Flying to Denver

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Flying to Denver
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The whole problem with the world is that fools
and fanatics are always so certain of themselves,
and wiser people so full of doubts. - Bertrand
Russell
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Some of you have doubts about whether you can
handle the stress.
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Others doubt if they can keep it all together.
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And some wonder if they will face a mutiny like
Captain William Bligh!
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Others doubt their ability to balance the
Association their BUSINESS?
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Well consider this
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• A study of life satisfaction looked at 20
  different factors that might contribute to
  happiness. 19 of those factors did matter, and
  one did not. Financial status did not! - Hong
  and Giannakopoulos 1995

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• Those with more demanding schedules were 15 more
  satisfied with life. Bailey and Miller 1998

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YOU were elected by the members because they
believe you can do the job.
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So lets go

• Ready, Fire Aim!

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I think the purpose of life is to be useful,
responsible, honorable, and compassionate. It
is, above all, to matter to count, to stand for
something, to have made some difference that you
lived at all. Leo Rosten
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? Getting Prepared ? Watching the Edges?
Thinking Strategic? Taking Action? Overcoming
Adversity? Respecting the Journey
Balance Is
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Balance isGetting Prepared
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If you can survive a nuclear war you can
survive a year in leadership
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What tools can bring you balance to succeed?
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Old Tools
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New Tools
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Having... an assistant or partner can help
immensely!
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The real answer to balance lies inside our heads.
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The only way of discovering the limits of the
possible is to venture toward what some would
believe is impossible! Arthur C. Clarke, 2001
Space Odyssey
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• Normality is the road to nowhere!
• If we are only willing to behave like all the
  others, we will see the same things, hear the
  same things, hire similar people, come up with
  similar ideas, and develop identical products and
  or services.
• We will drown in the sea of normality.

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DIVERSITY defines the health and wealth in a new
century. Mixing is the new norm. Mixing trumps
isolation. It spawns creativity, nourishes the
human spirit, spurs economic growth and empowers
nations.
G. Pascal Zachary.
WSJ
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Failing organizationsare usually over-managed
and under-led! -Warren Bennis
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Leadership is not "making friends and influencing
people"- that is flattery. Leadership is lifting
a person's vision to higher sights, the elevation
of a person's performance to a higher standard!
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You have to make a choice between being a manager
or a leader because there is a huge difference.
"The world is full of managers and desperately
short of leaders - real leaders. "Leading on
the Edge of Chaos", Emmet C. Murphy and Mark A.
Murphy
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Balance is Watching The Edges
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You think this guy looks strange?

• Evidence says he is running the INTERNET!!!

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 What do YOU think were the most important
changes in the last 100 years? Because at one
time they were all on the edge
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Was it

• Cars
• Paved Roads
• Airplanes
• Air-conditioning
• Antibiotics
• Income Tax

• Central Banks
• Hydro-Elec Power
• Equal rights
• Computers
• Internet
• ????

2005
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The future is defined by people on the edges.
They may be a small of the total, but they
represent a crucial window on the future.
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Just 35 Years Ago(Did You Know These Companies)
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1st - It is ridiculed.2nd It is violently
opposed. 3rd - It is accepted as self-evident.
All truth passes through three stages
Arthur Schopenhauer
2005
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Forbes 1001917 1987 (70yrs)Only 18 left in the
100 and only 2 were outperforming the market.-
Dick Foster Sarah Kaplan
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SP 500 1957-1997 (40yrs) Only 74
left at all and only 12 outperformed the market
- Dick Foster Sarah Kaplan
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Creative Entrepreneurs Are Driving New Technology
and New Business Models
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 Old Manager Skill -Reaction New Managerial
Skill -Anticipation
 We can and should shape our own future because
if we don't, someone else surely will.
2005
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Balance is ThinkingStrategic
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In order to succeed in life, you need three
things a smile, a gun and a plan.
Alohonse Scarface Capone
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• 1377-1890
• They began something they knew they would never
  see completed - a magnificent
  vision! - Robert Fulghum

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Under circumstances of uncertainty or unusual
challenge and difficulty, people look for help in
understanding questions about what matters.
Providing people with the answers that help
them with these difficult questions is the
essence of leadership." Managerial Leadership,
Peter A. Topping
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You can increase your brain power three- to
fivefold simply by laughing and having fun before
working on a problem.
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No matter how big the footsteps you follow,
always blaze your own trail.
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Balance is Taking Action
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Blessed are the flexible, for they can tie
themselves into knots.
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• When you have one foot on your past, and one foot
  on your future, you wind up peeing all over your
  present.

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Issues don't change from year to year. The
answers do! The basic question is NOT "What do
YOU want to do?" The question is, "WHAT NEEDS
TO BE DONE?
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Often there is a gap between Leaders and Members
Members
Leaders
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Ninety percent of what we call management
consists of actions that make it difficult for
people to get things done. P.D.
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Bureaucracy is the enemy. Bureaucracy means
waste, longer meetings, slow decision making,
unnecessary approvals, anything that kills an
organizations spirit.
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There is a disconnect between REALTORS and
consumers and the ability to communicate
effectively online.
What Needs to Be Done?...
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In the year 2000 REALTORS only answered their
email in 48 hours
In 2004 it was 54 hours
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We have people on MLS boards that have no clue
regarding strategic technology.
MLS Technology
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Education
With a huge number of real estate companies
involved in mortgage and title companies or
affiliations who is teaching the rules and
regulations.
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Communication Marketing
How many members read or even say they received
our communications?
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Professional Standards
Is the concept of Professional Standards really
working in your area?
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Legislative Legal
Money buys votes or at least influence. And
government regulatory bodies are wielding extreme
power.
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Admin and Financial
How many board members are really qualified to
oversight financial statements?
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Governance
Most boards are run by those who show up and
speak the loudest!
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Stay focused on what you are doing.
Unfortunately there are lots of issues but little
focus!
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Balance is OvercomingAdversity
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"Use what talent you possess The woods would be
very silent if no birds sang - except those that
sang best."
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And dont forget
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This Years Proud Peacock
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Is Next Years Feather Duster
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In great attempts it is glorious even to fail. -
Cassiu Longinus
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Leadership is NOT about awards and entitlements

• Leadership is about making a
  positive difference in peoples lives!

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Goodbye, said the fox. Now here is my
secret, a very simple secret It is only with the
heart that one can see rightly what is essential
is invisible to the eye.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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It is supposed to be hard if it wasnt hard,
everyone would do it. The hard is what makes it
great. - Tom Hanks
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Balance is Respecting The Journey
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Its ALWAYS Personal It is never just
business!
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Instructions for Life from the Dalai Lama
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Open your arms to change, but don't let go of
your values.
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Follow the three Rs Respect for self, Respect
for others, Responsibility for all your actions.
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When you realize you've made a mistake, take
immediate steps to correct it.
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Learn the rules so you know how to break them
properly.
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When you lose, don't lose the lesson.
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Remember that silence is sometimes the best
answer.
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Don't let a little dispute injure a great
friendship.
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Remember that not getting what you want is
sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
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Take into account that great love and great
achievements involve great risk.
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Remember this
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YOU are the leaders of the real estate industry.
YOU decide what our future can be!
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