In the real estate industry (and sales in general) there is a heavy emphasis on “networking.” It generally involves the process of going out and meeting new people to create loose connections that you will then attempt to grow into tighter connections (and hopefully become friendly). Over time, these tighter connections are your network. Communities…
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Just discovered this “Twitter” thing….
So I’ve been writing on boxthoughts for about five months or so now (don’t prove me wrong with “math”, but I know it’s not half a year yet). Just this past week I decided it was time to see if Twitter could also fit into my view of social media. Funnily enough it has a…
Logistics Providers
When you think about logistics – the infrastructure needed to move goods from one point to another – it’s common to think about your warehouse, your supplier, your customer, transportation costs, labor costs, weather – days lost, etc. But too often companies forget to think about their transportation provider’s infrastructure. If you ship through UPS…
Keeping Score
It is possible to score anything. Want to choose between 5 cars? Use the analytical hierarchy process and give them each a score! Want to choose between Coke and Pepsi? Keep score in the Pepsi Challenge! Employers want to give unbiased appraisals? Score each employee! We’re a competitive society (and I’ll raise my hand as…
Understanding What You See
I’m a data junkie – give me a few thousand (or million 0r whatever) rows of information and I’ll be happy for awhile going through it and finding the patterns and connections. Over time I’ve learned that most people don’t enjoy spending their time this way (it still shocks me!). For those that do follow…
Intuitive Knowledge vs. Learned Knowledge
A lot of the learning that I do these days is basically new ways of applying existing stuff I know. It’s the stuff that given enough time and experience I would likely figure it out eventually but is helpful to know anyway. This is the difference between intuitive and learned. Don’t dismiss the people who…
Now Back to the Program
I’ve forced myself to be selfish the last couple of weeks. Needed to let the pressure drop, get away from the grind and blah blah blah. No worries though because we’re back and it’s going to be a phenomenal year! Just to give you a sneak preview of what may (or may not) occur within…
Merry Christmas!
It will be a bit of a slow week for me since it’s that dead zone of a week between Christmas and New Years. I’m actually going to try and take time to myself to not focus on what I focus on the other 51 weeks of the year. Merry Christmas!
Be Childlike
With Christmas around the corner this weekend, it’s another great opportunity to look back on the year (preferably with a whiskey in hand) and plan for the next (although let’s be honest, no one is planning past December 21, 2012). Christmas is generally regarded as a vacation for adults and a true holiday for children. …
Expectation Gap
There is always a gap between the product or service that you typically sell and a customer’s actual needs. The best in the business are constantly working to make that gap as small as possible or make their service more flexible so that they can achieve the needs of a greater number of customers. Building…