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“I suspect in the UK we're going to end up with some really deep, high-quality verticals…as opposed to lots of law firms having components,” says today's guest Greg Jackson, Director of Law Firm Strategy and Transformation at PwC, who joins The Future is Bright to discuss this and many more predictions he has for the future of UK law firms. Along with co-hosts Chris Batz and Howard Rosenberg, Greg will compare UK firms to their American counterparts in terms of economics, leverage, rates and utilization, pay and expectations at the partner level, as well as yearly hours. He will explain why he's changed his view—however slightly—on the idea of growth for growth's sake, how the UK legal market is changing—including a particularly important one—and his advice for mid sized firms. He will also explain how Alternative Business Structure will affect the UK model going forward and why U.S. outbound work to Europe is so important. He'll predict whether or not the UK will adopt a hybrid model, marrying innovation with tradition, as well as what to do when you've been on a steady upward trajectory for a sustained period of time, and the issue that keeps his clients up at night.  What is the one thing that U.S. law firms do better than those across the pond? Join today's episode of The Future is Bright to find out.  Quotes “One of the projects that I always encourage clients to do—and I did in my old world—was, How do you situate your exec or board in a ten percent off the top line reduction? Whether hours or price or some combination of the two? Situate yourself in that issue and think, ‘What can we do about cash? What do we do with our clients? What work do you want to hold on to that we're willing to go for a downward cycle, even if it's painful?” (7:01 | Greg Jackson) “I don't know how this is played out in the U.S., but in the UK, in particular in the last 12 months, there have been a number of quite bad well-being incidents that have happened which have caused firms to really think about, ‘How do you connect utilization into an understanding of what people are doing?' It can be quite hidden, to your point, big hours, etc.” (14:58 | Greg Jackson) “When you think of what's coming in terms of technology investment, lawyer salaries, the need to be more international and cope with more complex regulatory environments to operate in the U.S./UK, I just see a world in which you need more scale.” (19:47 | Greg Jackson) “I suspect in the UK we're going to end up with some really deep, high-quality verticals…as opposed to lots of law firms having components.” (24:22 | Greg Jackson) Links Connect with Greg Jackson: LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-jackson86/   Connect with Howard Rosenberg: LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hrosenberg/ Company web profile: https://www.baretzbrunelle.com/howard-rosenberg   Connect with Chris Batz: LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisbatz/  LinkedIn Company page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/columbus-street/ Columbus Street website: https://www.columbus-street.com/  Podcast production and show notes provided by HiveCast.fm  

Listen to this interview of Javier Cámara, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Málaga, Spain. We talk about the paper Cámara et al. Quantitative Verification-Aided Machine Learning: A Tandem Approach for Architecting Self-Adaptive IoT Systems. Javier Cámara : "Yes, it had been an option, at one point during revising, to have the preliminaries up in the paper before the overview of our approach was presented. However, we felt that presenting the preliminaries after we have presented the bird's eye view of our approach was going to provide our reader with a rationale for why each element is described and explained there. We wouldn't have established that sort of rationale if we'd presented those elements earlier, or to establish that, we would have needed to repeat quite a lot in the text." Link to Cámara et al. Quantitative Verification-Aided Machine Learning: A Tandem Approach for Architecting Self-Adaptive IoT Systems Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Listen to this interview of Javier Cámara, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Málaga, Spain. We talk about the paper Cámara et al. Quantitative Verification-Aided Machine Learning: A Tandem Approach for Architecting Self-Adaptive IoT Systems. Javier Cámara : "Yes, it had been an option, at one point during revising, to have the preliminaries up in the paper before the overview of our approach was presented. However, we felt that presenting the preliminaries after we have presented the bird's eye view of our approach was going to provide our reader with a rationale for why each element is described and explained there. We wouldn't have established that sort of rationale if we'd presented those elements earlier, or to establish that, we would have needed to repeat quite a lot in the text." Link to Cámara et al. Quantitative Verification-Aided Machine Learning: A Tandem Approach for Architecting Self-Adaptive IoT Systems Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Monday's Hoch and Crowder Show, Solana was absent due to a delayed flight, but he returned later during the show. Dan Day discussed Solana's three days at SEC Media Days and his awkward interviews with Dennis Dodd and Brett McMurphy. Crowder shared how his stand-up performance went in Tampa over the weekend at The Funnybone. Additionally, former Miami Hurricanes player Shaq Barrett announced his retirement from the NFL after signing with the Miami Dolphins during the offseason. The Miami Heat Summer League team played in the Summer League Championship game. Hoch also shared his betting experience at the Atlantic City Casino in Jersey over the weekend, as well as an encounter with a fan of the show at Chickie's & Pete's. CBS 4 Anchor Mike Cugno joined the program to discuss Shaq Barrett's sudden retirement and speculated on what might happen with Tua's contract at Training Camp, which starts this Wednesday. Hoch and Crowder also delved into the new NBA Media Rights Deal, and TNT released a statement about invoking their matching rights under the new deal. Solana returned to the show after his trip from Cancun, sharing that he had no idea what happened in the sports world over the weekend. Hoch also informed Solana about the big news regarding Jordan Love holding out at training camp and how it might impact Tua's new contract.

In this episode, I'm talking about why it's important for instructional coaches to situate themselves in the school system with intentionality. We explore things you can do during the first week of coaching to set up a strong coaching foundation, including having a clarity conversation, creating a coaching menu, and meeting teachers with a positive interaction. Doing these things helps ensure you, your admin, and the teachers you support are all on the same page. Listen to this episode now to learn what to do during the first week of school! Want to learn more about what to do during the first 20 days of coaching? Check out my course, Instructional Coaching Start-Up. It provides the support and guidance you need to build a strong coaching foundation during those crucial first weeks of school. -Chrissy Beltran   Buzzing with Ms. B Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/buzzingwithmsb/   Buzzing with Ms. B TpT - https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Chrissy-Beltran-Buzzing-With-Ms-B   Instructional Coaching Start-Up - http://buzzingwithmsb.com/startup   Instructional Coaching with Ms. B Show Notes - https://buzzingwithmsb.com/Episode196   Thank you for listening to Buzzing with Ms. B: The Coaching Podcast. If you love the show, share it with a coach who would love it too, subscribe to this podcast, or leave me a review on iTunes! It's free and it helps others find this show, too. Happy coaching! Podcast produced by Fernie Ceniceros

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MMP| Ep 293 "Situate Him" by The Masterminds Network

Revelation, faith and obedience demythologized the world. Dismissing them is not without effect. Situate your life within God's narrative, and your life, your potential and your contribution to the world expands. Homily for the Feast of the Holy Family.

Recording Date: November 10th, 2023 Hosts: Tony Hansmann && Jesse Alford Guest Name: Alex Tran Alex Tran has spent time at Code For America, Pivotal, and touring around the US helping Climete Tech companies. He's got a new UX Consultancy focused on climate, wellness, insurance, and govtech clients. We had the type of really fun conversation I miss having with Designers! We talk about his pairing journey, design on a balanced team, and some of the principles he teaches his design students. Social media: LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/alexandersitran/

Welcome to Episode 40 of "In Development" – where urban planning meets insightful discussion! In this comeback episode, our dynamic new hosts, Lilit Houlder and Allison Rosland, bring a fresh perspective and a wealth of experience to the podcast.Join Lilit and Alison as they delve into their professional backgrounds as urban planners, sharing the twists and turns that led them to the vibrant world of IDEA. From urban landscapes to the new zoning law, these hosts have seen it all and are ready to unpack current issues impacting the world of infill development.In this episode, they explore recent developments in Edmonton's urban planning scene, dissecting the implications of the city's new zoning bylaw and the subsequent motions presented by City Council following its approval. Get ready for an insightful conversation that goes beyond the headlines, as Lilit and Alison share their thoughts on the topic and drop an exciting teaser about Episode 41, revealing their first official guest.--Lilit is a local planner in Edmonton, working with a consulting firm, Invistec Consulting Ltd. Lilit has pursued her Masters in Urban Planning at the University of Calgary and has since worked in private and public sectors with a focus on urban design and policy. In her volunteering efforts, Lilit strives to advocate for equitable cities as the Co-Chair of her national organization, Women in Urbanism, by taking an intersectional approach to urban planning that focuses on people's health and safety.Allison is an urban planner with six years of planning consulting experience in both an urban and rural context. She began her planning career working with small urban and rural municipalities to prepare long-range future land use plans, zoning bylaws, watershed management plans and tackling the day-to-day planning challenges municipalities face. Since joining Situate in 2022, her focus has shifted to rezoning and strategic advisory services for awesome infill projects.Allison holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Alberta and Master of Planning from the University of Calgary's School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape.

Our guest this week is Paul Carroll, of Situate, RI who is senior HR director at CVS Health, founder of Autism Dadvocate and father of an Autistic son. Paul and his wife, Jennifer, have been married for 20 years and are the proud parents of Vaughan(16) who is Autistic. Professionally, Paul is an Executive Director of Talent Manager at CVS Health. Informed by being a father to a neurodiverse child and guided by his faith, Paul has been called to create AutismDadvocate.org, a non-profit an online support forum for dads with children with autism and about the commonalities we all face as fathers. They host a blog, a podcast and workshops. That's all on this episode of the SFN Dad To Dad Podcast. Show Links:Email – Paul.Carroll@CVSHealth.comLinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-carroll-autismdadvocate/Website - https://www.autismdadvocate.org/Podcast - https://www.autismdadvocate.org/podcastSpecial Fathers Network - SFN is a dad to dad mentoring program for fathers raising children with special needs. Many of the 500+ SFN Mentor Fathers, who are raising kids with special needs, have said: "I wish there was something like this when we first received our child's diagnosis. I felt so isolated. There was no one within my family, at work, at church or within my friend group who understood or could relate to what I was going through."SFN Mentor Fathers share their experiences with younger dads closer to the beginning of their journey raising a child with the same or similar special needs. The SFN Mentor Fathers do NOT offer legal or medical advice, that is what lawyers and doctors do. They simply share their experiences and how they have made the most of challenging situations.Check out the 21CD YouTube Channel with dozens of videos on topics relevant to dads raising children with special needs - https://www.youtube.com/channe... Please support the SFN. Click here to donate: https://21stcenturydads.org/do...Special Fathers Network: https://21stcenturydads.org/SFN Dads Mastermind Group - https://21stcenturydads.org/sfn-mastermind-group/Discover more about the Dads Honor Ride 2023 - https://21stcenturydads.org/2023-dads-honor-ride/Find out about Horizon Therapeutics – Science and Compassion Working Together To Transform Lives. https://www.horizontherapeutics.com/

how do you actually situate your data empirical findings within the literature? It's a puzzle of the figure out what is the right level of abstraction so the other people can pay attention to what you're doing. I have yet to figure out what the right answer is in terms of how you should frame what you're talking about. Every time that I think I am abstract enough, it is not. Every time that I think it is too abstract, it is not The puzzle is getting people to buy into your empirical findings, given with what the literature already says about some other things.

In this special episode of In Development, Ryan and Olivia chat with Tegan Martin-Drysdale - President of RedBrick Real Estate Services, Founder of Ocheller Homes, Co-Founder of Homestead Coworking and Co-Founder of IDEA; Chelsey Jersak - Founder and Principal of Situate and Past President of IDEA's executive board; and Mariah Samji - previous Executive Director of IDEA.In recognition of IDEA's 10 Year Anniversary, Tegan, Chelsey and Mariah share their individual stories about IDEA's beginnings, reflect on the challenges of starting a non-profit in the infill space, and celebrate the many pivotal moments of driving positive change for infill in our city and beyond.For the first time ever, watch IDEA's key players as they commemorate the organization's collective achievements and speak to how you, the viewer, can be a part of driving change for people-centred communities!As well, join us and infill community on Friday, June 23 at the IDEA 10 Year Gala!

