Getting What You Expect!

How do you start your day? Which side of the bed do you get up on??? You know…is it the right side? OR????? Try this simple technique to set your intentions and expectations for the day and give yourself a really great place to start from. Do you realize how much power you possess about what happens each day? It amazes me when I stay conscious to it, instead of rolling out of bed and seeing what happens. Start the day with gratitude that you woke in a nice warm bed and saying to yourself: “It’s going to be a wonderful day.” This sets up a nice filter through which the events of the day will come through. Try this for a week and see how those days are different (or not) from days as usual.

I’ve been enjoying some weekly audio interviews that Speaker, Healer, Author, Jennifer McLean offers. Last week she interviewed Dr. Judith Orloff who has a new book, Emotional Freedom: Liberate Yourself from Negative Emotions and Transform Your Life, and shared some wonderful tips on staying away from the negative. One theme she shared was to look at EVERY single experience as a growth opportunity and to be aware of what that situation is teaching you. In my coaching training, I have found the stuckness that occurs for many clients is not learning anything from a previous lesson and getting to revisit the same situation in different clothing, over and over and over. By becoming more aware and LEARNING the lesson, you can evolve and move to the next place. I loved the quote from the Dalai Lama who said, ”When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.”

How Smart Are You???
Now is the time to get more educated!

As we experience the natural cycles of real estate, making time to raise our standards and knowledge to the next level can place us in a strong position for the future. Take time now to sign up for that class you know would make a difference. Is it a tech class? Or a social networking class? Below are some things I’ve got going on. Hope one will fit your needs.

1. ONLINE: I am excited to now offer Online Real Estate CE Courses
To celebrate, I have a present so you can try it out and save…….. you can save 10% on any class! Use discount code “newslettercode”.
If you need renewal hours and are in CA, AZ, and NV, you need go no further than this.
If you are not in those states and would like for me to offer classes in your state, let me know and we’ll see if we can add it.

2. In Person….come to the White Mountains of Arizona on Friday, May 1st.
I’ll be giving a class called It’s A Wonderful Life! You’ll have fun, learn about technology, marketing and business planning!

3. In Person: My School calendar for AZ CE Classes is here. Frances Flynn Thorsen is offering some great classes on buying HUD Homes and Also on Social Media Risk Reduction in the next couple of months.

4. TELECONFERENCE: Ask an expert... 'How to tap the 6-figure 18-34 1st time
Home Buyer Market' - Live on May 11 at 8 PM EDT with Justin Zimmerman, real estate technology expert, Realtor and blogger at GoodMorningRE.

Some of what we will be talking about is:

Justin fits the profile of this demographic and knows what they want. Here’s what he says,"my group of friends represent the people you want to know in your market, young, fun, professional, and looking to buy 1st home in the 250,000-600,000 range. The beautiful thing is we're easy and cheap to reach, if you know how!"

Register here

5. UPCOMING WEBINAR: Learn How To Deduct Your Vacations ( and afford them and go on more!)

Complete schedule of the upcoming webinars is here.

6. WEBINAR RECORDING: Create an AMAZING 2nd Quarter.
If you missed it, you can still listen in to this call. You also get the Awesome Year Plan and a form for planning the next 3 months, included with the MP3. Are you on track for your best year ever?

Tech Tip: Getting Business Done In 140 Letters (Or Less)

Twitter is hot. Really hot!

Are you twittering? My Twitter name is Joeann (how easy is that?) Please follow me! I’ll be helping Amy Chorew show you what you need to know at the upcoming WCR Meetings on May 15 in DC. Come at 9 AM to the Professional Development Steering Committee Meeting and learn everything you need to know about all the technology that will give you the edge! And….if you are starting to Tweet and are not using Tweetdeck…it’s probably making you a little crazy. Organize and have some great tools for following groups, watching your direct messages and sending ReTweets! Download it for free at www.tweetdeck.com.

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Make it an ExtraORDINARY Week, it IS up to YOU!!!!!!