May I wish you a prosperous new year and say that it is quite possible for 2008 to be your best year ever.

Do you have any doubt? Watch the video and then ask yourself, “Is there anything I can’t do?”

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This week I am making calls to many of my past clients and friends to wish them a Happy Thanksgiving! If I wasn’t able to reach you by phone please accept my wish by means of this post.

This time of the year I enjoy expressing my gratitude to God and those who are special to me.  I count you among those special people.

Thanks for your business, your friendship, and your referrals.  May you and your family have a blessed Thanksgiving!

“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.” John F. Kennedy

“The Pilgrims made seven times more graves than huts. No Americans have been more impoverished than these who, nevertheless, set aside a day of thanksgiving.” H. U. Westermayer

There is an easy path through life and a hard path.  Some people try to climb up the rocky side of the mountain while others take the Sky Lift up. You can take the hard path through life or the easy path.  It’s all up to you and the choices you make.The hard path is the path of resistance. It is when you learn life’s lessons the hard way. It is stubbornness and ego. It is the need to be right.  It is the path of conflict, pain, failed relationships, disappointment, scarcity, and problems. It involves climbing over rough rocks and steep ravines in an effort to reach the top of the mountain.  Some never make it.  The mountain takes its toll.

On the other hand, the easy path is the path of least resistance. It is when you learn life’s lessons from those who have gone before.  It is doing the right things, at the right time, for the right reasons. It is the path of peace, happiness, harmonious relationships, accomplishment, abundance, and joy. Instead of struggle, it is the path of ease paved by faith, belief, and allowing.

The really, really neat thing about all this is that rather than taking the hard path up to the top of the mountain you have a choice.  The easy path is already there.  Take it if you want to.  Life is always about choices.

Two paths lie before you today.  Which will you take? The choice is yours.

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(Copyright © 2007 By Dan Forbes, All Rights Reserved.)

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Today is my birthday.  I have reached the double-nickel, 55 years old. As I drove to my office this morning I countinued my routine of giving thanks for life’s blessings.  It’s a habit I’ve cultivated, beginning each day with an attitude of gratitude.I am so happy and grateful for my health and life.  It’s exciting to be alive! I am amazingly grateful for my family, my wife, my kids, and my grandkids. I am happy to enjoy my career, my real estate team, and my partnership. I am blessed to live in a beautiful home, in a beautiful community, in a beautiful place in Florida.

Today is a super-terrific day full of wonderful opportunities.

Here’s a few things I’ve learned over my 55 years.  These principles guide me daily.

1. To always give my best.  I always look for ways to improve myself.

2. To live by the Golden Rule.  Be happy, friendly, courteous, and POSITIVE. 

3. To always keep my word.  I will keep my promises and always OVER-DELIVER. 

4. To treat others with honesty, fairness & kindness. My REPUTATION is my most important ASSET.  I will be above reproach and trustworthy.  I will be kind to others.

5. To offer encouragement to others along the way. I will be helpful and ENCOURAGING to others.  I will not criticize or condemn.  I will always speak positively TO and OF others.

6. To learn from every experience, even failure. I know that I will sometimes fail and that’s OK, as long as I learn from it. 

7. To always get back up when I fall down.  Never, Never, NEVER give up.  PERSISTENCE is the key to success.  I will remember, that in the battle between the rock and the river, the river always wins.  Not because it is bigger or stronger, but through the power of persistence.

8. To live the principle, “Anything worth doing is worth doing right”.  I will always strive to do the RIGHT THINGS and then to DO THINGS RIGHT.  I will do it right the first time.

9. To have a “Whatever it takes” attitude in life and work. “That’s not my job,” is not in my vocabulary. 

10. To live and work enthusiastically.  I will consistently look for ways to make life fun and my business more efficient, profitable, and FUN. 

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I’m Dan Forbes and I want to be your Realtor and resource for all your Bradenton Florida Real Estate needs.

Have you heard this story?

A fellow is contemplating moving into a small town. He approaches a local resident and asks, “What are the people like in this town?” To which the resident replys, “Well, what are the people like where you live now?”

“Oh,” he says, “most are self-centered, impolite, rude, and not very bright.” To which the local resident says, “That’s probably what you’ll find here too.”

Another fellow approaches the local resident with the same question, “What are people like in this town?.” Again, he asks the questioner, “Well, what are people like where you come from?”

“Oh,” says the new questioner, “most are kind, generous, polite, and quite intelligent.”

“Amazing,” says the local resident, “that’s a perfect description of the people here too.”

The moral of course, is that most people live up to our expectations. If we look for the worst in people we find it. If we look for the best in people, we find that too.

I have decided to make this a day to look for the best in others. Will you join me?

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I’m Dan Forbes and I want to be your Realtor and resource for all your Bradenton real estate needs.