Stop Wanting...Start Living

The constant pressure of everyday life in business, play, and family 

causing worry and stress is all in the wanting

• Wanting your clients to respond
• Wanting your child to behave a certain way
• Wanting people to like you
• Wanting to get paid more
• Wanting your family to be safe

What about living

• Living respectfully
• Living to give
• Living to empower
• Living with gratitude
• Living in the moment

Simple...not easy. Enjoy every moment, you never know when it will be your last. 

In memory of my father Joe Bruno 5/27/1930 - 10/17/2015

My father the original networker…A Father’s Day Message

My Dad was an innovator of his time, he was my first business mentor. It’s awesome how things evolve and we learn from one another.

Joe Bruno was the original networker, in positions (sales/promotions) that required him to contact, communicate and retain a client base. Although Think and Grow Rich was around since the late 30s, I doubt many business people were aware of the writings as we are today. Networking in the 50s was without social media, the internet and every kind of device that assists us in business today. He developed these relationships initiated by his own desire and love for what he did (the way I perceived it as a young adult). I often accompanied him on various appointments/trade shows and observed how to be social and how to meet total strangers and connect. It’s a tough act to follow, but who’s acting…It was not something forced it was a genuine interest in supporting a company. I am not aware of a mission statement or value proposition that was in place, it was the fashion industry…very social and people wanted what he had because of him. SOCIAL…NETWORKING

Joe introduced me to many aspects of the sales world from people to process to promotion, He had fun with it so it did not seem like work. I often thought how great it would be to have such passion for what I  do that it does not seem like work. Here is where the real lesson is and I can proudly say that now I am an independent business owner…Café Realty.

Dad was a real influence on how to think differently.

Here’s to you DAD, Happy Father’s Day THANK YOU and may your light always shine upon all those in your life!
With love, gratitude and appreciation...

Yoga...return to bliss

The practice of yoga is personal, the true connection of mind body and spirit. Returning from a 2 year absence has brought a familiar awareness to the benefits of this ancient art and discipline. It is the softening, the lengthening, the surrendering to your inner peace via breath control, balance and awareness. It centers your thoughts, feelings and emotions and connects them.
It's a personal discipline drawing from your deepest sense of self which transforms the energy of the mind into control of the body. A bliss experienced when ego is forgotten and inner peace is realized.
This return also brought a keen awareness to the flexibility of the body, the asanas (postures), the mudras (hand gestures), the prana (life force/breath) are gathered within a session to awaken the spirit and bring it towards the body and mind. It is no easy feat to hold a posture, control the breath and soften the expression. There are 2 distinct styles of practice focusing on the yang or the yin. Yang being a more male. muscle oriented, energizing, flowing, intense style and yin a female, connective tissue focused, gentle, flowing style. The two are complementary and produce the same bliss dependent on your needs for your practice in any given day.
Balance asanas are my personal favorite, a true grounding to the earth, a letting go of emotions, a mindful expression. A center of gravity is found and the edges are explored...a fluid stability
The beauty of yoga is the opportunity to experience what is necessary for your body/mind/spirit at that moment. There is no competition...egoless exercise. Your practice is yours alone...an island in a sea.

Yin	Yang
Produces form	Produces energy
Grows	Generates
Substantial	Non-substantial
Matter	Energy
Contraction	Expansion
Descending	Rising
Below	Above
Water	Fire

namaste

Creating Collaborative Partnerships...A New Day

 How to create collaboration within a company while driving revenue to its bottom line…

It is more than a mere statement, more than words. Collaboration is at the heart of the new flat company. It is the engine that powers the creativity, the cohesive force, solidifying the "all in" mentality. In order to drive revenue to a bottom line, we generate top line growth. Growing revenue starts with people and collaboration is the catalyst.

So how do we work together within our own company and incorporate others? Here is the dictionary definition:

col·lab·o·rate/ kəˈlabəˌrāt /verb

verb: collaborate; 3rd person present: collaborates; past tense: collaborated; past participle: collaborated; gerund or present participle: collaborating

1. work jointly on an activity, esp. to produce or create something.

