“Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge.” - Charles Darwin, (February 12, 1809 – April 19, 1882), English naturalist Have you ever heard of the Dunning-Kruger effect? According to Wikipedia, it’s a “cognitive bias in which relatively unskilled persons suffer illusory superiority, mistakenly assessing their ability to be much higher than it really is.” You [...]
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Great Read Roundup: Leadership Lessons
An ongoing feature in Tuesday Tactics is our “Great Read Roundup” in which we highlight some of the best pieces we’ve read recently and why they might expand your mind or help with your real estate career. 10 Books Every New Manager Should Read (5 minute read) Why it matters: Even if you’re on your [...]
The Closing Word: Staunch
The Closing Word: Staunch This week we continue our vocabulary-building series, “The Closing Word.” Each week we provide a new word to help build your vocabulary and show you an example of how to use it. This week’s closing word: staunch Pronounced: (stonch) Adjective: firm and dependable especially in loyalty Verb: stop the flow of a [...]
The Closing Word: Noisome
The Closing Word: Noisome This week we continue our vocabulary-building series, “The Closing Word.” Each week we provide a new word to help build your vocabulary and show you an example of how to use it. This week’s closing word: noisome Pronounced: (NOI-suhm) Adjective: 1. causing or able to cause nausea 2. offensively malodorous From Vocabulary.com: “Despite [...]
Great Read Roundup: Mortgage Matters
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Scott’s Thoughts: Protection from Procrastination
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The Closing Word: Invective
This week we continue our vocabulary-building series, “The Closing Word.” Each week we provide a new word to help build your vocabulary and show you an example of how to use it. This week’s closing word: invective Pronounced: (in-VECK-tive) Noun: abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will From Vocabulary.com: [...]
Great Read Roundup: Learning Luxury Tastes
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Scott’s Thoughts: Minding Your Momentum
“I would not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum.” Frances Willard, (September 28, 1839 – February 17, 1898), American educator, temperance reformer, and women’s suffragist Life is not easy. Nor would we want it to be. Arguably, it is the salt of struggle that enables the sweetness of success. [...]
Scott’s Thoughts: Routine Inventory
“The chains of habit are generally too small to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.” - Samuel Johnson, (September 18, 1709 – December 13, 1784), English writer We are but a couple weeks away from the start of 2020, and now is the time when many of us begin reflecting on [...]
