Kelly Kilpatrick tagged me this evening for the what-the-heck-are-you-reading Bookworm/Book Club Meme. I didn't know there WAS such a thing, but I'm a good sport so I will accept her tag. Here are the rules:
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 56.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next two to five sentences.
5. Don't dig for your favorite book, the cool book or the intellectual one. Pick the CLOSEST.
6. Tag five people to do the same
*The one book that this cannot be is the Bible*
So, I grabbed the nearest book, right here beside me, turned to page 56, looked for the fifth sentence... oops, there are only 4 sentences on page 56 of my little daily devotional book, Stand a Little Taller by Gordon B. Hinkley. Strike ONE! So expanding my search from my keyboard, the next book was a BPO Manual. BORING, but let's see what's on page 56. Hmmmm. NO sentences, just examples of acceptable interior photos. Strike TWO! Right beside that book, I picked up the next one. The Impossible Just Takes a Little Longer by Art Berg. OK, there is bound to be some good stuff on page 56! What? Page 56 is BLANK! Page 55 is the last page of Part Two. Page 56 is Blank. Page 57 begins Part Three. Strike THREE! Since the rules don't specify how many strikes I get, I leaned back to grab the next closest book. The Millionaire Real Estate Investor by Gary Keller. Page 56, HOME RUN! Here goes:
"What these individuals don't realize is that most big things start small. They mistakenly believe that big success at anything requires big and mysterious things they don't have, such as the following:
~ Special natural abilities versus a little of some acquired abilities
~ Lots of free time versus a little bit of well-spent time
~ Massive amounts of money versus a little well-placed money
In the end, what you really need to become a successful investor is a lot less than what you think you need."
I would highly recommend the rest of this book to you! A great resource and a real model for success that works in the real world.
Moving on to rule number 6. Here are the five suckers lucky fellow bloggers to whom I'm passing this Bookworm baton:
Susan Neal, Real Estate broker in Fari Oaks, CA
Sasha Miletic - Windsor Real Estate (RE/MAX Preferred Realty Ltd.)
Julie Chapman Realty Homes Brunswick Georgia
Harlod (Hal) Place (A1 Connection Realty, Inc.)
Greg Knowles Santa Barbara Ca. (Lawyers Title company)
Janna Rankin Scharf provides a superior level of real estate services to home buyers and sellers in Coeur d'Alene and Kootenai County, Idaho. Visit www.JannaScharf.com to search for homes in the Coeur d'Alene MLS for anywhere in spectacular North Idaho.
No matter how grand or modest your real estate dreams may be, you can turn to me in confidence. Give me a call today and let me know what I can do to be of service to you!
Janna Rankin Scharf AB, GRI, CSP, CNS, CLHMS 208.651.9700
Janna-
Maybe you should add a new rule to the book ME-ME too.
Your grand prize winner is a grand prize book and everyone should read it.
Tim
Tim - Great idea, but how would you select a winner?
Hi Janna. Thanks for participating. The Millionaire Real Estate Investor sounds like a great book. One more to add to the list.
Hi Jenna,
That will teach me to comment on your posts! Grin! See how nice guys are treated by the lovely ladies of the Rain.
Not a problem, however I was tagged earlier in the week as well. In that I finished the book I was reading at the time and started another one I will do a post from the latest and forego tagging yet another five. Hope that is okay with you.
Hi Janna,
Okay you got me! I just finished doing my Meme and tagged my five. I think the hardest part is Rule 6! But this is an easy one to do, so it's not so bad to be tagged with it.
I love this book! I got hit with this meme three times in one day. Is it a meme or a virus?? ;-) GBU~
Janna - What's a MeMe? I've read a few blogs here on AR that say, "This is a MeMe" but there's no explanation for the simple minded (like myself). Please explain.
I see both Elizabeth Nieves and KMG Mortgage Group's comments as I'm dictating this and have to laugh at both of them. Yes, MeMe could be considered a virus because when a new one comes along it does, indeed, spread like a virus and can hit the same person multiple times.
For KMG MG, a MeMe is a post all about "me! me!". I think there's also a ThemThem group.
Does ActiveRain count as a book? LOL