Monday is the most important day of the week! Is not only the first day of a collection of 5 or 6 days of work but also the day that you need to organize the full week

Why Monday is such an important day? This question as many answers however we’re going to focus on organizing the week.

There is no such thing as two identical people, therefore is normal that the way we organize is also different, however there´s some methods that can be applied to anyone.

If we’re all different is ok to have several work methods as well as ways to organize and manage time and priorities.

If some of us are extremely care and meticulous, others have a very opposite way to manage their days or weeks.

If you have an issue in coordinate your tasks you must not use an excuse. You might even have some chaos in the garage or on your DVD´s collection, but in work isn’t acceptable this kind of behavior. Don’t forget, you’re not working alone!

At Monday try to take some time to organize your week. You can start early in the morning which in real estate usually is more harmonious.

You need to schedule the full week not just that day, you must cultivate a long term thinking.

Tip: Remember to leave some time blank for unexpected situations.

Manage time and activity:

Is extremely important to manage your energy and time.

Therefore is necessary to deep now yourself as a person and professional!

Keep this question in mind: What is my target for this week?

If you need to write it down.

Follow these techniques to help you with these points:

-Define priorities:

One of the most important and simples steps is to have priorities, in order to organize your work.

You need to start with the most important tasks, the ones that cannot (and must not) be left for later. The easiest and quicker tasks are not necessarily the ones that must be done at first place.

-  Classify your tasks:

Important tasks vs. Urgent tasks.

Important tasks: This is the type that will influence your personal target for the week.

Urgent tasks: This is the type of task that has a deadline. It might not be the most important one but can influence other tasks mark as important.

The degree of importance of a task gives us indicators on the amount of energy and dedication that must be placed on each task! What amount of time is required to perform this task?

However the urgency gives us an idea of the time needed to complete the task. When so i need to have this task done?

Tip: The most important tasks aren’t always the priority

-Make a week plan

Create a to do list to accomplish during the week

Mark your tasks with a degree of importance and urgency

Have in mind the amount of time you need to complete each task

Keep all the information you need in one place

Having the information in one place is crucial to save time. If you have an appointment with a client, in the office or out is extremely important that you can access all the details about the client and the property in order to provide right answers and achieve goals.

eGO Real Estate aloud you, among other key features related to sales force, to have all the information available anytime, anywhere.

Important tips to a successful planning:

-Self knowledge

Know yourself!  Manage your energy in order to get more done in less time at a higher level of engagement and with more sustainability.

Give yourself a reward for every target accomplished. A simple action as scratch a task from your notebook will give a feeling of fulfillment.

Keep your office clean, comfortable and organized for your well being, your colleagues and even your clients.

The same concept applies when you’re out in business, using eGO real estate in your tablet or Smartphone ensures that you have always available all the information you need about your clients and properties.

Be aware:

Being multitask isn’t doing all in once, usually it doesn’t work as well as expected. There´s always a thousand things to do on a daily basis and sometimes we want to do them all at the same time. What actually happens is we can’t even do a third part of we expected what inevitably leads to disappointment and failure. The solution is planning!

Important:

-We all have limits (know yours)

- Unable to fulfill all requirements (ours and others) at the same time (create priorities)

- Flaws, patience and tenacity are intrinsic to human being.

Have a nice Monday and Good sales!

Who’s responsible for running a company knows how difficult it is to leave on time.

It doesn’t matter if you´re a manager, coordinator or CEO, many believe that a company’s success depends on working until you drop. But sometimes this is not the right attitude; first of all it has a technical name: ‘WORKAHOLIC’, this literally names a person who is obsessively addicted to work. Although it might seem to be the right way, this kind of attitude is not beneficial, especially for one’s personal health and not even for the company´s health.

It’s difficult to let a business opportunity slip away especially now when we are slowly coming out of a crisis that affected the real estate sector as much as it did! Having an excellent CRM system (specialized for real estate) will help you manage the company and sales force more efficiently, helping you be more competitive in the real estate industry.

It seems that the path to success has always been related with the idea of working long hours. However this behaviour might trigger the opposite effect.

If your company is not in fact struggling with huge financial difficulties, you need to think about other strategies such as time management (as mentioned before)

Here are 4 good time management tips!

1- Not having a schedule can ruin your productivity

Sometimes we have the impression that we can leave tasks to do later on; giving us the illusion that we have more time that we actually do! We deceive ourselves with this (wrong) idea and we tend to release some pressure (important and necessary) that a deadline would impose on us. This behavior leads to procrastination!

This doesn’t mean that the second the clock ticks over the 5pm line we drop everything and continue the next day! That’s not the intention. However having a daily schedule will oblige us to complete our tasks, forcing us to prioritize these tasks.

 2- A daily routine with help develop self-discipline:

Leaving on time and managing the most important tasks in an organized manner will force us to be more disciplined.

This discipline will have an important role in terms of results as well as in requiring this discipline from others. Being disciplined will achieve better time management, helping you to focus on the work that is really important, and will give you a sense of accomplishment. Not to mention the time you effectively gain for you and your family.

 3- Manage your work, manage your life:

Spending quality time with family and friends or just doing what pleases you will have positive results in your performance. Several studies show that exercise is not only good for your health but also for your mind! It’s important to turn off our engines from the chaotic rush of everyday life! For some the key is an hour in the gym, for others it can be spending quality time with the children, a dance class or just sitting around watching a movie.

The goal is to eliminate stress related to the professional activity in order to improve yourself when you’re needed and at the end of the day you’ll know that you dedicated yourself 110%.

 4- Last but not least, having a Schedule will make you a better manager, better coordinator, team leader and a better person!

If you’re working all the time, people around you will feel pressured to adopt the same behavior! And no, no one expects that. What is expected is people that organize their tasks effectively, and not people that work just because (often not producing even 5% of what is expected)

As we explained before, leaving work on time demands organization.

You can’t demand from your employees that they have their tasks done on time, if you, as the manager, don’t show discipline and the capacity to execute the important tasks that influence other people’s work.

Leave work on time, but remember to do so you need be disciplined, organized and learn to define what is more important for your day/week.

eGO Real Estate is here to help you and your company!