Online Newsletter for February 14

QUOTE: "When you speak of someone or about someone, you should speak as though they were in the room with you. The ears that you speak to today are attached to the mouth that could relay the message tomorrow." William 'Biddy' Allen, 1903-2001, Bus Driver - Loving father of 7 children


BONUS QUOTE: "Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not; it is the first lesson that ought to be learned; and however early a man's training begins, it is probably the last lesson that he learns thoroughly." Thomas H. Huxley, 1825-1895, Biologist

THE INCREDIBLE POWER OF OUR MARVILOUS MIND, by Lew Smallwood. True and remarkable story. The following link is to Smallwood’s blog and the article may have been replaced by the time you link to it but look through his site it will still be there. And while you are there, there are many, many great articles to review. http://dynagroup-online.blogspot.com/

NEW MARKETING MODELS FOR FINDING BUYER-CLIENTS  By Richard Silver, Salesperson, Bosley Real Estate Ltd. Brokerage, Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Today's Buyer's Rep http://rebac.net/pdfs/tbr/Jan%202010.pdf

THERE ARE UPDATED GESRIN MLS INPUT SHEETS, PLEASE MAKE CERTAIN THAT YOU DESTROY ANY PREVIOUS COPIES YOU MAY HAVE. YOU CAN ACCESS THE FORMS IN THE RESOURCE ROOM MLS BINDER. THEY WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE IF NOT ALREADY ON http://www.slidellcalendar.com/.  THEY BECOME EFFECTIVE ON FEBRUARY 24, 2010

BUILD A WINNING TEAM, by Jon Gordon. Very appropriate article in light of the Saints first Superbowl victory. http://www.jongordon.com/newsletter-020810-winningteam.html

WHERE ARE THE NEW CUSTOMERS? THEY ARE IN THE NEW WORLD – ARE YOU? Article by Jeffrey Gitomer that ought to get you thinking. http://www.gitomer.com/articles/ViewPublicArticle.html?key=ajcdMibak3OjqvC1Mkz%2B8w%3D%3D

THE PERFECT NETWORKER. You have been invited by Jim Brown to join Perfect Networker, a dynamic business referral community and mastermind organization that uses a social networking platform as a communication tool for its members to create opportunities online and offline. To learn more about what sets PerfectNetworker apart from other social networking, follow the link below: http://www.perfectnetworker.com/network/signup.php

COMMENT:

On Becoming The Best

Being the best you can be has become a catch phrase that unless you truly think about it, is nothing more than a phrase that will not help you get to where you want to be in your life or your career. Yes, it is a start. As Wallace Wattles said in 1910, you must “think in a certain way” and that certain way is to become a student of whatever you want to become successful doing. If you want to play better golf. Study golf. If you want to take better photographs, study photography. If you want to become a more successful real estate salesperson, study real estate and sales. Whatever the subject, make it your life study to become better at what you do. There are basics involved in every activity. Oftentimes people do the minimum to get started and then stay at the minimum and expect great results. Here is a thought to ponder. What could you become if dedicated 182 hours of study on your life's objectives. Let’s take sales. What kind of sales person could you become if you somehow could spend 182 hours over the next year making sales a study? Like most goals if you look at the end as a major task, few if any will ever get started. But if you look at the end as a process taken one step at a time, you discover a pathway to success in achieving your desired result. How can you set aside 182 hours over the next 12 months? Just 30 minutes a day; just 30 minutes a day. Now think about that. How can you dedicate just 30 minutes a day to a project WITHOUT FAIL? You can wake up 30 minutes earlier, go to bed thirty minutes later, watch 30 minutes less television or just stay focused for 30 minutes. In today’s society the last may be the most difficult. Someone asked Jack Nicklaus one of the greatest golfers of all time how he can stay focused over the course of a 4 to 5 hour round of golf. Nicklaus said he does not have to stay focused for 4 to 5 hours, he only needs to stay focused for the less than 60 seconds it takes to set up and take just one shot at a time; then relax in between shots. In most business pursuits no one is going to hold your hand, step by step to success. Once you become initially qualified to engage in business, it then becomes entirely up to you to create your own educational plan and to make your business a personal study. You would have to be extremely lucky to reach the pinnacle of your business success through luck. Have you ever noticed how some folks just seem more lucky than others? If you look closely, you will most likely see someone who has made their passion a life’s study. At the end of each day, can you honestly say you have spent just 30 minutes over the past 24 hours dedicated and focused to becoming better at what you do? If not, what are you becoming better at? You become that which you think about most.