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Will Smith’s Work Ethic – How to Succeed in Life

11. May 2010

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I’ve watched this video many times and think about it almost on a daily basis. I hope you take some time to watch and think about what Will Smith shares. It’s profound.

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How to Shoot Fish in a Barrel

20. March 2010

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(Photo by hapal) How hard would it be to catch one of these fish? Probably not too hard! What would you say if I told you that you could sell homes as easily as you could catch these fish? Would you believe me? Wikipedia defines “shooting fish in a barrel” as:  an idiom, describing an effortless or simple action, [...]

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10 Lessons I’ve Learned in Life

5. March 2010

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Throughout my journey in life, I’ve learned many lessons and I’ve always tried to keep notes of the lessons I was learning. I thought I would share some of these lessons with you in a short blog post. You may disagree with my lessons, but I’m calling things as I’ve experienced them. Here goes… 1. People [...]

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Are we killing our kids?

12. February 2010

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This week I’ve been watching TED2010 from home. Last year, I had a blast in California at TED2009. Because of my travel schedule, I wasn’t able to attend live. If you’re not familiar with TED, I encourage to you to go to Ted.com and watch some of the presentations. They’re incredible and available for FREE! So [...]

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Deja Vu.

25. June 2009

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Post Written by Dan Kennedy One of the silliest of all ‘reasons’ people have for un-plugging themselves from different sources of information and ideas is that what they’re reading or hearing is repetitive. And one of the greatest lies of all time, taught as success gospel, is that “knowledge is power.”   It most certainly is not.  Some [...]

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Life Defining Moments

11. May 2009

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Post by Rob MintonFollow Me on Twitter When I first got my real estate license, I went to work for a very small real estate brokerage. Our office consisted of my broker, who was an awesome salesman, an administrative assistant and some mysterious agent who I never saw. I heard about him, but he never [...]

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The 3 Main Reasons Why People Fail in Real Estate

6. April 2009

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I’m writing this post on day where I’m very frustrated with people. In fact, people baffle me. I honestly don’t understand why people do what they do. I guess I never will understand, but I always wonder. Take the 80/20 rule for example. You’ve heard it before, right? 20% of the real estate agents capture 80% of [...]

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How to Get Help From an Experienced Mentor

10. March 2009

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Post Written by Rob MintonFollow me on Twitter Last week I was working away at my home office when a fax came through from my assistant. All incoming faxes go to the office first and she sorts out the faxes that need to get to me directly. Here is the fax I received that passed the [...]

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Great Tools, Gadgets and Resources for Real Estate Agents

18. February 2009

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Post written by Rob MintonFollow Me on Twitter In this post, I thought I would share a few of my favorite tools, gadgets or resources with you. I have written about a few of these previously, but you'll be able to find some new ones in this post! I use each tool, gadget or resource listed [...]

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Ideas Worth Spreading

10. February 2009

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Post by Rob MintonFollow me on Twitter If you follow me on Twitter, you probably already heard that I attended the Ted 2009 conference last week in California. I can honestly say that it was the best conference I've ever been to and I've been to a lot of conferences. This conference was different because it [...]

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