My Dear Family -

What an honor it is to be the recipient of a birthday present that unites, energizes and mobilizes Keller Williams agents all over North America to go into their communities and do these good and wonderful projects. Every year I hear about the incredible acts of kindness and awesome amount of giving and I am deeply, deeply touched.

RED Day is our culture at work. And it’s the glue that binds our company together as we express our commitment and our solid values to make our communities better places in which to live. I can’t tell you how awesome it is to see videos like the one below display our wonderful culture in action. You are incredible, and I thank you.

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What an enormous leap forward into the future you have challenged us with, and what an extraordinary opportunity it’s been for all of us. With any new challenge, new leaders emerge, and that has certainly been the case during this transition phase. To those of you who have dug in, downloaded eEdge 101, attended classes, taught classes or even stepped up as your market center’s eEdge ambassadors, thank you! We appreciate your leadership, your energy and your example more than you can imagine.

A technological undertaking of this magnitude requires patience – as well as perspective. As he’s done so many times before, Shaun Rawls has risen to the occasion with his characteristic clarity and perspective. Here’s an excerpt of what Shaun wrote a few weeks to members of the Rawls Group in Atlanta, Ga.:

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What a thrill it is to serve as a stakeholder with you as Keller Williams Realty claimed the rank of the second largest real estate company in the United States, and powers toward its certain destiny to become the No. 1. 

This awesome achievement is entirely yours – entirely a result of your talent, your tenacity, your belief in the Keller Williams distinct way of doing business, your determination to push limits, to do more, and to become more.  There is nothing that can be written or said about Keller Williams Realty that has more power or more of an impact within your sphere than you do. It’s your professionalism and your success that your clients and colleagues see. You are the brand.

Talent follows talent and the numbers prove that you are the best magnet for talent that the real estate industry has ever known. And that’s why it thrills us that 25,293 of you had a stake in a $34.6 million profit share pool last year, and that we stand to continue breaking our own records for profit share in 2011 and beyond.

Last month, I had the awesome privilege of participating in a merger celebration as more than 50 agents with the renowned Patterson Realtors in Tulsa, Okla., joined forces with our Tulsa Metro market center – catapulting Keller Williams Realty to the No. 1 spot in the market. What impressed us most about the genuine excitement for new beginnings was the one-on-one connections that powered the event. In Tulsa, as in your market, the groundwork for growth is being paved every single day with your professionalism and positive energy. 

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It’s been more than a month since we said our final goodbyes to each other in Anaheim as Family Reunion 2011 drew to a close, but the experience is as near to my heart today as it’s ever been.

What a blessed privilege and profound joy it is for me to be in the company of so many people who get it.  You get that Keller Williams annual convention is about more than opening our minds to new ideas, new ways of doing business and new possibilities. It’s also about opening our hearts. The “Called to Serve” theme of this year’s Inspirational Brunch resonated with us in many different ways, and that’s what made it so special. It would be easy, of course, to dismiss the stories of those among us who felt called to take their compassion and their convictions way beyond the limits of what was expected, and to say, “That’s great for them, but I just don’t have the money … or the time … or the talent.”

 But that’s not how you responded.

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