Barry Owen's Blog
Tips and commentary For Home Buyers & Sellers and REALTORS with primary focus on LIVE - Work - Play - Life Rhythm - Life Performance Oriented thinking for regular folks
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2019
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We all play by other people’s rules, but only because we have to in order to conduct the business we are conducting. All professionals and organizations have processes for everything they do. The more “dialed in” these processes are, the smoother doing business with them becomes . . . or not! Who...
03/29/2019
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The Right People Always Show up!. . . but what if the wrong people show up? The title says: “The Right People ALWAYS Show Up!“ There’s a strong implication, then, that it’s not possible for the WRONG people to show up? WHOA! Let’s pause, regroup, and consider the mental chaos that might be happen...
03/28/2019
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Pathological liars are those people who both knowingly and intentionally or willfully make false statements. Normal lies are defensive and are told to avoid the consequences of truth telling. … It is when an individual consistently lies for no personal gain. hypocrites are those people who pret...
03/27/2019
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“Geeesh! Some people just seem to have ALL the luck . . . . . . While the rest of us can’t seem to win for losing.” “If it weren’t for bad luck, I’d have no luck at all.” Well, I hate to be the party pooper breaking up the whine-fest, but we ALL must take responsible for our role in the amount of...
03/26/2019
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“Perpetual motion is motion of bodies that continues indefinitely. A perpetual motion machine is a hypothetical machine that can do work indefinitely without an energy source. This kind of machine is impossible, as it would violate the first or second law of thermodynamics. (wiki)” I beg to diffe...
03/25/2019
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Getting by with a little help from your friends is shameless! If you hail from the old school thinking that ABMS (all by myself) is the ONLY way, I invite you now to considering a little “re-programming” in that noggin of yours. The DIY (Do it yourself) thing was, for years, a cool and shiny and ...
03/22/2019
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Shake things up! Make a ruckus! Break the mold! Upset the apple cart! Dare to . . . ! Question everything! Quit being so damned responsible and predictable! How scary would this be? What’s the worst that could happen? What’s the BEST that could happen? What would other people think? What matters ...
03/21/2019
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Seth Godin and I are on the same wave-length today. People who always prefer validation that their ideas and opinions are flawless have chosen to live in an echo chamber. They thrive on hearing their messages emanating from their vocal chords to proselytizing their wisdom to their indentured fol...
03/20/2019
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To what degree does your company personify you? For some folks, this might be a company that you conceived, attracted and built with your own blood, sweat, and many tears through the years. Presumptively, most of the rest of us consciously made a choice to join the company where and with whom the...
03/19/2019
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Because we consider ourselves to be “in Service to others”, sometimes we forget to tend to our own needs. We let our busyness take control of our lives . . . and we say that we are “too busy” to attend to Spiritual, Emotional, Physical, Social, and Mental well being. Don’t do this! Schedule your ...
03/18/2019
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Stream of consciousness commentary on the real estate industry from the perspective of a Principal Real Estate Broker and Founder of Pareto REalty, LLC in Middlle Tennessee - Also a Career Development Coach with vast Organizational Development/Transformation training and experience - in the industry since 1993