Musings
Looking back and looking forwards
I want to start off today by congratulating Stephanie Porowini for her success in achieving the # 1 position in the Rate My Agent awards for the Northland region. Success is driving more success and Stephanie is running a great business out of her hometown of Whangerei. Stephanie and I both faced the same kind of attitudes… Read more »
The Conversation
Every interaction with another person has a conversation around it, and over the last couple of days this has really presented itself to me. What I am talking about is communication. The world is full of adages around taking care of what you wish for, and this also came front and center this week. If… Read more »
Timeframes
McDonalds – 3 minutes Car Warrant of Fitness – 40 minutes Ordering from Amazon – 3 weeks (If you live in rural New Zealand anyway…) Real Estate – Yesterday I was speaking with a colleague last night. She and her partner approached me at the beginning of this month with a bold vision for their business,… Read more »
This is the Main Event
I have had a bit of a challenging week. There is a lot going on, and as well as the usual pace of life and a bit of uptick in sales, Mum has been in hospital. I am hoping by the time you are reading this Mum, you are back at home. When I was… Read more »
Protecting a Legacy
Growing in the top of the mighty Northland Kauri, Tane Mahuta is an entire forest of trees that have made their home in the upper branches. There are even other mature Kauri up in the crown, healthily growing and producing seeds up in the enormous boughs of the forest giant. Protecting this ancient tree there… Read more »
Climbing back down off my high horse
I mentioned previously that we made a family visit to the South Island to visit family and take a look around over the festive season this summer. Driving through Motueka I noticed a beautiful old church that had been converted to… you guessed it… a real estate office. Even though I was driving in a… Read more »
Right Place. Right Time. Wrong Perspective.
Sometimes, there is more than one way of getting a better handle of what is going on in your world while making life that little bit easier and improving the quality of your output. I took myself off early on Sunday morning to try and snag a few waves. I wasn’t early enough to be… Read more »
Consciously Optimistic
A short one for a (another) short week in NZ. I have been thinking about the optimism that we have all had to hold on to over the past period of challenging times. I know both personally and first-hand from many interactions how devilishly challenging times have been. When I talk with my team and… Read more »
Happy New Year v2.0
It’s 8.30am and there is an unusual sound in the house. Well to be more accurate, a lack of sound. I can feel my shoulders drop. Hang on, there is a noise… oh, birdsong and cicadas. I might make myself a coffee, and go to my office and do some work. The silence is of… Read more »
The Power of Wait
Once you have worked with me for a while, you will learn that I tend to respond promptly. We all have our communication styles that work for us. For me, closing off a communication loop is an important one. If I have not called someone back, or replied to a text or email, I tend… Read more »
See Past the Foliage
‘See Past the Foliage’ said a Bonsai artist and friend I follow on social media. Straight away I started thinking how this sounds like a great analogy for life. The thought behind this is that if the structure of the little tree is well thought out, strong and sound, as the tree grows and develops… Read more »
Start as you intend to…
Start as you intend to… Happy New Year! Here is to a productive and profitable 2024. I was chatting to a colleague about how important this time of the year is for anyone like us – those who run their own business. The pace is different but you can still get a lot done. In… Read more »