Professional One Franchising

Do you remember the movie, ‘There’s Something About Mary?’  I’m sure you do. The Farrelly brothers “romantic” comedy certainly raised some eyebrows when it hit the big screen. One scene in particular, though, continues to stand out in my mind. Ben Stiller’s character, Ted, picks up a hitchhiker to fight off boredom on his drive [...]

Some Background… Part of my work history includes managing multiple campaigns for state representative here in southeastern Michigan.  As such, I’ve never really been able to shake the draw of the political arena.  In fact, 2010 may be the first time in my voting history that I did not tune in to a gubernatorial primary [...]

Seriously, you don’t want to read this post.  Your marketing is just fine.  You keep knocking on doors, cold calling, sending out postcards with recipes and football schedules.  You’ll do just fine in real estate.  After all, what’s worked for real estate marketing in the past will continue to work, albeit at a progressively lower [...]

Learn From Galarraga How To Win At Life The amazing part of this picture is the smile on Armando’s face.  Yeah, it’s full of incredulity, but that there is a smile… …after he got ROBBED of what would have baseball’s 21st perfect game – with TWO OUTS IN THE NINTH INNING, for Pete’s sake – [...]

TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) TED is a: … small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment and Design (hence, “TED”). Since then its scope has become ever broader. Along with the annual TED Conference in Long Beach, California, and the [...]

Over at toddwaller.com, I started a “Where’s Waller?” section to simply have a little fun and tinker with my personal blog.  This “Where’s Waller?” has been cross posted there and here, ’cause I thought you all might be curious! 

With all apologies to Morrissey and the Smiths… There’s too much caffeine in your bloodstream… Recently, my lovely bride relayed a story about a family at our kids’ school.  This family (I’ll call them the Smiths – ha!) has successfully sold their home and was endeavoring to purchase a new home in the same community. [...]

…A Deadly Combination For Some… Dear Reader… There is only one thing that could force me to make the statement you see in the Tweet above.  And that is bad use of technology. I am a HUGE advocate of utilizing the latest technology in the transaction of real estate.  Done correctly, it can streamline a [...]

Years ago, scientists set about to discover the power of social influence.  They wanted to know how much social or peer influence was necessary to entirely change the behavior of people. Not wanting to be unduly cruel to their fellow man, the scientists put ten chimpanzees in a cage.  In the middle of the cage [...]