Press Release | 9-16-09

EMPIRE REALTY WELCOMES KITTY COLE AND ASSOCIATES FOR STAFF COMMUNICATION WORKSHOP

Danville – Kitty Cole recently provided Empire’s staff with her dynamic and insightful training course on communicating effectively. This particular course targets key areas of speaking techniques and communication strategies proven to benefit personal development and leadership skills. Geared for larger groups, ranging from approximately 50-500, Kitty tailored the course to effectively engage smaller groups of our staff and delivered it in two separate, two hour segments. Offering this course has provided our staff as well as our agents with empowering tools and techniques to successfully develop and nurture personal and professional relationships.

“Empire is committed to investing in our staff and Kitty Cole’s workshops have proven to be a successful and powerful investment.” says Judi Keenholtz, Chairman of the Board, Empire Realty Associates.

Kitty is a member of The Institute of Management Consultants and the National Association of Realtors. Founder of Kitty Cole & Associates in 1993, Kitty has built a robust practice based on skills and techniques she honed as both a business executive and individual performer earlier in her career. She counts herself as one of the fortunate who can base a career on personal passions she has discovered: the power of communication and the sharing of that power with others to enrich their lives too.

For more information, please contact Kitty Cole and Associates at (925) 296-0800 or at kitty@kitty-cole.com

To view info on Kitty’s dynamic agent training class at Empire, click here

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posted by: Katie Lance, Marketing Manager, Empire Realty Associates

 
I’m going to explain this as best I can, for those that don’t know, as I find it to be useful information.
If you do know – congratulations, you have obviously been rolling on the “next level” for some time.

A “peg-warmer” is an action figure that is usually the most abundant on the shelves, sometimes spread out on the rest of the pegs to create a sense of fullness, because it is the least popular figure in the assortment and thus the only one left.
Other notable peg-warmers include:
Padme (Phantom Menace Wave 1)
Ric Ole (Also Phantom Menace Wave 1)
Arctic-Laser Attack Batman (I made that up but it probably exists)

Sometimes a peg warmer can become valuable, due to the fact that no one owns them, and most of them are likely sitting in a landfill somewhere, like Jabba-Glob.

What we have here is a really good example of a peg-warmer, spotted at my local Target last night, so I decided to take a picture. It’s a lady from Jabba’s Palace that has three sets of breasts.

I don’t know her name.

I am not lying about that.

Research shows that for jobs of all kinds, emotional intelligence is twice as important as IQ,plus technical skills.

Emotional intelligence is more than 85% of what sets star performers apart from the average.

Level of Job Complexity Impact of Emotional Intelligence
Low complexity jobs (e.g. machine operators or administrative roles)
The top 1% produce 3 times more output than the bottom 1%

For medium complexity jobs (e.g. sales people or mechanics)
The top 1% is 12 times more productive than the bottom 1%For high complexity jobs (e.g. physicians,
account managers, insurance sales people)
The added value generated by the top 1%
is 127% greater than the average-
(haygroup.com)

85-95% of the difference between a “good leader” and an “excellent leader” is due to emotional intelligence (Goleman, 1998).

People who accurately perceive others’ emotions are better able to handle changes and buildstronger social networks (Salovey, Bedell, Detweiler, & Mayer, 1999 cited in Cherniss,2000).

If you want to take an important step towards increasing emotional intelligence, start with self-awareness.  Every time you feel angry, frustrated or stuck, ask yourself why? then ask yourself what part do I play in this situation? How can I be accountable.

Leaders, if you want to take it to the next level, increase your emotional intelligence.

TIP: Take an online E.I. test, http://testyourself.psychtests.com/testid/2092 (Free)

If you need to improve: http://www.e-ii.org/Default.aspx (Free)

I have researched the variety of theories surrounding the coming Shift of the Ages prophesied not only by the Maya, but indigenous cultures around the world. I hope to share my findings and hear your feedback your investigations into this incredible time in human history.

