Mooshi the Realtor visits “the Bag Spot”

I had so much fun trying on hats with proprietor, Lee Francis

you should try it too!

The Bag Spot

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wo42vBGvwKw]

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Mooshi the Realtor visits “Uniquely Yours”

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Home buying could soon beat renting

Home buying could soon beat renting.

Is it time for you to buy a home?

Mooshi the Realtor visits Matter Brothers Furniture and Design

Happy New Year and welcome to Mooshi the Realtor blog. My blog has been around for quite sometime and I’m about to breathe new life into it. Each week I’m going to feature a local business.  I’ll try not to sound like a television commercial and I hope from to time-to-time I’ll be able to offer you specials and discounts to the businesses that I sanction.

My visit this week was to Matter (pronounced like “otter” with an “M” in the beginning) Brothers Furniture and Design store. I was invited by interior designer Judy Bistany. My first few minutes there were an eye-opening experience as I saw first-hand “Matter Brothers commitment to customer service”. I’ll share: an elderly couple was giving one of the sales associates a hard time about a chair they were returning – evidently the store was replacing the chair with a “floor model”. This was NOT to their liking. ” Why couldn’t they have a new one, floor models were inferior, they brought their own transportation for the chair (why is that important?), they were taking their business elsewhere, etc, etc”. The sales associate quickly ran to owner, John Matter, who promptly (after a quick check on the price), offered them $50 off, shook their hands, apologized for any inconvenience or misunderstanding. He did all this with warmth and sincerity. The couple left beaming from ear to ear, with a happy story to tell plenty of future referrals. Now granted there are many companies that would do something similar, but to actually have an owner present and to respond so quickly was very impressive.

And now to the video (and I’m open to suggestions on how to improve future videos):

Rent vs. Buy: Do the Math and Then Ask Mom

Rent vs. Buy: Do the Math and Then Ask Mom.

A Little Buddhism Goes A Long Way

by Ian North (who has been reading a lot of Buddha books lately)

While the simplicity of the words: “I could do better” or “I could have done more” are always true – they also define you as having failed. Instead create a do-able formula for success with the achievable phrase “I have done better today that I did yesterday”. I doesn’t matter if you have only done a “little better”, it enhances you instead of diminishing you. You see yourself as a success; it does you no good to see yourself as a failure.

Embrace your successes and release your failures. Remember: you’re either getting better or your getting worse. Nothing and no one stays the same.

I love this Buddha sand sculpture

Oswald Acted Alone and We Did Land on the Moon

Oswald Acted Alone and We Did Land on the Moon.

So frustrating to vote

Voting yesterday was archaic at best. I voted in Miami Beach, FL. The people working at my voting precinct were inexperienced – I got on the line for the wrong district and I was told I was in the wrong building (not the wrong line). When I went back later and found the right line, the machines to read the ballot were broken. My hand-written and marked ballot were put into a box. How out-dated is that? Hand-marking a ballot? In today’s high-tech world? Putting my vote into a box? I feel like my vote didn’t even count.

Mooshi Miami visits the Tap Tap Room

 

An Amazing Authentic Haitian Fish Dish

 

I just discovered this scrumptious local restaurant – The Tap Tap Restaurant. Now I always new it was there… but here’s what I didn’t know:

I didn’t know it served authentic Haitian cuisine.

I didn’t know they had live music in the evening. (jazzy sounding with a saxophonist).

I didn’t know that the walls were covered bright Haitian-themed murals.

I had their speciality: poached whole yellowtail snapper called “Pwason Gwosel”. There wasn’t even a moral of fish left on the bones when I was finished with it. It melted in my mouth and left me feeling full and satisfied.

See how happy I am:

 

It's soooooo good!

 

GO-GIVER

The Go-Giver

“The Go-Giver” by Bob Burg and John David Mann was a quick, easy, inspirational and motivational read. (I read it in the 2 hours before bedtime last night).   I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to take their career to the next level (or those who work hard but not smart).  Here are the 5 laws of  stratospheric success and I’m quoting from the book:

THE LAW OF VALUE

Your true worth is determined by how much

more you give in value than you take in payment.

THE LAW OF COMPENSATION

Your income is determined by how many

people you serve and how well you serve them.

THE LAW OF INFLUENCE

Your influence is determined by how

abundantly you place others people’s interest first.

THE LAW OF AUTHENTICITY

The most valuable gift you have to offer is yourself.

THE LAW OF RECEPTIVITY

The key to effective giving is to stay open to receiving.