The Assistant Files by Elizabeth Gilbert
In cooperation with Ops Boss Coaching
Show me where it’s written in your job description that you are expected to be perfect in everything you do. “Perfect in every way” only applies to Mary Poppins. The rest of us just have to live with the fact…
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Whether you’ve been an assistant in real estate for five days or five years, you know that you need a way to keep yourself organized. That’s what your personal task management system is for: a place to capture all those…
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Your attitude can go a long way in determining how happy you are in your role as real estate executive assistant. And attitude is simply how you look at things. Let’s examine the difference between an attitude of “tolerating” versus…
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I wonder what it’s like to be fearless and unafraid of the world. All my life I’ve been afraid. Of bugs, clowns, and particularly strangers. And now I get to be afraid of catching coronavirus too. Do you know what…
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On May 1, 2020 I celebrated working with Ron Henderson & Associates for 10 years. More specifically, I celebrated working with Ron as my leader. The rest of the team has changed over the years, but Ron and I have…
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Depending on where you are located, you’re going through varying degrees of lock-down. And depending on the people closest to you, you’re witnessing how people are processing what’s happening in all kinds of ways. On Monday last week, I decided…
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One of the most difficult things about being an Executive Assistant is finding the time to get it all done. Our jobs can be very demanding. There are days when it seems like everyone (our lead agent, our team agents,…
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I was able to make it to several break-out sessions this year and here are my notes from each one. I didn’t write down everything everyone said so some of these notes are more detailed than others. I tend to…
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A reader of this blog recently asked me, “What is your ONE Thing? I have a difficult time thinking of what my ONE Thing should be. What are some of your past ONE Things?” I’ve read the book The ONE…
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F.M. Alexander is famously quoted as saying, “People do not decide their futures, they decide their habits and their habits decide their futures.” If being a successful real estate assistant is in your future, you’ll want to set about mastering…
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