Online Newsletter for Christmas Week

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE AND TO EVERYONE THANK YOU FOR THE WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS SURPRISES; I GUARANTEE YOU THEY WILL BE PUT TO GOOD USE! GYMBEAUX

QUOTE: "When you develop your ability to balance your emotions, unexpected problems won't knock you off balance as easily, and you'll return more quickly to a positive outlook." Peggy McColl, New York Times Best Selling Author & Creator of the www.relaxyourwaytowealth.com.

CONGRATULATIONS TO AMY, VIRGINIA AND THE MARKET CENTER. If ever there was a win-win-win situation this may be it. Virginia has decided to semi-retire, where have I heard that before? Amy will be moving into the Interim Market Center Administrator position and Virginia will stay on in more of a limited hour capacity. Everyone wins! Amy, Virginia and the Market Center.

I will be in Williamsburg, VA the first week in January 2010. Plan accordingly.

APRIL 23, FIRST ANNUAL KELLER WILLIAMS GOLF TOURNAMENT TO PROVIDE COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS TO LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL GRADS: Our goal is to provide FIVE $1,000 scholarships to the five Slidell area high schools. To accomplish this, you help is desperately needed. By separate email correspondence a tournament flyer was sent to everyone in the Market Center. Please provide a copy to your favorite local Slidell area business to seek their support as a sponsor. You can also help by spreading the word to your favorite golfers and encourage them to plan ahead to participate in this most worthy effort.

LICENSE RENEWALS: Time is running out to renew your licenses without incurring a late fee. According to the Louisiana Real Estate Commission web site, only 25 of 96 have renewed their licenses to date. The site may be behind due to the Christmas season so check to make sure you have been credited with renewing if you have. If you have not renewed, time to get busy! http://www.lrec.state.la.us/

IMPORTANT OR NON-IMPORTANT; YOU DECIDE. This weekend I discovered a magnificent free Ebook entitled The Jackrabbit Factor, by Leslie Householder. Her story is pretty amazing. She and her new husband spent over ten years attending one seminar of self-help after another and read book after book all to no avail until one day the light bulb went on. The Jackrabbit Factor is what she discovered and is making it available free of charge (that speaks volumes about her motive). In addition to the Ebook, you can also watch an 82 minute video of one of her seminars (also pretty amazing) and receive a 19 Rules of Prosperity Guide also free. She does have an eCourse you can purchase if interested. I would highly recommend everyone read the free eBook and in accordance with her wishes, you must go to her site to obtain it. http://www.thoughtsalive.com/. The link to the book is in the upper right corner of the web site. It is only 84 pages long. Written as an inspirational novel that tells a story in addition to giving you a guide to success; it is compelling and easy to read. A great additional to your own self-development personal library. AND IT IS FREE! Please take the time to watch the video. It is in 9 to 10 minute segments and you can stop and start to meet your schedule.

BOLD: Sign up for the first BOLD class. The signup sheet is in the Resource Room with all the details. IT IS FREE! Don’t say NO to something until you know what you are saying NO to. Attend this free class and then YOU decide if it will help you achieve your desired goals. I only wish I could attend but as stated above I will be in Williamsburg, VA.

KELLER WILLIAMS AGENT NEWSLETTERS: I hope everyone received the special email sent to notify you that Keller Williams International now has an agent monthly newsletter that you can copy and paste into your email program to send a monthly real estate specific newsletter that you can customize to your email database. This is a great tool that I hope everyone uses. It provides you with 12 annual touches provided you are collecting email addresses for your database. You can access your monthly newsletter by going to: http://answers.kw.com/knowledgemanager/questions.php?questionid=1734 and logging in with your user name and password to the KW Intranet site. The instructions are on the site.

GET OUT OF DEBT, NUGGET FOR THE NOGGIN REVISITED. There were a couple of really nice compliments regarding the Nugget posted last week, “Income Insurance; Or not.” so I recalled another Nugget written by Michael Dunn several years ago about becoming debt free in 3 to 5 years that I thought others may find useful as well. Debt Free in 3 to 5 Years is uploaded to www.SlidellCalendar.com in the Document Section in the Motivation folder.

COACHING TO OVERCOME THE INVISIBLE BARRIERS TO LIFE, by Lew Smallwood. The following is Smallwood’s link but by the time this is published me may have already updated the blog with another article. Make certain you search the site for previous articles if this is not the featured article when you visit. This is an important article. In most cases most people cannot hit their goals because (1) they don’t know how, (2) they do not have the focus to work on them, (3) they do not have the support of their families, but more importantly, (4) they lack that one person who shares their desire to achieve goals and is focused on helping you to do so. Great article: http://dynagroup-online.blogspot.com/

10-12 CORRIDOR NEWSLETTER: Country Club Estates in Slidell getting a concrete wall sound barrier along I-12 . Check out the newsletter at: http://www.1012corridor.com/archives/1012-corridor-weekly/latest/

HOUSE LOGIC NAR WEB SITE: NAR has created a web site for homeowners where they can obtain valuable information about homeownership. It also enables the homeowner to sign up for notifications when Congress is considering a bill or issue that affects property ownership. You can link this site on your personal web sites (recommended) AND you can download articles and send them to your customer base. You are encouraged to let everyone in your database know about this site, encourage them to sign up. You can use the REALTOR.ORG created articles as a mail out to your database. You will need your NRDS number to log on as a REALTOR at www.HomeLogic.com/members. The site is now open but will have a roll out in February 2010. This is your chance to “jump the gun” and notify your database now. The public (and you) can access and check out the site at www.HomeLogic.com. You can also watch a very short video at www.Realtor.org/HouseLogic to see more on the subject.

10 WAYS WE GET THE ODDS WRONG: Fascinating article that will make you think a bit: http://www.psychologytoday.com/print/24035?page=3

APPRECIATION: The Ebook “Appreciation” was uploaded to www.SlidellCalendar.com in the Documents Section under Ebooks. It is a compilation of very short descriptions of what people from around the world have done to increase their awareness of being appreciative of life. Great read.

REALTOR CRIMES: Are you guilty? Honestly? http://www.brokeragentsocial.com/article/613/realtor-crimes

5 WAYS TO BE A MEMORY MAKER, by Jon Gordon. http://www.jongordon.com/newsletter-122109-memorymaker.html. This is a great article not only for the Christmas season but for all times. When you read this article, think not only of Christmas memories but just memories in general and what causes you to think of someone. For example, one of my agents and friends went to Disneyland and when he returned brought me a Winnie-the-Pooh coffee mug. That was over 20 years ago, I still have the mug and I think of him every time I see it. An agent and friend in my current office went to Alaska and she too brought home a coffee mug for me and every time I see it I think of her. My wife and I received many wedding gifts over 42 years ago but I can remember only one. It was a dinner for two in downtown London, England. The gift was waiting for us when we arrived in London being stationed there immediately, like the next day, after our wedding. Point is that neither mug or unique wedding gift had advertisements all over them yet they are very memorable for the gift not any type of advertisements. How do you create both business and personal memories? Send them to me; I would like to know to help others. JimBrown@gymbeaux.com. Thank you Jerry, Christine and Bob.

GRATITUDE. This is a link to an article written by Bob Burg on the importance of being grateful every day forever! Before you can receive the abundance in the world you must first be grateful for what you already have. http://www.burg.com/sp2-gratitude/

HERE COMES SANTA CLAUS; HERE COMES SANTA CLAUS! By Jeffrey Gitomer. Link to his latest article, his take on being Santa Claus. http://www.gitomer.com/articles/ViewPublicArticle.html?key=ajcdMibak3PsMB3InoxLpA%3D%3D