Deadline
May 31st.
It's been announced at BOLD (April 3rd) - I was called out on the carpet and said candidly:
May 31st is my deadline for real estate. If I don't do X and produce X, I will quit. It's not that I can't sell. It's that if I don't do *THAT* while I'm doing a big push, it means my heart isn't in it anymore and I need a break. Maybe even permanently.
I told my coach 6 (listings and/or accepted offers)
I told myself 8
I told my family "I love you, but I'll come out of my hole May 31."
I'm taking a LOT of time to reflect. Less time working. More time to journal. Think. Process. Not necessarily planning, but doing self-work.
The days when I'm productive, they're explosive for this reason. Forgiving myself for not being an efficient person 5 days out of the week is proving to be a good thing. Forgiving myself for not waking up when I intended to is okay. It's also okay that I'm not calling 20 people each day right now. AS LONG AS I DON'T GET STUCK HERE. Right??
Today wasn't entirely productive - but -
It's 740pm. I'm at the office, haven't done too much more than blog, journal (personal, not professional). Getting unspun.
Off to get some ice cream, deposit a check, then come back. Maybe I'll go to the gym in between to get my juju back.
I have admin-like things to get off my plate, so thinking the strategy is to drill down which of the time suckers (already identified) I'll attack tonight, and what the plan of attack will be tomorrow for my full day of prospecting to launch the week the right way.
Since the announcement I've had several people approach me privately to say how stunned they were and how I'm not alone. And that they have the same feelings and not the guts to come out and say it. And put a deadline on it.
Here goes.
It's been announced at BOLD (April 3rd) - I was called out on the carpet and said candidly:
May 31st is my deadline for real estate. If I don't do X and produce X, I will quit. It's not that I can't sell. It's that if I don't do *THAT* while I'm doing a big push, it means my heart isn't in it anymore and I need a break. Maybe even permanently.
I told my coach 6 (listings and/or accepted offers)
I told myself 8
I told my family "I love you, but I'll come out of my hole May 31."
I'm taking a LOT of time to reflect. Less time working. More time to journal. Think. Process. Not necessarily planning, but doing self-work.
The days when I'm productive, they're explosive for this reason. Forgiving myself for not being an efficient person 5 days out of the week is proving to be a good thing. Forgiving myself for not waking up when I intended to is okay. It's also okay that I'm not calling 20 people each day right now. AS LONG AS I DON'T GET STUCK HERE. Right??
Today wasn't entirely productive - but -
It's 740pm. I'm at the office, haven't done too much more than blog, journal (personal, not professional). Getting unspun.
Off to get some ice cream, deposit a check, then come back. Maybe I'll go to the gym in between to get my juju back.
I have admin-like things to get off my plate, so thinking the strategy is to drill down which of the time suckers (already identified) I'll attack tonight, and what the plan of attack will be tomorrow for my full day of prospecting to launch the week the right way.
Since the announcement I've had several people approach me privately to say how stunned they were and how I'm not alone. And that they have the same feelings and not the guts to come out and say it. And put a deadline on it.
Here goes.