Communication challenges of Change
March 28, 2011 by Jason Hindle · 36 Comments
Communication challenges of Change
Excerpt of an interesting conversation on communicating change. I briefly had talked to an associate not in real estate but in the building maintenance industry on change challenge. It was observed that for a segment of the population change is not considered positive and for most people some changes are considered unpleasant. Procrastination is at times used as a defence against change. One of the challenges was communicating how the change would be beneficial and differentiate the new from the old in a positive way.
An example of a person hanging off a tall building with an old worn, frayed yet comfortable rope that has been used and is being used to change to a new thinner certified rope for safety. Well most people would not just grab the new rope with both hands without a thought just based on a quick look and a promise. Proof of reliability or other benefits should be made available as soon as possible. I hear too much about product and service features rather than benefits. One example was in the area of pressure washing and how this industry and technology is changing providing a wide range of results and benefits that changed my view of its applications in real estate.
Cyber Time complications
March 28, 2011 by Jason Hindle · 40 Comments
Cyber Time complications
An observation that I made when dealing with time perceptions of people when dealing from cyber to real world is as follows. It seems that when one spends a long duration of time on the internet it may affect how time is perceived to operate at. For example a person maybe searching an mls real estate site or surfing the web at a high speed and with no interruptions for a Sustained period of time. All seems fine when all of a sudden a real person off line is contacted. Now breath for a second here comes an interesting point. How long will it take for the people now connected to change to people time not cyber time?
Cyber time is all about you as the driver and now the cyber driver has to hand over some control to other people’s schedules and time management systems. A thought here is if you are going from internet to real people contact take a brief break to remember it is live people time and things may get slower. From the other side if you are getting contacted after cyber time by a person speed up a bit just briefly so your timing can get brought into some level of synchronization.
A brief collection of Japan Earthquake links of educational interest
March 17, 2011 by Jason Hindle · 61 Comments
A brief collection of links of educational interest on the dynamic earthquake situation in Japan. Some notes of interest that seem to yet from my small viewpoint have been reported little on are: Warnings to keep upwind of fires as the smoke carries from some of these fires a mixture of hazardous materials and so not just checking radiation contamination but other serious smoke inhalation situations that may benefit from a medical checkup.
I have noticed at other times a reporter would comment on for example a fire at a marina with boats burning and thick smoke and all the while not a word of what was the smoke made of and how dangerous it was. Think about it fiberglass hulls, oil, plastic wood, paint etc…….., not good to breath in so just a thought to keep in mind. Would welcome any links to information that would help people to prepare for disasters that you could send me nlrlink@yahoo.com
Educational before and after collection of Earthquake Tsunami effects.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/events/japan-quake-2011/beforeafter.htm
http://www.abc.net.au/news/events/japan-quake-2011/beforeafter2.htm
http://www.esri.com/services/disaster-response/japan-earthquake-tsunami-2011-map/index.html
A balanced article on Mnt Fuji
The march 18 real estate scramble
March 10, 2011 by Jason Hindle · 46 Comments
Well hello out there and decided to write a small piece on this March 18 real estate scramble going on in BC Canada. Been observing a frantic pace of activity as people try to buy before the March 18 deadline before mortgage rules change. So many buyers trying to find something that multiple offers are increasing through Vancouver and other areas. It looks to be a great time to be a moving company very soon if not already. Just a thought take a moment and think about it. Why should this one small set of changes be the focal point of so much activity at the cost of many other reasonable personal factors in buying real estate? A batch of inventory as the industry calls it for property on sale are going to come available or will continue to be so after the March 18, 2011. Take this piece of info with a grain of salt.
Fail to prepare then prepare to fail is a saying that can be used to help people take some time to plan before buying on including personal factors not just external factors that affect real estate. By the way another deadline for a change is April 18 or 19 connected with CMHC.
Gold panning and Gardening in BC
March 6, 2011 by Jason Hindle · 7,931 Comments
Well have been invited to go gold panning in the near future by a friend so will be digging out my gold pans and hiking gear for a small adventure trip it seems. From an experience perspective if one has the opportunity to learn and try gold panning it really teaches perseverance and patience with a thrill of treasure hunting. I try to get out gold panning at least once a year just for the recreational fun of it in BC.
For the gardener in me another friend invited me to plan to garden this year in Vancouver with my three little plots of land around an apartment building to grow some squash and vegetables together this May. I thought why not we share the work and the fresh vegetables. I did a bit of gardening last year and found it at times fun and relaxing.
