One can follow Twitter to size up the positive sentiment blanketing the United States right now. Obama told it like it is: Times are tough. They are going to get tougher. We are surrounded by hardship. And have been lead there by greed, foolishness and irresponsibility.
And the crowd applauded.
That's new. We are tired of the whitewashing, the shoveling of the shit under the proverbial rug.
We are ready to hear the truth. We don't view it as negative, or bad. It serves to lift the veil of confusion and frustration we feel.
The truth will serve. It will prevail. It inspires. And I am convinced it will set you free.
Real estate marketing departments, pay heed. And ask yourselves these question:
Is the voice with which my company speaks believable?
Bad news is not necessarily negative. You customer is ready for it. They might actually be attracted to it. And seek you out to provide the necessary decision support, guidance, and service to help them through it.
This morning, history was made. Obama dished out a little truth. We took it. Gladly.
Brokers, you can do this.
Yes you can.
- Davison
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So true! Transparency is much better than gobbledygook!!
Congrats on your new President! We need that hopeful, but realistic voice in the world!
gobbledygook? Haha.
You used President Obama as a yardstick for our personal standards and how we, too, need to live up to honesty and truthfulness. Whether you like him or not, that's something very powerful that he's going to bring to this country.
Will practical idealism, sharpened by truth, bring about changes in the residential real estate industry?
What's on your wish list for the new administration? Comments and questions are welcome on this wiki event planner before this change-oriented real estate round table on 7:00-8:30pm (EST) Thursday, 1/22/09:
http://tinyurl.com/8clp6w
Virtual participants, both consumers and professionals, are welcome in this open discussion at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School. President Barack Obama was elected the first black president of the Harvard Law Review in 1990.
Amen Marc, chest thumping, me-me, I'm number one, answering a question with a question or misdirection is so freaking lame and infuriating. The younger the person, the more revolting.
If you believe in the Butterfly Effect, what solar flares of change arc when millions begin flexing their wings.
It may be the most interesting year in a century or two.
Cheers in the New Year:-)
It appears that collaboration will become fashionable, transparency will be the norm, and politics is now cool… how exciting is that? In my mind, very!