Some managers expect their most creative, productive workers to have messy desks, while others are convinced that a messy desk means a messy mind. What do you think? Do you need a clear desk in order to work efficiently? Or is a search team going to have to come rescue you from all the papers and files and samples and who-knows-what piled up in your office? Continue reading →

Every day, we have to make numerous decisions. Some are small and unlikely to have any major effect on our future. Others, however, can have major consequences in our lives. For most of us, the process of decision making is both exciting and stressful. We know, of course, that we have to make decisions in order to get what we want in life. But what if we make the wrong one and then have to suffer the consequences? Continue reading →

We all have times when we’re up and times when we’re not. But one skill of successful people is their ability to control their moods and to quickly switch off a negative state of mind. When you are in a bad mood, you tend to look at the world from a pessimistic perspective. You then lose your drive to move ahead and be productive. Continue reading →

How much would you give to get the answer to this question? You know, of course, that there are no fortunetellers — not here, not anywhere. No one can predict the timing of the market. As the saying goes, “Economists have predicted nine out of the last five down markets.” The best answer possible is that the real estate market moves in cycles, and we are now in the downhill phase of the cycle. In a little while, the market will undoubtedly start moving back up. Continue reading →

Stress is an unavoidable part of our lives, but lots of  people get very stressed about their stress. This just makes everything worse. The fact is you can’t avoid some stress but you can learn how to manage it better.

There are two key elements to managing stress successfully. Continue reading →

One day a farmer’s donkey fell down a well. The animal brayed piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally he decided the animal was old and the well needed to be covered up anyway; it just wasn’t worth it to retrieve the donkey. So he and his neighbors grabbed shovels and began to shovel dirt into the well. The donkey realized what was happening and at first cried horribly. Then the animal quieted down. Continue reading →

The first thing most people do when they decide to get organized is take a big yellow note pad and a new pen, and they start to write a list of all the things they have to do. Then they prioritize the tasks in order of importance by putting 1, 2, 3, next to each item. They look at the list and think: “Now I am organized. I know exactly what I have to do, and I know which items are more important than the others.” Then they fold the paper nicely and put it in their pocket or in their file cabinet, and it stays there until…they decide to get organized and they write the whole list again (because they don’t remember where the first list is) and they put this new list away until…. Continue reading →

How do you know at the end of the day if you had a good day? Most people try to be busy all day, so they don’t feel guilty for not doing enough. And when the day is over and they can tell their partners or themselves, “I had a very busy day today!” it makes them feel good. Continue reading →

What do you answer when someone asks you, “What do you do?” Your answer to this question is known as “the elevator speech,” and what this means is that you have thirty seconds to tell someone what you do. And, you either make a connection or lose it. Continue reading →

Let me share with you a few points about time management that could change your life.

1) Doing something unimportant well does not make it important. Continue reading →