Bristol Temple Meads recently became the UK's first ‘Station Innovation Zone'. Working in partnership with Network Rail and Innovate UK we're helping the station to test new technologies designed to improve the passenger experience the station.  In this episode we meet three innovators from the three companies who will be live trialling their solutions in the station over the coming months; Rosie Richardson from Createc, Rob Franklin from Jnction and Neal Byers from Workfromhub. What are the exciting new products that they'll be developing at Temple Meads, how could they make a difference for the travelling public, and what does success look like at the end of the trail phase?  We also hear from one of the Catapult's SME Accelerator Programme Managers, Poppy Driver, and our Ecosystem Director for Rail & Stations, Alan Peters.   Theme music on this episode is by Phill Ward Music (www.phillward.com)  Show notes:   To read our full announcement about Bristol Temple Meads becoming the UK's first Station Innovation Zone, click here.   The trio of firms – Createc, Jnction and WorkfromHub – have been chosen as part of the Station Innovation Zone programme that aims to test new ways of improving the rail passenger experience.  Createc offers a LIDAR based crowd monitoring system called Situate which uses artificial intelligence to alert operators to incidents in real time and warn of concerning activity. A single sensor can cover large distances and be alert to people running or standing too close to the platform edge.  Jnction has developed a passenger assistance app known as Aubin designed to help neurodiverse passengers and others who may find travel difficult. It provides journey information, accessible station detail and direct communication with carers and customer experience staff.  WorkfromHub looks to install a remote workspace pod at the station which is bookable via a dedicated app. The remote workspace offers a quiet and private space to enable people to join a virtual meeting or get some deep work done during their time at the Station. To learn more about all nine companies that showcased their solutions to Network Rail at Bristol Temple Meads, click here (this article includes links to the websites of all nine companies). You can also catch up on some of our other rail-themed episodes by clicking on the below links:  Reimagining our railways and stations Great Rail Journeys of the future with Michael Portillo  If you'd like to get in touch with your feedback, comments and suggestions on what you'd like to hear more of on Connected Places, please email: podcast@cp.catapult.org.uk. We're looking forward to hearing from you!   To find out more about what we do at the Connected Places Catapult and to hear about the latest news, events and announcements, visit cp.catapult.org.uk and do sign up to our newsletter!    Follow the show!  Don't forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. Please also take a moment to write a review and rate us so that more people can hear about the podcast and what we do at Connected Places Catapult. 

Have you considered offering in-home therapy services to your clients? Is that something that could work with your Canadian private practice? How can you offer this service to help your clients while maintaining your safety?  Therapy can take on many shapes and sizes, from in-session talking to helping a client recovering from OCD reorganise their home. In this podcast episode, I discuss this method with Victoria Rodriguez, who has years of experience. MEET VICTORIA RODRIGUEZ  Victoria (she/her/hers) LPC, CCTP, NCC is a Licensed Professional Counsellor in private practice in Louisiana who specializes in career counselling and trauma treatment for healthcare professionals. Drawing on her experiences and academic research on home-based therapy, she also helps home health and community mental health professionals navigate in-home services confidently and safely through online workshops. Learn more about Victoria on her website.  In this episode:  Theory to practice  The insights of in-home therapy services  Practicing safety as an in-home therapist  The benefits of in-home therapy  Theory to practice With providing in-home therapy, there is no one modality to therapy. Counsellors who provide in-home therapy services need to find their own bridge between the counselling theory that they align with and how it shapes their counselling sessions.  Having an understanding of counselling theory and where you stand with it can help you tremendously if you decide to provide in-home counselling.  If you want to delve deeper into finding out which counselling theories you work best with, and could better inform your therapy practice, check out this theoretical fit quiz to find your strengths.  The insights of in-home therapy services  Having a therapist visit the client in their home can provide a huge amount of benefits and insight that are valuable to the therapy.  The therapist can see the client's living environment, and whom they live with, and detect a small piece of their quality of life – all of which adds a lot of nuance and depth to the therapy that the therapist can provide clients with.  Another pro of offering in-home therapy services is that it makes therapy so much more accessible. Some clients may be injured, bed-bound, or unable to travel long distances and still need and desire counselling services.  Practicing safety as an in-home therapist  If you are travelling between client homes to offer and provide therapy to clients, there will be moments where you need to make a decision based on your safety..  Determine if the situation that you are about to enter is safe for you, if it isn't, refer the client to another therapist.  You can also develop a safety plan and checklist for yourself. Some of the safety checklist steps include:  Backing up into a client's driveway so that you can leave quickly if you need to  Phoning the client before the session to check that they are home and if they have any additional family or visitors in the home  Situate yourself to the closest exist possible without having the client block an additional exit  Avoid sitting between two family members  Don't sit in a poorly lit area in your car to finish notes after the session  Share your location with your supervisor or colleague  The benefits of in-home therapy  Some benefits for the therapist include being in control of your schedule because you can take in-home clients whenever you choose to (and have telehealth sessions in between).  The benefits for clients, however, are fantastic. Some therapists that offer in-home therapy sometimes offer cooking therapy with their clients, trauma-informed yoga, and even eco-therapy!  Connect with me: Instagram Website  Resources mentioned and useful links: Ep 39: Nicole McCance: The Benefits of Automation in Your Canadian Private Practice Learn more about the tools and deals that I love and use for my Canadian private practice Sign up for my free e-course on How to Start an Online Canadian Private Practice Learn more about Victoria on her website, private practice website, Instagram, Facebook, and Psychology Today profiles.  Find Victoria's safety checklist here Rate, review, and subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, Amazon, and TuneIn 

In this third episode of Season 3, guests Dr. Nicholas Clarke (University of Kent, United Kingdom), Dr. Thomas Garavan (Cork University Business School, Ireland), and Dr. Kibum Kwon (Texas A&M University-Commerce, United States) discuss the relationship between HRD and Economics, including:What is meant by the term Economics?What is the connection between Economics and the concepts of work and the workplace?What is the relationship between Economics and HRD?How does Economics help HRD to understand and work on current and future challenges in organizations?When considering theories that underpin HRD, how much weight should be given to Economic theory? What would HRD look like in practice if alternative or additional Economic theories were adopted by HRD?and much more.For full details on the HRD Masterclass series, visit hrdmasterclass.com, for the bios of the guest scholars visit allbypodcast.com/economics.For more information on the Academy of Human Resource Development, visit ahrd.org - by being a member of AHRD, you can access bonus materials from podcast episodes.This episode is sponsored by: The Educational Human Resource Development Program at Texas A&M University - visit their website at https://eahr.tamu.edu/; and by SiTUATE, a new platform that is the digital version of structured on-the-job training - find out more by visiting https://www.situate-training.com/

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: General alignment properties, published by Alex Turner on August 8, 2022 on The AI Alignment Forum. AIXI and the genome are both ways of specifying intelligent agents. Give AIXI a utility function (perhaps over observation histories), and hook it up to an environment, and this pins down a policy. Situate the genome in the embryo within our reality, and this eventually grows into a human being with a policy of their own. These agents have different "values", in whatever sense we care to consider. However, these two agent-specification procedures also have very different general alignment properties. General alignment properties are not about what a particular agent cares about (e.g. the AI "values" chairs). I call an alignment property "general" if the property would be interesting to a range of real-world agents trying to solve AI alignment. Here are some examples. Terminally valuing latent objects in reality. AIXI only "terminally values" its observations and doesn't terminally value latent objects in reality, while humans generally care about e.g. dogs (which are latent objects in reality). Navigating ontological shifts. Consider latent-diamond-AIXI (LDAIXI), an AIXI variant. LDAIXI's utility function which scans its top 50 hypotheses (represented as Turing machines), checks each work tape for atomic representations of diamonds, and then computes the utility to be the amount of atomic diamond in the world. If LDAIXI updates sufficiently hard towards non-atomic physical theories, then it can no longer find any utility in its top 50 hypotheses. All policies now might have equal value (zero), and LDAIXI would not continue maximizing the expected diamond content of the future. From our viewpoint, LDAIXI has failed to rebind its "goals" to its new conceptions of reality. (From LDAIXI's "viewpoint", it has Bayes-updated on its observations and continues to select optimal actions.) On the other hand, physicists do not stop caring about their friends when they learn quantum mechanics. Children do not stop caring about animals when they learn that animals are made out of cells. People seem to navigate ontological shifts pretty well. Reflective reasoning / embeddedness. AIXI can't think straight about how it is embedded in the world. However, people quickly learn heuristics like "If I get angry, I'll be more likely to be mean to people around me", or "If I take cocaine now, I'll be even more likely to take cocaine in the future." Fragility of outcome value to initial conditions / Pairwise misalignment severity This general alignment property seems important to me, and I'll write a post on it. In short: How pairwise-unaligned are two agents produced with slightly different initial hyperparameters/architectural choices (e.g. reward function / utility function / inductive biases)? I'm excited about people thinking more about general alignment properties and about what generates those properties. Supposing e.g. uniformly random tie-breaking for actions enabling equal expected utility. Thanks for listening. To help us out with The Nonlinear Library or to learn more, please visit nonlinear.org.

Today's episode is our first episode with a reoccurring guest! Ryan and Mariah talk to Chelsey Jersak, Principal at Situate, Edmonton's first infill-focused planning firm. Ryan and Mariah invited Chelsey to look back at what has happened over the last months in the infill community, most notably a new development-focused newsletter! They also talked about innovative infill zones that we recently started using. They also chat about a recent trip Chelsey and Mariah took together exploring Mexico City, which has mastered missing middle and the 24-hour culture. Tune in to listen!Chelsey Jersak is the founder and principal of Situate, an Edmonton-based urban planning consulting firm specialized in strategic advisory, rezoning, and municipal approvals for awesome infill and urban development projects. Chelsey is the current president of the Infill Development in Edmonton Association (IDEA), past Edmonton Director of the Alberta District Council of the Urban Land Institute, and a founding member and past coordinator of the Child Friendly Housing Coalition of Alberta.

Reuben Swartz is the founder and CEO of Mimiran, a CRM (customer relationship manager) specifically designed for solo consultants. Reuben worked as a consultant himself and wanted a tool for managing clients. Although these tools were abundant for large enterprises, he could not find a tool that met his needs and was made for a one-man team. So, Reuben built the tool himself and created Mimiran. Episode Notes Reuben's story creating his own business [1:00]“There's a right tool for the right situation” so you don't need to compete with the multimillion dollar companies [3:31]The power of being authentic rather than mimicking other successful companies in the industry. Focus on helping others rather than selling [5:40]What is a CRM? [8:48]Reuben's anti-CRM is a tool entrepreneurs can use to easily track and manage sales and marketing information [12:10]Situate yourself in the market so that you can dominate a particular niche [18:45]If there isn't a tool out there that does it all, create it yourself [22:40]Narrowing your target audience and listening to their needs will help you create the best solution for the group you serve [32:35]Build a feedback loop with your customers to drive changes and establish priorities [35:12]Attempting to balance a new startup while starting a family [36:16]Pick an easy problem to solve [41:18]The decision to work as a one-man team [43:01]Mimiran is a lifestyle business. Reuben's family is his number one priority and his business is number two. [46:38]How is Mimiran funded? You don't need to be a unicorn business to find success and be happy [46:48]The danger of prioritizing money and prestige rather than finding joy in the work you do [48:43]Stop selling and focus on connecting and solving problems with others [51:34]Talk to the people who are most likely to buy what you are selling. Don't try to attract everybody [58:02]Potentially creating a CRM customized for individual niches [1:00:25]Reubens advice for entrepreneurs “find a niche and become the go-to person in that niche” [1:05:02]Get more exciting entrepreneur content and podcast exclusives on StartupSavant.com. Watch Startup Savant founder interviews on  YouTube!Follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn. 

