Quote of the Week

"The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity."

— Peter F. Drucker: was a writer and management consultant

Quote of the Week

"Emphasize the error, not the person committing it."

— Terri Lonier: Authority on entrepreneurship

Quote of the Week

Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate."

— John Fitzgerald Kennedy: was the 35th President of the U.S.

This Week's Quote

"Love is misunderstood to be an emotion; actually, it is a state of awareness, a way of being in the world, a way of seeing oneself and others."

— David Hawkins: Internationally renowned psychiatrist, physician, researcher

Quote of the Week

"Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it."

— Lou Holtz: Former football coach, author, motivational speaker

Factiod & Quote

Mark Twain once said: "The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them."

Fact: If you turn off the T.V. and instead study or read for just one hour per day, after 5 years you will have studied for 1,825 hours, the equivalent of about one normal working year involving forty-five 40-hour weeks. Wow! Think of what you could accomplish if you did that!

Quote of the Week

"Overnight sensations are usually not really overnight sensations. They’re people who worked very hard in a structured and methodical way to get where they wanted to go."

-Thomas Schweich: attorney, author, and esteemed risk-avoidance lecturer

Quote of the Week

This week's quote has to do with self-discipline. Without it we fail; however, with it we conquer the things that seek to master us and as a result grow to new and higher heights.

Here's the quote:

"The first and best victory is to conquer self."

— Plato, Greek Philosopher

Quote of the Week

"It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute ... that gives meaning to our lives."

— Anthony Robbins: Authority on leadership psychology

Quote of the Week

This week's quote is about service and serving.

"The true leader serves. Serves people. Serves their best interests, and in doing so will not always be popular, may not always impress. But because true leaders are motivated by loving concern than a desire for personal glory, they are willing to pay the price."

— Eugene B. Habeckerin -The Other Side of Leadership

Quotes of the Week

"Money is one of the most important subjects of your entire life. Some of life's greatest enjoyments and most of life's greatest disappointments stem from your decisions about money. Whether you experience great peace of mind or constant anxiety will depend on getting your finances under control."

—Robert G. Allen: Financial adviser, author


"If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things."

—Albert Einstein


"The entrepreneur is essentially a visualizer and actualizer... He can visualize something, and when he visualizes it he sees exactly how to make it happen."

— Robert L. Schwartz


"If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much."

—Jim Rohn: Author and motivational speaker

Quote(s) of the Week Concerning Initiative

"Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit."

— Conrad HiltonHilton Hotels


"The right man is the one who seizes the moment."

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe


"A man who has to be convinced to act before he acts is not a man of action. You must act as you breathe."

— Georges Clemmanceau


"I would rather regret the things I have done than the things I have not."

— Lucille Ball


"If you don't make dust, you eat dust."

— Motto of Jack A. MacAllister


"If there is a trait which does characterize leaders it is opportunism. Successful people are very often those who steadfastly refuse to be daunted by disadvantage and have the ability to turn disadvantage to good effect. They are people who seize opportunity and take risks. Leadership then seems to be a matter of personality and character."

— John VineyDrive

Quote(s) of the Week

This week's selection of quotes is on the topic of courage. I hope you ruminate upon these.


"Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities . . . because it is the quality which guarantees all others."

— Winston Churchill
British Prime Minister


"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face."

— Eleanor Roosevelt
Former First Lady of the United States


"The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise."

— Tacitus
Roman historian


"I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflections."

— Thomas Paine


"Only be you strong, and very courageous, then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success."

— The Bible - Joshua 1:7-8


"There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage."

— Seneca
Roman Philosopher

Quote of the Week

"Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude toward us."

—Earl Nightingale

Quote(s) of the Week

This week I'm providing you with some quotes about generosity. This is an often overlooked virtue and one that is truly instrumental in fostering your own happiness. We were designed to be generous in our love and giving. If you wonder whether this is really true or not, let me ask you this: have you ever met a happy miser?

"What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal."
— Albert Pike

"Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give."
— Eleanor Roosevelt

"No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave."
— Calvin CoolidgeFormer American President

"You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you."
— John Bunyon

Quote(s) of the Week - The Importance of Passion

"One person with passion is better than forty people merely interested."

— E. M. Forster

"Chase your passion, not your pension."

— Denis Waitley

"When you set yourself on fire, people love to come and see you burn."

— John Wesley
Evangelist (eighteenth century

Quote(s) of the Week

"Fortune does not change men; it unmasks them."
-Suzanne Necker


"Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength."
-Eric Hoffer

Quote of the Week

"An average person with average talent, ambition and education, can outstrip the most brilliant genius in our society, if that person has clear, focused goals." - Brian Tracy

Crisis = Opportunity

Consider the following quotes:

"When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity." - John F. Kennedy

"Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat". - Napoleon Hill

"Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage." - Niccolo Machiavelli

Now, I have a question for you: how can you re-frame the bad situations you encounter, the frustrations you experience and trials and tribulations you go through in order to see the opportunities you are blessed with in disguise? That is a key to triumphing over your circumstances and developing a resilient personality.

This applies to your real estate career as well as every other area of your life.

To your success...

-Ross

Quote Of The Week

"You keep customers by delivering on your promises, fulfilling your commitments and continually investing in the quality of your relationships." - Brian Tracy