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Even if you don’t sell real estate for a living, you’ll relish this funny, candid ride with two residential real estate pros. If you do happen to be a real estate professional, you’re likely to encounter quite a few aha! moments … along with living proof that you’re not alone.

After 20 years as cordial competitors and longtime friends, leading Southern California real estate agents Bobbi Mezger and Martha Burgoon-Karelius have managed to pull off a rare feat: achieving remarkable success in their careers while raising kids and enjoying full, rewarding lives.

Now, they’ve pooled their fifty years of wisdom to explain how they did it — and why, in their view, anyone can. Humorous, heartwarming, and sometimes heart-wrenching, their stories speak volumes about the life and business ideals they’ve come to value most: leadership, integrity, goal achievement and — yes — creating a balanced life.

In these pages, you’ll discover the importance of swallowing the frog … the benefits of running in circles … the way to program your inner GPS … and the pitfalls that lie in wait for you in Procrastination Swamp.

You’ll explore eight traits of great leaders, and what they can do for you. Find out what’s wrong with winging it. Learn how to look like you mean it, avoid unsynchronized expectations, and address your stress. You’ll also get direct-from-the-trenches tips on successfully nurturing kids and a career — at the same time.

Along the way, you’ll be entertained by true tales drawn from years in the real estate trenches. From The Wrong Cat Surgery and The Strangely Shiny Foyer to The Mystery of the Missing Hearth, these are stories only a real estate pro could bring to the table.

If you’re ready to take these ideas further, there’s also a collection of thought-provoking worksheets designed to help you create your own brand of success.

The key message of The Real Deal couldn’t be simpler. “It really is possible to live your dream,” insist Bobbi and Martha. “If we can do it, so can you.”
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Motivational and right on target!
Wow! Martha,
I'm in the air, halfway to Dallas and 3/4 of the way thru your book. What a valuable use of my time. Thank you! Fortunately, for Tom Ferry, l didn't read your book before the Summit- I probably wouldn't have felt a need for additional coaching!....I say it often and out loud ... You really are the real deal! Thanks for writing this book - It will lie desk-side for handy, daily, reference and motivation. . . .

Step by Step Guidebook
This lively book is a step-by-step guidebook to guarantee success in all areas of your life--fun to read and easy to implement.

Insightful
Real Pros, Real Lessons, Real Fun. If you are considering going into Real Estate(or sales of any kind) this book is for you. It's a fast read with lots of insightful stories and suggestions.

15 minutes makes all the difference in the World!
Enjoyed reading " The Real Deal" and implementing the "15 minute increment rule", creating a Vision Board for department goals and staging my desk for success!

Quick easy read!
Ordered the book through Amazon- read it - great easy read. Makes you remember the basics of real estate- thanks for writing the enjoyable book.
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This guide explains how to find a job for students looking for employment for the first time. It covers all aspects of the job search, from locating job openings through newspaper ads, personal contacts and employment agencies through interview techniques and follow-up. ... Read more

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What’s a little girl to do when she fails to win a position on the school soccer team? Is she doomed to a life apart from the game she loves so passionately?

This charming tale provides a thought-provoking look at how kids of all ages can creatively view their talents and interests as guideposts to the many ways in which they can achieve a happy and productive life.

Readers will enjoy meeting Sophie and her wise, hip Fairy Godmentor, who wears Manolos and carries a Birkin bag filled with magicalmentoring powers.

Along with Sophie, readers will learn that sometimes you just have to shake things up a little to feel more confident about yourself, your options and your future.

Sophie’s tale will also remind adults just how important and rewarding it is to mentor kids about their place in the big wide world around them.
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Excerpt from the book:

UNCONSCIOUSLY we are forming habits every moment of our lives. Some are habits of a desirable nature; some are those of a most undesirable nature. Some, though not so bad in themselves, are exceedingly bad in their cumulative effects, and cause us at times much loss, much pain and anguish, while their opposites would, on the contrary, bring as much peace and joy, as well as a continually increasing power.

Have we it within our power to determine at all times what types of habits shall take form in our lives? In other words, is habit-forming, character building, a matter of mere chance, or have we it within our own control? We have, entirely and absolutely. "I will be what I will to be," can be said and should be said by every human soul.

After this has been bravely and determinedly said, and not only said, but fully inwardly realized, something yet remains. Something remains to be said regarding the great law underlying habit-forming, character building; for there is a simple, natural, and thoroughly scientific method that all should know.

A method whereby old, undesirable, earth-binding habits can be broken, and new, desirable, heaven lifting habits can be acquired, a method whereby life in part or in its totality can be changed, provided one is sufficiently in earnest to know and, knowing it, to apply the law.

Thought is the force underlying all. And what do we mean by this? Simply this: Your every act - every conscious act - is preceded by a thought. Your dominating thoughts determine your dominating actions. In the realm of our own minds we have absolute control, or we should have, and if at any time we have not, then there is a method by which we can gain control, and in the realm of the mind become thorough masters. In order to get to the very foundation of the matter, let us look to this for a moment. For if thought is always parent to our acts, habits, character, life, then it is first necessary that we know fully how to control our thoughts.