On this Friday episode of THE POLITICRAT daily podcast: Omar Moore asks: what is culture, how do you define yourself in it and how if at all do you situate yourself in it? April 15, 2022. FREE: SUBSCRIBE NOW TO THE BRAND NEW POLITICRAT DAILY PODCAST NEWSLETTER!! Extra content, audio, analysis, exclusive essays for subscribers only, plus special offers and discounts on merchandise at The Politicrat Daily Podcast online store. Something new and informative EVERY DAY!! Subscribe FREE at https://politicrat.substack.com Buy podcast merchandise (all designed by Omar Moore) and lots more at The Politicrat Daily Podcast Store: https://the-politicrat.myshopify.com The Politicrat YouTube page: bit.ly/3bfWk6V The Politicrat Facebook page: bit.ly/3bU1O7c The Politicrat blog: https://politicrat.politics.blog Join Omar on Fanbase NOW! Download the Fanbase social media app today. PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to this to this podcast! Follow/tweet Omar at: https://twitter.com/thepopcornreel

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In today's episode Mariah and Ryan talk to Chelsey Jersak Principal at Situate, Edmonton's first infill focused planning firm. Chelsey, Mariah and Ryan get into what makes healthy communities, and what barriers stand in our way. Chelsey Jersak is the founder and principal of Situate, an Edmonton-based urban planning consulting firm specialized in strategic advisory, rezoning, and municipal approvals for awesome infill and urban development projects. Chelsey is the current president of the Infill Development in Edmonton Association (IDEA), past Edmonton Director of the Alberta District Council of the Urban Land Institute, and a founding member and past coordinator of the Child Friendly Housing Coalition of Alberta.

EP 54 - SITUATE YOUR SITUATION   After a very successful first year we are back to bring you more insightful and thought provoking topics that continues to concern and resonate with our communities.   In this Episode, we discuss:

In this fourth episode of HRD Masterclass, guests Dr. Ronald L. Jacobs (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagne), Dr. Melika Shirmohammadi (University of Houston), and Dr. Seung Won Yoon (Texas A&M University-Commerce) discuss Training and Development and its role within Human Resource Development, including:What is meant by the term "Training and Development".The changing nature of work and implications for Training and Development.How remote working affects Training and Development.The role played by in-person training, and how that is changing.The changing role of HRD professionals in the workplace.How Training and Development will continue to evolve in the coming years.In the first part of the episode, Ron, Melika, and Seung Won meet one-to-one with host, Darren Short. In the second part, the three guests are together to discuss their shared interest in Training and Development. For full details on the HRD Masterclass series, visit hrdmasterclass.com. For more information on the Academy of Human Resource Development, visit ahrd.org - by being a member of AHRD, you can access bonus materials not included in this episode.This episode is sponsored by SiTUATE, a new platform that is the digital version of structured on-the-job training. Find out more at situate-training.com/ 

”Discover the great ideas that lie inside you by discovering the power of sleep.” – Arianna Huffington, author of The Sleep Revolution Awaking without an alarm clock. Letting the body and mind in tandem wake up after having receiving the necessary amounts of sleep, my goal as I move forward in life is to have more mornings awoken only by the morning murmurs of the fresh air, the birdsong, the quiet of the house as the sun begins to gently start the day. If you have ever experienced jet lag, you know what it feels like, what it sounds like when your body and mind to speak, asking, "Why aren't we sleeping right now?". Whether you are traveling across multiple time zones or not, your body and mind need deep consistent rest, and when we listen to and honor what we hear, we begin to live a life of healthy harmony. We are better able to manage our emotions, stay present, be patient, think clearing and so much more. Sharing the nine benefits of a good night's sleep a couple of years ago, I have no doubt you know the importance and value of a good night's sleep, but knowing and creating a space in our sanctuaries to offer a nightly restful slumber can be two different things. Today, inspired by the completion of my primary bedroom's restyling (stop by next week on the blog for a tour - before and after photos included along with all of the details, links and decisions behind the choices), I wanted to introduce next week's post with a post sharing 36 Bedtime Daily Rituals and Essential Details for a restful slumber. To know what we need is one thing. To know how to cultivate it can be a bit more difficult to ascertain, but what I have learned over the years having never used an alarm clock during my teenage years, the daily necessary ingredient for an everyday of contentment is a good night's sleep. Forward thinking as well as remaining in the present are advisable for living a life of contentment as well; however, reflecting upon times in our life when we felt contentment can be incredibly helpful. And so it was my reflection on my teenage years, reminding me of how I lived which enabled me to live without an alarm clock and still live a full life, rise early enough to begin the day without rush and reduce or eliminate my worries. While taking time, two decades in fact, my bedroom decor as well as my daily rituals surrounding sleep cultivate a necessary portion of daily life I deeply savor, look foward to and find incredibly life lifting when I consciously prioritize my sleep which has been essential to enjoying my days. First the concrete essential details present in the bedroom to assist in cultivating an inviting and restful bedroom: ~Be sure to tune in to the audio version as much more detail is shared on each item in the lists below. Essential Details 1.Easily accessible and easy to utilize dimmable bedside table lamps or wall sconces 2. Tranquil wall covering - paint or wallpaper 3. Small trays on the bedside table(s) 4. A full glass of water and carafe 5. Linen sheets and pillowcases - year round -Santorini Linen sheets (choose linen, not cotton as they have both available in the same name from The White Company), I sleep in these as well as alternate with French vintage linen sheets I found in France. -Parachute also makes high quality linen sheets in many different colors. -Learn more about linen - French Linen: The Fields, The History and Why it is a Truly Luxurious Fabric 6. A top blanket for napping during the day 7. Lavender (or one's favorite scent for calm) hand lotion 8. Lip balm 9. Candles and match striker 10. Writing utensil 11. Journal 12. Books for reading which calm the mind 13. Window treatment enabling you to open your window and provide privacy when needed 14. A bolster (or traversin in French) 15. Natural light 16. A mix of prints and solids, textures and fabrics 17. Include the three pillars of tangible decor details - (1) natural fabrics, (2) metals and (3) natural material (i.e. (1) linen, cotton, wool; (2) brass or silver, etc. - stick to the same hue, finish may vary; (3) wood, bamboo, seagrass, etc. 18. For a calm aesthetic - Select three colors and vary the hues ”Sleep helps you win at life.” – Amy Poehler Limit or remove: access to the internet (phone, tablet, computer) excessive photos and décor (cluttered walls, table tops, shelves, etc.) bright overhead lighting or fluorescent lighting television décor items holding reminders of pain, loss, or hurt dust and dirt and laundry or tossed about clothing (clean the bedroom regularly as a way to be mindful of the importance of the time you spend in the space, of course for basic cleanliness as well) Bedtime Daily Rituals AM 0. Gently turn on bedside light (why dimmable lamps are a necessity) 1.Finish drinking the glass of water by the bed which had been poured prior to going to bed the night before 2.Before rising, thoughtfully contemplate one or two things you are grateful for (journal or write down if you prefer) 3. Read or listen to a page or a chapter of something inspiring (sans internet) such as a book or turn on calm music I prefer classical in the morning, but choose something to lift you well into the day 4. Let the natural daylight in when possible 5. Open the windows (if they aren't already open) to hear the birdsong during the spring 6. Rise and put on your slippers and dressing gown/robe PM 1. Set room/house temperature to desired levels 2. Prepare the pups for bed - final bathroom outing, blanket or dog bed preparation 3. Draw window treatments as preferred and open window (if preferred) 4. Turn on sleep timer for any music or listening element you enjoy before falling asleep 5. Situate the pillows Bolster goes behind the sleeping pillow and large decorative Euros are removed 6. Use hand and foot lotion, lip balm (as desired) 7. Pour a full glass of water and place in the tray bedside 8. Light a candle (if preferred) or spritz the bed linens with a favorite scent 9. Remove slippers and dressing gown/robe, placing nearby for easy access in the morning 10. Journal any thoughts, putting the day to bed 11. Read a book that does not add drama or worry, but rather brings a smile or tickles the mind 12. Lights out (if I cannot sleep, deep breathing practice - 6-count inhale, 6-count exhale - and before I realize it, I have fallen asleep as it stops my mind from thinking and lets it relax) ”Sleep is the best meditation.” – Dalai Lama While decorating our sleeping space in a way to personalize is incredibly helpful, what I have discovered over the years is I am more often removing items rather than adding them to my bedroom. In so doing, the room's restfulness improves, my sleep deepens and there are fewer items to preoccupy my mind (or trip over). Keeping it simple, keeping it thoughtful with our intentionality and choices, investing in quality, yep, cultivating a simply luxuriously sleep space, is to live well and more specifically sleep well. Because when we sleep well, our waking hours are far more positive and fruitful and simply, incredibly enjoyable. :) An Essential Skill for the Most Peace-filled and Resilient Life ~Learn more about becoming a TOP Tier subscriber to enjoy exclusive content including all TSLL's Home Tours. 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What if you could pinpoint the best locations to invest, now, and in the future? You see, it's always better to have foresight than react to something as it's happening.  Given everything that's gone down in 2020, wouldn't you want to have an idea of how the next year's going to be and come better prepared... And have an overview of how regional and key cities will perform property-wise?    Today, property expert, Terry Ryder, joins us once again to share his insights on the major trends that are gradually shaping the future of Australian real estate.   We'll talk about how key regional areas are outperforming capital cities… How the exodus to affordable lifestyle was well underway even before the pandemic… The drop of vacancy rates in regional hotspots… And heaps more!  See you on the inside!    In this episode, we cover: A short background on Terry Ryder [02:07] Regions outperform capital city markets [04:27] How to accurately compare the regional and capital city trends [06:29] The exodus to affordable lifestyle for definable reasons [12:35] Did COVID play a major role in the migration trend? [13:47] The current situation in major cities during the exodus [15:05] The vacancy rate drop in regional Australia [18:19] Three reasons behind the housing shortage across the country [21:28] Infrastructure drives up the demand for residential real estate [24:30]  A national property boom in Australia is on the rise [27:27] The Holy Trinity: Location, yield, and value-adding strategy [30:30] Situate at the center and avoid fringe locations [33:38] Positioning yourself in hotspots before they become hotspots [34:58] Assessing the risks of volatile suburbs [38:29] The impact of infrastructure budget on property management [43:09] Lending laws & other factors that are affecting the property market [46:18] Strategically position yourself as an agent [48:20] Terry's view on what 2021 brings for property [49:07]   Links from the show: Check out the Hotspotting website and Get a Solid Foundation To Build Your Property Investment Portfolio (www.hotspotting.com.au)    About Terry Terry Ryder is the director and founder of Hotspotting.com.au, helping Aussies achieve the “Great Australian Dream” by providing quality research on real estate properties. Previously the editor at The Courier-Mail and currently a regular real estate columnist for The Australian, he has extensive knowledge on the real estate market and its behavior over the past few years. He has authored four real estate books and has ultimately become a household name for property investors.   Connect With Us: The Investor Lab Membership (https://theinvestorlab.com.au/jointhecommunity) Dashdot Buyers Agents Website (https://www.dashdot.com/au/)   Limitless: The Renegade's Guide to Building Wealth Through Property - Goose McGrath (https://www.renegadespropertybook.com)   Ready to work with us directly? (https://dashdot.as.me/discoverycall)   If you liked this episode, please don't forget to subscribe, rate, and share this podcast. Thanks for tuning in! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

August 2, 2020 | Pastor Nathan Elms • When worlds collide – brute force is not always the victor • When Kingdoms clash, the fittest does not always survive • We wrestle not against flesh and blood • The weapons of our warfare are not carnal, flesh and blood, but are mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds • Imaginations are cast out, thoughts are arrested & taken captive Paul wrote This Tractate (Treatise) to Rome – an amazing matrix of Jewish and Gentile Christians – Don’t let the evil you encounter drag you down – overwhelm you – You OVERCOME IT!!!! The Greek word for Overcome – NIKE: to prevail over an opponent, to be victorious, to conquer You are either the victim or the victor – either overcome or are overwhelmed. • Overcome with Praise • Overshadow any enemy – Greater is he that is in me • Overflow with the presence of God – David “My cup overflows” beyond the brim • Overrule your flesh Do not overstate your troubles Do not over-react to life’s problems Do not go overboard with the devils lies Your words - can paint things black or white – Situate it to catch the Light You can blast --- or bless LOOK at your struggle --- paint it white & let it go • If God is for us – who can be against us • Who shall separate me????? From the Love of God????? • You can forgive because you have been forgiven How do you paint things white? The words of your mouth and the meditations of your heart!!!!

