By Gino Blefari
This week my travels found me first in Chicago, meeting with the impressive team at Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff Realty Group for Sales Rally 2019. We kicked off the morning with a power walk along the lakefront trail. After, I spoke to the group about how to have a breakthrough year, which encompasses a good morning routine and habits of success.
This week my travels first found me in West Orange, New Jersey, celebrating Jordan Baris Inc, REALTORS® Real Living with members of our HSF Affiliates team, including Allan Dalton, CEO of Real Living Real Estate; Tricia Kobos, manager, Business Consulting; Teresa Palacios Smith, vice president of Diversity and Inclusion; Rosalie Warner, vice president of Network Services; Champ Claris, director of Franchise Sales and of course, Ken Baris, president of Jordan Baris Inc, REALTORS® Real Living. The 67-year-old, full-service brokerage is led by Baris, one of RISMedia’s 2019 Real Estate Newsmakers, and will be a fantastic addition to our Real Living network.
This week my travels find me in San Diego, attending the T3 Summit at Loews Coronado Bay Resort. The T3 Summit is an invite-only mastermind and think tank for residential real estate industry leaders. The lineup of speakers and session topics is always excellent year after year, and surprisingly, kept under wraps until the very day of the event.
This week my travels find me back in Hawaii for another close friend’s wedding. (Congratulations, Justin Moles and Natalie Ventimiglia! On a personal note, I’ve been friends with Justin’s dad since third grade.) In this tropical island setting, surrounded by love and aloha, I’m reminded about the value at the very center of the value pyramid: friendship.
This week my travels find me in Hawaii, where I had the privilege of officiating the marriage of my good friends Jun Lee and Adam Brooks. Beyond being a great person and close acquaintance, Jun also happens to be a professional golfer at the Cinnabar Hills Golf Club in San Jose, CA. She was personally trained by Hank Haney, Butch Harman and Paul Runyan.
By Gino Blefari
This week my travels find me in Northern California, taking meetings, participating in conference calls and helping our teams achieve their goals faster than they would in my absence. If you’ve been following our Thoughts on Leadership posts, you’ll remember we started off the year with an entire month dedicated to goals and this month, I’d like to talk about another important topic: habits.
This week my travels first found me in New Orleans at RESPRO26, an event that brought together real estate leaders—the nation’s top brokers, home builders, mortgage lenders, and title/settlement service providers—for a three-day conference on affiliated businesses and strategic alliances in the home buying and financing industry.
This week my travels find me in Northern California, working and taking time to recharge after a whirlwind week in Las Vegas for the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Sales Convention. The theme for this year’s event was ALL IN and as we now begin to entwine that phrase into our businesses and lives, one question comes to mind: How can we really know when we’re ALL IN?
By Gino Blefari
This week my travels found me in Las Vegas for the 2019 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Sales Convention, which was a three-day-long extravaganza of education, networking and fun. The theme for this year’s Sales Convention was ALL IN, and throughout the event, we discussed the phrase to figure out exactly how it applies to our brand, our industry and our professional growth. As mentioned onstage, ALL IN must take on a higher and more noble meaning. Being ALL IN in real estate begins with being ALL IN with ourselves. We cannot help others until we know how to help and care for ourselves.
By Gino Blefari
This week my travels first found me in Northern California, though as I write this to you now, I’m on my way to Las Vegas for the 2019 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Sales Convention.
