Inspiring Excellence

Changing the World

Later this week, one of the agents in our company leaves for Moldova.  Lesia Goddard (she's back row, middle) is traveling with Sweet Sleep, a local ministry to touch the lives of children.  You can read more about the ministry here.

If you would like to follow their entire trip, check out their blog.

Our goal at Bob Parks Realty is to help agents excel at real estate so that they can live fully outside of real estate.  This has been a dream of Lesia's for a couple of years.  It's exciting to see her real estate career allowing this opportunity for her to pay it forward!

Simple Truths Revisited

A little less than a month ago, I was introduced to a website called Simple Truths.  I don't often subscribe to things like this so that my inbox stays as empty as possible, but this one was has been worth it.  Please take 3 minutes and view their latest movie, especially if your a dad.

Here it is: view movie.

Legacy

This is the River Birch tree that sits in front of the Warf Building at Vol State Community College in Gallatin, TN. The tree was planted in 1994 in memory of a 20-year teacher that had passed away a few months earlier.

The plaque in front of the tree says "in Howard's teachings, mathmatics was not the only lesson he taught. His example was the lesson of how to live life to its fullest." That’s my dad. (Now you know why I like the name Bud. The legal option was Howard George III.)

When I think about those words, I think about leaving a legacy. In his book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Steven Covey reminds us that at death we will all wish we had spent more time away from work leaving a legacy with those closest to us. My dad left a legacy through my sister and I, his students, and countless others. My legacy starts at home with Blake, Logan, and Annalee, then spreads through teaching and sharing in the lives I’m blessed to touch. When I walk in this realization, everything else falls into place. How is your legacy looking?