The Assistant Files by Elizabeth Gilbert
Tips, Advice, and Insight for Real Estate Administrative Professionals
If you’ve ever felt like your Mega was doing it all wrong, you’re not alone. As assistants, most of us are hardwired to learn the rules (or models in this case) and implement them. Our Megas on the other hand…
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When I was in high school in the early ’90’s, my friends and I would carry around spiral-bound planners and argue who had the prettiest planner. We didn’t use stickers or washi tape to decorate our planners. We were minimalists…
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Shopping in retail stores around Christmas drives me nuts. I completely understand that you have a ton more people shopping than you normally would, so of course waiting in line to check out is going to take longer. Here’s my…
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When making a cocktail of any sort, the key is balancing the flavors. Each ingredient serves a purpose to make the drink as a whole satisfyingly delicious. When one of the ingredients is wrong, or used in the wrong amount,…
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Quite honestly, I’m not sure how we’ve survived so long without Slack. It’s a multi-media tool for team communication. Essentially, our team has stopped communicating with each other by text, email, and Facebook messaging and we’ve gone strictly with Slack….
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I recently asked my email list subscribers to tell me which book has been the most helpful in their lives. I got back many responses and I’m eager to get started on several of these! If you need some help…
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Branda Diehn is the Director of Operations for Billie Bauer & Company in the Kansas City area. Branda’s amazing attitude has helped her team grow in the last three and half years since Branda joined the team. This is a…
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The Millionaire Real Estate Agent talks about hiring talent on page 161. There are two specific statements on that page which I think are interesting to note when it comes to your role as an administrative assistant: “Talent pushes to…
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Seems like no matter what Facebook group for real estate agents I belong to, inevitably someone asks for a 100 Days Action Plan for some position or other on the team. Where does this idea come from and how can…
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I listen to Onward Nation Podcast fairly often and one particular snippet of this episode really caught my attention. Judy Robinett, a thought leader in business, suggests using the acronym PADD when attending meetings or getting on the phone with…
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