Did you ever wonder how many cars are on the road in Georgia? (8.5 M vehicles in 2009). Type in the city you want to know about (such as lovely Irmo SC) and get to know a bit of everything. Want to know everything about an airport – just type in the airport name. WolframAlpha seeks…
Everyone should argue for sides they disagree with.
Playing Devil’s Advocate can be extremely fun. Being someone who enjoys arguing and debate it’s a position I often take when discussions start getting too friendly or one-sided. No one grows when they aren’t challenged – survival of the fittest and all that. Let’s say that you are a big believer that digital piracy is…
Is a Smartphone really a Phone?
I’ve noticed a growing trend in articles lately. When people refer to phones they are now more commonly discussing apps, email and texts. Rarely does the fact that there could be missed calls or voicemails come up. The 2000’s brought us the rise of text messaging but it never replaced the functionality of the speed…
Have you embraced or internalized your fear?
Fight or flight. Humans are programmed for fear. Once this fact is understood we can begin to understand our actions (and the actions of others) better. Fear is a significant driver of human behavior. Through it we find motivation – often at a primal level. Fear of losing our job or our pay. Fear of…
Like it or not, headlines matter.
Earlier this week I published a post called CRE Needs to have a Hacker Mentality. I think it’s fair to say at this point that this is in the top 3 of the most popular pieces I’ve ever published. The question for me is why? Looking at how my most popular posts there is a…
A bit of travel to ease the weary mind (or make it more weary?)
I am not a global traveler. Until 15 months ago my total “international” travel was accounted for by a 2 day trip to Canada (1 day Toronto, 1 day Montreal). Then suddenly I had 4 trips to London in 15 months which certainly acclimated me to 9 hour plane rides. Now I can officially cross…
ROI is often the wrong metric.
Think of some common business metrics used to measure whether an action or decision is the right one. Of the top of my head I think of: Return on Investment Return on Assets Earnings per Share Internal Rate of Return Productivity Increase/Improvement Payback Period Customer Turnover Each of these have one thing in common: they…
#Hack #CRE – we all work for free.
I saw the quote online this week “If you do something well, never do it for free.” I couldn’t help but laugh out loud because that’s what most of us in CRE do on a daily basis. We do work for our clients for free – with the hope of a commission at the end…
#CRE needs to have a #hacker mentality.
NOTE: The title originally said “more of a #hacker mentality” but then it dawned on me that there really isn’t one to start with. It made me both sad and excited. Sad because we’ve been given the blueprint and haven’t done anything with it. Excited because the opportunity is still in front of us. **********************…
Who handles your #CRE customer service?
If you do it yourself, what happens if you are the problem? And don’t say that you are never the problem because even the nicest, most personable person in the world has people that don’t like him. Customer service is the activity of making sure a customer is happy with what they are getting. It…