How’s your Charisma ? You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.– DALE CARNEGIE People are interested in the person who is interested in them. The question you must ask yourself is do I usually focus on others and …

Are you Practicing Persistence? History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refuse to become discouraged by their defeats- B.C. FORBES Founder of Forbes magazine Persistence is probably the single most common quality of high achievers. They simply refuse to give up.The longer you hang in there, the greater …

Entry-level purchasers are now the engine driving home-buying activity in almost every major centre in Canada, according to a recent report released by RE/MAX. The 2009 RE/MAX First-Time Buyers Report, highlighting first-time buying activity in 32 residential housing markets across Canada, found that improved affordability is prompting many first-time buyers to get off the fence, out of the rental, and …

Toronto Real Estate Board Members reported 4,120 sales in February 2009 compared to6,015 sales recorded in February 2008. The average home price was $361,305 last monthcompared to $382,048 during the same month last year.“A considerable number of transactions continued to take place in February 2009. Motivatedbuyers and sellers, who were aware that market conditions changed over the past few months,were …

Are you looking for the opportunity in everything? Every negative event contains within it the seed of an equal or greater benefit. – NAPOLEON HILL Author of Think and Grow Rich Look for the opportunity in everything. What if you, too, were to greet every interaction in your life with the question, “What’s the potential opportunity that this is?” The …

A thought for your friday… Do not follow where the path may lead. Go where there is no path and leave a trail!! Twelve Qualities Trail Blazers have in common. 1. They have confidence in themselves 2. They have a very strong sense of purpose 3. They never have excuses for not doing something 4. They never consider the idea …

What is a positive attitude? Most define it as means to helps us cope more easily with the daily affairs of life. It brings optimism into your life, and makes it easier to avoid worry and negative thinking. If you adopt it as a way of life, it will bring constructive changes into your life, and makes them happier, brighter …

Are you clear on what you want to achieve? There is one quality that one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants and a burning desire to achieve it.- Napoleon Hill Clarity is perhaps the most important concept in personal productivity. The greater the clarity the easier it is to overcome …

TREB Members reported 2,670 sales in January from the 5,075 sales reported in the first month of 2008. Of these, 1,106 transactions took place in the City of Toronto compared to 2,128 in January 2008. In the surrounding “905” area, 1,564 sales were recorded, from 2,947 last year. The GTA housing market has not been immune to the economic slowdown …

Are you excited about life everyday? Life is like a combination lock; your job is to find the right numbers, in the right order, so you can have anything you want.- Brian Tracy Most people don’t discover what life is all about until it’s to late. When we are young, we spend our days striving to keep up with social …