Welcome to Season 3 of the Body Wisdom Podcast with Dr. Michele. This season the podcast will be focusing on healthy habits. As your host, I’ll be recording solo episodes which will answer some of the most common questions I’m asked as a physician such as “how do I build a new habit?” "which habits are essential to get healthy again?" "what can I do to lose weight?" "how can I look and feel younger again?" "how can I start exercising again if I haven't done it in years?" and more. I will also be coaching patients and clients live on-air, and conducting interviews with other health & wellness experts. Of course, I am always open to new topic ideas, so if there is a topic you would like me to address or if there is a question you would like answered, please reach out. Email me directly at dr.michele.colon@gmail.com. Today Dr. Michele explains "What is Easeful Living?" I hope you enjoy the show! About Dr. Michele: As a physician & surgeon, certified Ayurvedic and Autoimmune health coach, yoga/anatomy teacher, and overall health & wellness expert, Dr. Michele Summers Colon is an Advocate for Women's Health. Her passion is helping women help themselves to heal their body. She is the author of Body Wisdom: 10 Weeks to Transformation, the creator and host of the Body Wisdom with Dr. Michele Podcast, and the leader of the Body Wisdom Membership Program. She has been interviewed and quoted in many prominent publications including USA Today, US News & World Reports, Health Magazine, Yahoo! Makers, and Bloomberg BusinessWeek. One of Dr. Michele’s greatest strengths is her ability to help women create balanced, healthy lives by looking at the whole picture. She combines the best of Eastern and Western medicine to create individualized health & wellness plans for her patients and clients. For over 24 years, Dr. Michele has dedicated herself to maintaining a private medical practice and providing exceptional care to her patients while at the same time studying holisitic and integrative medicine. Dr. Michele believes that food is medicine and that yoga, Ayurveda, and meditation are the keys to perfect health. Dr. Michele has a Bachelor’s degree in Physiology from UCBerkeley, a Master’s degree in Biomedical Sciences and a Doctorate degree in Podiatry from Barry University, and graduated from a Foot & Ankle Surgical Residency in Los Angeles. Dr. Michele is also certified in Ayurvedic as well as Autoimmune Health Coaching, Yoga, Reiki, Reflexology, and Laser Therapy. Dr. Michele specializes in Yin Yoga, Restorative Yoga, and Therapeutic Yoga to provide the most healing, relaxation, and rejuvenation to her patients and clients. Dr. Michele has studied Ayurvedic Medicine extensively and has worked with some of the best practitioners throughout the United States to bring Ayurveda to the forefront of medicine. Combining yoga, Ayurveda, and meditation is one of Dr. Michele’s passions so that she can spread the word to as many people as possible that this is the path to perfect health. Show Notes: Easeful living is a habit in and of itself but it's also a result of the previous Ayurvedic habits we've covered. Easeful living is about being more present, more calm, more content, and more at peace. Easeful living is about being able to savor each moment and to tap into gratitude and the abundance that surrounds us. It's about feeling so deeply nourished by life that there's more patience and compassion for those around us. Easeful living is about being in a flow and having a deeper trust that you are taken care of. Easeful living is a grounded connection to your natural state, your divine inheritance as a human, the basic teachings of heaven on earth. When you notice stress, choose ease. The problem isn’t the problem. Your reaction to the problem is the problem. Stabilize your day-to-day perspective in the expanded backdrop of easeful awareness, in touch with intrinsic plenitude. Like a toggle switch in your nervous system, you live in either reaction or reception. The first perpetuates stress, the latter cultivates ease. One unconsciously meanders towards unconscious tension, limitation, and disconnection. The other intentionally leads to an extraordinary, heart-centric, intimate, and evolutionary life. Allow stress, overwhelm, or anxiety to fade into the background as you focus on living into what each day unfurls. You’ll enjoy an extraordinary life and become an inspired leader for your future. How do we do this? It comes about from daily self-care and healthy routines.   When we're not in an easeful state chances are we haven’t aligned our day with what matters most. Or maybe we're too busy and overscheduled to be able to slow down and enjoy ourselves. Maybe we haven't taken care of ourselves with proper food, the right exercise or enough sleep. Maybe we're stuck in a cycle of rushing and worrying and feel like we're in a perpetual state of stress and anxiety.   Tantric yoga philosophy states that life is inherently supportive. In the yogic text the word niralambaya means - "never without" and it also means "without limbs". In other words, the universe has got your back; your job is to lean back into that intrinsic support and know that you have everything you need already inside of you.  Another known thread in yoga is sthira sukham asanam. Which means our seat, or our state, should be steady and easeful.   But most of us don't have this experience. We don't feel supported by our jobs, our partners, our friends or even life itself. At least this was my experience before I adopted self-care practices and a daily routine that allowed me to tap into the feeling of fullness because I gave myself what I needed to feel whole.   Easeful living is created when:  We are well nourished by our diet  We are well rested with restorative sleep  We feel good in our skin through daily movement and exercise  We spend time in silence daily and clear our minds  We practice self-love through self-massage  We take care of our body, mind and heart on every level  We take control of our day and are intentional with our time  How would you craft your day to feel more grounded and easeful? What habits do you need to feel your very best each day? Return to these simple touchpoints throughout your day: ●  Receive the gift of breath. ●  Receive the earth beneath you. ●  Receive the heavens above. ●  Receive a drink of water. ●  Receive the gift of the company you keep. Relax and enjoy your senses. Your senses situate you in the present. Orient your senses to receive. Look for beauty. Listen for wisdom. Speak with connection. Touch with sensitivity. Now, allow your awareness to expand, infinitely, beyond your self. Situate your perspective to expanded, interconnected awareness. These Ayurvedic habits get easier and easier, until they are seamlessly automated into your life, giving you back more energy, more groundedness, more clarity, more connectivity. “Write a paragraph titled, “Who you want to become next.” Let your pen flow over the paper. Trust your desire. Don’t edit yourself. Read it in bed for a week, before you go to sleep and when you wake up. As you read it, if words need editing or the paragraph needs reworking, then go right ahead.“ – Cate Stillman, Master of You  Click here for your: Easeful Living Tip Sheet. Namaste, Dr. Michele ****************************** If there is a topic you would like me to address or if there is a question you would like answered, please reach out. Email me directly at dr.michele.colon@gmail.com or schedule a coaching call with me so we can dive deeper to find out what is going on and come up with a plan of action for you: drmichele.com/schedule Today’s show was brought to you by the Body Wisdom Membership Program. For more information, head on over to my website drmichele.com and click on the JOIN NOW or WORK WITH ME tab. All of the information is there about my group programs as well as 1:1 coaching. If you have questions about your health that you would like me to answer on air, you can email them to me or go to my website drmichele.com/get in touch to contact my team. If you have questions you’d like to discuss with me directly, sign up for a coaching call at drmichele.com/schedule.

