Each Friday, Robbie Briggs, president and CEO of Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty, writes about luxury, trends, business and more in the advertising pages of the Mansion section of The Wall Street Journal. Below is his letter of December 11, 2020.

FROM MY PERSPECTIVE

No pessimists allowed

“The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.”

Boy, 2020 has tested that concept, a favorite of mine by the motivational speaker John Maxwell. I am one lucky guy: I work with almost 500 leaders, every day. They are the agents, staff and executives of Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International [...]

Each Friday, Robbie Briggs, president and CEO ofBriggs Freeman Sothebys International Realty, writes about luxury, trends, business and more in the advertising pages of the Mansion section ofThe Wall Street Journal. Below is his letter of December 11, 2020.

FROM MY PERSPECTIVE

No pessimists allowed

The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the [...]

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(And for an exceptionally healthy home, may we recommend HALL Arts Residences, pictured above? The designed-in advances inside the luxurious high-rise include multilevel air filtration, thick walls that reduce noise and sound-deadening membranes installed in the floors. Says our president [...]

Each Friday, Robbie Briggs, president and CEO of Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty, writes about luxury, trends, business and more in the advertising pages of the Mansion section of The Wall Street Journal. Below is his letter of October 30, 2020.

Ranches and land have taken on deeper meanings as of late.

We’ve always known about their transformative power to calm and center us — to remind us that the world is bigger than us, no matter how gargantuan our own pressures and anxieties can feel [...]

Each Friday, Robbie Briggs, president and CEO of Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty, writes about luxury, trends, business and more in the advertising pages of the Mansion section of The Wall Street Journal. Below is his letter of October 23, 2020.

From My Perspective

Catching up to George and Jane

Our homes are outsmarting us.

I think that’s a good thing. Technology for the house has come a long way from intercom systems and programmable thermostats. The new [...]

Each Friday, Robbie Briggs, president and CEO of Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty, writes about luxury, trends, business and more in the advertising pages of the Mansion section of The Wall Street Journal. Below is his letter of October 16, 2020.

From My Perspective

Reside: Every page an opportunity

We all need to slow down.

I know one little way, at least: with a richly curated magazine. There is nothing like it. The tactile pleasure of the paper. The [...]