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Just say "NO"

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Education & Training with Berman & Pollinger, LLC.

"Learn to say ‘No' to the good so you can say ‘Yes' to the best"

 

We are faced with an unending and on-going influx of decisions.  We make thousands of them every day.  They arrange from the small to the much, much, more life-defining.  Most agents, who live each day in a people pleasing business, tend to say "yes" far too much.  They over-commit to others and as a result, sacrifice the things they most value.  Our families, friends and even our individual self tend to be put on the back-burner while we indulge the urgent before the important.  Yes, it's important to work hard through the end of the year.  It's important to finish well, to have good momentum going in to the New Year, to pay off the credit card bills that tend to mount in the Christmas Season.  But it's essential to learn how to say "no" to the urgent so that you can say "yes" those that mean the most to you during this holiday season.

Bret & Meredith Amon
LIV-Sotheby's International Realty - Breckenridge, CO
Breckenridge, Keystone, Silverthorne, Frisco,

Chris,

You are so right on!  We feel the pressure each day to say yes, yes, yes.  Nice post and I love your family photo!

Cheers,

Meredith Amon.  Sotheby's International Realty.  Breckenridge, Colorado

Nov 26, 2007 03:48 AM
Matt Kofsky
Transaction Realty 500 Reno, Nv. - Reno, NV

Yes, time management is one of the most important aspects of this business.

Nov 26, 2007 03:50 AM
TeamCHI - Complete Home Inspections, Inc.
Complete Home Inspections, Inc. - Brentwood, TN
Home Inspectons - Nashville, TN area - 615.661.029
Interesting post ~~ However; my coach drums into our heads to always say yes. His thought process is that by saying yes you gain customer confidence and deliver what other people will not or cannot.  
Nov 26, 2007 04:10 AM
Nancy Moeller
Seven Gables Real Estate - Anaheim Hills, CA

Thanks for a great post Chris. It's tough to say "no" - especially to the urgent. But like Steven Covey points out in 7 Habits, we have to learn in the important, not the urgent.

Nov 26, 2007 11:40 AM