Along with Laurie Reney, Associate Broker and Empowerment TEAM Director, The Team tackles the conversation regarding being a real estate agent.   Podcast & Live Radio Show on WATD 95.9 McNamara Broker Team Boston Connect Real Estate Sharon McNamara | Mary Baker | Melissa Wallace | Dustin Hughes Facebook Live every Tuesday at 6:15 pm @ facebook.com/McNamaraBrokerTeam Follow our team on Instagram @McNamaraBrokerTeam       PREFER TO READ THIS EPISODE?   Announcer: Now, Talk Real Estate sponsored by Boston Connect, Real Estate Services. Sharon McNamara: Hi, I'm Sharon McNamara, and you are listening to Talk Real Estate. Let me share a little bit about my background before we get started. I am the broker/owner of Boston Connect Real Estate, located on the South Shore, and I have been working as a full time realtor in sales and marketing consultant for home buyers and home sellers for the past 15 years. I have helped hundreds of clients throughout the home buying and home selling process. My unique approach to assisting my clients to the next chapter of their lives is driven by being a team player and by offering them continuous training, education, advising, and mentoring. I like to say that I offer my clients exceptional service that moves you. Every week I will be providing you with real estate topics ranging from home buyer and home seller advice, legal matters, insurance binders, flood insurance concerns, home inspection questions, environmental worries like radon, lead paint and mold, mortgages and loan programs, staging tips and ideas, real estate contracts, market trends, home values and more. Sharon McNamara: It's a talk radio show, and sometimes we are even interactive so you can follow along online. If you have any questions during the show, please call 781-837-4900. We'd love to talk real estate. If you missed any of our shows, or if you want to listen to one again, you can listen on my podcast at talkrealestateradio.com. If you would like a one-on-one consultation with me regarding your home sale, or your home purchase, I'd love the opportunity to meet with you. You can connect with me anytime at bostonconnect.com or 781-826-8000. Now sit back, relax, take good notes, and let's talk real estate. Sharon McNamara: Hello to all my South Shore neighbors. This is Sharon McNamara, and you are, of course, listening to Talk Real Estate with Sharon McNamara, Mary Baker, and Melissa Wallace, and we have a very special guest with us tonight, Laurie Reney. Laurie Reney: Hello. Sharon McNamara: Hello. Special. Laurie Reney: Thank you for having me. Sharon McNamara: Yeah, and welcome to our Talk Real Estate round table, that's what we're going by here because our table is round, if you get it. Laurie Reney: I love it. Melissa Wallace: It's the symbolism of it that really- Sharon McNamara: Yeah. Melissa Wallace: -gets you. Sharon McNamara: Yeah. And we have Ben in studio. Hello there, Benjamin. Benjamin: Good evening, ladies. How are we tonight? Sharon McNamara: We are doing fantastic. So if people want to call, what number should they call, if they have any questions for us? Benjamin: They should call 781-837-4900. Sharon McNamara: I was just checking to see if you were on your toes and following along with me. Benjamin: Not only am I on my toes, but they are the tippiest part of my toes. Sharon McNamara: Perfect. Perfect. So tonight our topic, we decided that we were going to talk about this, we mentioned it briefly last week. So You Want To Be A Real Estate Agent? What? What? That's what I just wrote on Facebook. You want to be a what what? Laurie Reney: Yeah. Sharon McNamara: I'm really hyper today. All that ginger candy I was eating, Mel. Yeah, I know. I ate a whole thing of it. I have a bellyache. Melissa Wallace: It's kind of addictive. I'm not going to lie. I didn't like it at all at first and now it's growing on me. Sharon McNamara: Yeah. Well I've decided after I gave up gum, January 1st I gave up gum. Melissa Wallace: I found all of your gum today. Sharon McNamara: In the drawer? Melissa Wallace: It's in the draw by the refrigerator if anybody wants any. Sharon McNamara: So we have plenty of gum in the office. But yes, I just gave up gum and I'm doing really good. But then I took on another habit that's called the ginger, and I decided once they're gone I'm not buying anymore. Melissa Wallace: Yeah, because it's a replacement thing? Sharon McNamara: Yeah. I eat 10 of them. I'd rather one piece of gum and then I just have that for a while. Look at Laurie, she's just like, yep. I'm following along. Laurie Reney: I am. Melissa Wallace: Laurie, this is your first time joining us live, isn't it? Laurie Reney: It is. Melissa Wallace: Oh my goodness. Laurie Reney: I love it down here. It's so cozy. Melissa Wallace: Yeah, it really is. Yeah, it's awesome. Sharon McNamara: It's really great too. Cause during the day I have like little meetings down here and like little conferences with people. So. Melissa Wallace: It's your sound studio. Sharon McNamara: Yeah. [crosstalk 00:03:56] No, I feel like Laurie, we have to adjust her mic a little bit so maybe we have to lift you up. How you feeling about that, Ben? Yep- Benjamin: I agree. I think we can bump a little volume and we should be good to go. Sharon McNamara: Yeah. Well, bump her a little volume there and it be good. All right, so we're going to talk about So You Want To Be A Real Estate Agent? What? What? Melissa Wallace: I was going to say, you crazy? Sharon McNamara: No, what are you, crazy? No, we're going to talk about the pros, the cons, the ups, the downs, the in-betweens, everything in between and the, maybe, misconceptions about our profession that it isn't actually a profession, the misconceptions that you can just go into this and make a boatload of money even if you're doing it part-time. There's also the group of people who are like, Oh, I'm going to get into it and I'm going to flip houses and that's going to be my, that's how I roll. Melissa Wallace: My niche. Sharon McNamara: Yeah, my niche. So we're going to talk about all those things and more tonight. What can I help you with there, girl? Laurie Reney: Oh, I thought we might have an agenda. Sharon McNamara: Yeah, we do. They're on the printer. I'll be right back. Sorry about that. So I know that we are going to- Melissa Wallace: Why don't we start by talking about why we have Laurie on talking about You Want To Be A Real Estate Agent? What? What? Benjamin: You mean right after the traffic, ladies? Melissa Wallace: Why don't we listen to the traffic first and I wonder if the... Who's the new guy? I don't even know who's the new guy. Benjamin: David Cedrone tonight. Melissa Wallace: From the WATD Traffic Studio. How's it looking out there, David? David: All right. This time we're sponsored by unbound.org. Expressways southbound, typical delays. Heavy out of the O'Neill, the South Bay. You'll come off the brakes, hit them again from Granted Ave. down through the split. Route 3 not looking too bad, just a bit sluggish through Braintree, down to before Union Street. Lower end of 93 southbound, you're bumping to bumper out of the split out through 24, 24 southbound slow from the top down to the Horse Bridge. 95 northbound gets heavy at the top connecting to 128. No issues on Route 44. David: A girl in Kenya dreams of becoming a doctor. An elder Guatemala dreams of being part of a community. Reach out and change their world, it will change your own. Unbound.org. Traffic on the nines every morning. I'm David Cedrone and the WATD Traffic Center. Announcer: We now return to Talk Real Estate sponsored by Boston Connect Real Estate Services on 95.9 WATV. Sharon McNamara: Back. Hello to all of our neighbors out there. I don't want to just say South Shore because we are South of Boston, so I know that we're hitting all kinds of different studios now, too. Melissa Wallace: I used to get us all the way up in Medford. Sharon McNamara: Yeah- Melissa Wallace: that's definitely not South... Boston. Sharon McNamara: All right, well I lost my glasses, but that's normal. Melissa Wallace: They're on your face. Sharon McNamara: Oh my God. If we could take a picture of what just happened. Melissa Wallace: Well, we have it on video, so, okay. Well while Sharon collects herself, you can go to Facebook. We are live on Sharon Costa McNamara. So if you want to send her a friend request, I'll accept you and you can watch it. Although, we are shared on all of our Connect pages, Pembro Connect, Duxbury, Situate, Hanover, Marshfield, all this on pages. I'm like, "What is she looking for?" And you're, "I'm just looking at my glasses." They were dangling underneath her chin. So that's a thing. That happened, and I'm glad we have it on video. Recorded for the rest of history. Melissa Wallace: All right, so she's still collecting herself. So, Laurie, why don't you introduce yourself to our listeners who might not have heard your introduction before. I know this is the first time live with us, but we have certainly talked about you many times because we love you so much and love what you do with our agents and for our company and all that fun stuff. Melissa Wallace: So why don't you introduce yourself? How long have you been in the business? What you do here at Boston Connect, where you service, and then we'll dive right in. Laurie Reney: All right, cool. I'm Laurie Reney. I've been in the business for about 22 years now. I've been a broker for, I believe, 10 years which is awesome. Here at Boston Connect I sell real estate, but I also mentor agents, as well as coach up the experienced agents, as well, to hold them accountable, to hopefully push them a little bit to do more in sales and to have a good life as well. Melissa Wallace: Balance. So you're teaching a lot of balance and how to do it all. Have it all, do it all. Laurie Reney: I would say... I call it a both-and. Melissa Wallace: Oh, both-and? Laurie Reney: Yes, a both-and. You can have a great business and a great-filled [crosstalk 00:08:35] life. Yes. Melissa Wallace: You can both have a great business. Laurie Reney: Yes. That's my goal. I service the... I raised my family and I grew up in Duxbury so I know that community very well, as well as, I would say, the coast. I live in Marshfield now in the Humarock area, which I love. Melissa Wallace: How long have you been in Marshfield? Laurie Reney: Six years. Melissa Wallace: Okay. Laurie Reney: Yep. And we love it. So I do serve, I would say, Quincy all the way down to the upper Cape. Yep. Melissa Wallace: Excellent. Sharon McNamara: Yeah. So I put in here that Laurie is also, you're an associate broker, right? Laurie Reney: Yes. Sharon McNamara: So you have your broker's license, and we'll talk a little bit about that tonight, too, is what do you have to do to earn your broker's license? So she's an associate broker here at Boston Connect Real Estate and she is also the director of our empowerment T.E.A.M. Sharon McNamara: At Boston Connect Real Estate, we have T.E.A.M. For us is training, education, advising and mentoring. So that's how we came up with T.E.A.M. And it really is about empowering our agents and our team, really, in more ways than one, just helping everybody. So tonight we are talking more than we normally do about Boston Connect Real Estate because that's where we are, so that's what we know. But we are just going to help people, because people ask us all the time, "So what, what does it entail to get your real estate license? What do you have to do? What..." And all these great things. So I figured we'd just go around the table a little bit around our real estate talk round table here. Mary, why don't you tell everybody about you? Mary Baker: Okay. Well, what do you guys not know about me? I have been with Boston Connect for nine years. I got licensed when I was 21 and immediately, yeah, I was 21, and immediately came and hung my license with Boston Connect Real Estate. Before that I was an assistant to an agent up in Arlington, Massachusetts, so that's how I knew I wanted to get into the career. I started at Boston Connect as always licensed, but as Sharon's assistant, trying to hands-on get my feel for the business and what it was going to be, because I was a little trepidatious of how much responsibility would be on me. Then I slowly integrated into being a showing agent then a buyer's agent. Now I am the full time buyer's agent for our team and an assistant listing agent. So yeah, it just grew. It naturally and organically grew and that's where I am today. Sharon McNamara: Yes, absolutely. I remember when you came on, it was when we were first in the office and it was about a year. I still sell real estate because that's truly where my love is, with real estate. I mean, I love the office, but I really want to be more hands on with our agents and helping our agents grow their businesses, and me still being hands on with my clients and helping them in their next chapters. We're very, very lucky and fortunate to have Melissa Wallace with us who takes care of everything in between all of those nooks and crannies. And, Melissa, why don't you tell everybody how long you've been doing this and how much you love it here. And AKA Melissa's name tag on her door says, Our Everything. So we have some pretty big titles for her, director of, really, everything. Melissa Wallace: Every title that I have. Well, my name is Melissa Wallace. I grew up all over the South Shore, primarily in Weymouth, but about almost six years ago now, I graduated and my first job out of college was an assistant to a real estate agent like Mary, but also working part time in a bar like many real estate agents do, and it just sort of progressed from there. I went to another company and sort of worked as a semi-office manager. I actually worked with Laurie there and that's where I met Laurie, and then we made the decision to come to Boston Connect about four years ago for me, at least almost four years ago. And I didn't have my real estate license beforehand, but after about a year here I decided to go ahead and do that and so I could help out the company more and help out the team more. Melissa Wallace: And my role at the company progressed. I was primarily just an assistant to Mary and Sharon and that was my role in the team. And then it sort of progressed and now I'm... Sharon McNamara: I was so surprised you said yes to us. Melissa Wallace: One day was just like, "Hey, do you want to be the office manager?" And I was like, "Sure." Mary Baker: I still remember what I wore during your interview and I remember looking at you and being like, "What do you want me to do?" And me and Sharon looked each other when we like, "We want you to tell us what to do." Sharon McNamara: It's sort of your job, you tell us what to do and where to go and- Mary Baker: You do it very well. Sharon McNamara: And it's been a natural progression for you here at the office. So not only do you help us in our team sell real estate, but you're also immune, or you're out there doing open houses and everything with that new construction and subdivisions that we have. But you're also hands on with the agents individually in the office, helping them with their emails and helping them with Canva and helping them with all the things that go along with being a real estate agent. Melissa Wallace: Yeah. I like to view it as my job is to help the agents here, help them be successful in their business because that's what makes me happy and I hope it makes them happy. And I want to see everybody succeed, not just start a team and not just you, Laurie, not just the core peeps here, but I want everybody to succeed. So if there's something that I can do to help you succeed in your business, then my door's always open. Sharon McNamara: So long as you get your paperwork in on time. [crosstalk 00:14:26]. Melissa Wallace: Yeah, as long as you get your paperwork in on time. Sharon McNamara: Someone's got to set the rules. Melissa Wallace: Yeah. Mary Baker: Absolutely. Sharon McNamara: So tonight I thought that- Melissa Wallace: Well, what about you, Sharon? Benjamin: We have Donna on the line, too. Mary Baker: Oh, why don't you introduce yourself to our listeners? Sharon McNamara: So I will introduce myself. My name is Sharon McNamara. I am the broker/owner of Boston Connect Real Estate. It's funny because I don't often say that I am the broker/owner, it's only in certain situations that I do because I do feel that I work with everybody here at Boston Connect. I don't feel as if I'm above, not that that title means anything. But that was one of the harder aspects of us moving to this building was when our offices for all of our staff was on a level above where the agents sit and all I could think about was my first experiences, in the Peru and the higher up you were in the corner offices. And then when I went to Reebok, my background advertising and marketing when I was at Reebok, the higher up, it just was sort of like a hierarchy, and I never wanted that feeling for here. Sharon McNamara: And that's why at the top of the stairs, right outside my office, it says we rise by lifting others. And I want that to be a constant reminder to us as staff. We're staff to them, like really, to our agents. And our job is to lift them above us. So it is a constant reminder to me every single day when I'm going in and out of my office. That that's really what's important to me here at Boston Connect Real Estate. But I do feel like I very much treat myself like an agent who works at Boston Connect, so that's why I think sometimes it gets... It's weird when I have to make some decisions for the company because I'm like, "Well, now what do you think?" Melissa Wallace: "Now it's my job to make decisions. I want to go." Sharon McNamara: I'm like, Mel said, "No." [inaudible 00:16:08] Like that means no. I had to ask her one day, I remember it was Christmas time, and I took a picture of the mailbox actually that's over in the corner there for Christmas and I was like, "Can we please get this? It's so cute." She's like, "How much is it?" I'm like, "All right..." But I have been, I got in the business. I was very fortunate. Like I said, I was at Reebok advertising and marketing, which is probably why I'm a very heavy listing agent. I love that part of the whole process with buying, helping people sell their homes. I was home with the two girls, and when it was time for them, for me to really go back full time, that's what we decided that we would do when they got to a certain age, I'd said I didn't think I wanted to do that. So I decided to get into real estate and I got into real estate in 2001 is when I got my real estate license. So I've been doing this just about 19 years, I guess, 19-20 years, almost 20 years. Sharon McNamara: And it's been something that I really loved, and I think it's because the mindset that I put on this was not that I was helping people sell houses or buy houses. It was more that I was helping families. So that's what moves me. No pun intended. That is what moves me. And that's what gets me through every year and every day as a real estate agent. And I am not motivated by money. I am not motivated by... When we do the vision boards, it's really difficult for me to do a vision board because I'm not motivated by materialistic things, but I'm more motivated by words and inspiration and helping, and it just works out that the more people you help then the things that you would want to have from a vision board perspective like a garage or something like that. That's how that stuff comes to fruition for me. Sharon McNamara: I think that one of the things I love, I went out on my own, by the way. I've been at three companies, all wonderful, awesome companies. I have nothing bad to say about any one of them. I learned a little bit of everything from every single one I was in. I learned a lot from every single agent, from every single office that I was in. I can't say that I've had any bad experience in any of the offices, so I would never say, "Oh, I left this company because blah, blah, blah, blah, blah." As I grew and when I wanted different things for my clients is when I moved. So I've been in a few different companies and, like I said, I took a little bit of everything from each one and that's how we decided to come up and grow Boston Connect Real Estate. Sharon McNamara: So 2010 is when we opened Boston Connect Real Estate. I said to Mark, "Why don't we sell our boat and open a real estate office?" At the time there were a couple of people that were trying to recruit me to be managers for their office. And I just thought, "Well, if people have confidence in me, then I will have confidence in them as well." So I in myself as well and that's when I opened Boston Connect Real Estate. I'm just trying to help these two out that just haven't had [inaudible 00:19:10] [crosstalk 00:19:10] . Melissa Wallace: No, we're just saying, I believe we have a caller. Sharon McNamara: Oh, do we have a collar, Ben? Benjamin: Yes, we do. We have Donna on the line. Sharon McNamara: Oh, hello, Donna. Donna: Hey ladies. Sharon McNamara: Hi. How are you? Mary Baker: You said that very nicely. Are you watching it on Facebook? Donna: Yes, I have been listening and as a seasoned agent, just one year shy of you, Sharon, I am extremely excited about the success that all of you have made. Sharon McNamara: Oh wow. You, too, Donna Bagni. Donna: Sharon, you have grown an incredible company that is a boutique atmosphere that allows any agent under them to be able to put the client or the customer's needs before Corporate America. And I worked very heavily in Corporate America before I left my job to have my children. Mary Baker, I don't know. I just thought Mary Baker coming in to interview and in came this girl in stilettos and her name is Mary and... Oh my God. Mary Baker: Donna, you're the reason that I'm at the company. You got me here. [crosstalk 00:20:37] Laurie Reney: Because Donna was Mary's sister's buyer's agent, right, when she bought her home on Center Street in Pembroke. Donna: And, looking at real estate from today's viewpoint, it's not yesterday's real estate. It becomes harder and more difficult. And you need a seasoned agent to be able to navigate through the situations that pop up. And you need to look at them as your final... Your final step is to close the deal for the benefit of both the buyer and the seller. Sharon McNamara: Yeah. One of the things Donna that you're saying is about having a seasoned agent and I think that that's really important, and we just gave away our awards this year and for last year. And one of the things I mentioned for our Was She a Shining Star for us was Maryann Trask. She's been in the business a very long time. And one of the things I love about our office is that we're always learning from each other. I've learned from Maryann and I love that. And I love the fact that we have a new agent, Susan Solace just joined us, and I don't know if she's listening or not, but welcome aboard. But I love that everybody is very hands-on with helping that other agent succeed. And that's where I think our seasoned agents come into play so much because they... We know the road traveled can be wobbly at best and it's like walking on cobblestone. Sharon McNamara: But I feel that all of our seasoned agents, whoever's sitting in the room at the time, "Hey, I need some help with..." That's one of the things I