Dear 2017, As we approach the end of the year, I’m a bit out of sorts. I am tired … and feeling more like lemon than lemonade. In short, I am not myself right now. And I really don’t want to enter a bright and shiny New Year in this way. And so I have […]
“Calling out the jerks among us”
When I was much younger, still a university student entering the real world, I worked with a woman (now one of my best friends) who had this very odd habit. When someone would start to tell a joke, she would listen quietly and then, depending on how it started, say, “Is this joke racist or […]
We are more than the galas.
It’s a strange world, this real estate business. Sometimes, on the inside looking out, I worry about the focus on money. #1 in sales, #1 in volume, top producer, #5 in the province, drive my fancy shiny car, wear my big producer pin to the grocery store, de rigueur glamour shot posted everywhere I can […]
We are all artists.
I’ve been reading a lot of Seth Godin lately, in particular his blog. Lately, Seth has been pushing us to push ourselves – not to work harder or faster, but rather to work on the things that matter, the things that can make a difference to the way we, and the world at large, think, feel […]
I refuse to expect the worst in people.
Warning: This is a bit of a rant. My son lost his iPod Touch on the bus yesterday. Today, the bus driver returned it to him. I was not surprised — I was happy, but not surprised. Others were surprised. I absolutely refuse to expect the worst in people. “Ha! Poor girl. Is she ever gonna get used!!” […]
I’ll take a month of doing better over 12 months of doing the same.
I’ll take a month of doing better over 12 months of doing the same, any day of the year. That’s a mouthful, I know. Let me explain. For every keen, eager and, OK, sometimes naive person who embraces the New Year’s ritual of setting resolutions for the year ahead, you’ll find a wise, learned and, yes, […]
Disarmament Made Easy
I was out walking my dog yesterday, and since it was 4 pm on November 28 in Canada, it was getting dark already. A young man was approaching me on the path. He had a dark hood over his head and long dark hair. His eyes were focused on the ground. He looked if not […]
One LESS Waffer Thin Mint
You know the Monty Python skit where the very large man is eating buckets and buckets of food at the restaurant and, after all the gluttony, the waiter encourages him to have a mint? The man doesn’t want to, because he’s full. But the waiter keeps encouraging him because, after all, it is wafer thin (pronounced “waffer […]
Amused to Death?
I’m feeling philosophical this Monday morning. Roger Waters is coming to play the entire album The Wall here in Montreal at the Bell Centre. Hubby is going, but I’m not. Though I’m a huge Roger Waters fan, it’s his solo stuff I prefer and so I just couldn’t justify the price tag: a cool $250. The Wall […]
If real estate was easy, I’d be out of a job!
I had an “aha” moment recently. I had been whining to myself (nobody else will listen!) about some of my real estate transactions that seemed to be coming off the rails. Buyers who didn’t know what they wanted…or changed their mind midstream. Properties that had issues. Construction topics that needed extensive – and immediate! – researching. Clients who […]
