professional development: 5 Tips for Achieving Happiness
- 05/15/15 01:23 AM
Happiness isn’t permanent; it’s a choice you make every day. Happy people aren’t passive about their happiness. They take an active role by adopting a positive attitude and fully committing to their happiness. Here are five tips to help you become happier each and every day.
1. Commit to growth. Personal and professional development are essential to improving your relationships and enhancing your career. When you read, take classes or workshops or otherwise find ways to grow, you not only boost your brain power, you also become happier as a result. If you want to maintain a higher level of happiness, look … (7 comments)
Did you catch Nido Qubein’s session on day one of Brian Buffini’s Success Tour in Richmond? If you did, you missed a treat. Dr. Qubein explained how an immigrant from Lebanon came to America and achieved success on the lessons he learned from his mother. Here are six take-home tips that we learned:
Take risks when others would rather stay in their comfort zone.
Dr. Qubein’s life has been all about risks. He came to America as a teen with $50 in his pocket and a limited knowledge of English. He learned English by … (0 comments)
professional development: 3 Ways to Boost Your Professional Development
- 04/02/15 01:35 AM
If you want to grow your business, it’s essential to increase your knowledge through continuous development. Put bluntly, you can never stop learning. But, this is more than attending classes and furthering your education, you can also learn by networking with your peers, attending seminars or reading everything that you can get your hands on. Here are three ways to boost your opportunities for professional development.
Get a mentor. Whether you’re new to the business or have been in it for over a decade, a mentor can help guide you to greatness. They encourage you to push … (3 comments)
professional development: 5 Ways to Find Time to Read Every Day
- 03/26/15 01:15 AM
Have you ever complained that you just can’t find the time to read as much as you’d like to? As a busy real estate professional, there’s no doubt that your days are packed with showings and lead generation, not to mention workouts, time with family, etc. However, one can usually carve out fifteen minutes to read. Here’s how:
1. Read when you wake up. What better way to start your day than with a boost of motivation from a great business-oriented book? Reading first thing in the morning helps you to set the tone for your day … (2 comments)
professional development: 3 Tips to Reignite Your Career
- 01/30/15 12:32 AM
It happens to many professionals when they’ve been in their careers for a long time—they get burned out and begin looking for greener pastures. This happens in real estate more often than many other careers. The roller coaster of the real estate market has left many agents sick and ready to get off the ride. Some leave real estate to pursue another path, while others continue to trudge along, unhappy in their journey. However, there is a third option—reigniting the fire you once had for real estate when you started. Here are three ways to reignite your real estate career. 1. Find … (5 comments)
professional development: 4 Books to Read This Year
- 01/16/15 12:18 AM
Looking for a good book to read? Reading is a great way to learn valuable information and improve your professional skills. Here are a few books that are sure to help you improve your business. Love is the Killer App: How to Win Business & Influence Friends by Tim Sanders will help you become a lovecat. What’s a lovecat? Lovecats succeed in business and life, and freely share their knowledge, networks and compassion. This book will help you become the leading authority in your network. Seven Choices for Success and Significance by Dr. Nido Qubein help you achieve significance in life … (1 comments)
professional development: Train Your Agents to Thrive
- 01/15/15 12:29 AM
If you want to attract and keep the best and brightest agents, it’s essential to train them well. New agents may have the people skills and confidence they need to survive in the business, but lack the skills and knowledge to truly thrive and succeed. Training gives agents the knowledge necessary to handle whatever comes their way. While experience comes with time, giving them the skills they need will help them shine.
Answer your agents’ questions: • What do the contracts mean? The home buying and selling processes involve a lot of paperwork. Help your agents understand the contracts that they’ll … (1 comments)
professional development: How to Find Your ‘Why’
- 12/18/14 12:13 AM
We all could use an extra shot of motivation from time to time, especially when we’re beginning to feel burned out or when it seems as though business isn’t going our way. In these situations, it helps to have a ‘why’ to reconnect to. Your ‘why’ is your reason for working as hard as you do. Not sure what your ‘why’ is? Here are a few tips to help you find it: • Why did you get into real estate? Did you want to be your own boss or be able to have more control over your day? Did you want to … (2 comments)
professional development: After the Success Tour: 3 Ways to Take Action
- 06/23/14 01:27 AM
If you attended Brian Buffini’s Success Tour last week in San Jose, you may be eager to apply everything that you learned from Brian, America’s top listing agent Joe Niego and positive psychologist Shawn Achor. Oftentimes, when many of us try to change too much too soon, we end up failing, or giving up and going back to the old bad habits. If you want to enjoy lasting change, follow these tips to help you make sure that you stick with your Customized Success Plan, and keep your motivation high. 1. Develop good habits. It takes a few weeks of daily practice to … (0 comments)
Happiness isn’t permanent; it’s a choice you make every day. Happy people aren’t passive about their happiness. They take an active role by adopting a positive attitude and fully committing to their happiness. Here are five tips to help you become happier each and every day.
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