this little snippet from Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\nTwo quick points.<\/p>\n
1) Apparently REALTORS are not the only ones with an industry image problem. My line of work has it too! (grin)<\/p>\n
2) Friendless? Note to my industry…if you are not making friends and networking as you go, you are not building True Authority. You are doing it wrong. (too funny…) I suppose that we all sit in our basement and hack all day as well….grin<\/p>\n
I did not pick my profession, it picked me. And I certainly did not select it because I wanted to be anti-social. Far from it! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
You know, it is funny… Brad Coy sent me a nice note last night and just while I was appreciating that, my wife started laughing and sent me this little snippet from Fox News. Two quick points. 1) Apparently REALTORS are not the only ones with an industry image problem. 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