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Thomas Araujo

FAREWELL AND GOOD LUCK TO MY ASSISTANT!

Usually I post quotes that are relevant to my thoughts for the day. Today, I'm going to do things a little differently. Today is my assistant's last day. She isn't returning because she says real estate is not for her. When I hired her I knew her intentions were to simply learn about business and not specifically real estate, but I guess I had a vision that she would see the wonders of real estate and fall in love with this business. It's true what they say, this business isn't cut out for everyone. I wish her the best of luck in her own business endeavors, whatever they may be. GOOD LUCK CHARLiiE!

DREAMS

"The starting point of great success and achievement has always been the same. It is for you to dream big dreams. There is nothing more important, and nothing that works faster than for you to cast off your own limitations than for you to begin dreaming and fantasizing about the wonderful things that you can become, have, and do."- Brian Tracy

I've been in this business for a while now and I've come to a lot of cross roads in my career; but I've never lost sight of my dream to be a big success in the real estate business. When I left Century 21 and came to Cassidon, one of the main reasons was because Cassidon is a small business. It gives me a chance to grow with the company and to be a part of its success from beginning to end. Just my feels for the day.

GOOD BUSINESS LEADERS

"Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion."-Jack Welsh

This is all that needs to be said.

Continuing to Improve my Customer Service

"If I’m going to do something, I do it spectacularly or I don’t do it at all."-Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud

Every day I try to give my best to each customer, even when I'm having a bad day, or worse a bad week. Everyone knows what I mean. Even when the customer has unrealistic demands and are just plain difficult. I still strive to do all I can for them. I don't find a purpose in taking on a new customer and wasting his and my time if I'm not going to do all I can for him. At the end of the day, you're not successful if you're customers hate you. Word of mouth goes really far. Just a thought

We make history

"Men make history, and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better."
Harry S. Truman

This doesn't directly have anything to deal with real estate, but when I read it this morning it touched me. It motivated me to do my best today and I thought it would be a great quote to share with all of you. I hope you enjoy it