Make it happen! Top 10 Things to do To ENJOY Your Time Off
Make it happen! Top 10 Things to do To ENJOY Your Time Off
Joni Staples brings ten simple things we as professionals can and need to do for ourselves from time to time. We all need and want downtime. Actually making that downtime is virtual impossible for most of us. I hope you read Joni's post and leave your comment for her. See you in the Rain!
Top 10 Things to do to Enjoy Your Time Off.
10. Recognize that just because you are enjoying time off, does not mean that you are abandoning your responsibilities. If an emergency comes up, you can still take care of it -- or better yet -- delegate it to someone who can. Even doctors take time off. They have a trusted colleague who is on call for them.9. Prepare for your time off by tying up all loose ends and leaving detailed information for your trusted colleague who will be taking care of things for you while you are away.8. If you are taking multiple days off, prepare your clients by letting them in on the vacation plans. They will be excited for you once you show them how you have tied up all of the lose ends, and provided them with the same detailed list of information that you have given the trusted colleague. This shows them how important they are to you and assures them that your colleague is prepared to help them at any given time.
7. Inform friends, family, and clients to contact your trusted colleague in case of emergency. Assure them that your trusted colleague is the FASTEST way to contact you in case of an emergency.6. Know the difference between an emergency and a concern. The scheduled closing for today is not going to close because you, the listing agent who is in North Carolina on vacation, did not sign the last page of the sales contract. THAT is an emergency! Docusign it to me and I can sign it on my cell phone!
5. Schedule “needs and wants” for when you return. Just because your seller has changed the color of the hand towel in the half bath, DOES NOT MEAN that you have to leave the spa in the middle of your massage to go and take a new picture of the “remodeled” half bath. WHY were you answering your phone during the massage in the first place?! Hello!!4. Get over your fear that someone might think less of you for taking time off. The opposite could be true. People may wonder why you can not manage your time well enough to take even a day off. If you can’t manage your own time, how will you manage the time it will take to find someone a home or to get one sold? OR BOTH! (Oh my!)
3. If you will be away for multiple days and will only be checking emails from your trusted colleague, set up an auto response for your email account(s) explaining that you will be away from email until a specific date and that, if it is an emergency, the fastest way to contact you would be to call (you guessed it) your trusted colleague.2. Get off of the pedestal. Recognize that you are not more important than, attorneys, bakers, CPA’s, dishwashers, ditch diggers, doctors, firefighters, golf pros, nurses, pilots, police officers, professors, WalMart greeters, xylophone players, zoo keepers, or any other person. Every profession allows for time off.
1. Be like Nike and JUST DO IT!WHY?Because YOU CAN!You are blessed!Top 10 Things to do to Enjoy Your Time Off.
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