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San Diego Real Estate · 06-17-2006, 11:32 AM

Reclaim more of your most precious resource: Time. Outline your phone calls to minimize chit-chat, skip writing emails when a quick call will do, set personal time limits for conversations, and have an assistant sort your lower-priority communications. To stifle personal procrastination, tackle difficult tasks when you have the most energy and adopt a "just do it" philosophy. Focus on results rather than activities. Avoid wasting the first hour of each day browsing email or hobnobbing with coworkers.

Keep a daily "action diary" and manage your work. Take 20 minutes to 30 minutes each Monday to plan the week, and finish each day by taking 10 minutes to map the next day's to-dos. Implement the touch-once rule:
If a new action item will take just a few minutes to accomplish, do it right away versus adding it to a mounting stack of tasks. Instead of multitasking, practice spotlighting by intensely focusing on singular tasks that move a project toward completion. To better manage the flow of documents, use TRAF: Toss it; Refer it (pass it along to someone else); Act on it personally; or File it).

Above all, always ask yourself "What's the best use of my time right now?" As Ben Franklin said, "Lost time is never found again."

Compliments of American Home Mortgage Investment Corp...

REMAX LV · 06-19-2006, 04:00 PM

Great tips. Often times here in the busy Las Vegas home market I get so caught up answering phone calls and responding to emails, that half of the day is over! By prioriticing those types of activities I could really save some time!

Las Vegas Real Estate · 06-20-2006, 04:39 PM

As the famous saying goes, "time is money"!! It sounds cliche, but it is true. I know, for example, that because there are so many agents here in the Las Vegas real estate market, if you are wasting time on anything that is not useful then you will lose out to a smarter, more time efficient Realtor.

Las Vegas Homes · 06-22-2006, 02:20 PM

Great points everyone. I can also get caught up here in the Las Vegas home market with email responses and phone calls. If I am not showing property, I am at a computer, and it would be more time effective to do everything at set times. Say, 8, 1, and 7 o'clock I check my emails, oppossed to every 20 minutes!

restate · 07-05-2006, 11:11 PM

I really like your topic and all the views it’s really thought provoking for us that we do not consider the priorities and always busy for others and for money and materials. We should sort the day schedule and specially chose some time for our self as that’s important and priceless. Real state business always keep you quite busy but if you sorted your day with a proper scheduling so it will help you to keep you calm and energetic.