TMI = Too Much Information

As an Austin Realtor, I use technology everyday to stay in contact with my clients as well as to provide online home search tools as well as monthly real estate updates. But as our world evolves and technology plays an ever increasing role in our lives, sometimes you have to stop to ask yourself, is technology really helping or hurting me? With the majority of all cell phones now being produced and sold as “smart phones”, we literally have the world at our fingertips. You can literally do just about anything from the comfort of your car, in an elevator or even while watching a movie. I can’t tell you how many movies I’ve watched at the theatre with the annoying glow of some teenager’s cell phone while he or she is texting, tweeting or updating their online status. Also, with so much information at one’s disposal, the line between privacy and public starts to fade. Several sites such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter have built-in privacy functions that are cumbersome and sometimes difficult to set leaving all of your private information open to anyone who wants to see it. Without thinking, people will update their status while they are on vacation or that they just made a huge purchase, leaving themselves open to professional thieves to break into their homes while they are away. Then there are those that are addicted to posting every single facet of their lives online. What they intend on eating, what they ate yesterday, the weather, the traffic report, what they were dreaming and so on. I usually end up tuning those people out quickly so as to not to get sucked into their drama or their cry for attention. The point that I am trying to make is that like all things, there is a right and a wrong way to do things. I’m not saying that my way is right, but I can tell you that no one wants to know what you had for breakfast this morning unless it’s your mother, your spouse or your doctor :)

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A new year, a new set of goals

As the first days of 2011 begin, I am reminded of the goals that I accomplished over the course of the year. I am also reminded of the goals that I didn't accomplish. Though possibly difficult to believe, all of my goals are not necessarily real estate related. Don't get me wrong, I always have the long-term goal of being the most recognized name in the Austin Real Estate market, but in the short term, I have to be more realistic and more focused about the goals that I set for myself for this new year. In analyzing my victories and defeats in regards to the goals that I set out to accomplish at the beginning of last year, I find myself making a list of why I was or wasn't able to accomplish every goal I set out to complete. Some goals were probably too easy, and I shouldn't have even included them on the list, while other goals were unrealistic. I mean, did I really think that I was going to run my first marathon without training? As with any goal, it has to be specific and realistic. It has to also be time specific and measurable. In the case of my wanting run a marathon, I had those all of those parameters planned, but I never found the time to be consistent about training. The real point to my writing about goals, is to reinforce and perhaps motivate those who read my blog to plan on making 2011 a breakthrough year. Whether the goals you set are fitness, financial, family or personal goals, the important thing is to have goals and to strive to meet those goals. No one ever accomplised anything by planning to do something. Only through action and perseverance will the goals that you set, ever be realized. Unless you happen to win the lotto :)

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