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The Simple Sophisticate - Intelligent Living Paired with Signature Style

39: Dating & Selling A Home

The Simple Sophisticate - Intelligent Living Paired with Signature Style

Shannon Ables

Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Education

4.7944 Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2015

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Believe it or not, love and real estate have more in common than not. In today's episode, Shannon shares through her own experience what having success in real estate (or dating) can teach us about the other.

This week's Petit Plaisir shares a dose of inspiration from one of the top commencement addresses given by David Foster Wallace.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the simple Sophisticate Podcast, where intelligent living is paired with signature style.

0:16.2

I'm your host, Shannon Ables.

0:18.8

And whether you're listening on your commute, exercising, working in the garden, or sitting down with a hot cup of tea or a

0:25.0

cafe ole, thank you for tuning in. Let's get started. A welcome. Welcome to the 39th episode of the simple Sophisticate. In today's episode

0:49.9

we are talking about love and real estate and discussing their similarities, but the key difference as well.

0:58.8

I know you may be wondering how can love and real estate be have any similarities?

1:03.7

One's a business transaction, the other deals with matters of the heart.

1:06.9

But as I put my house in the market this last summer

1:09.4

for a few short months without success,

1:11.3

I began to recognize similarities between the two.

1:14.6

Neither are entirely in our control as much as we wish they were, and neither are entirely out

1:20.9

of our control either, which is certainly good news to ease our hearts and our

1:25.9

pocketbooks.

1:26.9

But before I get into today's episode, I want to give a brief preview of what's going

1:31.2

to come in the Petit pleasure, which has to do with all the commencement

1:36.3

addresses that are overwhelming in a very good reason.

1:41.3

The YouTube videos, the newscast, I love this time a year and I have

1:46.8

picked a favorite from the past that I think you will enjoy. Also stay tuned at

1:52.4

the end of today's episode while I'll be talking about this upcoming

1:56.2

season's online styling sessions. I have exclusive spots available for first come first serve and I will tell you how you can get on that list and get your fall or spring depending on where you will live

2:09.6

wardrobe updated and ready to go.

2:13.0

All right, but let's get to today's episode's topic,

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