Creativity and Spirit don’t know time. Just because it’s “scheduled” doesn’t mean it’ll magically manifest exactly at the appointed time. This is a hard pill swallow in this high tech “gimme NOW” environment in which we are swimming. Whenever it starts will be the right time. If you’re impatient and decided to rush things . […]
Author Archives: Barry Owen
How to get the right people to come to your event.
I host MANY events large and small. Some might consider me to be a “serial inviter”. An idea pops into my head, or I notice an emerging issue or opportunity, or I see potential in gathering together a specific group of people, or I get the feeling that: If these people who don’t yet know […]
OFFLINE Digital Strategy?
For years, I have been coaching the “Vital Few” agents of Pareto Realty to build a niche business with 80% of “marketing” by leveraging relationships. Every day is about connecting with real people OFFLINE!These are your “SOI – Sphere of Influence” contacts . . . The people you know, like, and trust who know, like, […]
Getting what you need – not want
You might want what you need . . . or need what you want. Sometimes, what you need isn’t what you want. Similarly, what you want isn’t what you need. How do we reconcile this? Today, I was cleaning up my Google Drive, and I stumbled across this quote that I needed to hear today. […]
Short weeks can be the MOST Productive
Happy Birthday America! July 4 – Independence Day is on a Thursday this year. Many families will be on vacation for the whole week. This is the first “in season” week for most of the vacation destinations North of the Mason-Dixon line. All schools and Universities are on Summer Break. Here in Tennessee, the weather […]