really, truly love about Boston Connect Real Estate and just the way that we are able to... We call it our Boston Connect Family and that ain't no lie. Melissa Wallace: Donna, I agree with you with what you said with a seasoned agent, but I also, I feel very confident in our, we call them newbies, and our agents who joined the company who haven't been with another agency and are going through a mentoring program, I'm very confident in them being able to succeed as well in a transaction because of the training that we have here. And because we do have the seasoned agent where you can just walk into the office and you hang out with Donna and Nadine or hang out with Trish and Nick. It's so true, when you're here you learn so much. And even if you're just sitting here, your business is going to succeed because you're constantly learning, you're constantly listening, you're asking questions. I even said it in our office meeting last week, "I'd rather you ask me 10,000 questions because that's what I'm here for. Then for you to assume something and have it be wrong. You are here to ask questions." Donna: I could not agree with you more because the platform that Sharon set up- [crosstalk 00:23:57] Sharon McNamara: And I did not set that up alone, so I cannot take credit for that. So, Donna, when I went out on my own I called Donna Bagni. [crosstalk 00:24:04] Donna: I know, but let me just tell you something. Sharon McNamara: No, let me finish. I called Donna Bagni and I said, "Hey Donna, can I let you in on something?" It's 2010 it was the market was changing, and I could see it and I could feel it and I didn't like the way that things were going, that you couldn't make choices for your clients. And I said, "I really do want to go out on my own." And I jumped out in a declined market and no place to go but up. But I called Donna and, at the time Joan Eulich, who was her partner and recently deceased, so God bless her. Yeah, we loved Joan. And I asked, "Will you meet with me?" Sharon McNamara: She met with me in my cabana and that's where we put together our commission scale and things like that for the agents, like what makes more sense? And that's some of the stuff maybe we'll get a chance to talk about later when people are considering what company to go to. So yes, I had to get that in there, Donna B. Donna: All right, well, thank you very much. So what I want to follow up with was the fact that, yes, the platform was created and I had to take care of my grandbabies. So the torch passed to Laurie, and she has done an absolute incredible job with these new people and I couldn't be prouder. And you know what? Boston Connect has my heart and soul. Mary Baker: No, that makes me feel great. Yeah, don't make us cry on Facebook Live. I mean I won't cry, but Laurie certainly will. [crosstalk 00:25:42] Sharon McNamara: Mary doesn't cry. Well, Donna, honestly I really do think that, I feel like we're gloating a little bit here about Boston Connect Real Estate, but I feel that we are getting out the energy of what Boston Connect Real Estate is and how we feel about our agents who are here with each other. Laurie Reney: We're consumed with support and love for each other which is something that you don't really find in every company. Sharon McNamara: And when one person is having a bad day, it's like the other person will lift them up. If Donna is over in the corner choking, I'll go grab her water. Even though when I was choking, no one got me water. Sharon McNamara: Well, Donna B, thank you so much again. That's Donna Bagni who is a full-time real estate agent at Boston Connect Real Estate. She has been with us since 2010. Donna is a good friend, I have known her since when I first started in this industry. I did start at Jack Conway Company and Jack was wonderful. It was to have Christmas parties and him come in and just sort of hang out. That family feeling that I had back then is one of the very most important parts that I brought to Boston Connect Real Estate with me. Their office is no longer there, but we still have a little bit of just Jack and us, I guess. I say I'm an ex-Con. And again like I said, all great companies. Sharon McNamara: I have worked for nothing but great companies, and we're very fortunate on the South Shore, South Coast, everywhere. We are surrounded by great companies and great agents. With that said, we do know that this time of year, all of our agents are being called to be recruited because that's what people do. I call it fishing season, right? It's hunting season. They're looking for the agents who maybe didn't have a great year or they're just trying to persuade them to come over with, "We have the greatest technology, we have the greatest this, we have the greatest that." I always tell people, "You need to do what you feel in your heart is best for you and your family because that's what's going to make you be the best agent that you can possibly be. So staying in a company that you're not thrilled with, or you don't feel like they getting the support from, whether that's us or another company, then you shouldn't. You need to do what's best for you and your family." So we're going to have a little bit of an open house. I don't know that we've picked a date. Did we decide? Melissa Wallace: No, we haven't. Sharon McNamara: Yeah. By the end of the show, because we definitely want to give that data out, we're going to have a little bit of an open house here. So if you are currently a real estate agent and you're thinking about making a change, I don't make calls to agents, I don't want to take an agent from any broker. We attract, we don't recruit. And I think that that's why we've built a company with 34 agents that are very much like-minded and really want that warm fuzzy feeling and just some really damn good numbers, because we know how to do that, too. I think we're number 13 in Plymouth County for 2019 of all Massachusetts companies. So volume sold, we're doing really good, but I feel like we're stealth-like. We just sort of like fly under the radar. We're just doing our own thing and not getting in anybody else's way. Fair to say. Yes. So we're going to have that open house, and what we'll do is have a calendar where people could have private one-on-one meetings. So just come and talk to us. Say, "Hey, I want to be a real estate agent. What's entailed in that?" Melissa Wallace: Right. Sharon McNamara: So I think we were thinking maybe Saturday, February 8th or the following Saturday after that. Probably the Saturday after that. Melissa Wallace: Hold on one second, one moment please. Sharon McNamara: So Laurie's role here at Boston Connect Real Estate is when new agents come in and they're newbie agents, her role is to get them going as being a mentor. Do you want to talk a little bit about that mentoring process? Laurie Reney: Sure. A new agent, especially if they're brand spanking new, that's typically what I do. I take them under my wing, we meet, I have them do a database. That's the most important thing first, create a database with everybody that they know, and then send out a letter introducing themselves. And then from there, hopefully, they get a lead, whether it be a listing or a buyer, and then we walk through the whole process side-by-side throughout the entire deal. I take calls all day, all night from my mentees because it's a big deal. And I love everybody that I'm mentoring because they truly do care, and nobody just assumes that they know the right thing to do. Laurie Reney: And what I really appreciate about this office is that it's not just me. If I'm not available, they can call Sharon, they can call Mary, they can call Melissa, they can call Donna, they can call anybody in the office and people just jump to help. Because a lot of people here were mentored. Trish and her husband, and they are killing it because they have such a great foundation. Sharon McNamara: And they really did listen to the advice that we gave, which is really great, and how to grow their business right from the beginning when we were doing all the Buffini programs. So we are certified instructors for the Buffini program and we can get into that another day. Sharon McNamara: But one of the things that you just rang in my head about everybody being there is I remember it was a Saturday, I think that you were up in New Hampshire and Michelle Fay, who's in a mentoring program right now, love her to pieces. She actually gave me a book today on essential oils. So thank you, Michelle. She's such a giver, I love her. She's always thinking about me and that's probably why she's now my favorite, she gives me presents. But she was in here one day and she's like, "I don't know what to do. One of my clients is going to be writing up an offer, and I don't want to bother Laurie while she's away and I don't want to try to do it on my own," even though she probably could have. But she was following protocol, we'll walk you through the step of everything. And I was like, "I know how to write an offer. Remember me?" So she's like, "No, I wouldn't want to bother you." And I was like, "That is not a bother. I actually enjoy it." Sharon McNamara: I know her clients anyways because Michelle was me and Mary's client, we helped her find a house. So that was a lot of fun to be able to sit and do that type of stuff. Laurie Reney: Sure. And you're, and you, you love doing that. You just love the training aspect of it as do I. I say to myself, "Do I really want to sell another house, or would I rather just mentor and help people 24/7 because it is very gratifying. When they have their first closing, they get their first check and they just have this biggest smile on their face. It makes what I do worth it. Sharon McNamara: So why don't we talk about some of the... What else are we going to talk about? [crosstalk 00:32:32] Melissa Wallace: Well, we asked our agents. Sharon McNamara: Oh yeah. Melissa Wallace: We have a private group on Facebook, and we just posted some questions and let them know what we were going to be talking about tonight. Some of the questions were: Why did you get into real estate? Is it everything that you expected? Is it not what you expected? Do you find it easier or harder? And what surprised you most about the business both good and bad? We had a couple of people comment on it recently, Trish Flynn, we just talked about her in her husband. Sharon McNamara: Her husband's name is Nick. Nick Flynn, otherwise known as the Flynn Team. Melissa Wallace: Yeah. And Trish said, "It's so hard, you have to constantly work at it to be successful." And we were just talking about this upstairs. What is it that I said? "You essentially get what you put into it." So your salary... Not salary because your commission. At the end of the year, what you make is going to reflect the amount of effort and time and work that you put into your year, into your business. So if you're taking six months off to relax and hanging out at the beach and go on this vacation, this vacation, at the end of the year that bank account is probably going to reflect that. That's right. Sharon McNamara: Yeah. Well, that's my favorite thing, too, is unfortunately in this business, what ends up happening is, at the end of the year, agents tend to blame their brokerage for their lack of profitability rather than looking at themselves. One of the things and exercises I always had to do with myself when I was an agent was I have to be here every day. You know what I mean? So, but when I was an agent, nobody is punching you in, punching you out. You don't have to be anywhere. You're an independent contractor. I can't even say that the meeting is mandatory. Right? Sharon McNamara: But if you don't do these things on your own, you're not going to be successful. So if I was my own boss, would I fire myself? Are you given this 40 hours a week minimum? Because that's what a full time job is. So if you want a full time salary making over six figures a year, then you should be working that many hours, figure it out and that- Laurie, you have all the data. Yeah, the statute did that for me the other day and I want to make that something in the office where how many calls and stuff. Laurie Reney: If you want to net a certain dollar amount, say $50,000 a year net, that's before you pay taxes and everything. No, no, that's gross. You would have to make three phone calls a day. You would have to write two notes a day. You'd have to do pop bys and things like that. I'm Buffini coached, so I'm talking Buffini-isms here. The bottom line is, is if you don't do what you need to do, you're not going to make, you're not going to sell. You really have to treat it, as you say, as a full time job. I know myself, if I get up and take a shower and put clothes on, I'm more apt to make my calls, do my notes, do my pop buys. It's key. Sharon McNamara: I could never work from home. My problem with working at home is I have OCD and a little bit of ADD mixed in there, so that's a good mixture when you're working at home. "Oh, I think they'll do a load of laundry. Oh, I think I'll clean out the attic. Oh, I think I'll work on the basement now. Oh, I think I'll make a call. Maybe I'll do that tomorrow." It's just too easy to get into that. I've always worked in the office. I'm usually the first one in the office and the last one out of the office. Not now, because now I have Melissa to do that, and I just feel that this time of year, when agents are reflecting back on what they did, I think that having the support to say, "Hey, this is how you grow. We want to help you grow. We want to help you help your clients." Sharon McNamara: But my favorite one is when somebody came to me one year and was like, "Oh, I just don't think that I'm doing well because Boston Connect Real Estate isn't a national brand." You have the best tan of anybody in this office right now, and I own a boat and you're tan is better than mine. So while you were sitting on the beach, everybody else was working. Laurie Reney: But I do think like so to Melissa's questions on the interoffice page, the biggest misconception that a lot of people have is that this business is going to allow you the freedom and flexibility to do kind of what you want when you want. So right now, because I've always been employed by you, Sharon, my system for when I work is I'm working in the office, but had I not been under your wing when all of that was happening or when I was being trained, I wouldn't know that those are the systems that you have to put in place. So we're always encouraging our agents to be coming into the office and really working on their business and making that time. Laurie Reney: I just think a lot of people get the misconception that they can balance everything that work is simultaneous with off time. And you're doing both at the same time. You have your designated work hours and that's how you just have to develop systems and be super, super hyper organized about prospecting and meeting people and talking to people. And when Laurie's talking about making calls, it's not just "Hey" to your mom saying, "Did you pick up any milk today? Do you need anything?" It's you're trying to make new connections with people and get your name out there. Sharon McNamara: When I first got into this business I got into it because I thought it would be flexible. Laurie Reney: That's a common thing, right? Sharon McNamara: I did not realize it was flexible for everybody else's schedule. Right? Because I was home with the kids. They would get on the school bus, and they would do their thing. But when do people want to see houses? After five and on weekends. So it's really flexible for everybody else's schedule. Sharon McNamara: And we're not trying to be Debbie Downers here. It can be extremely fruitful. It can be extremely fruitful if you want to do the work. But people who come to us, it comes time after time after time, "Oh, I'm just going to do this part-time in between everything I'm doing." Mary Baker: It's not going to happen. Laurie Reney: I don't believe the land of the part-time agent is going to be much longer. Sharon McNamara: I don't think they can keep up anymore. Laurie Reney: I don't mean that for any part-time agent that's out there and you're killing it. Great. You have way more skills than I do, but at the end of the day I just feel as if this business is going to become an incredibly professionalized skill. Sharon McNamara: I think that there's a difference between part-time and part-time because part-time I only do real estate part-time. I don't need the other additional income, or is it, "I have a full time job Monday through Friday, nine to five and then I work this part-time." That's when I think it gets difficult because people want to see houses Monday through Friday after work, Saturdays and Sundays all day long, holidays. Monday holidays where we were open yesterday on Monday because people want to see houses. I generally sell a house on Memorial Day Monday, that Monday every single year because people are off. But then what happens? Then comes the transaction and when did the appraisers work? When did the attorneys work? When does everybody, the loan officers? They're all working Monday through Friday, nine to five which means hello- [crosstalk 00:39:47] Laurie Reney: You've got to be available. Sharon McNamara: Yeah, that's us. Everything in between. Sharon McNamara: What are some of the other agents saying? Any questions too by the way. (781) 837-4900. A topic tonight is So You Want To Be A Real Estate Agent? If you have any questions about being a real estate agent, or if you have any questions in general about real estate, feel free to call us. (781) 837-4900. Melissa Wallace: Jessica Page: Much harder than I expected. I expected to work part time and make my own hours. Kristen Howlette said that she got into the business to help pay for college. Sharon McNamara: And I think having a goal- Laurie Reney: Motivation definitely helps. And consistency. To piggy back on what Mary said. I know that we went to the National Association for Realtors Conference out in San Francisco this year and it was really, I think the best conference that I've ever been to. And one of the things there was three common messages with almost every single class that we attended. And one of the biggest things is to be consistent and to also build upon your skills. And that's what they're saying. The market is changing. It's still a very strong market, but it is changing for the realtors that are active in the market. Yeah. Sharon McNamara: Laurie, you did some statistics. So what is the National Association of Realtors? What is the average that the average real estate agent makes? Laurie Reney: $31,900 gross, that is before your taxes and expenses? Melissa Wallace: Five minutes. Sharon McNamara: Yep, yep. I mean that's hard to believe. Laurie Reney: It's poverty. I mean, that's just... Mary Baker: Crazy. Melissa Wallace: I mean, I'm speechless over here. Laurie Reney: And that's a real stat. Laurie Reney: I remember when one of my first office meetings with you, this was even pre me coming onto the team in any capacity, was it was 23,000. The average age of a real estate agent was something like 55, am I right? So, and then the average gross commission, or gross net, or over a yearly whatever was 23,000 and I'm like, "I don't know if I want to do this any more.", It's like things remembered. Take me back. Laurie Reney: Well, but I could very well have gone the exact opposite route and given up super, super easily early on in this business had it not been for encouraging people in my career and Sharon putting me in the position to succeed essentially and giving me the tools that I needed to do that. I just think especially for a newer agent, it's very, very hard to develop those skills when you're younger and don't have all of the connections, family ties, or kids in the school system. But if you pound the pavement every day, it will happen. Sharon McNamara: So the process, your real estate license, just so we can get some of this out. We always refer everybody to Charlie Burke. He's a very good friend. Unfortunately, I only have Charlie Berg's cell phone number. I'm not going to give that out. But he is the Massachusetts Academy of Real Estate located in Braintree. Again, Charlie Burke, Massachusetts Academy of real estate and he is in Braintree. He does the classes, you need 40 hours. Sharon McNamara: I think that it should be a little stricter. It takes more time to be a yoga instructor than it does to be a real estate agent. And That I found extremely interesting because you're working in helping people with hundreds of thousands of dollars, their biggest investment. So it's a 40 hour class. So I know Charlie has different ways that you can take that class, like all one week, weekends, nights, whatever it is. I know he's teaching tonight. I was hoping that it would be able to call in at some point. After you do the 40 hours, then you go ahead and you take a test with the state of Massachusetts, so you can get licensed. So then you're a real estate agent, and they're a bunch of fees that go along with that process. Sharon McNamara: And then, if you join an office, we are a realtor office, so we belong and we are members of the National Association of Realtors. So you also have to pay those fees, and you have a one day class with code of ethics. And I think that it's good because with the code of ethics, you're sort of at a higher standard of what is acceptable and what isn't. And you have to go through that process. And then there are fees for the... That's the national, then there's the state, so Massachusetts Association of Realtors, and then there's a local board. So I happen to be part of all the local boards because I'm the broker. But I know Mary and Melissa... Laurie, are you part of Greater Boston. Laurie Reney: No. Sharon McNamara: So you're a part of South Shore, and Mary and Melissa are a part of the Greater Boston board. So altogether I think our fees are what, like $600 a year? Mary Baker: Yeah, just about. Sharon McNamara: So it's $600 a year. We always start everybody out with, "Start with the checkbook that goes to a business", but you probably need a couple of thousand dollars in it at least to get started in this business. You're an independent contractor. If you treat this like a business, then you will be very successful. You should have QuickBooks and all these other things and treat it like a business. Right. Laurie Reney: Anybody else have any thoughts? No, we're just about done. Sharon McNamara: How did that happen? Mary Baker: Do you still want to be a real estate agent? Sharon McNamara: Yeah, very well said, Mary Baker. Well again, we're going to try to have that open house on Saturday, February 8th. We may be changing the date. Actually, I just thought of something, but we'll let you know. So maybe if you want to set up some time with us to talk to any one of us, or all of us, you can get us at the office. (781) 826-8000, (781) 826-8000, or you can go to bostonconnect.com. If you want to listen to any of our past shows, you can go to Talk Real Estate Radio, or you can go to Talk Real Estate Round Table and you will find all of our past shows. Ben, thank you. It's been a pleasure. Benjamin: Always a pleasure, ladies. Have a great week. Sharon McNamara: All right, we'll see you next week, everybody. Bye. Bye.        

