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6 days a week

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Six Days a Week, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

May we truly be fully grateful for the lives of privilege and opportunity we are blessed to live. May we give back

we do these things because

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We do these things because…

We do these things because they are the right thing to do. And because we know no other way. I am obsessive

listen to the behavior

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Listen to the Behavior

I got some great advice a while back from a wise colleague. I was bewildered by a situation, a relationship, that just

the power of the ask

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The Power of the Ask

The tallest building in the Western Hemisphere is in Chicago, and since its construction in 1973 it was known as the Sears

there is a reason to do deal

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There Is a Reason To Do Every Deal…

There is a reason to do every deal. And there is a reason NOT to do every deal. I do real estate

there is a tide in the affairs of men

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“There is a tide in the affairs of men…”

“There is a tide in the affairs of men. Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage

four ways to spend $

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Four Ways to Spend Money

The late Milton Friedman, 1976 Nobel Prize winner for Economics, on the four ways you can spend money: 1) “You can spend

selling sizzling steak

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Selling Sizzling Steak: Performance Plus Promotion

Doing the job right is the “steak.” Looking good while you do it is the “sizzle.” There was a time in my

focusing effect

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Focusing Effect

Focusing effect simply means nothing in life is as important as we think it is while we are thinking about it. Focusing

walking between raindrops

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Walking Between Raindrops

No, you can’t walk between raindrops. That is my point. I use the phrase to illustrate those times when we try to

stress is not an event

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Stress Is Not an Event. It Is a Chosen Reaction to an Event.

You might have a bit of initial resistance to this thought. I know I did. “How can I not be stressed out?