The Assistant Files by Elizabeth Gilbert
Tips, Advice, and Insight for Real Estate Administrative Professionals
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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When hiring a real estate executive assistant, one particular skill that real estate agents are looking for is organization. Simply put, the agent wants their new hire to take all the chaos they’ve created and turn it into something systematic…
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Every real estate executive assistant I know is responsible for creating an operations manual. Intellectually, I know this document is important because it’s a record of how every system in the business works. But for many years I resisted it…
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If you haven’t already seen the post How Does Your Salary Compare to Other Real Estate Executive Assistants?, go take a look at it. Then come right back here to learn how you can ask for and receive a raise….
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Our culture is so interesting when it comes to money. We typically don’t ask each other how much money we’re making. And that’s why I put together a survey of real estate executive assistants and administrative professionals. To find out…
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I came across this post in the Executive Assistants Mastermind – KW Mega Teams Facebook group which asks about the DISC profile: I’m a Director of Operations with a High S. The more I grow into my position, the more I…
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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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Here’s the truth. No one ever accomplished anything by sitting on their couch watching TV. We already know this, but sometimes, we need reminding. We forget you see. I need reminding too. That’s why I printed this graphic and framed…
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No one ever says they want to be a real estate executive agent. When I graduated high school, I didn’t know what to pick for a major. I figured I had a lot of fun in my high school English…
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