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There’s a little-known fact that the section of The ONE Thing called “Big is Bad” almost didn’t make the final cut of the manuscript. It wasn’t until getting some last-minute buy-in from everyone involved in the project that it was placed back in the book for publication. And that wasn’t as easy as you might think. 

If you missed Family Reunion’s sold-out CEO Summit this year, or got lost in the rain, you’re in luck. We’re here to open our notebooks and share impactful takeaways from each dynamic speaker. 

There’s a difference between having financial riches and having financial wealth. To have riches is to have money. You can work a 9-5 job each and every day of your life and earn a lot of money. Do this, and sure, you’ll be considered “rich.” But what happens to the money coming in when you stop working? 

Although The ONE Thing is the book we think of when talking about prioritizing our time and measuring productivity, a close second is Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day. In this book, the authors Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky share their insights from time spent in the Silicon Valley trenches at Google and YouTube. They created a model which serves to help us carve out more space, or “Make Time,” in our day and eighty-six tactics to help us use it. 

Wow, what a whirlwind! This year was fun, inspiring, challenging, and an overflow of other adjectives. To celebrate another 365 days doing what we enjoy most (providing you with inspiring and educational content), we want to look back at our most-loved articles from this year. 

December is a special time of year. There’s holidays, end of year wrap-ups, and of course, planning for the new year ahead. We probably begin to imagine grand aspirations and visions for ourselves in the upcoming year. Yet, sometimes we fail to plan how we are going to accomplish said visions. Yes, this is just another “how to be a better version of yourself” article that comes out mid-December right before you settle on your New Year’s Resolutions – but I would like to share how I actually did it in 2025, in hopes that you can do the same. 

Jay Papasan and KellerINK’s newest book has finally hit bookstore shelves, but the work behind Rookie Real Estate Agent started nearly ten years ago as a single question:

What do the most successful real estate agents do in their first year that others don’t?

It happens to the best of us. The end of summer sneaks up on us and we still haven’t taken a vacation. Or, we’re looking down the barrel of a packed fall and want to make a break for it. No need to fret. Maybe there aren’t enough days left in the season to take that once-in-a-lifetime excursion around the world you’ve been dreaming of, but there’s still time to make an impromptu getaway.

No matter where you live, at some point a natural disaster may happen. Understanding the economic impact of those disasters can empower you to not only serve your community during a time of crisis but also lead through recovery. Part of your job as a fiduciary is to provide vital information and perspective and learning how the real estate market can perform following a natural disaster will enable you to do that.

When we asked hundreds of successful agents what they think is the most common mistake agents make, almost all of them gave the same answer: new or nervous agents think they have to be an expert at everything to do anything. These successful agents refuted this MythUnderstanding universally.

If there's anything you can count on when hearing a story about someone’s rise to fame, it’s that they probably went through a period of failure. No matter what industry, sport, or medium, the best learned from their failures and the failures of others.