Some Songs Never Get Old. Neither Should We.
You didn’t call it love. You called it a song you couldn’t stop playing. Maybe it was on your 1975 Camaro’s 8-track or blasting in your bedroom while you wondered how one person could occupy so much space in your head. Years later, those first few notes bring it all back. For me, it’s Little […]
Sometimes You Win. Sometimes You Learn.
I knew better. Did it anyway. Last week in Tokyo, 180 lb. Jeff stepped into a sumo ring with 365 lb. Masa. So the math wasn’t looking good. My wife and I met a friend in Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto before joining Philip McKernan and 14 entrepreneurs for Brave Adventure. Philip is a unique life […]
We Need to Upgrade Ourselves
Imagine buying a Ferrari, then driving it 15 mph because that’s how you’ve always driven. Sounds ridiculous. But I think we’re doing something similar with technology. We’re asking too much of technology. And maybe too little of ourselves. Take appraisal reviews. Parachute can scan a 200-page appraisal and surface numerous valuation issues. Pretty remarkable. But […]
One Review Standard. Every Experience Level.
Review consistency shouldn’t depend on who gets the file. Not every reviewer sees the same thing. Give the same appraisal to three people and you may get three completely different reviews. One reviewer sees two issues that could materially affect value. Another has 27 comments. Most are formatting preferences, wording choices, or questions that change […]
Protect Your Focus
You wouldn’t let 30 strangers walk into your office each morning, fire random questions at you. Yet that’s exactly what most of us do. We open Outlook and just react. Somebody needs a document. Somebody has a “quick question.” You scan the email sender names as an indicator of priority. The loudest request gets your […]
When Work Gets Busy but Stops Being Meaningful
Ever get to Friday and think, “I was busy all week, but did I actually accomplish anything that mattered?” I think a lot of fee appraisers, reviewers and chief appraisers live there. Reports and reviews got finished. Then Monday shows up and we do it again. Busy is easy to measure. Meaningfulness is harder. Mark […]