Coach Patti Kouri's (coachpatti) Blog

Check the calendar; we're already three months in to the year. How are you doing with your plans and goals for 2009? If you made resolutions at the end of 2008, have you been able to keep them? If you’re like most people, those easier goals are probably either accomplished or in reach. The ones t...

Have you noticed how much difference action makes? That's a broad statement, I know, so let's narrow it down to some examples we all can relate to. Our economy is a roller-coaster ride these days, as we all know. The stock market is not the best barometer of how things are going because it is a v...

Would you like to play your real estate game like Tiger Woods plays golf? Ask most real estate agents that and the answer you'll get is, "Of course!" But really, we can all play like Tiger, even if we don't win like he does. If you're like me, it could take you three (or in many cases MORE!) shot...

Someone will spread the word – shouldn't it be you? I'm talking about the new economic stimulus tax credit that is waiting like a plum ready to pick beginning March 26, 2009. It's ripe and ready to be enjoyed by first time homebuyers, but this plum is also good news for just about everyone in rea...

Have you ever watched a really good sales professional at work, and wondered how he or she did it? Your reaction might be, "I could never do that." But you would be wrong! The top sales people did not suddenly appear as adult professionals. They all started somewhere, they learned their trade, an...

  It's about this time each year that some people start slipping away from the goals they made. The focus has become fuzzy, and other things have come along to distract them from visualizing their goals clearly. The gym where they signed up and vowed to go work out five days a week? Well, they've...

Do you remember the old TV show, "Mission Impossible"? I know there have been a couple of movies, but I'm talking about the original version. A team of professionals took on a seemingly-impossible mission that helped save the free world. Each person had a specialty, and each was trained to comple...

Remember the pictures you've seen from the gold rush days? People sat by the side of a creek with a flat pan, dug a shovel's worth of gravel from the streambed, and swirled it around in the pan. Then they patiently poked through the grit looking for a glint of precious gold. Hour after hour, day...

  That's what I say to myself and others – it's just a game. These days there are two games in my life, and I'm learning from – and with – both of them. It started with 2009. First, I reminded myself that 2008 is over, done, gone, move on, don't drag it into the new year. We have a fresh opportun...

Ready or not, here they come – the holidays! Since completing another fantastic JumpStart Workshop a few weeks ago, I feel as if I've been playing constant catch-up. Some days it seems I'm running full speed only to end the day farther behind. Sound familiar? The holidays come, so we might as wel...