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The FAST Advantage Joeann’s Monthly Message The SIMPLE LIVING Advantage: INTEGRITY The TECH Advantage: Tips
and Resources The SKILLS Advantage: THE REAL ESTATE GAMES! ADVANTAGE THINKING: Vacation Time The INSPIRATION Advantage: Some Borrowed Wisdom!
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A Time Management Tip for this month: What would a PERFECT WORKWEEK look like? Take a blank 7 day calendar and design it! Block time for yourself. Block time for those things you keep saying you want to do but don’t have time for (even just a couple of hours a weeks will make a difference-sign up for golf lessons or take a friend to lunch weekly). With my coaching clients, I ask them to block 1-2 rejuvenation days that they don’t work and the 1-2 Peak Performance Days where they work at 100% effort on dollar productive activities. Then the rest of the week is ordinary time. A recent study found your effectiveness dropped the longer you worked over 40 hours per week. So, if you are working 60 hours a week at 60% effectiveness, you are working the equivalent of 36 hours at 100%. Wouldn’t you rather have 2 days a week off? Take back your life today! You probably won’t be able to have everything fall into the Perfect week right away, but if you are diligent and keep it in front of you, scheduling things where they fit instead of at the whim of everyone else, you’ll start to have some freedom.
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It’s hot here in Tucson: The weather and the markets! I am grateful to be alive! I’ve been fortunate to travel to Las Vegas for the WCR Regional Meetings late last month and then to Hawaii for a couple of weeks before joining the WCR Region I Meetings in Coral Gable. RVP’s Betty Kincaid, Margo Willis and Agnes Rishell worked hard to present AWESOME meetings! I presented programs on coaching at both Regionals and was struck by the real thirst for “HOW CAN I GET SOME OF THIS?” when I talked about balance. Seems many of you are working yourselves to death. Please, STOP IT! Resolve that you will TAKE TIME FOR YOURSELF. Design the support systems and the habits that will allow you to enjoy your life. Give up the guilt…it’s OK to take days off. Go outside and watch the thunderclouds morph from rabbits to crocodiles and into angels! Listen to the sound of the children’s laughter. Enjoy an ice cream cone. Go chill out in a matinee movie.
Life is too short to waste it working all the time. It’s summer vacation…have some fun The SIMPLE LIVING Advantage: Integrity
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"Between stimulus and response is a space. In that space lies our power and our freedom to choose our response. In those responses lie our growth and happiness. Integrity in that moment of choice means you listen to your conscience, listen to the heart within you as to what is right in the moment” Ken Blanchard
The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz This little book full of wisdom only costs $7.77 at Amazon. The first agreement is to BE IMPECCABLE WITH YOUR WORD. Integrity with that can create miracles. The book is a quick read but it’s message is the simple formula to successful living. 3. INTEGRITY Exercise List everywhere you are out of Integrity with yourself and others. Instead of working on prospecting or building business, work on this list for 2 weeks and I’d wager you’ll find business coming to you! It’s the attraction principle. ========================
1. E-Pro is going to be delivered by Internet Crusade (Some of my favorite people) Go there for more information about this, or if you need to check out a domain name or services for POWER email and web-hosting. Disclosure: Yes I do make a commission if you buy through this link :>) 2. BUSINESS TOOLS Some great spreadsheets to use for your business and yourself are available as free downloads: 3. SHORTER LINKS And, To create a shorter link when you have something very long, check out www.makeashorterlink.com . 4. DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY COURSE Stephen Canale is presenting a free course online on digital photography. 5. Another SIZZLING SUMMER Discount Advantage: I’m offering $50 off Visual Tour Software this month! Why pay more than $25 for virtual tours? Check it out at visual tour and then call or email me to get your discount!
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Being Interested Vs Being Interesting DEFINITIONS: Being Interested: Genuinely Listening To Another COMPARISONS: Connect vs. Impress About THEM vs About YOU KEY POINT: Much of the great stuff about us is not relative to the seller or interesting to them. They want to feel like you are taking care of their needs and their unique situation. The more you ask questions and listen, the deeper their experience of relationship will be with you. Remember real estate is NOT a numbers game in the 21st Century. It is a Relationship Game. BENEFIT: The trust level and loyalty of a client is greater when you have built the relationship and they feel you are genuinely interested in their situation COACHING ACTIONS:
The SKILLS Advantage: Free
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2 9 AM Pacific, Noon Eastern Learn how to use Email and Domains in ways that will give you a real advantage. Do you have a wildcard email account? Can you use 2nd level domain names? Do you want to point a domain name to a website you already have? You’ll find out the answers to these questions and MORE! Mike will share ideas you won’t hear anywhere else. In addition, he will tell you about the NEW e-PRO Course! Don’t miss this one! 2. <<>> Are You Living ON Purpose?. <<>> FREE Aug 16 8 AM Pac, 11 AM EDT Repeated on Aug 22 1 PM Pac Time, 4 PM EDT With Coaches Joeann Fossland and John Smith Do you have a business and personal vision and plan for your life, so that you get what you want instead of what just gets put on your plate? This call will give you some tips to be more effective and is a taste of what will be offered at the Fall Living On Purpose 3 Day business Planning retreats. 3. . <<>> POWER Email: Using Stationery<<>>
Using the stationery within Outlook Express dresses up your mail and positions you are a cut above! This class will teach you how use the ones you already have and how to set up a new one. You’ll need Outlook Express and the ability to be at your computer for this class. You don’t have to go online
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EDT/ 7:45 AM Pacific For Complete Information visit TheReal EstateGame Cost for all four weeks is only $99 (less than $5 a day) To register Or send an email to joeann@joeann.com THE NEXT REAL ESTATE GAME BUSINESS PLANNING WEEKEND <<>> ** <<>> ** <<>> **<<>> ** <<>> Are you truly ENJOYING your work? Do you usually feel in BALANCE? Is your work part of a life plan? Do you know how much is ENOUGH? If not, this weekend will revolutionize your life! WHERE: Scottsdale, AZ October 4-7 OR Chicago, IL November 4-6 3 Days of personal & business coaching to help you achieve your dreams. Limited to 20 agents. Pre & Post Support Or send an email to joeann@joeann.com <<>> ** <<>> ** <<>> **<<>> ** <<>> ADVANTAGE THINKING: No Article This Month <<>> ** <<>> ** <<>> **<<>> ** <<>>
The INSPIRATION Advantage "To love a person is to learn the song that is in their heart, and to sing it to them when they have forgotten." Thomas Chandler "Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them to become what they are capable of being." Johann Wolfgang von Goethe "Bless those who challenge us to grow, to stretch, to move beyond the knowable, to come back home to our elemental and essential nature. Bless those who challenge us for they remind us of doors we have closed and doors we have yet to open.” - Navajo Saying
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