bowl. I want to congratulate the stingy defense and the rest of the team for a well earned victory. Hopefully, Manning, the ...

    This particular subject costs Home-buyers, Real Estate Agents and Home Inspectors, a substantial amount of money annually when the buyer's expectations are not met after their HVAC system, which is a mechanical device that can fail at any moment, does in fact fail. So who is to blame? Often, ...

    Things change and so do people. One of the fastest changing areas is the Internet and IT. In the many years I have been associated with ActiveRain, the platform and software has gone through many iterations. There were some ideas, such as “Call the Shot” which came in with a lot of hoopla and...

    For over a half a century, duct tape has been keeping airplanes together, nuclear subs together, it makes race cars faster, has been used in space missions and was used on the moon. Needless to say, it is a universal standby for patching up millions of fix-it projects. I believe it can tempor...

    Duct tape! Is not all it is quacked up to be and it is used for almost any type of repair that the human mind can imagine. However, duck tape had an interesting beginning:    The duct tape that we know today was first created and manufactured some time in the early ’40’s by Johnson and Johnso...

“Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan” ~ Margaret Thatcher     Every motivational speaker and coach who is worth their salt, teaches the importance of having written goals and plans. Napoleon Hill in his book “Outwitting the Devil” stated that even a weak plan will work . ....

    Wow! Thursday already? This week has zipped by faster than a speeding tortoise. Seriously, it seems as if Monday was only a few moments ago. That is the funny thing about time. When we were young,  time seemed to dawdle. Now that we are older . . .    It also seems that when we are entreprene...

    It is not uncommon for home inspectors to get asked by a customer, “What all do you inspect?” There are some that will say everything. Really? According to most Home Inspection Association and the State Home Inspection Standards, there are items we shall do and then there are things that are ...

    According to Merriam-Webster, Character is defined by the way someone thinks, feels, and behaves. It is a set of qualities that make a place or thing different from others.    In our respective businesses, we all share one thing in common, we are all in sales. Like it or not, we are all sales...