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 your home professionally cleaned to give the buyer a pleasant move-in experience. All is good until out of the blue, just before closing, the buyer requests a two-week […]
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 days ago, I was sad. I learned that a dear friend lost her father. In honor of my friend and her remarkable dad, I decided to share […]
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 small Italian town, two hundred years ago, a reputable merchant owed a loan-shark a huge sum of money. Because of the exorbitant interest rate, the […]
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 Alaskan wilderness. What leads to kill the bear? While staying at a remote backcountry lodge accessible only by seaplane, Morse and Green decide to fly upriver […]
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 Cialdini’s six principles of persuasion to sell more suits. Their “routine” went like this. One of the best principles of persuasion explained When Sid had […]
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, Facebook, Twitter or social media stuff. He’d rather put on his jeans, pull on his boots, and go out to make new friends the old […]
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 it’s happened to you. I hope my article this week helps your reality become a better reality. What is the philosophy of Winnie the Pooh? Imagine […]
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 through the words of my Dad. Want to have a richer life? Dad told us the secret early on. What is the secret to a […]
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 big meal on Thursday. Here’s a little “stuffing” to keep the conversation interesting at your Thanksgiving table. Hope you have a fun-filled, calorie-rich day […]
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 estate? My dad, Harold “Chubby” Hague, a fighter pilot flight instructor, had just returned from the war to his hometown, Cincinnati, Ohio. He had no money, no […]