BEAUTIFUL FOR SITUATION---VS---SITUATION BEAUTY----VS----ALL MANKIND IN THE BEAUTY OF HOLINESS---PSALMS 29:2 GIVE UNTO THE LORD THE GLORY DUE UNTO HIS NAME; WORSHIP THE LORD IN THE BEAUTY OF HOLINESS----THIS EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS THE "NORTH OVER THE EMPTY PLACE: AND "THE ENTRY OF THE SEA"--TYRUS HAS FALLEN FROM HEAVEN AS LIGHTENING---AND---NOW TYRUS ATTEMPTS TO SIT IN THE SEAT OF GOF-- IN THE MIDST OF THE SEA ----TYRUS IS NOT A GOD BUT A MAN----THIS SCENARIO IS FORETOLD IN EZK 28:1-26----THIS EPISODE IS A GREAT LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR ALL-----BECAUSE OF TYRUS THE FAMILIES OF THE KINGDOMS OF THE NORTH ARE CALLED AGAINST MANKIND-----THE QUESTION IS ASKED----"WHO HATH FORSAKEN THE LORD GOD--AND---HAVE BURNED INCENSE UNTO OTHER gods--AND WORSHIP THE WORKS OF THEIR OWN HANDS?" THESE INDIVIDUALS SUFFER THE ONSLAUGHT OF THE kingdoms OF THE FAMILIES OF THE NORTH---BECAUSE OF THEIR REBELLION AGAINST THE LORD THEY KIND OF OPEN THE DOOR-----JESUS CHRIST IS THE JOY OF THE WHOLE EARTH----THE WORLD WILL ONE DAY SEE----AFTER MONEY----AFTER HOUSES---AFTER CARS--AFTER BEAUTY----AND MATERIAL THINGS----JESUS CHRIST IS THE JOY OF THE WHOLE EARTH-----WHAT WOULD IT PROFIT A MAN TO GAIN THE WHOLE WORLD----AND LOSE HIS SOUL----DAN 2:44 AND IN THE DAYS OF THESE kings SHALL THE GOD OF HEAVEN SET UP A KINGDOM, WHICH SHALL NEVER BE DESTROYED---NONE OF US DESIRE TO LOSE OUR SOUL----HOW EASY IS IT TO BECOME SWEPT AWAY---SWEPT AWAY BY LIFE AND ITS VALUED POSSESSIONS------SWEPT AWAY-- UNTIL MANKIND BECOMES OBLIVIOUS TO THE LORD GOD PLAN OF SALVATION---JESUS CHRIST WANTS US TO HAVE LIFE AND LIFE MORE ABUNDANTLY------JESUS CHRIST WANTS TO BE THE LIGHT OF OUR LIFE--- AS WE SHINE FORTH ----AS HIS BLESSED CHILDREN ---OF --THE KINGDOM OF GOD----- IN CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD----WHAT BETTER WAY IS IT TO CATCH BEE'S----OTHER THAN THE USE OF HONEY----WHAT BETTER WAY TO GET MANKIND TO LOSE HIS SOUL---OTHER THAN----SIN---FORNICATION----AND ---INIQUITY---AND----- THE THINGS ASSOCIATED WITH MONEY-----IN THE LAST DAYS ONE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BUY---SELL---OR---TRADE W/O THE MARK OF THE BEAST----HOW MUCH WILL THE MATERIAL THINGS OF LIFE MEAN UNTO MANKIND THEN-----WHY SPEND A LIFE TIME TO ONLY ACHIEVE WHAT MY LAST GASPING BRAETHS ON EARTH WILL CAUSE ME TO LEAVE------IN ALL OF OUR GETTING IN THIS LIFE---BE---SURE TO GET JESUS CHRIST----IN THE FATHER'S HOUSE THERE ARE MANY MANSIONS----ETERNAL IN THE HEAVENS"CHRISTIAN DEVELOPMENT"

