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GETTING INTO HOTWATER! This is what gave Hot Springs the honor of being named the First National Park in the United States. People have used these hot springs for more than two hundred years to treat illnesses and to relax. Both rich and poor came for the baths, and a town built up around the Hot Springs Reservation to accommodate them.

Strolling Bathhouse Row and the Grand Promenade, within the National Historic Landmark District, provide a picturesque place to stroll and enjoy the elegance of a bygone time.

Summer guided tours (through Aug. 7):
Discovering the Waters tours share the geology of the hot spring water and how it has been used over the years. Daily at 1:15, 2:15, 3:15 p.m.

Bathhouse Row Insider’s tours visit the hot springs as well as take you inside several of the bathhouses that are available for leasing. Daily at 3 p.m.

Today, I randomly searched on Google Blogs for interesting Leadership Blogs, and to my surprise I stumbled upon one that I thought was pretty awesome. It is a blog by Micheal Hyatt, CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers called “Leadership Strategy of Jesus”. Now I am a Christian and proud to say so, but even to those that are not Christians, this blog holds fantastic leadership strategies.

Hyatt reminds us that Jesus strategies worked, within a generation his followers turned the world upside down. Within seven generations (318 A.D.), the emperor Constantine accepted his message and made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire. And today, almost two millennia later, we are still writing about it.

He implies that Jesus used a four pronged leadership strategy:
1. Teach the Multitudes
2. Mobilize the Seventy
3. Train the Twelve
4. Confide In Three

If you think about it, this is exactly what we need to do as leaders. We need to spend time with the masses of the group or organization that we are leading, but we also need to train others to do what we do best, and to grow ourselves we need to confide in the 3 that will always be there to support you during the ups and the downs.

If you would like to read the entire blog by Micheal Hyatt the link is below:
http://michaelhyatt.com/2010/03/the-leadership-strategy-of-jesus.html

Let me know what you think of it!

For Sale: 6BR/8+2BA Single Family House in Hot Springs, AR, $1,999,000

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For 10,000 years before the settlement of the Europeans in the New World, Native Americans visited the area.  Hot Springs became a place where various tribes came together to enjoy the healing properties they believed were contained in the magnificent and mysterious thermal waters of the springs.

In 1673, Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet explored the area and discovered the springs before claiming the area for France.  After the French and Indian War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1763, the area came under Spanish rule.  In 1800, control of the land went to Napoleon’s French Empire before President Thomas Jefferson bought the land in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, doubling the size of the United States.  In 1818, Quapaw Indians ceded the land to the United States during a treaty signing in St. Louis, Missouri.

Hot Springs’ population severely declined due to the American Civil War (1861-1865).  Most residents moved to Texas and Louisiana and stayed there until the war ended.  In 1862, after the Union won the Battle of Pea Ridge in northern Arkansas, Confederate Governor Henry Rector feared that the capital city of Little Rock would soon be captured by the Union.  Accordingly, he moved his staff from Little Rock to Hot Springs.  Because the Union Army did not attack Little Rock, Governor Rector moved the state government back to the capital city, only to have Little Rock succumb to the Union in September 1863.  Afterwards, Hot Springs became a battleground for guerrilla bands loyal both to the Union and the Confederacy.  These bands pillaged and burned the abandoned town until only a handful of buildings were left standing.

After the Civil War ended, the city underwent a construction boom of bathhouses and hotels.  The population quickly increased to 1,200 by 1870.  By 1873, six bathhouses and twenty-four hotels were built.  In 1874, a multi-millionaire from Chicago, Illinois built a railroad that ran from Hot Springs to Malvern, Arkansas.  This railroad attracted many people to Hot Springs.  In 1875, an entrepreneur from Ohio named Samuel Fordyce built the Arlington Hotel, the first luxury hotel in Hot Springs. 

In 1913, a fire broke out on Church Street that raced toward the business section of the city, destroying the Ozark Sanitarium.  It also destroyed the utilities plant and the resulting water supply for the firefighters.  A strong wind brought the fire to Ouachita Avenue, leveling the Garland County Courthouse.  Firefighters were able to save Central Avenue, including the bathhouse and many hotels, through the desperate use of dynamite.  Firefighters from Little Rock and other Arkansas towns arrived to find that the fire had destroyed 60 blocks of Hot Springs, with estimated damages of $10 million.
 
In World War II, an Army-Navy hospital was built in 1942, where the thermal baths of Hot Springs were used to rejuvenate the soldiers waiting to return to duty.  This building now operates as the Arkansas Rehabilitation Center, a downtown landmark.

The City of Hot Springs has had many notable residents throughout the city’s interesting history, the most famous of which is former President Bill Clinton, who spent his boyhood here and attended Hot Springs High School.  

I hope you have enjoyed a little history of Hot Springs….stay tuned for some more interesting fact on Hot Springs and it’s attractions!

(historical data was taken from the City of Hot Springs information page)

~Pants on the ground…Pants on the ground…Lookin’ like a fool with your pants on the ground~

It is a song that leaves a lasting impression for the first 15 minutes, and then you realize it is a song that has nowhere to go, and no one to take it better heights.

So what happens when you are looking to sell your home or even buy a home, and make the decision to not use a REALTOR? Will it leave you “Lookin’ like a fool with your pants on the ground”?

Below are some things to consider when you are making one of the biggest financial investments in your lifetime:

* All real estate licensees are not the same. Only real estate licensees who are members of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® are properly called REALTORS®.

* REALTORS® are committed to treat all parties to a transaction honestly.

 * Your REALTOR® can help you determine your buying power.

* Your REALTOR® provides due diligence during the evaluation of the property.

* Your REALTOR® can guide you through the closing process and make sure everything flows together smoothly.

* When selling your home, your REALTOR® can give you up-to-date information on what is happening in the marketplace and the price, financing, terms and condition of competing properties.

* Your REALTOR® markets your property to other real estate agents and the public.

* Your REALTOR® will know when, where and how to advertise your property.

* Your REALTOR® can help close the sale of your home.

When it comes to time for you to make a decision on buying or selling property, take the time to talk to a REALTOR, this way you won’t be caught with “Your Pants On The Ground”!

I have taken the time to get started on my plan, and so far so good! I decided to update my blog for some accountabilty purposes, and keep a record of where I am going.

1. Signed up to obtain my GRI Certification. These courses will start in just a couple weeks.

2. Signed up to obtain my e-Pro Certification.

3.  My goals for reading are a little behind- need to improve in this area. I have read Genesis Chapters 1-12, and Matthew Chapters 1-4. I am a little behind on where I need to be.

4. I have started reading Sarah Palins’s book Going Rogue- it is one of my autobiographies that I plan to read for the year.

5. I have started reading two of my leadership books- “Nice Girls Don’t Get The Corner Office 101″ and “Monday Morning Motivation”.

6.  I have told my kiddo’s and hubby that I love them every day- at least once a day (actually more)- This is a easy goal for me!

7. Need to make over to see my grandparents- but the month is not over yet- so I am still good on that one!

Thought for the blog……..(kind of like- thought for the day)…………
“Not everything that counts can be counted, not everything that can be counted counts”