Each year, for the last four years, I’ve had the same reaction to being included on Inman’s 100 Most Influential Real Estate Leaders list. I have recoiled from it. I politely thank people when they mention it and I’m certainly honored by my association with some exceptional folks, but I’ve never fully embraced it. I’m sure […]
Why I Am Smiling Tonight
I didn’t go looking for Respres.com. It found me. A random link to the “about” page of Respres.com showed up in my Feedly stream as part of a search result designed to find instances when photos from my Flickr account are used outside of Flickr. I navigated to the page and found that Respres.com was, […]
Knowing When It’s Time To Change Your Plans
Yesterday, at mile 2 of a scheduled 18 mile run, my body simply caved. At a point in my run where three days earlier I had cruised, my legs were struggling, and my right hip and knee were acting like anything but stable joints. I had to stop, swallow my pride, and dial my wife […]
Why I Blocked Tumblr On My Home Network
This past weekend I blocked access to Tumblr.com from my home wireless network. I’ve been blocking porn sites using OpenDNS for a long time. But Tumblr.com doesn’t fall into the category of porn site in the OpenDNS directory. It falls into the social media category. However, make no mistake, there is a large part of the […]
Eye Contact, Waving, And Community
A middle-aged male runner was coming toward me, heading the opposite direction. Our eyes met and we greeted each other with a quick, “good morning.” A bit later, a middle-aged man was tending to his flowers a few yards ahead of me. As I ran by, I said good morning and I waved, but he […]
Success Is Dependent On Effort
“The only disability in life is a bad attitude #truu” My nephew posted that on his Facebook wall today. It’s a popular way to think. And the first response from one of his friends was, “Varner used to tell us that the only thing life you have a 100% control over is your attitude.” It’s a […]
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