Comments on: The Window

By: Marie Kratsios

Marie Kratsios — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:50:28 +0000

Yes, but today Rupert Murdoch announced that his online media will no longer be free. He may be starting a new model for online advertising. Will be interesting to see how this develops.

By: AgentGenius

AgentGenius — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:05:21 +0000

#agnow Todd

I got my lab coat on http://cli.gs/9mVeD

By: Erion Shehaj

Erion Shehaj — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:05:19 +0000

Todd

I got my lab coat on

By: Pat Williams

Pat Williams — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:00:32 +0000

RT @ProfessionalOne: @toddwaller GREAT post here,http://bit.ly/yZ83O. What a perfect way to illustrate how mny of us R EXACTLY those chimps.

By: John McClung

John McClung — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:48:51 +0000

RT @toddwaller: Just read http://bit.ly/GMTQR ...reminds me of a few stories really...@ProfessionalOne any comment?

By: Michael McClure

Michael McClure — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:41:27 +0000

@toddwaller GREAT post here, Todd--> http://bit.ly/yZ83O. What a perfect way to illustrate how many of us are EXACTLY those chimps.

By: Todd Waller

Todd Waller — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:12:10 +0000

Just read http://bit.ly/GMTQR ...reminds me of a few stories really...@ProfessionalOne any comment?

By: AgentGenius

AgentGenius — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:10:22 +0000

#agnow The continuing use of print by real estate agents reminds me of a story: Scientists, in an attempt to und... http://cli.gs/Z1u0d

By: AgentGenius

AgentGenius — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:42:54 +0000

#agnow It amazes me how few RE agents even know about the "new age". My office still collects $45 a month from us t... http://cli.gs/rGMNy

By: Todd Waller

Todd Waller — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:10:21 +0000

The continuing use of print by real estate agents reminds me of a story:

Scientists, in an attempt to understand group behavior in chimps, placed 10 chimps in a cage with a ladder in the middle of the cage. Hanging just above the top of the ladder was a bunch of bananas.

Anytime one of the ten chimps attempted to ascend the ladder to grasp at the bananas, the scientists turned on a hose of cold water and sprayed down the whole group of chimps.

After a time, no chimp would even go near the ladder.

The scientists then decided to remove one original chimp and replace it with one that did not go through the water hose experience.

New chimp looks both ways, and begins to ascend the ladder to the bananas…

The nine original chimps, seeing this behavior, and know what’s coming, beat seven kinds of stuff out of the new chimp before he gets too far up the ladder.

This process repeats every time a new chimp is introduced to the cage.

The scientists proceed to replace each original chimp with an “unconditioned” chimp and every time, the new comer gets seven kinds of stuffing beat out of him for attempting to grasp the banana.

The moral of the story: we do things this way because this is the way it’s ‘always’ been done.

Now go out there and be a scientist! Make up your own tests, track the results, and weed out the practices that DON’T work or can’t be analytically tracked…

Go ahead, reach for the bananas!

Todd