Big Picture Thinking

Are you so busy working on your to-do list that you spend little to no time thinking? Would you ever consider taking time away from your office to just think? I’m talking about doing something like going to a park,…
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Have you ever asked someone where they wanted to go for lunch, and they answer with, “I don’t know; anywhere’s fine.” Isn’t that an extremely frustrating answer? And yet, we do it to ourselves too. My husband and I have…
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Take a moment, right now, to write down all the results you’ve created for your real estate team. And if you don’t have time to do that, just write down the first 20 that come to mind. Here are some…
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The single biggest step a single real estate agent can take is to hire an executive assistant. The agent goes from being self-reliant to being in a partnership with someone new which means he has to trust his new hire…
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Now that summer is in full swing, let’s talk about vacation for moment, shall we? How many vacation days have you taken so far this year? And I don’t mean the kind where you have a couple days off to…
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At some point in your career as a real estate executive assistant, you may consider quitting. Over the years, I’ve witnessed many executive assistants quit for various reasons, and I’ve counseled assistants who are thinking about quitting. It’s a very…
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I can’t iterate enough how important it is for you and your team to get outside the office and experience the world together. And I don’t just mean going out to lunch as a team. If you read The Five…
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I came across this piece of advice today, “Accept chaos as a pre-existing condition, and avoid struggling against it.” As executive assistants in real estate, we are going to experience chaos on a daily basis. There’s no getting around it….
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