Motivation

Real Estate Is Stressful. Here Are 3 Ways to Chill

By Shelby Skrhak / June 22, 2018 /

Every year the job-listing site Careercast.com ranks the top 10 most stressful jobs in the United States, based on 11 factors such as competition, physical demands, and work environment. Taking their rightful place at the top of the list are first responders like police officers, paramedics, firefighters, and the military. But there were two years…

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Alexa, Turn Around This Lousy Day

By Shelby Skrhak / June 8, 2018 /

“What am I doing wrong in this world,” my husband asked, walking out the door one Monday morning, a lousy day that began wrong right from the start. Blasting us awake, Livin’ on a Prayer streamed loudly on our Amazon Echo Dot that we use as our alarm clock. Though we’re an Amazon-enabled home with…

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What Not to Do at Your Next Networking Happy Hour

By Shelby Skrhak / May 24, 2018 /

  Maybe you’re shy. Or hate loud bars. Or hate loud people. There are plenty of reasons to dread going to the next chamber of commerce networking happy hour, and though no amount of free Kendall-Jackson Chardonnay will make awkward networking events more tolerable, here is the single most important tip to make networking happy…

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What Success, Self-Help, and Real Estate Have in Common

By Shelby Skrhak / May 7, 2018 /

“In order to be successful, one must project an image of success at all times.” That’s a piece of wisdom from Peter Gallagher playing Buddy Kane, the trite mantra-spouting real estate king in the 1999 film American Beauty. Of course it’s utter B.S. because Buddy, well, he was B.S.. But there’s a Realtor out there…

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