It’s amazing to watch the world through the eyes of a child.  The exposure we gain is immeasurable.  The evaluation skills we can take and the questioning of everything by the child gives pause to our often routine, busy lives.

     Sounds interesting doesn’t it? As someone who has recommended goal setting for years, I was also stunned when I first heard about the concept that goal setting may be holding you back! After all, I have read all the materials on goal setting (Napoleon Hill, Jack Canfield, Zig Zigler, Anthony Robbins) and I even wrote books on goal setting myself (Affirmations of Wealth,  Your Spiritual Gold Mind). It took a tremendous gut check, brutal honesty and a massive paradigm shift to admit, goal setting is an old technique that just isn’t as effective as it used to be.

I wanted to take a moment to make the introduction for one of our newest blog contributors, John Alexandrov.  John joins us from RealEstateInnercircle, a coaching and training company.

As the author of the books, Affirmations of Wealth, Your Spiritual Gold Mind and The Money Chi, John has created a wave of financial momentum and wealth in the lives of thousands. 

I watched Glenn Beck's dig on NAR's former and current economists, David Lereah and Lawrence Yun.  I found it amusing if not a bit sympathetic for Messrs. Lereah and Yun. 

The highlight of it was Glenn's graphical overlay showing dates on which optimistic announcements were made by the NAR economists about the housing market superimposed upon a declining Price-Date trend line.

Click the video above, you be the judge.

Last week, President George Bush signed The American Housing Rescue and Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008 (the Housing Act) into law.

In the last installment, I discussed website basics.  I intentionally left off one part of the typical website: the capture mechanism or gateway.  Some call it the form or registration page, but whatever you call it, it is the most important part of your site.  As far as I’m concerned, it is more important than the website itself.  Yes, I really said that.  Let me repeat myself: It is more important than the website.

No IPO in 2009 says Zillow, as they feel the pinch of the real estate, financial and online marketing markets. Intriguing as leadership has always been very bullish on building a business model entirely around online advertising.

McKinsey just published their second annual survey on the business use of Web 2.0 technologies.  Naturally, it piqued my interest.  Not only because I'm a nut for that kind of stuff, but as it so happens, I'm currently wading through proposals to eventually develop an online training/community site for my company.

During a recent trip to South Africa, I stumbled on a project so exciting I felt compelled to resume my old occupation as buyer of furniture and interior decorative accessories.  For almost two decades of my life I travelled to third world countries around the globe, being constantly astounded by what human beings can create with their hands.  At the time I couldn’t have imagined a job more joyful than sourcing, selecting and shipping stunning pieces all for use to embellish exquisite expensive interiors.

Stuart Siegel has successfully parlayed eNeighborhoods, a business which he founded, sold, re-bought and sold again, into a co-ownership of the Florida Panthers. Here is how is happened: