It's More Than Punching a Time Clock

Monday Morning Match is a short post - maybe a quote, inspirational story or idea - intended to spark some motivation inside of each of you so your week gets off to a fantastic start on Monday morning.

"You don't get paid for the hour.
You get paid for the value you bring to an hour."
- Jim Rohn

Look at your list of things to do this week...

Look at the appointments you have...

Look at the opportunities you face that will allow you to provide tremendous value...

Now find a way through your words, your actions and your being "you" to deliver value. I want you to feel exhausted at the end of each day because you gave it all you could.

What Will You Be Able To Do in 2027?

Figuring out where to go for dinner or what to wear to work can sometimes be difficult for people so asking what you'll be doing next week, next month or in 17 years can be downright impossible, right?

Would you be closer on some of your "plans" or do you think you'd be "way off?" Could you wait patiently until 2027 to find out how you did back in 2010?

I saw an interesting post yesterday on a blog from David Meerman Scott. Scott is a respected marketer, blogger and writer and recently co-authored a fun book - Marketing Lessons from the Grateful Dead: What Every Business Can Learn from the Most Iconic Band in History with HubSpot founder Brian Halligan.

In the post (click here to read full post) Scott shared the video below from AT&T's marketing campaign from 1993. While not perfect, the folks at AT&T have come pretty close to some of their "far out" ideas from 1993.



So what are you waiting for? Grab a pen and pad of paper or power up the Flip Video camera and start telling the world what you're going to be doing in 2027.



I hope I'll still be building relationships...solving problems...and having fun.

Are You Ready for Some Football?

I am a big believer in people setting a schedule and then following it. Plan ahead and then prepare for the next thing on that schedule each day, week and month. One of my favorite days each year is when my friend and former classmate at The University of Florida Pete Blank from Birmingham, Alabama, sends me the newest College Football Helmet Schedule. (Pete writes a great blog on leadership in case you're interested)

Now that the 2010 college football season is finally upon us, you need to get your College Football Helmet Schedule.

It resides on your computer's desktop (or wherever you might want to store it) and has all of the Division I college teams schedules, by team and by conference. Ever need to know who Akron plays? Click on the MAC tab and you'll know they battle Gardner Webb on September 11th. Unsure whether TCU is at home or on the road against Colorado State? Just visit the WAC tab and you'll know the Horned Frogs go to Ft. Collins for that game.

If you're like me and you need your college football fix at your fingertips, email me at sean.carpenter@cboki.com and I'll send you the excel schedule so you can start following your 'home' teams immediately.

Enjoy the season! Good luck to your alma mater or favorite team.

Are Your Peers Putting Pressure on Traditional Marketing?

At last week's Coldwell Banker Summer Technology Summit, keynote presenter Stefan Swanepoel discussed many of the top trends in real estate today. As one would expect, he spent a significant amount of time talking about the impact of social networking and the new opportunities people have to build vast relationships with more people than they ever knew they really "knew" through the use of networks like Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter among others.

Here's a brief video from the event where Swanepoel discusses the impact that social media (and the social marketing aspect it has created) has had on the "old fashioned" way of marketing to and through consumers. He also talks about how a relationship on Facebook (peer to peer) can now deliver more of the trust and credibility that the traditional media used to provide.




Are you just amassing friends, followers and contacts on these sites or are you leveraging the massive power of these sites to "build relationships, solve problems and have more fun"?

Monday Morning Match - A Powerful Combination

Monday Morning Match is a short post - maybe a quote, inspirational story or idea - intended to spark some motivation inside of each of you so your week gets off to a fantastic start on Monday morning.









"Positive thinking is how you think about a problem. Enthusiasm is how you feel about a problem. The two together determine what you do about a problem."

~ Norman Vincent Peale

Make it a great week of building relationships, solving problems and having fun!