What were you doing before you took a break to read this? Shopping for that perfect gift? Wrapping presents? If you’re like a lot of our REVStaffing virtual assistants, you may feel as if you just can’t pull it all together for the holidays. You may be running yourself down, trying to not only keep track of your real estate business, but also to prepare for parties, bake goodies, and spend precious time with family and friends. Seriously – how is your stress level?
For many of us, the holidays are one of the most stressful times of the year. While you’re celebrating and trying to feel festive, you’re also trying to run a successful business, close a sale, take on a new listing perhaps. Everything comes together to spell STRESS. In scientific terms, stress results from situations that are perceived as unpredictable, uncontrollable, new and unknown or threatening. When we’re in these situations, our body releases chemicals as a sort of “stress message” to warn us of potential danger.
Throughout the holiday season, it’s important for us to incorporate some de-stressing techniques into our lives. Try any of the following techniques to ensure that you’re better prepared to handle unexpected and uncontrollable situations and minimize the “stress messages” sent to your brain. You’re sure to find the holidays much more enjoyable!
Exercise puts us in a more relaxed and positive mood. If you’re more relaxed and more positive, you’re less likely to see a situation as uncontrollable and hopeless.
Sleep deprivation can negatively affect your ability to learn and remember things. As a result, you may be more likely to perceive a situation as stressful. Get at least eight hours of sleep every night.
Social support includes regular contact with supportive friends, family or healthcare professionals. These people provide emotional support or information on how to manage stressful situations. Having a social support network helps with mood and mental health.
As little as 30 minutes a day can help your holidays go from stressful memory lapses to efficient multitasking festivities!
REVStaffing’s virtual assistants can help you organize all of your real estate tasks not only for the holidays – but for the future, as well. We can assist with closings, marketing, blogging, website creation, database cleanup, listing maintenance, transactions – “virtually” every aspect of your business! We can give you a great start into 2012, and keep you free to spend more time with your family and friends.
Take a moment now to consider your stress level. Then, let us show you our dedication to helping you to grow and nurture your successful business! We encourage you to give us a call for a free needs analysis. We’ll be happy to discuss ALL of your unique business needs; ask how we can give your business a LIFT! And be sure to visit our website, and “like” us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/RevstaffingVAs.
We urge you to bookmark this page to return for updates. If you need assistance in the meantime, please contact us by email at info@revstaffing.com or phone at 855-738-7821, extension 703.
2011 REVStaffing©
]]>This season – and the hustle and bustle of preparing for the new year – can create an environment in which we all fall prey to some common myths about time. Do you find yourself being run ragged by the idea that “If I’m not working, I’m not making money”? If you do, you’re missing something that’s both irreplaceable and precious – time with your friends and family. Let’s look at just a few of those myths about time, so that you don’t end up spending the entire season sitting by your phone, waiting for vacation buyers to call!
First, have you ever said, “I have to manage my time better”? If so, it’s time to bust that myth in its tracks. You can’t manage time. You can manage yourself, and you can manage your work choices. That’s it. Accept that, then focus your energies on figuring out how you can do less and accomplish more. Making a conscious choice to enjoy a big cup of hot chocolate and watch It’s a Wonderful Life doesn’t mean your work will suffer; it means you’ve made a choice that doesn’t involve feeling guilty! Then, when you make a conscious choice to work, you’ll be refreshed, relaxed, and better able to think clearly about that Top Producer holiday greeting you want to send to your SOI.
Next, do you believe that taking time off will cause your business to decrease? The fact is, taking time off creates room for new business – so plan to go and visit your relatives for a few days (or have them come to your house). If you’ll step back and take a little time off, you’ll find that when you come back, you’ve broken out of your pre-break routine/rut. By removing those limits you put on yourself by sticking to “business as usual,” you’ll likely have created time and space for new business to appear.
Finally, are you stuck in the belief that you’re “the only one who can do it”? Let us say this gently: You’re not. As a matter of fact, if you’ll delegate, you’ll find that work gets done faster (and often more competently). Think of it in terms of holiday gifts; suppose the thing you do best is creating the lists of “who gets what.” Wouldn’t it be great if you had someone to do the shopping, someone to do the wrapping, and someone to deliver those gifts? If you approach work this way (for instance, delegating paperwork tasks), you’ll find your productivity skyrocketing – you’ll be doing what you enjoy and do best.
Happy holidays from REVStaffing. Let us show you our dedication to helping you to grow and nurture your successful business! We encourage you to give us a call for a free needs analysis. We’ll be happy to discuss ALL of your unique business needs; ask how we can give your business a LIFT! And be sure to visit our website, and “like” us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/RevstaffingVAs.
We urge you to bookmark this page to return for updates. If you need assistance in the meantime, please contact us by email at info@revstaffing.com or phone at 855-738-7821, extension 703.
2011 REVStaffing©
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