The Assistant Files by Elizabeth Gilbert
In cooperation with Ops Boss Coaching
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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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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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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I love baking cookies. I love the simplicity of it. You follow the recipe and you get a tasty treat. Baking for Christmas requires a certain skill though that can be applied to your work as a real estate executive…
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I’d like to share with you something I wrote in my journal recently. “Everything on my calendar is a promise to the universe to fulfill my greatest dreams and desires.” After I wrote that, I had to sit back and…
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I often get questions about what to time block for. That’s why I like the Eisenhower Decision Matrix. In 1954 Dwight D. Eisenhower was then a former President and during a speech he quoted Dr J. Roscoe Miller, president of…
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Take a look at this Gary Vaynerchuk video and let me know in the comments if you would have been one of the people standing up. (Caution: explicit language; it wouldn’t be Gary V if he didn’t cuss.) I have…
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A common frustration among Executive Assistants is that there just isn’t enough time to accomplish everything they need to do in a day. Indulge me for a moment while I challenge your thinking about this. You see, the admins who…
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Let’s just agree on one thing. The reason you feel overwhelmed is because you think you are overwhelmed. Ever hear the agents around you quoting the BOLD law – “What you focus on expands.” Well it’s true. Do you find…
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