I was walking in my neighborhood and noticed a young girl's birthday party going on. Inflatables, a pinata, and a bunch of balloons. A little girl was holding on to a string that was attached to a purple helium balloon bobbing about in the wind. All of a sudden, the wind took the balloon from the little girl. I braced myself for some screaming and crying. But, no! As the little girl turned to watch her balloon go skyward, she gleefully shouted out, "Hot Dog!" I didn't realize it at that … [Read more...]
March 2022 Warm Fuzzy
You probably never heard of Richard Montanez. As the son of a Mexican immigrant who never made it past fourth grade, Richard lived with ten siblings in a one-room cinder block house in a migrant labor camp east of Los Angeles. To help pitch in, the boy picked grapes with his entire family, including his grandfather. He took other odd jobs such as washing cars, picking weeds and slaughtering chickens. Eventually, Montañez landed a job as a janitor with Frito-Lay, the snack food … [Read more...]
February 2022 Warm Fuzzy
There is an old business adage in real estate that whatever you put into your work will be echoed in three months. For instance, this week, you’re probably enjoying some benefits from the work that you put forth back in early October. That also means the work that you’re doing right now is going to come back and benefit you just about right when Spring is upon us. The time that you put into crafting your life and business takes focus and a growth mindset. It can seem like there aren’t enough … [Read more...]
January 2022 Warm Fuzzy
A 11 year old blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said: “I am blind, please help.” There were only a few coins in the hat. A man, who happened to be a top-producing real estate , came by and put a few coins into the hat. He then paused and picked up the sign, turned it around. and wrote down a new sentence. He then gave the boy the sign back. Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. That … [Read more...]
