Coffee keeps us alive, culture makes or breaks a business and curved balls are guaranteed
Stories
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What You’ll Find Between the Coffee and the Curveballs
You’ll find stories about hiring the right people, protecting culture like your life depends on it, stepping out of comfort zones, avoiding the dreaded “rotten apple hire,” and the ongoing battle of resisting easy wins when the long game matters more. And yes, there will be dinosaurs, apples, and the…
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The Art of Recruiting the Right People
Recruiting is like dating — if you rush it, you’ll regret it. Filling a vacancy with the first available option usually ends in heartbreak. Be intentional.
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Is Real Estate Just a Numbers Game — or Is There a Different Way to Win?
The old playbook said success was about scale: hit targets, close deals, repeat. It rewarded busyness over brilliance and equated activity with achievement. Service was forgotten as the next deal was chased. But the truth? Chasing numbers alone is exhausting. You end up managing chaos, not growth. You lose the…
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Why Company Culture Beats Strategy Every Time
Culture eats strategy for breakfast. We’ve all heard it. But here’s the twist: both matter — as long as your values come first. Because when tough times hit, quick wins look tempting. But if you ditch your differentiators, you risk blending into everyone else.
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Why Businesses Must Embrace Change to Survive
The leadership lesson is simple: don’t be a dinosaur. Respect the past, but don’t live in it. Keep moving forward, even if it’s uncomfortable. Especially if it’s uncomfortable.
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Coffee, Clients & Chaos
Property management isn’t glamorous. It’s often thankless. But it’s also one of the most human sides of the property game. You’re dealing with people in their homes, landlords with their investments, and service providers trying to juggle five jobs at once. Things will go wrong. But how you show up…
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Overcoming Fear: My Leap into Real Estate at 50
With integrity, innovation, and excellence as my anchors, the impossible started becoming achievable. Slowly, a business began to grow — one built not just on numbers, but on people, purpose, and principle.
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Transform Your Real Estate Career: Step Out of Comfort
You don’t have to leap off the edge from average to awesome overnight. Don’t jump off the cliff. You just need to move — consistently, intentionally, one small step at a time as this will lead to success. Consistency is the key.
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The Hidden Costs of Staying in Your Comfort Zone
Leaders who cling to their comfort zones risk becoming fossils in their own businesses. It’s not that they lack skill or intelligence — it’s that they stopped moving. And if you stop moving, the world doesn’t wait for you to catch up. The asteroid doesn’t send a calendar invite. Suddenly,…
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From Invisible to Influential: The Power of Personal Branding
Your brand is the story people tell when you’re not in the room. It’s the way you handle conflict, the tone of your emails, the quality of your listings, the consistency of your word.
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