Benn Rosales

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Founder of Agent Genius Magazine, national real estate opinion site. Benn's focus has always been improving the consumer experience by working to improve the real estate industry, so needless to say he's not scared of controversy, standing out or making an impact. He dreams of a life where sleep isn't physically necessary and a Starbucks barista makes house calls in order to focus more on helping you and your startup to capture and build on the moment.

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13 Comments

  1. Bill Lublin

    Magnificent – You just made my day!
    May I have your permission to reprint this and distribute to my agents?

  2. Andy Kaufman

    “Team up with like minded thinkers in your office.” – change office to around the world & you’ve nailed the heart and soul of why we twitter.

  3. Chris Lengquist

    Sometimes I just leave the computer off and try not to even think about real estate. Two days of that and I’m almost always better.

  4. Ryan Hukill

    Benn, GREAT post. All things I strive to do to stay positive and avoid burnout, but at times it’s nice to see a well-stated list to remind me or keep myself in check.

  5. Matthew Rathbun

    Awesome post! Many folks in our area are going through this, as the market is pretty tough. It’s very catchy. One folk get’s frustrated and then frustrates others. I tend to abandon work and PC’s for a day or so and get reconnected with my family. I needed to do that just this past weekend. I was glad that I did.

    Thanks for passing along your wisdom!

  6. Chris Johnson

    Great friggin’ article.

  7. Wade Young

    I got burnt out and took one year off to write a book and keep my toes in the sand. I realized that it wasn’t all it was cracked up to be. In fact, I was really bored and looked forward to getting back to the office. The experience was good for me, though, because it will save me from retiring later on. I may cut back in my later years, but retirement will be too boring for me. One way to deal with burnout is to realize that being productive is fulfilling, although it doesn’t always feel like it in the moment. Doing nothing (retirement) may sound good, but it’s really not all it’s cracked up to be. When you feel yourself getting burnt out, remember that the alternative might not be as good as what you are already doing.

  8. ines

    I always surround myself with positive people – those couple of days did you good my friend ;)

  9. Laura S Flournoy

    Benn,
    I am only a little late…. great post. I am passing on to agents….

  10. Jonathan Dalton

    Burn out comes and goes … at my old office there was a whiteboard with sales and listings for the months. When things were extremely slow last year I avoided the office because I just didn’t need to see it. I didn’t need the feeling that I wasn’t busting my ass.

    Much better is the whiteboard at my house with a list of everyone in my pipeline running a couple of dozen deep, a half-dozen listings (or soon to be listings) and properties in escrow.

    You often can tell my mood by the number of unread items in my RSS reader. When times are a bit tough, the posts stack up because I don’t need to see doom and gloom or pithy pissing contests.

  11. Mark De Chambeau

    I have had a very strong 18 month run. I hit a few bumps this first quarter and now I don’t want to play anymore. This post is giving me some daylight to gear up for the rest of the year. I was thinking that maybe I need to take a vacation? I really have not had a real vacation in a few years.

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