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2018 

“The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.” —Kenneth Blanchard Many great individual performers are rightfully promoted to manager or team leader. But you need to understand that there is a difference between being a great performer and leading a team of great performers...
01/18/2018
Sierra Nevada Coffee Stout I was reading a good novel on a cold winter afternoon and went to the refrigerator to get something to drink. My selection was a bottle of the Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. Coffee Stout which is a fusion of dark roasted malts and rich cold-brewed coffee. This was a good cho...
01/17/2018
International Facebook Groups One of the benefits of Facebook is that you have a world-wide audience with interests in Facebook groups. I was invited to join and to post photographs in Bangladesh Wildlife & Nature Man (Photography), a Facebook group with over 565,600 members. Yes, some Facebook g...
01/17/2018
  I think the older we get, the more important it is to “Pay It Forward” while there continues to be “quality time” to satisfy this task! The most meaningful offering to others from me is relative to health. Yes, health is a factor of life that should be important to everyone, but unfortunately,...
01/17/2018
Craft Beer Selection: St. EADman Abby Ale from Flying Dog My craft beer selection for our happy hour at home was St. EADman Abby Ale from the Flying Dog Brewery in Frederick, Maryland. This is one of my favorites so far this year. Drink responsibly. 8.7% Alc. by Vol. If you live in the area or pl...
01/16/2018
Book Recommendation: One Night in Winter by Simon Sebag Montefiore One Night in Winter (2014) is the second novel in the Moscow Trilogy by novelist and historian Simon Sebag Montefiore. I enjoyed this book and recommend it for your reading list if you enjoy historical fiction. Click on the links ...
01/16/2018
During the processing of this loan, the comparables became known in our office as the "DDD", the "Dog Deposit Documentation".     Ingredients for SUCCESS - A Puppy, Documentation, and a Mortgage    Mortgage financing is a "people business" ...   Because of that, human emotions, reactions, and lif...
01/16/2018
Congratulations to Barbara Todaro Congratulations to ActiveRain blogger Barbara Todaro on passing the 4,000,000 points milestone. Every real estate professional interested in direct mail marketing should follow Barbara's blog as she shares her secrets for continued success for 39+ years. Click on...
01/15/2018
Book Recommendation: Power and Empire, a Tom Clancy Book Power and Empire (2017) is book #24 in the Jack Ryan series, a Tom Clancy novel by The New York Times bestselling American author Marc Cameron. Tom Clancy passed away in 2013 and other authors have continued his series. Dolores and I enjoye...
01/15/2018
It is important to know what your customers are thinking because a positive customer value proposition and a positive team value proposition are each leading indicators of future business success. Successful Realtors look at their service through the eyes of their team and through the eyes of the...
01/15/2018
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