One in a Million 37,000 You could be forgiven for doing a double-take driving past the McDonald’s in Sedona, Arizona (my family and I recently visited). Apparently, it’s the only McDonald’s in the world (out of almost 37,000) where the company’s famously “golden arches” instead are teal (blue-green). I assume the city’s zoning restrictions dictated...Read More
“Hot Housing Market Could Cool Off in 2018” –USA Today headline (12/28/17). Long-time readers of this blog know that I put very little credence in supposed experts’ predictions (or anyone else’s, for that matter 🙂 ).** Whenever I see a headline like the one in USA Today this morning, I’m reminded of a colleague’s long-ago...Read More
Example: Flying Chicago to Denver Roundtrip Ok, so I made up the “missed plane” statistic. But, I don’t think I’m wrong. Here’s the explanation: when a (over)busy professional books a round-trip ticket from Chicago to Denver, they’re invariably rushing/distracted, etc. when they input their flight times on their smartphone (assuming they do). So, they neglect...Read More
Going on 16(!) years selling residential real estate, I really only have two rules for clients I work with: Rule #1: “Don’t do anything to get yourself — or me! — sued.” Rule #2: “Don’t break Rule #1.” While it’s blissfully rare in Minnesota, home buyers and sellers have been known to depart from the...Read More
Beware “One Size Fits All” Approaches Leave it to one sales book — in this case, “Ninja Selling” by Larry Kendall — to point out the fatal flaw in almost all other Sales “how to” books. According to Kendall: “Many sales books and training programs have been developed by top salespeople who share the techniques...Read More
