Wow, I value this more than anything (except my loved ones). 

I was once described as fiercely independent.  That’s true.  As I look at my two sons I realize that this characteristic is clearly one that describes them as well.  Hmmmm, it’s also true of my wife. 

Today is Independence Day.  I love this country.  It is the home of my independence and for that I have to embrace its core values.  I have been lucky, very lucky.  I have been blessed with living in safe healthy places.  War has not claimed my loved ones.  Discrimination and prejudice have not been part of my experience.  For that I am grateful. 

I sincerely appreciate those who cannot celebrate the independence of this Nation with equal enthusiasm.  And I continue to be committed to support, protect, and encourage the values of personal freedom whenever and wherever I am able.

You may receive this after the 4th of July.  Regardless… make today and every day your Happy Independence Day and celebrate it with your own personal fireworks in your work and your life.

What makes you feel out of control of your business? 

What, if anything do you do about it?

I am writing a series of articles on this topic and I want to quote Real Estate Agents on it. 

Would you take a quick moment and write your answers to these questions.  No need to get fancy; if I use your response directly in an article, I will first send you exactly what I am saying and how it will be used for your permission. 

Most of the responses will be summarized and tabulated. 

As a thank you to all those that respond I will send a compilation of all the answers in addition to sending you the articles directly as they are published so you will be sure to see them and be the first to see them.

I promise you, that based on my small amount of research to date, you will find the results enlightening and valuable, likely extremely valuable. 

Please send your responses to Rebecca@RichLevin.com.  She will be compiling the information.

 

 

The Last in Rich's Free Marketing Teleseminars titled: The Critical Importance of Marketing in a Soft Market.- Ensuring Results from your Web Campaigns. Next Free Series in July will be: Taking Control of your Business in a Soft Market

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What is the opposite of success?  It would be apparent that the opposite of success is failure.  But it is not.
Nearly all successful people have failed miserably, often many times.  Success arose from the knowledge and experience derived from their failures. 
The opposite of success is giving up. 
Earl Nightengale, the famous motivator, said, “Success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal” 
This is a wonderful and perfectly accurate thought.

Part 2 of Rich's Series: The Critical Importance of Marketing in a Soft Market. This session was Immediate Results from Your Second Marketing Campaign.

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Earlier this year I had an article published on line entitled, “The Bottom Has Arrived!”  It described how the market is shifting from a difficult Buyer’s Market to a Seller’s market. 

I won’t rehash the article here, if you want to read it go to my website and on the right it’s posted as one of my ‘Latest Published Success Articles.’ 

Some people thought this was premature.  But I knew by talking to my Coaching Clients coast to coast that Buyers were showing up and although it isn’t a Seller’s market yet.  We are clearly in the transition.  And… the news today is beginning to report that the Real Estate market is showing signs of returning health; which for the news is really good to be only a couple of months or so behind the market.

Sorry to gloat but hey… when you’re right… J  

Visit www.RichLevin.com for more articles of interest. 

 

Your work should serve your life, not your life serve your work.  So, unless you are a workaholic and you really want to work through the spring, summer and fall without a vacation plan to step away from your work for at least seven days in row.

I don’t care how bad your business is or how broke or in debt you are.  The vacation will help you get your life back.  If you are struggling financially then plan an in town vacation; stay home and sleep in, read, walk and exercise, volunteer, visit relatives or friends.  There are lots of inexpensive options.

I don’t care how busy you are.  If you are that busy, congratulations you can afford to step away and have someone cover for you.  If you are busy but you are not making sales and your listings aren’t selling then you need the vacation to regenerate your creativity and your energy. 

This isn’t idle advice.  You need to step away to examine and re-examine your business and your life.  If stepping away makes you fearful of what you will see, think and feel, it might be best for you to stop avoiding and start addressing. 

Enough said, except, if you have not taken at least seven days in a row off already this year and you don’t have it planned yet, do it right now.  Open up your calendar and choose the week.  You and everyone you care about in your life is very likely to be very grateful you did.

For over twenty years I have gone out of my way to promote and present myself as a results coach.  My Clients have told me that I am also a great motivator.  I never emphasized that.  I wanted to be sure people saw measurable results out of my efforts.

During that time I developed a lot of methods for motivating people to break through barriers and achieve potential they only imagined was in them.  Now, for the first time in my coaching and speaking career I put together four talks, four workshops that present the methods and ideas, skills and habits that have worked for my clients.

We just submitted them to the National Association’s Executive conference.  I am really excited about embracing this facet of my work.  One is on Communicating Powerfully, another on Choosing Success.  The third is on the Talents of Leadership and the last on Self Esteem. 

Even after all this time, perhaps because I have been at this a long time it is just energizing to be discovering and pursuing new horizons.

Free Marketing Tele-seminar: The Critical Importance of Personal Marketing… in a Soft Market
Topic: Instant Sales from Your First Marketing Campaign recorded on 5/29/08

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I love the following quote.  It is from a TNT; NBA commercial.  On the commercial it is spoken by the very best basketball players active in the playoffs right now.  It makes me think of the fear that we all experience when we are going into an important presentation that we have worked hard to obtain, prepared, and then it’s time to go to work.

“There are so many emotions at the end of the season.
And nobody likes to talk about it.
But one of them is fear.
Fear that you’ve come this far,
And it could all end.
The dream could die.
But me,
I like the fear.
It means I’m close.
It means I’m ready.”