I will begin with my video, The Next Level, that I made last year after experiencing major breakthroughs regarding consciousness and my limited definition of reality. With the assistancce of appropriate plant teachers, I was allowed to have a good long peek behind the curtain of illusion. As a consequence of this experience, I felt a great desire arise to share my vision of our true potential and to give others ‘permission’ to explore their infinite, multi-dimensional existence.

I created The Next Level to express the insights I wanted to share, and have been thrilled by the responses I have gotten from people of all different ages, colors and belief systems who write to me from all corners of the globe just to tell me how much they appreciated my production. It gives me great hope for our future!
Below you will find a mixture of related videos, webpage links, references and audios that I used to develop my concepts for The Next Level.

RESEARCH TOPICS:

To begin exploring the teachings presented in The Next Level, I invite you to view my video below entitled Remember Your Essence, a brief look at the life and teachings of Manly P. Hall, a true visionary and scholar who left a huge body on the secret teachings of the ages for our consideration.

I was also greatly influenced by the work of Terence McKenna,
and hope you will download and listen intently to the follwoing audio presentations relating his discoveries concerning the I Ching, the Loom of the Maya and the DNA double helix. This lecture is  from his live presentation explaining the theories in his book, The Invisible Landscape: Mind, Hallucinogens, and the I Ching
, and is divided into 6 segments that average 30 minutes each. It is a lot of material to cover, so settle back with your favorite self-medication and give Terence a few hours of your time to introduce you to his discovery of how and why time is speeding up.
Part 1, Part 2 , Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 and Part 6
There is a wealth of video information available on YouTube exploring Terence’s lectures, so please explore playlist like this one compiled by The Duderinok.
For a completely different perspective of how our future will unfold, I invite you to consider the following video I compiled concerning the role of extraterrestrials in our development. It is based on the audio book presentation by Barbara Marchiniack from Bringers of the Dawn.

That’s enough to explore for this session. Please stay tuned for more timely information as we enter the Shift of the Ages together!
In Lak’ech (I Am Another Yourself)
LelaBear

Voor mijn reis naar het verleden heb ik vandaag gekozen voor Alkaholiks ft. Diamond D – The Next Level .
Het is afkomstig van de tweede Alkoholiks album ‘Coast II Coast‘ .
Echt een hele lekkere album is dat, als je het nog niet gechecked heb doe het maar even.
Je zal er geen spijt van hebben.
Nu ik toch bezig ben post ik nog een track uit Coast II Coast:

DAAAM!

[Also known as Confirmation Day in the Church of Bracketology]

photos from Draft Express and the Hoops Report

Years ago I would meet with some friends at one of the larger bars in Manhattan to watch the NBA draft, mostly so I could lose my mind and start cussing into the air, in public, when, say, Marcus Camby was traded (with the rights to Nenê) for Frank Williams and a broken Antonio McDyess (who has, admittedly carved out quite a decent post-injury career for himself). I think my friends just wanted to see what I did when the Knicks did something so very obviously bad for their future and salary cap.

The funny thing is that I have a lot more affection for the Nets, really, but the Knicks are what New Yorkers of my age grew up with – Patrick Ewing, the kind of physicality and slowdown style that facilitates rules changes, the haircut of Anthony Mason, the post-game interview voice of John Starks… so it’s the Knicks I focus on when watching the draft. The Nets under Rod Thorn have made very good picks, from the Richard Jefferson year to Lopez and Anderson last year. They’re not all gangbusters, but they get players who get on the court.

+ The Knicks might be looking to trade Quentin Richardson for Memphis’ Darko Milicic… and may pick Gerald Henderson of Duke tonight. Apparently Coach Krzyzewski convinced Mike D’Antoni to sign free agent Chris Duhon, improving Duhon’s nightlife options immeasurably… possibly to the detriment of the team (no evidence, just conjecture). I kind of would like Darko. He’s not the second coming, but might be better under D’Antoni; he improved slightly in his scoring per 40 minutes last year. What else will the Knicks do to improve?

+ Not a storyline per se, but Free Darko analyzes the model stylings of future draftees Hasheem Thabeet, Pretty Ricky Rubio, Stephen Curry, Tyler Hansbrough, and more.

