Mark Johnson

Mark Johnson Named President of JPAR Real Estate

By Shelby Skrhak / January 19, 2022 /

JPAR Real Estate today announced the appointment of Mark Johnson as President of the Frisco-based national brokerage. In this new role, Mark will have responsibility for the JPAR Real Estate enterprise including its brokerage and franchise operations, which serves consumers across 65 offices in 25 states with more than 3,600 real estate professionals.  “I’m humbled…

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Why Work Without Rest Is Harming Your Productivity (And Everything Else in Your Life)

By Shelby Skrhak / November 10, 2021 /

What makes you productive? Is it hard work, long hours, and multiple cups of coffee to keep going? That’s doing more harm than good, says Dr. Shane Creado with the Daniel Amen clinic in Chicago. Creado is a board-certified psychiatrist and sleep medicine physician who studies the connection between sleep and mental health. Mark Johnson,…

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Coach’s Corner: For Exponential Growth, It’s as Simple as a Game of TAG

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / October 7, 2021 /

By Mark JohnsonCEO, JPAR – Real Estate Have you heard this quote before?  What is measured improves. What is measured and reported back exponentially improves. There was a study of Olympic-level figure skaters. First, the skaters trained on their own, in their usual ways. They attempted 60 elements (jumps and spins) in 1 hour of training.…

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Coach’s Corner: When The Bar is Low, Exceeding Expectations is Everything

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / September 13, 2021 /

By Mark JohnsonCEO, JPAR – Real Estate For years, The Harris Poll asked people to assess their regard for various professions. Real estate agents were always found at the bottom of the list, below attorneys and car sales associates.  Yet what is interesting when clients have been surveyed post-transaction, the large majority express satisfaction with…

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Coach’s Corner: You Don’t Have to Be a Jedi to Benefit From The Wisdom of Yoda

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / September 6, 2021 /

By Mark JohnsonCEO, JP & Associates Realtors You heard it here first: I call it “The Yoda Doctrine” for real estate professionals.  Yoda, a character from Star Wars, is the size of a small dog, green, and talks funny. But his character is also a wise master and a great warrior. He took the world…

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