If you’re a nail biter, a nose picker or something worse, I’ve got some great news for you:

Your worst habit may just be your secret weapon in commercial real estate!

How so?

If you have one or more bad habits, it will likely be much easier for yo...

Top performers in commercial real estate don't maintain their position by doing everything that can possibly be done.

Instead, they typically do everything that matters better than everyone else (and perhaps a little bit more, just to be diligent).

Nearly 20 years ago, a former boss taught me an important lesson about self-respect.

After waiting 20 minutes for a client to turn up for a meeting, my boss just got up and left (and I followed him).

Not waiting longer than 20 minutes for someone w...

Have you ever worked for a boss who made you feel guilty for taking time off?

You had no reason to feel bad because taking a break is part of your job.

It's just as important as everything else that you do, because having time off helps you be at y...

Have you heard the saying that 90% of life is just showing up?

I believe it’s mostly true, but also that you should do more than just be there.

Now more than ever, it’s time to not only front up, but to bring your A-game when you do.

I’m sharing w...

Interest rates have been abnormally low for an unusually long time.

Rising inflation was the trigger for interest rates inevitably rising from their record lows sooner than many people expected.

I’m not sure if we are heading for a big economic tur...

This Saturday is a special milestone for me. It will be 1,000 days since I've had a drink.

Now that would be a cause for celebration for anyone. And in the past, a way for me to celebrate would be to go out and have a few drinks.

But I won't be doi...

There’s one big thing you should do to create a more certain future for your commercial real estate career.

I’m talking about it in episode 105 of CRE Success: The Podcast – check out the player below to listen now.

In this final edition in a speci...

There's a theory about team building and development that says you will inevitably go through a few stages on your way towards success.

From my experience, it’s pretty accurate.

It starts with forming – cautiously coming together.

Then comes storm...

Do you know why observational comedy works?

As you may have heard, “it’s funny because it’s true”.

However, feedback is different.

The most valuable personalised and constructive comments you receive can also be the hardest to accept.

You know, b...

An old boss once told me that I will have "made it" once I was making a certain amount of money.

That was bad advice for a range of reasons.

Firstly, it was a low number versus what is possible in our industry and what I could achieve – he was proj...

In the 2016 presidential election campaign, when the number of countries Hillary Clinton visited as Secretary of State was listed as an accomplishment, Carly Fiorina (a GOP hopeful) pointedly said that “flying is an activity, it’s not an accomplishme...