Here let us refer to that law of the mind which is the same as is the law in Connection with the reflex nerve system of the body, the law which says that whenever one does a certain thing in a certain way it is easier to do the same thing in the same way the next time, and still easier the next, and the next, and the next, until in time it comes to pass that no effort is required, or no effort worth speaking of; but on the opposite would require the effort. The mind carries with it the power that perpetuates its own type of thought, the same as the body carries with it through the reflex nerve system the power which perpetuates and makes continually easier its own particular acts. Thus a simple effort to control one's thoughts, a simple setting about it, even if at first failure is the result, and even if for a time failure seems to be about the only result, will in time, sooner or later, bring him to the point of easy, full, and complete control.

Each one, then, can grow the power of determining, controlling his thought, the power of determining what types of thought he shall and what types he shall not entertain. For let us never part in mind with this fact, that every earnest effort along any line makes the end aimed at just a little easier for each succeeding effort, even if, as has been said, apparent failure is the result of the earlier efforts. This is a case where even failure is success, for the failure is not in the effort, and every earnest effort adds an increment of power that will eventually accomplish the end aimed at. We can, then, gain the full and complete power of determining what character, what type of thoughts we entertain.

Shall we now give attention to some two or three concrete cases? Here is a man, the cashier of a large mercantile establishment, or cashier of a bank. In his morning paper he reads of a man who has become suddenly rich, has made a fortune of half a million or a million dollars in a few hours... ... Read more

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The most beautiful thing about youth is its power and eagerness to make ideals, and he is unfortunate who goes out into the world without some picture of services to be rendered, or of a goal to be attained. There are very few of us who, at some time or another, have not cherished these ideals, perhaps secretly and half ashamed as though to us alone had come an inspiration of a career that should touch the pulses of the world and leave it better than we found it. ... Read more

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Whether you are a follower who is just beginning to discover the impact of leadership or a natural leader who already has followers, you can learn to be a better leader. The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership distills Dr. John C. Maxwell's insights from more than thirty years of personal experience. Each law of leadership is like a tool to help you achieve your dreams and add value to the lives of other people. In The Law of Respect, you will learn why:

• Leaders go their own way when a group first comes together
• People change direction to follow the strongest leaders
• People naturally align themselves and follow leaders stronger than themselves
• Major change tests respect for a leader

Each lesson also provides a real-life example, and tools for personal assessment and application.

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From the book on C.S. Lewis comes the EZ Lesson Plan study.In this study Lewis's writings will be imitated, quoted, studied and revered.His work spans from science fiction to religious philosophy. He is considered by most scholars to be one of the greatest religious writers of the twentieth century and is often heralded as the "Theologian for Everyman," bringing struggles of faith and meaning to the forefront of American culture. But surprisingly, his life story has never been made into a documentary for American television. ... Read more

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A Wonderful Primer


It is very readable at 184 pages. It certainly will not win any scholarly book awards. And it is not for the serious Lewis student--but it serves as a very adequate entry level primer for the one who is interested in learning more. It is part biography, part book review, part annotated book list. Much information is given in story form which makes for interesting reading. It is also important for the reader to understand that the majority of this book takes place after Lewis' conversion to Christianity--of the 12 chapters only 3 give prior history. So there certainly are limitations to the book--but if you are just beginning to delve into the life of this celebrated author this is one title you might really enjoy. For those of you that are looking for something far more substantial--even though great biographies abound, I would recommend The Narnian: The Life and Imagination of C.S. Lewis, by Alan Jacobs.

The Magic Never Ends
This must be an excellent book because I've purchased it twice!!Anything that includes C.S. Lewis's writings is worth reading at least once.BTW, great seller.

Perfect gift for Lewis fans
An award-winning director, producer, and screenwriter, John Ryan (Chip) Duncan wrote "The Magic Never Ends" as a companion book to his PBS documentary by the same name (www.duncanentertainment.com). It's the first full-length documentary on C.S. Lewis ever produced in the U.S. and features narration by Sir Ben Kingsley as well as interviews with the various people quoted in this beautiful volume. Duncan has the unique gift of allowing the people he interviews to speak for themselves and then finding the themes or threads that emerge. The book reflects this commitment. It also contains rare photographs of Lewis and his family, as well as more in-depth discussion of the major themes the film explores. A great read and a beautiful coffee-table gift for Lewis fans.

A fanstastic journey into the life of Lewis!
This book, along with Kilby's "C.S. Lewis: Images of His World" and Hooper's "Through joy and Beyond", is essential for those Lewis fans who like to see the actual photos of where is used ot lecture, walk, talk, etc, along with the other key places in his life. With high quality paper and binding, the text is made up in large part by interviews of those who knew Lewis. This is the best book on Lewis to come out in years. Well worth the purchase! Enjoy!

Spiritual Magic-- for Children and Adults!
As a newcomer to the works of C. S. Lewis, I'm thrilled with "The Magic Never Ends".Recently, I've read "A Grief Observed", "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe", and
"The Screwtape Letters", three very diverse examples of Lewis's ability to offer spiritual magic to all age groups. John R. Duncan said it best in his introduction:"The greatness of C. S. Lewis's writing comes from his ability to simplify an intellectual or philosophical concept and to assist readers on a spiritual journey of their own." With input from other Lewis scholars, Douglas Gresham, Walter Hooper,Dr. Dabney Hart, Dr. Lyle Dorsett, Dr. Christopher W. Mitchell, and Colin Manlove,"The Magic Never Ends" provides a "rainbow overview" of one of the 20th Century's most influential writers, C. S. Lewis. ... Read more