"he collaborated with a distinguished painter on the designs"

synonyms:        co-operate, join forces, team up, band together, work together, participate, combine, ally; pool resources, put —— heads together

"they collaborated on the project"

2. cooperate traitorously with an enemy.

"the indigenous elite who collaborated with the colonizers"

synonyms:        collude, conspire, fraternize, co-operate, consort, sympathize; informal, be in cahoots

"they collaborated with the enemy"

1. We work together to produce/create something. As realtors this includes our own team and our own company primarily; then others from other companies and from ancillary services. This serves all as a resource for our talents, skills and specialties. Everyone brings something unique to the table regardless of their company. We then exchange ideas to improve our effectiveness within our specialty.
2. As competitive as we all are (or not) collaboration may be interpreted as a negative aspect of business. There are no secrets folks, just ideas that will impact each other. There are no accidents only incidents.

My perspective on a Creating Collaborative Partnerships:

• Have a flexible mind. Please read http://zenhabits.net/flex/
• Have an "all in" passion
• Believe in your partners and your purpose
• Respect difference…celebrate love
• Be present/be in the moment
• Be willing to share/contribute…unconditionally
• Be aware OR beware
• Possibilities are endless
• Use language mindfully

My perspective on driving revenue:

• Educate/advocate/represent consumers/clients
• Create a complete moving experience through extraordinary service
• Communicate…consistently, promptly
• Develop/maintain relationships with your sphere of influence
• Track everything - income, expenses, transactions, leads, referrals…
• Be responsive to the needs of others
• Understand your strengths and utilize them
• Have confidence and competence
• Focus to fill the pipeline
• Be efficiently effective with time, energy

Does this make sense?

Life is a sensory journey, a journey shared, a journey alone

 

Alone/alone…alone/together…together/together

We experience and are aware of all that surrounds us

We become one with each other and evolve

The senses, sight, smell, taste, sound and touch, obvious to all are the beginning of the awareness necessary to relate, communicate, connect.

Expand your sense and realize the emotional impact.

SENSUAL

SENSITIVE

SENSATIONAL

Emotions, feelings…truth…the authentic, unconditional you

The sensual presence…seductive, provocative, attractive

The sensitive self…human, vulnerable, fearless

The sensational you…effusive, compelling, magnetic

All a path to acceptance of others, the world…life

Does this make sense? How is your sense common? It's not, it's shared. It’s an ever-present, ever-changing sense that is uniquely you.

A force of life,  sensitive, sensual and sensational.

 

 

The Harshness of Life

we are all born unique, we all experience the harshness of life...
things come and go
people are the carriers of the attitude that fuels the fire of the ego
a lonely world for the introvert and extrovert alike
an extreme dichotomy in perspective
a separate world for objective and subjective
the unconscious subdued
do you feel like running away?
is there too much drama? misunderstanding? judgment? expectations? attachment?
is there too little peace? acceptance? respect? letting go? love? communication?

we are all human, we all experience vulnerability...
we are not perfect
to understand humanity, its dynamics, the purpose
is to love unconditionally, accept all for their humanness
embrace difference
reframe

Father's Day Story 2013

Fathers Day 2013

6/15/2013
12:16 AM

A father said to his child "I have a story to tell you"...
There once was a baby who was born into a world free from thought and judgment. The baby grew older and attended school as a young impressionable child. The child soon learned that we must share with others and that we are not the center of our own universe. The child became a young person and began to compare possessions to gain popularity and win. The young person on the edge of adulthood soon realized that it was selfish to want. The fledgling adult leveraged the popularity  so desired into purpose. A proactive, intrinsically motivated lifestyle developed and an adult human being evolved.
"What we focus on expands my child...live, love, learn...we will receive when we give it all away."

Give it all away for Fathers Day, children everywhere are impressionable and learn from those who surround them. In turn we all learn how to love and live.

With love, gratitude and appreciation for all who have fathered a child to adapt in a world  of challenge and opportunity.

Happy Fathers Day 2013