I’ve been supporting myself now, for a while, of of the income I earn from writing and helping others. It’s been an utter blast. And I’m gonna get better at both. It’s early in the journey. I’d be doing incredible if not for poking a stick in the IRS’s eye in 1998 and again in [...]
My muse–what I want to create for the world–is hard to create. To make something that didn’t exist before, out of nothing but the building blocks that everyone has at their disposal requires a distillation of insanity, presumptuousness, faith, and joy far beyond that which modern society considers healthy. I was at Starbucks yesterday [...]
This is the first second and last post I’ll ever make about the RE.NET. The first one is here. After this post, I’m gonna give value to practitioners. I might encourage people to stop bitching, but anyway…I’m still trying to work out my ‘what now|what next’ stuff with fear and trembling. You praying types, [...]
Just kidding about the name, but here are the first few pics: Check back because more will be added to this on Picasa (poor man’s Flickr, but my money’s on Google). Ruby
People spend an INSANE amount of time searching for some magic bullet. A “red pill” they can swallow that will give them the ability to make it in business, and life. Some 2,000 website form that will capture leads. A $150 a month do-hickey that will make things easier. A CRM. Whatever it is, [...]
I’ll tell you mine. I want to get into helping originators do more deals. I want coaching, not marketing. I want to help people survive this industry and bootstrap themselves into great performance. That’s something that is cool enough to get me excited, and I’m putting stuff together to do just that [...]
Fix/Sell/Close
When to quit vs. when to stick.
And–what do you do for money, and what do you do for love?
I’ve said it before: there is nothing that I adore inherently about the Real Estate/Mortgage business. I DO love the fact that it’s an awesome playground for entrepreneurs. I do love the fact [...]
Tim Ferris.
Bill Phillips.
Mike Ferry.
Scott Adams
Warren Buffett.
Mark Cuban.
Seth Godin
Phil Jackson
And Yes, Tiger Woods.
I have a long list of heroes. Of course, not everyone up there has totally defensible positions on everything, or perfect moral clarity. But, all of them–to a man–are radically different than the people around them. Tim [...]
The Five People I’m listening To Right Now (and Five honorable mentions).
I’ve always sought mentors–some like Tim Harris–I’ve known in person and interacted with in business. Others I’ve never met–like Ayn Rand (or Jesus Christ–or Ayn Rand and God). But I seek thought leaders because I want to be challenged by [...]
It’s Getting Worse. It’s All a Matter of Degree.
Every time my attention is called to a post like this, I get a confused. Realtors are sitting together in some sort of lunatic echo chamber reassuring people that things aren’t as bad. They point to innacuracies in the media, however small, and [...]
