Wednesday, July 29, 2009

ONLINE NEWSLETTER FOR JULY 31, 2009

QUOTE: “You can always change the direction you are going…but not if you are standing still.” Jeffrey Gitomer

JOHN MAXWELL’S DEVELOPING THE LEADER WITHIN YOU:
Diversity: Respecting a variety of cultures/lifestyles

IF I WERE A NEWBIE…WHAT NOBODY TOLD ME WHEN I STARTED;
http://www.brokeragentsocial.com/article.php?article_id=420

HOUSE BILL 3044, SETTING AN 18 MONTH DELAY ON THE APPRAISER POOL BILL: This is a very interesting article and debate with the comments from fellow REALTORS that have chimed in. http://activerain.com/blogsview/1164522/why-the-nar-call-to-action-for-hr-3044-is-a-joke

WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT THE ECONOMY? Timely article by Jeffrey Gitomer about what YOU need to consider doing in your business; right on track with The Shift!
http://www.gitomer.com/articles/ViewPublicArticle.html?key=ajcdMibak3OAk0MPjxKUsg%3D%3D

HOW TO SELL A PENCIL – OR YOUR PRODUCT OR SERVICE. A very short article but it WILL get your attention. http://www.brokeragentsocial.com/article.php?article_id=416

93 PLUS POTENTIAL LAND DISCLOSURE ISSUES. As you know we HAVE a Seller’s Disclosure for the sale of land. I think you will find this article very informative and may help you stay out of trouble when you sell land, especially large tracts.
http://www.brokeragentsocial.com/article.php?article_id=422

ENTERTAINMENT VIDEO: This is a YouTube video of a choir group using their hands, feet and voices to create a thunderstorm and performing the Toto group song Rains of Africa, make sure your volume is turned up especially at the beginning or you may think the sound is not working (like I did). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05ip-N0H1Ig

BECAUSE YOU ASKED FOR SATURDAY CE CLASSES:
NOMAR has scheduled two classes for Saturday, September 19th. Click on following link or copy and paste into your address bar. http://www.nomar.org/coned/2009/September%20Schedule.pdf

BACK-UP OFFER: This is a reminder that when you write a Back-Up Offer, there is a form available for that purpose. A copy can be found in the Sales Binder in the Resource Room as well as on www.SlidellCalendar.com under the Document/Sales Documents section. The form was just updated to change the word “contract” to “Agreement to Purchase” to bring it in line with the actual terms.

BARNES & NOBEL FREE E-BOOK READER: You can go to www.BarnesNobel.com and download a free E-book reader for your computer and i-phone. Once loaded, you can purchase over 700,000 E-books for $9.99 (on average) each and read books on your computer and/or phone.

TIME TO LAUGH VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEh3Z56v8UQ

VARIABLE SPEED & PITCH CD PLAYER: This is a link to a CD player that you can change the speed & pitch of the CD. Why would you want to do this? Most of the voices on training CDs talk slowly and at times become boring and difficult to focus on. You can speed up the CD meaning you can listen in less time but more importantly, because the speaker is speaking much faster, it causes you to focus more on what is being said rather than having your mind wander off. I have not tried the CD player but I do have a variable speed & pitch cassette player is it is pretty awesome the results you can obtain. By changing the pitch at the same time as changing the speed, the voice does not sound like Mickey Mouse.
http://www.supremeaudio.com/cgi-bin/lib/shop-wrapper.pl?page=cd&shop=supreme2&cart=#615

GRATITUDE – MEANING by Wes Hopper

"Ever more people today have the means
to live, but no meaning to live for."
Viktor Frankl
Why do you do what you do? Why do you want what you want?

I've come to believe that most people go all the way through life without ever asking or answering those questions.

And that's why most people, as Thoreau said, live lives of quiet desperation. Without meaning, life is pointless.

If you have a goal, ask yourself why you want it. Are you trying to make pain go away, or are you trying to create something meaningful to you?

What will people say about you at your funeral? What would you like them to say?

Earl Nightingale once said, "Most people tiptoe through life, hoping to make it safely to death." Try a different path, please.

If you could make a difference in the world, however small, what would you like it to be?

Sit and think on these questions until you start to get some answers. Don't listen to your mind if it says, "Who are you to think you could make a difference in the world?"

There are no extraordinary people. There are only ordinary people who choose to do extraordinary things. See, you qualify!

So choose, and expect miracles!

Blessings,
Wes Hopper

PS - The Gratitude audio book is now available as an MP3 download, with a new bonus!
http://www.DailyGratitude.com/audiobook.html

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