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The Armonk Art Show will be back this year for October 1st and 2nd. I have lived in Armonk for 34 years and the Art Show has always been amazing. What is now truly amazing is the depth and breadth of art from all categories. Categories include fine art, mixed media, painting, photography/digit...
09/13/2022
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It happened to me again this week. I tried to convey a suggestion and it was taken as “an insult.” Like me none of us are immune to mis communicating. No matter how well we choose our words they will have no meaning until they are translated by our listener. Effective communication involves feeli...
09/12/2022
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This past weekend Phyllis and I attending a wedding in Washington DC. It was the one of the friends of my daughter who had grown up in Armonk. Daryn had gone to college in Washington DC and stayed there afterward. She was marrying Dmitry, an urban planner who was from Russia. Our daughter was...
09/06/2022
Nothing is more important to a relationship than mutual trust. People do business with people they live and trust. The same is true with team member. They give the power to the leader they like and trust.A goal of a salesperson is to complete a transaction. But a goal for a person who wants to be...
09/04/2022
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Ninety nine percent of this story is true. The pictures have been changed to protect the innocent. (or the fact that I can't find any photos from that trip.🤒)This is the second part of the contest hosted by Ray Henson and Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400 . This is a truthful fish story.Back...
08/30/2022
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Every day well deserving individual performers are promoted to supervisor. Are they prepared or have they been set up to fail? Relating this to real estate being a five star agent does not immediately translate into being a broker.Many have remembered the book The Peter Principle which postulate...
08/28/2022
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It has been a beautiful boating Summer. We had some great times on the Intracoastal in Florida. Now we are back in New York an boating on Long Island Sound out of Stamford Connecticut.We left last Saturday morning from Stamford with everyone except our younger daughter who was with baby Teddy. ...
08/23/2022
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Many are doing quite well as sole practitioners. However, there are agents who want to build teams or become brokers. This post is for you.In past times, managers gave detailed directions and expected them to be followed. Leadership today requires collaboration. Instead of saying what you want ...
08/21/2022
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Here are my answers to the questions in this month's challenge hosted by Ray Henson and Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400 1. We all go on vacation to get away from it all and have a great time, but I want to know, what vacation day was your worst? My worst was not as bad a others. I took ...
08/16/2022
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I am not going to talk about sales here but how to move or influence people. According to Dan Pink we are all in sales. I strongly recommend reading Dan Pink’s book, TO SELL IS HUMAN THE SURPRISING TRUTH ABOUT MOVING OTHERS. I have the audio version in my car.Yes, we are all in sales no matter wh...
08/14/2022