In this episode of Tap'd Talks HR Anthony speaks again to Jeni Sanderson, a positive change consultant, to dig deeper into the area of positive psychology. They discuss Jeni's Energy Framework with a particular emphasis on 'Nourishment' and how we can situate our lives to help us feel more mentally positive.

When you step into your classroom each day, do you believe that all your students can succeed? Does this belief shape how you teach and engage your students in learning? On this episode of Critical Window (listen below) a podcast by the Alliance for Excellent Education (All4Ed), we spoke with Dr. Yvette Jackson, adjunct professor at Teacher’s College at Columbia University and senior scholar at the National Urban Alliance for Effective Education, about her concept of the “pedagogy of confidence.” Dr. Jackson, who has a book titled after this concept, is internationally recognized for her work applying neuroscience, gifted education, literacy, and cognitive mediation theory to elicit high intellectual performances from under-achieving and historically underserved students. A core concept of Dr. Jackson’s work is based on the idea that teachers should teach from a place of confidence in every students’ ability to learn, regardless of background or zip code. “When you have confidence about the potential of students, you help to push them to the outskirts, the limits of their mind,” explains Dr. Jackson on Critical Window. In this strategy, “learning becomes something that pulls [a student’s] potential to the next level.” What are the core ideas behind the “pedagogy of confidence,” and how can educators use this style of pedagogy to support adolescent learning? Here are six key strategies from Dr. Jackson: 1.Identify and activate student strengths. Instruction should help students believe “I can do this.” Teaching to students’ strengths helps them become more confident in their abilities and empowers them to perform better, all while establishing a growth mindset. 2. Focus on high intellectual performance. High intellectual performance should be the target for all students, not only those who have been identified for gifted and talented programs. Teach with the knowledge that all students are highly capable. 3. Build on existing skills and knowledge. Look at what students need to progress in their learning. What type of background knowledge do they need to have as a baseline and what additional skills do they need to build to succeed at the next level? 4. Situate learning in students’ lives. Are students seeing a connection between what you’re teaching and what’s happening in the world? Focus on issues and events happening in the world around them and incorporate those trends into the learning experience. 5. Acknowledge the impact of culture. Culture impacts the learning process and is a fundamental building block for students; however, it also can hold children back, even in school. If the school culture doesn’t represent the culture of the students, then you’re going to get all kinds of dysfunction. 6. Assess growth in every learning experience. Make every learning experience an opportunity for assessing growth. Receiving feedback on their performance and areas of growth helps students feel confident that they can progress in their learning. Listen to more from Dr. Jackson in the episode below. Critical Window is a podcast from the Alliance for Excellent Education that explores the rapid changes happening in the body and the brain during adolescence and what these changes mean for educators, policymakers, and parents.  Subscribe to Critical Window on Apple Music, Stitcher or wherever you find podcasts. Featured Image by Allison Shelley/The Verbatim Agency for American Education: Images of Teachers and Students in Action. Expand Transcript Collapse Transcript [Music] Hans Hermann: Welcome to Critical Window, a podcast from the Alliance for Excellent Education that explores the rapid changes happening in the body and the brain during adolescence, and what these changes mean for educators, policymakers, and communities. This week on Critical Window,

FORGIVENESS MEDITATION Find a quiet time and place. Situate yourself in a comfortable, seated position. Maybe even connect headphones to your computer. When you are ready, press play on the forgiveness meditation. Go through this meditation as many times as needed. Meditate on this daily, more than once a day - however much you need.

L’essenza di Frescobaldi è espressa dalla frase “Cultivating Toscana diversity”, una definizione che illustra il legame della famiglia al variegato territorio della Toscana, la passione per la viticoltura e il paesaggio, la tradizione e l’innovazione.Lamberto Frescobaldi, Presidente della Frescobaldi dice a proposito della propria famiglia, che è legata alla terra da più di 700 anni: “Il mio sogno e quello della mia famiglia è condividere lavoro, emozioni e passione attraverso i nostri vini. Una vita dedicata a capire e a valorizzare questi terroir rendendoli parte dello spirito della Toscana come arte del bello e del buono. Mille anni di storia di questa famiglia sono per me un tesoro unico ed irripetibile di conoscenze e tradizioni; il mio dovere è condividere e trasmettere alle generazioni future tanta passione, portando avanti il nostro amore per questi luoghi e per queste colline eterne”Le sette tenute sono: Castello Pomino (Pomino), Castello Nipozzano (Nipozzano), Tenuta Perano (Gaiole in Chianti) Tenuta Castiglioni (Montespertoli), Tenuta CastelGiocondo (Montalcino), Tenuta Ammiraglia (Magliano in Toscana) e Remole (Sieci). Situate in zone della Toscana particolarmente vocate alla produzione di vini pregiati (DOC, DOCG e IGT), le tenute, differiscono per terreno, ambiente e storia, dando così un carattere distinto ai vini.Ogni tenuta è gestita come una singola entità, con propri responsabili, per la viticultura, la vinificazione e l’affinamento.

L’essenza di Frescobaldi è espressa dalla frase “Cultivating Toscana diversity”, una definizione che illustra il legame della famiglia al variegato territorio della Toscana, la passione per la viticoltura e il paesaggio, la tradizione e l’innovazione.Lamberto Frescobaldi, Presidente della Frescobaldi dice a proposito della propria famiglia, che è legata alla terra da più di 700 anni: “Il mio sogno e quello della mia famiglia è condividere lavoro, emozioni e passione attraverso i nostri vini. Una vita dedicata a capire e a valorizzare questi terroir rendendoli parte dello spirito della Toscana come arte del bello e del buono. Mille anni di storia di questa famiglia sono per me un tesoro unico ed irripetibile di conoscenze e tradizioni; il mio dovere è condividere e trasmettere alle generazioni future tanta passione, portando avanti il nostro amore per questi luoghi e per queste colline eterne”Le sette tenute sono: Castello Pomino (Pomino), Castello Nipozzano (Nipozzano), Tenuta Perano (Gaiole in Chianti) Tenuta Castiglioni (Montespertoli), Tenuta CastelGiocondo (Montalcino), Tenuta Ammiraglia (Magliano in Toscana) e Remole (Sieci). Situate in zone della Toscana particolarmente vocate alla produzione di vini pregiati (DOC, DOCG e IGT), le tenute, differiscono per terreno, ambiente e storia, dando così un carattere distinto ai vini.Ogni tenuta è gestita come una singola entità, con propri responsabili, per la viticultura, la vinificazione e l’affinamento.

Art works made for festivals have to be pretty attention-grabbing to rise above the general clamour of sound, food, booze and big audiences. Does this mean that these art works have to be big, bright, loud and spectacular or is there room for quieter, more contemplative work at these events? We speak to Dark Mofo Creative Director Leigh Carmichael, artist Michaela Gleave, and artist, producer and SITUATE provocateur Paul Gazzola. In this episode you will hear sound from A Galaxy of Suns by Michaela Gleave, produced for Dark Mofo 2016 with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, and Fort Evil by Andrew Harper, produced for BRAINSTORM at the Tasmanian College of the Arts for Dark Mofo 2016. For more information head to: https://darkmofo.net.au/ https://www.situate.org.au/

If our goal as speakers is to move our audience, then we should be looking for ways to surpass our audience's expectations. On this week's Mini Moved Me, I talk about going beyond the constrictions of our audience's expectations, to surprise and delight them - not just to do something different, but because by doing so we make a difference. But it takes intentionality - time - and creativity. Three things that we all have (even if we feel like we don't.) In other words, there are no excuses for doing the same-old, same-old - except that we didn't take the time to push ourselves and try something new. So, my thought for you today is to use a "Blue Ocean Strategy." Live in a different ocean - get out of the bloody red ocean where everyone else is swimming! - by distinguishing yourself with excellence and a unique approach that is audience-focused. You don't want to freak people out by working too outside their expectations, but we can raise those expectations - and bring them along with us! For example - Get out of the red ocean of using your power point notes as your handout! Situate yourself in the Blue Ocean by doing something different - maybe offering a one-sheet that summarizes your points; maybe offer them a symbolic element, like a keychain or a bird (or whatever, who knows, I'm making this up here, people) - something that symbolizes the shape or vehicle or metaphor of your talk! Maybe you don't offer them ANYTHING cause you know that most people don't use or appreciate it, and it ends up in the garbage! Think like your audience, and do what will delight them. (For more on the "shape of your talk," check out Brandy Agerbeck's interview with me on the show! It's awesome.)