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  We were running late for church ... again (I'm the MASTER of one-more-thingitis), and I got distracted from getting out the door with, "What is that SMELL?" I thought I had food go bad somewhere in the kitchen. I checked the usual culprits. Trash Can? Nope. Refrigerator? Nope. Potato Bin? (Oh, no, not the potato bin...that one's gross.) Nope. Well, I can't find it, I'll deal with it when we get home, but (Thank God) I opened some windows to let the beautiful outside air in while we were gone. In the car on the way home, my husband and I had decided that somehow a mouse (I've NEVER had a mouse in my home) had died under the dishwasher. Keep reading -- this is evidence that our mind will try to explain-away danger sometimes.  When we returned home, and I came back to the kitchen again to find that darn smell, I noticed one of my stove knobs was ever-so-slightly on. Not even on enough to ignite the lighter on the burner, but enough to leak just...

    I attended an all-day out-of-town training yesterday with a nationally known coach in the hopes of learning some new techniques to make me better at my business. (Sincere thank you here to Chicago Title-Debbie Donaldson for sponsoring my entry.) I learned some things about myself and our industry that left me unsettled. The basics of sales and contract management haven't changed. Reminders about these back-to-basics, tried-and-true methods were valuable, and I'm glad I went for this alone. But, it was a little uncomfortable to realize that I'm apparently a Luddite, which seems a complete contradiction to me because I'm immersed in technology to do my job effectively. Most of the training day was spent teaching me that if I wanted to grow my business, I must use AI incessantly. This included how to get AI to create blogs, videos and CONTENT for me without my input, and that posting a huge volume of this AI created content on multiple platforms was the w...