Over the past two months I've taken a break from blogging daily to fully focus on my family, my new job and where I am headed in this industry. Thanks for Mortgage Market Guide I picked up an incredible book called "Becoming a Coaching Leader" by Daniel Harkavy. I have to admit I am biased when it comes to the "Building Champions" founder Daniel Harkavy since I've been involved with his organization.

Even if you haven't been exposed to the Building Champions organization this book is a must read for anyone in the real estate industry or any industry for that matter. One of the most incredible things about this book is how easy it is to read and yet in just over 200 pages it has an incredible amount of life changing information.

One of the more dynamic portions of the book is the "Life Planning" chapter. Over the years I have always been a strong advocate for business plans and positive affirmations. I had heard of Life planning before, but I never thought it had any significant value. Boy was I wrong!

I started out on the path of writing my own Life Plan among the many other solid suggestions that the book gave. Now as a general disclaimer, I have been in the business going on 6 years and have been very successful over the years. I have made and followed many business plans as well.

I began to see that many of the things that were really important to me in my life were becoming far more clear as I wrote them down and made my own personal goals. I began to reflect on my time in the business and noticed that over the years I had lost sight of some of my important life goals to sacrifice for my business. I had achieved incredible things in my professional life, but had lost more than I had realized in my own personal life.

As I feverishly began to write out my Life Plan I regained my perspective on things that I had somehow lost in my journey to the top. When I walked in my office I placed my new Life Plan, Business Vision, Business Plan in front of me. I feel like I am more productive, doing less work, and more satisfied than I have ever been in my entire life. That is not to say that things are perfect, far from it, but I have a lot more focus on the things that truly matter to me in my work, my life and my goals.

I would strongly encourage everyone to buy and read this book. If you are a workaholic like me this can make a really powerful difference in how you do business and how you live your life. Stop writing business plans that only come back to haunt you during the first of the year and performance reviews like I used to. Regardless of your background or career this book can make a dramatic positive influence on your life. Go get it today!