Daily Intent

Santa Barbara, CA
I had this poem shared with me a couple months ago.  I find it applicable to business and life.  I hope you enjoy it.

the lesson of the moth – By Don Marquis, in “archy and mehitabel,”  1927

“i was talking to a moth
the other evening
he was trying to break into
an electric light bulb
and fry himself on the wires

why do you fellows
pull this stunt i asked him
because it is the conventional
thing for moths or why
if that had been an uncovered
candle instead of an electric
light bulb you would
now be a small unsightly cinder
have you no sense

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Santa Barbara, CA
This past week for me could have been themed “Economic Challenges Amplified”.  I had a heart-to-heart with a business associate that has seen income drop by over 50% this year.  Another associate lost their job.  And a couple others were on the brink of losing their homes.

All were, as one would expect, emotional.  There was a sense of frustration, helplessness, sadness, failure, and lost sense of purpose.

This may not be you, but consider a few less dramatic scenarios that surely left you with similar emotions.

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Santa Barbara, CA
It has been a while since I have commented on the housing market in full.  I leave the statistics out because readership expands across many different markets, however there is one overriding consistency that is worth touching upon.

What is peculiar about the current real estate market is that we are neither in a buyer’s market or a seller’s market, rather a “banks’ market”.  I don’t mention this to scare you.  Like the other two market descriptors, “buyer’s” and “seller’s” , it is meant to prepare you and manage your focus when attempting to buy or sell.

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