+ Some guy named Shaquille O’Neal who is very large was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers for the expiring contracts of Ben Wallace and Sasha Pavlovic. Basketball Prospectus thinks it is a poor trade, since O’Neal is a defensive liability and needs the ball to be effective… and he’s not that effective anymore. And I like Zydrunas Ilgauskas’s game next to LeBron (Z has some range and some post game)… I think the team needs something more impactful at the guard position.  Casn they find a steal in the draft to keep Lebron in Cleveland?

+ Speaking of Basketball Prospectus, here are some statistical translations from Euroleague stats for Pretty Ricky Rubio, Brandon Jennings, Omri Casspi, and Sergio Llull, who I have not heard of. And while we’re at it, here are translations for stateside players, ranking the guards in terms of WARP (Wins Above Replacement Player).  Will these projections be correct? Is Nick Calathes a future NBA star?

+ And then there’s the Brandon Jennings thing. Ball in Europe talks about how Jennings’ season was a net negative, a bust, and those numbers bear it out. Rough season for the youngster, even though Lottomatica Roma teammate Ibrahim Jabber likes his game in a long-winded post on True Hoop.

And he might be bitter now, but the benefits may be greater than simply showing that he can play and score. Lisa Olson writes on Jennings’ study abroad year:

People who study these things for a living say he is certainly a top three talent, but then they add words like “mystery” and “enigma” and “bad attitude” to his dossier, and nobody knows quite where Jennings will land….

“It was tough,” he says. “But I made a decision and I stuck with it. I like to think I matured as a man and as a player.”

Thing is? Jennings is still talented, but he has to improve some parts of his game, according to scouting reports (the outside shot, the decision-making). And he’s probably going to be drafted in the lottery. His experience will inform players like Jeremy Tyler that it is possible to go to Europe for basketball and come back, but it won’t be like going to State U and playing 38 minutes a game, with Dick Vitale yammering how they are awesome-baby. And maybe that’s a better fortune.

+ The last few days have been trade-crazy, with teams trying to get into position to get the impact players in what many feel is a weak (but possibly deep with role players?)  draft.  Richard Jefferson is happy to be “relevant again,” and I am happy he is as well; part of that deal means forward Amir Johnson will go to Milwaukee; the Timberwolves got the #5 pick in the draft, along with some large bodies who hold down the chairs; 76ers are looking to the old school logo; and Tracy McGrady might find himself traded for a draft pick. Those Rockets played pretty well without him…

+ Who are going to be the sleepers and the busts? SI’s Luke Winn looks at efficiency numbers in different scenarios… James Harden might have some work to do on his game in the faster-paced (than his Arizona State offense) NBA.

I just finished cleaning a large part of my house for Pesach, using, as many do, a vacuum cleaner. What made this cleaning different from all other cleanings? I was using a new vacuum cleaner. A Bissell 92L3-P Powerclean, to be specific. And the experience bordered on emotional. Let me explain.

When my father wheeled this sparkling new dust-sucker into our home I was immediately struck by its beauty. A vivid blue color, chromatic and sleek, this machine was clearly meant to fight dust and get down-and-dirty – but it still had an air of charm, some sort of mechanical purity. If Wall-E was a vacuum cleaner, he would be a Bissell 92L3-P Powerclean. No doubt about it.
But what really blew me away was its cleaning capabilities. Forget its Two Stage Cyclonic Separation abilities, its Easy Empty™ Dirt Container, its 15″ wide cleaning path. This monster machine has 4 feet – let me repeat, 4 feet of crevice tool & vacuum hose. 4 FEET. When I clean with a Powerclean I feel like I am wielding a military flamethrower. I could kill my cat with this thing. No joke.
In short, this vacuum cleaner has transformed my Pesach cleaning experience from dull drudgery into an exhilarating flurry of maniacal laughter. I encourage you all, my dear readers, to chuck your Roomba or the like out the window, because once the 92L3-P it will be ducking for cover like a Vietcong from the Comedian.

4 FEET

4 FEET.
It sucks.
Powerclean, we salute you!