A seven letter word, yet powerful in it’s own right. Aretha Franklin said it so well in the song, Respect. There are many levels and kinds of respect . You may respect someone for a variety of different reasons and this could be considered esteem or admiration. A butcher may have respect for their knives…
Category Archives: Growth and Introspection
Reinventing Yourself
There comes a time at some point and for whatever reason that we may feel it is time to reinvent ourselves. We all do it, even if we think that we don’t. Of course, a lot of introspection comes with this.
Life!
There is a saying that I’ve been hearing as of late that ‘life gets in the way.’ To me, it is an oxymoron of sorts because it all is a part of our life – whether it be work, personal, etc. Sometimes we lose sight of the bigger picture and we need to remind ourselves…
Longwood, Seminole County, FL – Market Sales Statistics for February ‘09
The following are the market sales statistics for Longwood, Seminole County, Florida for February 2009. Longwood is made up of the zip codes of 32779 & 32750. For purposes of this analysis we are only splitting the data according to single-family homes vs, condominiums, townhomes and villas. A couple of definitions are in order. The…
Stuff – You Have It, Don’t You?
Is this what one’s life amounts to in the end? A dear friend passed away 7 months ago and the process to clean out her house had been daunting on many levels. The range of emotions that I’ve gone through during the process is quite interesting when I look back on it, but then again…
Do You Reevaluate What You Do – or Do You Do The Same Old Thing?
Recently read an article by Jeremy Conway in Orlando Realtor Magazine entitled, “Are you ready to deal with frugal?”(pg. 13) Personally, I think I lead a somewhat ‘frugal life.’ I generally don’t have an issue spending money, but don’t believe in throwing it away as well. On the other hand, I occasionally go through my…
Fragility of Life
Fragility of life, or at the least our experience of such, urges introspection. It’s interesting when we look at ourselves and our lives. We get angry or are upset about rather seemingly trivial things in the whole scheme of everything, when you really look at it. Unfortunately, when tragedy strikes it puts so much into…
My Dear Friend – 2/22/08
My Dear Friend I call you every morning at 10:30 But you did not answer My Dear Friend We’ve been friends for over 30 years Yet you no longer talk to me My Dear Friend You are the smartest person that I’ve met in my whole life And I miss you so much My Dear…
Procrastination – Do You Handle It or Does It Handle You?
By definition procrastination is the act of deferring tasks to a later time. According to Wikipedia, “The psychological causes of procrastination vary greatly, but generally surround issues of anxiety, low sense of self-worth, and a self-defeating mentality.” As true as this is, it is very disconcerting when you note that some forms of procrastination are…
Real Estate – What Is It To Me?
This is a great business. There is nothing really simple with buying and selling real estate because of all of the complexities involved in what many of us may feel is a simple transaction. The rewards that we acquire are bringing all of these individual facets together successfully for all of those involved. To me…
