When I drive to the office in the morning, I can take the shortest route, going through downtown St Petersburg, turning down the alley and into my parking lot ... or I can take 3 more minutes and go by the waterfront, to see progress on the new Salvador Dali Museum, and pass the Albert Whitted Ai
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12/31/2008
This is a comment that I get frequently. Truth is, it's not at all about "let's send each other business". That's like a lender or title company meeting me for the first time and saying, "oh, send me some business and see how wonderful I am". Sorry, No. Referrals are wonderful - whether other ag
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12/28/2008
This morning I went in to my new office on Beach Drive in downtown St Petersburg Florida, ready to assemble furniture, answer phones, and whatever else would be appropriate between Christmas and New Year's. It was interesting to watch the modes of transportation that passed our window: First were
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12/27/2008
How often have you had a conversation with a client when you tell them the benefits of using a Realtor when buying a new model home or a condo development? when you tell them why they should call you when they know someone moving from Minneapolis to San Diego even though you're in St Petersburg?
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12/27/2008
It's currently a balmy 73 degrees in downtown St Petersburg, Florida, with clear blue skies. It's perfect weather to have the doors open and feel the pleasant breeze. I'm sitting here at my laptop in the reception area of our new office, watching people walk by in shorts. The dog walkers were by
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12/26/2008
Whether you celebrate Christmas or another holiday or none at all - I send you the best of Christmas wishes. Last night we shared Christmas Eve with good friends, as we do every year - friends gathered from the US, Norway, Scotland and Germany. It's all about good friends, good food, good convers
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12/24/2008
I'm in the process of reading Malcolm Gladwell's newest book, Outliers. It makes some interesting points - why do certain people excel? Perhaps because of when they're born. Not in terms of horoscopes, but in terms of when they're born in relation to deadlines. It affect sports stars as well as c
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12/23/2008
Have you noticed in the comments section that posts by the original author have a blue background while all the commenters have a white background? That's a great timesaver when you want to read just additional comments from the original poster. It also saves time when you go back to your own pos
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12/23/2008
The team gathered at 7 am to load our cars and SUVs with the things that weren't properly packed for the movers. Fortunately we're only moving 2 blocks away, on Beach Drive NE in downtown St Petersburg. The movers arrived at 8 am, and we were amazed at how quickly they loaded things. We all looke
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12/22/2008
Earlier I showed you that it's ready (the new office and company) but as you can see, we're not quite ready. We thought we were, and Tami and I went in to the old office today for half an hour or so to finish things up - well, 28 boxes and several hours later, we still wern't all ready. Notice th
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12/21/2008
