A Tale of Two Tailors: A lesson in sales
OK, well they’re not really tailors. More high end men’s clothing retailers but the alliteration in the title sounded better this way ;0). I really enjoy wearing a nice suit. As a businessman there is…
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Stay “New” Forever Renee Dadswell
Do you remember when you first started your job? Or perhaps your new career? If you are anything like me you were excited. You were fired up. You were passionate about what you were doing….
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Open for Learning
If you are not where you want to be in life, professionally, then you may have to accept the fact that we still have some things to learn. Many of us would agree with this…
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Your most powerful sales tool
[display_podcast]It’s funny how we find that some of our most powerful learning moments don’t come from hearing something new, but usually from looking at something we already know from a new angle. Last week we…
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The pro’s do it, why don’t you?
One of the things that we often forget is the fact that in business we still need to train. Stephen Covey called it “Sharpening the Saw”, Zig Ziglar was attributed the quote “If you want…
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CMP Mortgage Summit
Last week I spent most of the week in Toronto connecting with some of our broker and lender partners. I also had the opportunity to speak at the CMP Mortgage Summit. I had an absolutely…
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From the mouths of babes
I had a really interesting conversation with my 11 year old daughter and thought it worthy of a share. It was Monday evening and we were on our way to basketball. M asked if she…
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ISTAR: Nichole’s Journey
In my last post I gave you a brief summary of my experience at the ISTAR (Institute for Stuttering Treatment and Research) event. I alluded to one young woman’s speech that I found particularly powerful….
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ISTAR: Changing lives through communication
Last Friday I had the privilege of being invited to a luncheon for one of the charities that our company supports through our affiliation with REALTORS® Community Foundation. I have to admit I wasn’t quite sure…
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Emotion: The key to inspiring action
If you want to inspire action, you’ve got to evoke emotion. This is an important thing to consider when we look to inspire others to action. Whether it be our children, our spouse or our…
