Market Center Online Newsletter for the Week Ending June 11

QUOTE: "You cannot change anything in your life with intention alone, which can become a watered-down, occasional hope that you'll get to tomorrow. Intention without action is useless." Caroline Myss Author of Entering The Castle http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/074325533X?ie=UTF8&tag=insighofthe02-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=074325533X

PERSPECTIVE: The next time you or someone you know gets angry about anything, take a minute to watch this video and see if your problem has been cut down to its proper size. The next time a sale falls through, someone does or does not do something you think they should or should not have done, it rains when the sun should shine or your three putt a green, watch this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc4HGQHgeFE

10 TIPS FOR SUCCESSFUL BLOGGING: If you are not blogging, you should be, if you have “thought about it”, stop thinking and do it. Here are 10 tips courtesy of the Lowe’s Newsletter to help you do it successfully: http://rismedia.com/lowes/8355/8455

EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT NEGOTIATING: Posted a slightly updated Nugget on www.SlidellCalendar.com in the Document section under the Everything I Know folder. Make your real estate life easier by not getting personally involved in the negotiating process; read the Nugget. Also posted on http://www.nuggetsforthenoggin.com/.

ACE OF SALES, Contact Management Online Software: Jeffrey Gitomer has created a contact management program called Ace of Sales that you can use to manage your database. If you are not using Top Producer or similar program, you may want to check this program out. Gitomer is famous for his sales techniques, his books and his seminars on sales. No contract required, month-to-month with free 30 day trial. $20.00 a month, $16.59 a month if you sign up for a 12-month agreement. Check it out for yourself at: https://www.aceofsales.com/  If you would like to see the program in action, contact David McLaughlin of our Market Center who is currently using it.

5 WAYS TO THINK LIKE A CHAMPTION, by Jon Gordon. As usual, right on! http://www.jongordon.com/newsletter-060710-thinklikeachampion.html

KELLER WILLIAMS COMMERCIAL FACEBOOK: You are strongly encouraged to join the Keller Williams Commercial Facebook page where you can link with other KW agents desiring to share commercial concerns, ideas, techniques, and opportunities. Go to www.Facebook.com and search for Keller Williams Commercial and join in.

HOW TO SELL BEST? ASK SOMEONE WHO BUYS. A fabulous article by Jeffrey Gitomer that involves interviewing someone who buys for a living and asks why she buyers from some and not others. This should be an eye-opener for everyone. http://www.gitomer.com/articles/ViewPublicArticle.html?key=ajcdMibak3OEUgb4uuQK2A%3D%3D

39 TECH THINGS TO TEST AND TRY: Very interesting article from Inman News, link: http://www.inman.com/buyers-sellers/columnists/gahlorddewald/39-tech-things-test-and-try

PERSONAL SAFETY, OUTSIDE-THEBOX SOLUTION: Subject: Wasp Spray

I know some of you own GUNS but this is something to think about...---

If you don't have a gun, here's a more humane way to wreck someone's evil plans for you. Did you know this? I didn't. I never really thought of it before. I guess I can get rid of the baseball bat.

Wasp Spray - A friend who is a receptionist in a church in a high risk area was concerned about someone coming into the office on Monday to rob them when they were counting the collection. She asked the local police department about using pepper spray and they recommended to her that she get a can of wasp spray instead.

The wasp spray, they told her, can shoot up to twenty feet away and is a lot more accurate, while with the pepper spray, they have to get too close to you and could overpower you. The wasp spray temporarily blinds an attacker until they get to the hospital for an antidote. She keeps a can on her desk in the office and it doesn't attract attention from people like a can of pepper spray would. She also keeps one nearby at home for home protection. Thought this was interesting and might be of u se.

On the heels of a break in and beating that left an elderly woman in Toledo dead, self defense experts have a tip that could save your life.

Val Glinka teaches self-defense to students at Sylvania Southview High School .. For decades, he's suggested putting a can of wasp and hornet spray near your door or bed..

Glinka says, "This is better than anything I can teach them."

Glinka considers it inexpensive, easy to find, and more effective than mace or pepper spray. The cans typically shoot 20 to 30 feet; so if someone tries to break into your home, Glinka says "spray the culprit in the eyes". It's a tip he's given to students for decades.

It's also one he wants everyone to hear. If you're looking for protection, Glinka says look to the sp ray. "That's going to give you a chance to call the police; maybe get out." Maybe even save a life.

Please share this with all the people who are precious to your life

Did you also know that wasp spray will kill a snake? And a mouse! It will! Good to know, huh? It will also kill a wasp.!!!!