Comments on: Burn Out http://agentgenius.com/real-estate-sales-marketing/marketing/burn-out/ News About Real Estate Social Media, Marketing, Technology Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:51:43 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Mark De Chambeau http://agentgenius.com/real-estate-sales-marketing/marketing/burn-out/#comment-31746 Mark De Chambeau Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:31:24 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=1489#comment-31746 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. 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.

]]> By: Jonathan Dalton http://agentgenius.com/real-estate-sales-marketing/marketing/burn-out/#comment-6618 Jonathan Dalton Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:44:21 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=1489#comment-6618 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. 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.

]]> By: Benn Rosales http://agentgenius.com/real-estate-sales-marketing/marketing/burn-out/#comment-6587 Benn Rosales Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:20:42 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=1489#comment-6587 Laura, ag posts live on forever because of great commentators like yourself! Laura, ag posts live on forever because of great commentators like yourself!

]]> By: The San Diego Home Blog » Blog Archive » The Importance of Pi in the Circle of Life http://agentgenius.com/real-estate-sales-marketing/marketing/burn-out/#comment-6580 The San Diego Home Blog » Blog Archive » The Importance of Pi in the Circle of Life Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:29:24 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=1489#comment-6580 [...] took a few days off from posting this past week. Some call it burn out. For me, it is more like having four stockpots on the stove at once, all boiling over, and finding [...] [...] took a few days off from posting this past week. Some call it burn out. For me, it is more like having four stockpots on the stove at once, all boiling over, and finding [...]

]]> By: Laura S Flournoy http://agentgenius.com/real-estate-sales-marketing/marketing/burn-out/#comment-6574 Laura S Flournoy Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:17:57 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=1489#comment-6574 Benn, I am only a little late.... great post. I am passing on to agents.... Benn,
I am only a little late…. great post. I am passing on to agents….

]]> By: ines http://agentgenius.com/real-estate-sales-marketing/marketing/burn-out/#comment-6558 ines Tue, 25 Mar 2008 03:26:51 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=1489#comment-6558 I always surround myself with positive people - those couple of days did you good my friend ;) I always surround myself with positive people – those couple of days did you good my friend ;)

]]> By: Wade Young http://agentgenius.com/real-estate-sales-marketing/marketing/burn-out/#comment-6556 Wade Young Tue, 25 Mar 2008 03:16:42 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=1489#comment-6556 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. 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.

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