Good leaders are good followers A young woman was filling out an application for college when she came across the question: Are you a leader? She thought she had better be brutally honest, so she answered, ‘No.’ She was convinced when she sent the application in that she’d never hear from them because of that … Continue reading Good leaders are good followers →

Phoenix ranks No. 4 in U.S. for biggest home sale price decrease March home sales jumped 37.7% over February, signaling the start of the peak spring and summer seasons in the report’s 52 metro areas. While inventory was down 2.8% from February’s total, March inventory was 56.4% higher year over year – due in part … Continue reading PHOENIX RANKS NO. 4 IN U.S. FOR BIGGEST HOME SALE PRICE DECREASE →

The Words We Love to Hear It had been a very busy day with a number of client meetings, so when I parked my car in the city some distance from my last appointment, I was hoping that it would be a quick one so that I could then beat the afternoon city rush hour. […]

320-acre retail destination Five North at Vistancia takes shape in Peoria The Vistancia master-planned community’s 320-acre commercial and retail destination FIVE NORTH at VISTANCIA is taking shape as the first hot spot in the far North Peoria/West Valley area. Envisioned as the energetic heartbeat and high-quality lifestyle hub of the award-winning Vistancia community, FIVE NORTH […]

Raising the Bar Do you ever feel as if you’re swimming in a sea of mediocrity? Your children, co-workers, friends, organization members, all stuck in a rut of being happy with just plain old normality? Are you yourself keeping standards low so as not to be disappointed? While keeping things routine can be a good … Continue reading Raising the Bar →

Just Say No Of course, parents all love our children, but who doesn’t chuckle after reading today’s quote? Perhaps we have all secretly begrudged the behavior of our kids, whether they’re five years old, fifteen years old, or even fifty! We try so hard to teach them the lessons our parents tried to teach us, … Continue reading Just Say No →

Slow Your Pace Today’s quote is funny, but also sobering in light of studies of hard-working Americans. As it turns out, hard work could actually kill you. Well, it’s not actually the work that does it, but the amount of work and the time spent at it. The Japanese even have a word for it, […]

Exit the Chat No doubt about it–there’s a gossip in everyone’s life. It may be a friend, a co-worker, or a total stranger. Regardless, it’s the person who shares any amount of information about another, either about what they have accomplished, good or bad, but especially the bad. Sometimes it’s a downright lie. Why does … Continue reading Exit the Chat →

Arizona has long been a refuge, attracting people from other parts of the country for a variety of reasons. From agreeable weather, to tolerable taxes, to a lower overall cost of living, the desert is enticing for homebuyers across all income brackets — and lately — more so for some of the country’s highest earners … Continue reading HERE’S HOW THE ARIZONA LUXURY HOME MARKET IS HEATING UP →

Inspiration for today: “You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” –Eleanor Roosevelt The Monster Under the Bed Remember when you were just a kid and, after going to bed, saw shadows on […]

Inspiration for today: “You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself.” ~Jim Rohn Take Responsibility and Take Charge Success and failure–people love taking credit for their achievements, but often blame everything but themselves when they fail or fall short. We have the power […]

Who Needs an Invisibility Cloak? Several years ago, scientists at Duke University created what they considered an “invisibility cloak.” The metamaterial bends electromagnetic radiation around itself, making whatever it covers appear invisible. So far they have only tested the device with microwaves, but the theory may work with visible light, too. It’s all a rather […]

Here’s a two-part quiz of sorts to test your memory. There’s no grade, but do your best! Part I: Name the five wealthiest people in the world. Name the last five Heisman Trophy winners. Who were the last five winners of the Miss America pageant? List ten people who have won the Nobel or Pulitzer […]

January delivered a strong start to the year, offsetting a slouching December, according to a report released by Phoenix REALTORS. Analyzing the latest ARMLS data, there were 6,848 new Metro Phoenix home listings hitting the market, compared to 4,105 in December. As well, average sale prices rose in January from December and sat at $539,617, […]

Accentuate the Positive It’s so simple–the advice given in the above quote–and so true. Each of us has the power to elevate the value and quality of our life, as well as the way others perceive us, simply by “lifting up” our thoughts, by placing our hands firmly on the wheel of positive thinking. Earl […]

Do, Learn, Enrich! How do we learn to swim? Do we sit in a classroom and learn all about water and how we can navigate our bodies through it by using different techniques, and then hit the pool like an Olympic champion? Do we learn how to ride a bike by studying the laws of […]

Leave a Light On Remember when you were a teenager leaving the house for a night out? Your parents’ last words as you went out the door were, “We’ll leave the light on for you.” Think about that. So what if they did or didn’t leave the light on? Their words were really more of […]

“Like most bubbles, the longer it goes on, the worse the crash will be,” Michael Burry, the fund manager and inspiration for “The Big Short” who famously predicted the 2008 housing crash once said about the danger of overly speculative, high-stakes market conditions.   Indeed, booms do often end in busts. And as Phoenix’s housing market performs an […]

Regardless of your age, you were probably introduced as a child to a wonderful book entitled The Little Engine That Could.  If you will recall, it was the story of a small red locomotive personality who believed it was possible to pull a very heavy load uphill–a task that was shunned by the larger locomotives.  The […]

Engage and Go!  Ever driven a car with manual transmission? Whether you have or not, you know that there’s a process to getting the car moving besides just shifting the gear lever to Drive or Reverse. When you hop into the driver seat of a car with a standard transmission, it should be placed in … Continue reading Engage And Go! →