I recently purchased a copy of The 4 Disciplines of Execution by Chris McChesney, Sean Covey and Jim Huling, which The Wall Street Journal has rated as #1 Business Bestseller. In it the authors teach how to get things done. The 4 Disciplines of Execution (4DX) is a simple, repeatable and proven formula for executing […]
I recently purchased a copy of David Allen’s new book ‘Getting Things Done – the art of stress-free productivity’ a follow up on ‘Getting Things Done’ which Time magazine hailed as the best self-help book of a decade. The new book is rewritten from start to finish. It contains new perspectives and new data that […]
I recently attended a leadership conference and the feature speaker referenced a quote by Mr. Nelson Mandela “My greatest enemy was not those who put or kept me in prison. It was myself. I was afraid to be who I am.” I found this astounding. Here was a leader of the anti-apartheid movement in South […]
Recently I came across a Blog post by Bill Gates. In it he addressed one secret he learnt from associating with Warren Buffet, now the world’s third richest man, (Bill Gates is the second). The secret is Warren Buffett spends about five to six hours a day reading. This is not to say he has […]
‘We are Ladies and Gentlemen Serving Ladies and Gentlemen’ is the motto of the Ritz Carlton Hotel chain and it is credited to Horst Schulze, co-founder of the chain of upscale hotels that is world renowned for its excellent customer service. He recently shared the secrets of his success in a book titled, ‘Excellence Wins’.As […]
Recently I had the good fortune of attending a Leadership conference by the author and best seller of the book ‘Everyone Leads’, Chris Lowney, a one-time Jesuit seminarian and a former managing director of JP Morgan. At the conference Chris lead us through the evidence that we are living through times of hyper-change, in many […]
Recently I completed reading Seth Godin’s book, ‘This is Marketing’, and I thought I would share a few gems from the book, with you, in the hope that it can help you improve your Real Estate Marketing. His thesis is that Marketing has changed but practitioners haven’t adapted their marketing efforts, with the result that […]
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Recently I posted on the Facebook page the successful use of Instagram by some international Real Estate agents to sell their properties. Subsequently, I met a Real Estate Agent who proceeded to tell me that ‘Social Media sales’ is all hype, and his efforts on the platform were not generating any success.I listened attentively to […]
Marketing is changing fast, but implementing slowly. Having a daughter in Marketing and Advertising production in the UK, at the leading Marketing Group in the world, I have a front seat at the developments in Marketing & Advertising. One thing strikes me, the globalization of marketing and yet the personalization of marketing. Because of the […]
