Open House Buddy

Hello all,

"Open House Buddy"

From the "Hogs get fat, Pigs get slaughtered" category I wanted to throw a thought out to the group. In some locations we are seeing more traffic at open houses then 270 on a rainy morning, 20,30 and even 40+ groups. It is physically impossible for one agent to speak with and try to capture 40 groups in a three hour period. If you know you are headed into a high traffic area you might want to consider an Open House Buddy. Team up with someone to work the crowd, you can work out the financial part however you see fit. Split the leads, work the deals together... the most important thing is to not let the one good one walk out the door without giving them the proper attention. There are a lot of good agents looking for opportunities, ask your manager.  

Lisa and I will be in Florida this week with the kids on spring break. I will be checking email a couple of times a day but as always Mr. Strosnider is in charge while I am away.

Enjoy the coffee,

Joe  

    

INSPIRATION FOR TODAY:

 

"There is no reality except the one contained within us. That is why so many people live such an unreal life. They take the images outside them for reality and never allow the world within to assert itself." 

~ Hermann Hesse

 

JUST ASK DOROTHY!

 

You've probably seen it a dozen times - "The Wizard of Oz." It's a delightful tale of fantasy, complete with munchkins, a scarecrow in need of a brain, a yellow brick road, a wicked witch and a mythical wizard with the imagined power to send Dorothy back to Kansas.

 

Regardless of the fantasy, the beautiful color, the unusual characters, and the whimsical plot, there is a powerful message that comes as one of Dorothy's last lines as she prepares to leave Oz. She says, "If ever again I go looking for my heart's desire, I won't look any further than my own backyard." It's such a simple statement, yet it carries a lesson for all of us.

 

How often do we look outside our own world of home and family for "our heart's desire?" There are so many distractions that lure us out of our own backyard: careers, shopping, powerful people, sports, clubs, TV, committees, the Internet, and the list goes on. There's so much to do and so little time. Then one day we look and our own backyard no longer seems to exist.

 

We should take time to smell the roses in our own garden, rather than looking over the fence and down the yellow brick road to see the roses of others. We need to let go of the imagined - the tin man, lion, and scarecrow of our own making - and appreciate the real Auntie Em's in our lives. If we don't, we may wake up one day to realize we're "not in Kansas anymore."