Property Management

The Work

This quote made me laugh for whatever reason;

I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.
  - Jerome K. Jerome

Captive or Captain

"You are either the captive or the captain of your thoughts." -Denis Waitley

Only you have the power to choose which it will be. So many of us choose to be the captive many times. What if we make the choice to take over the helm today and be in charge. Have some discipline about ourselves and apply that discipline as a commitment to make a better life for ourselves.

It really boils down to the people you hang around and the books you read. They have supreme influence over whether we choose to be captain or captive.

Influence

"Every man is a hero and an oracle to somebody, and to that person, whatever he says has an enhanced value."-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Definition of an idiot...

"The definition of an idiot is someone who has reached his goals"

Check out this video of Sam Zell making that statement. Click Here and look for the "Why I bought the Tribune"

Diversity

This is the best quote I have come across on the subject of diversity.

"Why study the stars? They all look the same to me." Ascribed to an apprentice of Galileo

Life

“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle.” —Philo of Alexandria

Credit Worthy vs. People Worthy

“It’s not people who aren’t credit-worthy. It’s apartment communites that aren’t people worthy.”

The sweetest sound in the human language

"Remember that a person's name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language." -Dale Carnegie

Bigger than thyself!

NEW YORK TIMES

| http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/28/business/28carr.html

AIM HIGH

November 28, 2005 | author: David Carr

As the central icon in the Church of the Upraised Fist - a temporary concert nation of

gesturing frat boys, downloading adolescents and aging rockers reliving past glories - Bono can

command his audience to do anything. During the concert last Tuesday, Bono asked the

audience to send, via text message, their full names to One, an organization that fights AIDS and

global poverty. They happily complied and their names were flashed on screen between

encores. MTV's "Total Request Live" may attract a wider audience, but its members probably

aren't made to think they are part of something bigger.

Experiences

"Experiences are as distinct from services as services are from goods."-Joe Pine & Jim Gilmore