Even on the final day of Family Reunion, the energy and eagerness to learn more and become more seemed without limits as attendees crowded into Gary Keller’s 7 a.m. session by the hundreds.

“You’re a bunch of sick people … And it looks like some of you even shaved,” Gary Keller said jokingly in reference to such high attendance at the crack-of-dawn session — setting the tone for an hour of straight talk on a topic that he’s passionate about: “The Power of One.”

“We live in a culture that idealizes multi-tasking, but the fact is, multitasking is a lie. Science has proven that you can task switch, but you can’t do two tasks at once.”

Countering the popular notion that success is a function of cramming as much as possible into a day, Gary advocated a laser-sharp focus on doing the one thing that matters most.

“How large a life you lead will be in direct proportion to how small you can make it – determining what’s essential and what will cause everything else to fall into place.”

Thanks to each and every one of our Keller Williams family members who joined us at Family Reunion 2011. You made this an incredible event and left us even more proud to be in business with you – the best and brightest real estate agents in the world!

Already looking forward to Family Reunion 2012?  Keller Williams Realty will be heading back to Orlando, Fla. to relive all the magic! Click here to get registered today and take advantage of early registration prices.

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Why? Because of “Consumer-Centricity”

Customer service has always been the backbone of real estate. Not much has changed on that basic principal. What has changed is the method, delivery and interpretation of the customer service experience for consumers interested in buying, selling or investing in a home.

Delivering value and surpassing expectations, as well as the just rolled-out eEdge were the topics of discussion at the “Why your clients want you to be an eEdge agent” Breakout Session on Tuesday afternoon presented by Ellen Marks, executive director of marketing and communications.

The emergence of a new market, arrival of a new consumer, information technologies and social media has changed the landscape of real estate transactions. The truth is most customers are more concerned with getting value through excellent customer service. An agent-centric company and a consumer-centric company can be one – and that is the philosophy eEdge was built upon.

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The bottom line when it comes to the myTransactions component of eEdge: the whole is worth more than the sum of the parts.

Leading a 7:30 a.m. breakout session this morning entitled, “eEdge myTransactions: The Electronic Transaction,” G. Austin Allison, co-founder and CEO of DotLoop, which has partnered with Keller Williams in the development of eEdge, along with Bill Middleton, Jr., a Keller Williams associate and trainer who helped with the first regional myTransactions rollout in the Carolinas, presented a compelling case for the potential of eEdge to transform the real estate transaction.

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