Know Your Home Seller Rights
Knowing your home seller rights is important. Suppose you sign a contract to sell your home. Then you spend $5,000 doing repairs as requested by the buyer. Of course, you have…
Best Grief and Sadness Advice
Giving advice for grief and sadness is not something I normally do. I am naturally happy, rarely sad. I wake up that way, and I realize it’s a blessing. But a few…
Best Way to Face Difficult Challenges
The best way to face difficult challenges in life can be gleaned from two of my favorite age-old stories. I rewrote them as inspiration for 2019. A challenging situation In a…
Kill the Bear
Kill the bear is a line from one of my favorite movies, The Edge. Billionaire Charles Morse (Anthony Hopkins), and fashion photographer, Bob Green (Alec Baldwin), endure a harrowing quest for survival in the treacherous…
Best Principles of Persuasion You Need to Know
In his excellent book, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Robert Cialdini explains six principles of persuasion. Sid and Harry owned a small men’s clothing store in the 1930s. They leveraged one of…
The Nicest Guy in the World
I'd like to introduce you to the nicest guy in the world. About the nicest guy in the world He doesn’t have an email address. He doesn’t mess with LinkedIn,…
The Philosophy of Winnie the Pooh
The essence of the philosophy of Winnie the Pooh is that that people can live in the same reality, yet perceive it so differently. It’s happened to me. I'll bet…
The Secret to a Richer Life
Dad told me the secret to a richer life. My name is Lori. Today, I’ll share what may be the greatest life lesson in the history of humankind — spoken…
Best Thanksgiving Facts and Trivia
It's hard to believe (at least for me), but this is my 12th straight year sharing the best Thanksgiving facts and trivia to help you be an enlightened gobbler during…
The Man Who Invented Real Estate
My youngest son, Casey, was nine when I heard him tell a friend, “My grandpa, Chubby, is the man who invented real estate.” Who was the man who invented real…