About Smith County, TX

One day I hopped in a taxi and we took off for the airport . We were driving in the right lane when suddenly a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver slammed on his breaks, skidded, and missed the other car by just inches! The driver of the other car whipped his head around and started yelling at us. My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy. And I mean, he was really friendly. So I asked, 'Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the hospital!' This is when my taxi driver taught me what I now call, 'The Law of the Garbage Truck.' He explained that many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of garbage, full of frustration, full of anger, and full of disappointment. As their garbage piles up, they need a place to dump it and sometimes they'll dump it on you. Don't take it personally. Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on. Don't take their garbage and spread it to other people at work, at home, or on the streets. The bottom line is that successful people do not let garbage trucks take over their day. Life's too short to wake up in the morning with regrets, so..... 'Love the people who treat you right. Love and Pray for the ones who don't.' Life is ten percent what you make it; and ninety percent how you take it! Author Unknown

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"If your actions inspire others to dream more,
learn more, do more and become more,
you are a leader".
John Quincy Adams

What do your actions tell other people about you? Are you confident and approachable or maybe cocky and arrogant? Trust me, there is fine line between the two and I have been on both sides. You always want to be confident and approachable in your business dealings with customers and other agents alike. As you become more successful you will struggle with this more than anything else. I find the best way for me to deal with not getting to cocky or arrogant is to teach classes at our office to new agents. You will find that some of the things you take for granted every day, they haven't experienced yet. In the process of training them I begin to feel humble and grateful for the distance I have traveled in my own business. The simplest things can frustrate a new agent and then I remember the first time I had to deal with a certain situation and how helpless I felt. I also feel like I have a vested interest in their businesses success. You see, I believe I am helping them and the only way it can be measured is through their success. Does that make us leaders when we do something like that? Well, you will have to ask the people I have taught or the one's you will teach. I believe "they" grade us on our leadership skills. If their success is a good indicator then great, but in the end I believe others determine our leadership ability.

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The U.S. government has tens of billions of dollars left in the eye-popping $700 billion bank bailout fund created last year, prompting a debate in Congress over what to do with it.

The Government Accountability Office, the nonpartisan investigative arm of Congress, estimated on Thursday that the government has about $328 billion left in the fund that has not been spent or legally committed.

I have a great sugestion; Either pay off some of our debt. Or give $1100.00 to each person in the country all 300 million of us.

I bet you anything niether happens. I can see Barney Frank and Chris Dodd saying we need it for this or that and it never reaching the debt or the public.

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I have been in Tyler, Texas for about 3 months now and I can only say one thing.

I LOVE IT!!

Our Market Center is growing and the agents in Tyler are really beginning to grasp the concept of what we are trying to do. I wondered about the homes in Tyler when I came here and to my surprise, the market is actually very strong. Oh, you have the agents in town that think the customer works for them, but that's everywhere. As a whole Real Estate agents in Tyler want to learn how to deal with a shifting market. That works great for the business model we offer at Keller Williams, Tyler.

Thanks for all that have made the move a success.

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The 4th of July is one of my favorite holidays. Of course its a great day in our country, but it also was the first holiday after school was out. It was always great to take the kids and have a long weekend. My kids are grown now, but I love to see families at the water-park or just going to the movies. This morning already you can see Dads and sons playing golf and starting the weekend off right.

Please be safe and have a blast with the family this weekend.

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