A number of years ago I was teaching a marriage enrichment weekend. During a break in one of the sessions an older woman came up to me and said the secret to her successful marriage started on day one. She told her husband she had ten things she would never get mad at him over. She never told
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06/30/2011
You've got to love Robert DeNiro in Taxi Driver. If you haven't seen it you might want to check it out. It's an old (really old) movie about a cabby who becomes a vigilante. In that movie, DeNiro utters that now famous line, "Are you talking to me?" "ARE YOU TALKING TO ME???" He stands in fr
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06/30/2011
I have a friend who is probably one of the most successful Realtors I have ever known. He has built an amazing business with lots of support and many great techniques that have helped him. There is this thing he does that I believe is probably one of the greatest tools in his business toolbox.
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06/30/2011
When my sons were little, around 5 and 7, I did a little daily session with them I called SIT. SIT stood for Sons In Training. During our SIT times I taught the boys about manners, greeting people and how to communicate with and relate to adults. My philosophy was that even though some things
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06/29/2011
If you're traveling through the beautiful Shenandoah Valley of Virginia this weekend there are lots of things to do. Every Independence Day weekendBryce Resort has a festival with events all day culminating with a spectacular fireworks display. BryceFest 2011 begins July 2nd at 10:00 am and e
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06/29/2011
One of the more enjoyable things I get to do is teach a 5:30 am Spinning® class M,W,F at the Valley Health Wellness & Fitness Center, a local medically based wellness center. I've been teaching indoor cycling classes for nearly 14 years. It's the only indoor aerobics exercise that I've ever fou
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06/28/2011
I am so glad my sons were older when the "here's your trophy for showing up" phase of childhood sports began. I grew up at time when the team who won the game received the trophy, and the kids who didn't left the field mad, dejected and determined to get that blasted trophy next season. Losing
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06/27/2011
We've all had that client who truly believes he can defy the market and list his home for 20-40% over a solid CMA value. I get one (or more) every year who thinks there is something so extraordinary about his home that savvy buyers will simply ignore the obvious and pay too much. When negotiatin
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06/26/2011
I love technology, but I have to admit I like sleep, food, quiet, puppies, molasses cookies and a whole of other things. So, technology is one of those necessary items in my life that makes life better, I think. I know molasses cookies make life better. I have a very dear friend who always se
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06/26/2011
I was in my accountant's office a while back and I noticed cartoon on his bulletin board that showed an accountant on the phone. A friend had called and said, "You don't mind if I ask a few questions do you? It will only take a minute." In the second frame the accountant responded with, "No, n
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06/24/2011
