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Nick Krehnke 425-202-5655
Barrett Financial Group - Seattle, WA
"Your Trusted Expert Friend in the Home Loan Biz"

 My Morning ritual: 20 oz of water, 3.5 mile walk while listening to audiobook, circuit training workout, shower, 1/2 gallon of green juice, brush teeth, theta power place and prioritize Top 6 things I must do list I made befpre bed the night before. I also structure my day hour by hour to do certain task at certain times. no "grey area" allowed monday-friday for me :)

Jan 07, 2015 01:42 AM
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Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist
KD Realty - 408.972.1822 - San Jose, CA
Probate Real Estate Services

The biggest thing for me is to take care of Kathleen first. This includes time meditating and focusing on what I want to get done each day. The mind is a powerful tool ... I put that to work for me first and then the body gets into ACTION.

Jan 07, 2015 12:37 AM
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Fred Griffin Florida Real Estate
Fred Griffin Real Estate - Tallahassee, FL
Licensed Florida Real Estate Broker

Prayer and Bible Reading first.

Coffee, breakfast, read the news (on the Internet), check email, social media, and voice mail.

Review the "To Do List", and then go out and take on the world!

Jan 07, 2015 12:52 PM
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Joan Cox
House to Home, Inc. - Denver Real Estate - 720-231-6373 - Denver, CO
Denver Real Estate - Selling One Home at a Time

I get up early and do my blog and commenting, update my web site all before 8 am when my phone usually starts ringing.   i try not to make appointments until the afternoon (when possible) as my email is usually busier in the morning.

Jan 07, 2015 11:04 AM
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Debbie Reynolds, C21 Platinum Properties
Platinum Properties- (931)771-9070 - Clarksville, TN
The Dedicated Clarksville TN Realtor-(931)320-6730

Each morning I recap what I need to accomplish during the day and what I want to accomplish. This helps me keep it on my mind and focused on getting it done. At the end of the day I roll the list forward.

Jan 07, 2015 08:28 AM
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Marie Story
Coldwell Banker - Pinecrest (Miami) - Pinecrest, FL
Broker Associate, Pinecrest (Miami) Specialist

One hour walk first thing every morning to pray and prioritize my day.

Jan 07, 2015 05:58 AM
Rainmaker
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA
Luxury Real Estate Branding, Marketing & Strategy

Tabitha,

A morning meeting we outline what needs to be done, we try to have lunch outside weather permitting, and a beach walk weather and schedule permitting.  We make it a point to notice on a daily basis all the good things in our lives and appreciate them including each other.  A

Jan 07, 2015 04:41 AM
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John Meussner
Mortgages in AZ, CA, CO, DE, FL, GA, IN, MD, MN, MT, NC, NJ, NV, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI - Fair Oaks, CA
#MortgageMadeEasy Fair Oaks, CA 484-680-4852

I get up, have some water and coffee, relax for a few, and then get out my daily planner and create my day before I get started.

Jan 07, 2015 03:03 AM
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Richard Iarossi
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage - Crofton, MD
Crofton MD Real Estate, Annapolis MD Real Estate

I don't, and I should. Working from home for the most part, can be quite challenging without discipline...and rituals.

Jan 07, 2015 02:00 AM
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Joan Whitebook
BHG The Masiello Group - Nashua, NH
Consumer Focused Real Estate Services

Time for meditation/prayer and affirmations... and then some positive quote to start each day!  Time block for lead gen first! The delete all those emails.. LOL

Jan 07, 2015 01:16 PM
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Lanre-"THE REAL ESTATE FARMER" Folayan
Samson Properties - Bowie, MD
I don't make promises.I deliver results.SOLD HOMES

 Tabitha Rector-Richardson -Read the book The Power of Focus. I just wrote a blog about that book today. Please the blog when you can.

Jan 07, 2015 10:50 AM
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Jeanne Gregory
RE/MAX Southwest - Sugar Land, TX
The most important home I sell is YOURS!

Gym, read paper, check emails and GO!

Jan 07, 2015 10:08 AM
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Carla Muss-Jacobs, RETIRED
RETIRED / State License is Inactive - Portland, OR

We have our way of doing our work, and I don't think it's difficult to say that anyone does.  Each day is different based on what's landed in the email box.

Jan 07, 2015 09:06 AM
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Joe Pryor
The Virtual Real Estate Team - Oklahoma City, OK
REALTOR® - Oklahoma Investment Properties

My wife and I get up early and our first conversation in bed is what and who are we grateful for? Then we discuss what is the one thing we want to make sure of getting done that day. Then we time block over coffee. So today I set aside 1.5 hours to proiduce videos, load them into Dropbox, and share with my video editor. In this time I set my phone message to call muy wife, a fellow REALTOR® and did not take any distractions. Job accomplished. Time management is a myth, time blocking is real.

Jan 07, 2015 08:13 AM
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Kevin Mackessy
Blue Olive Properties, LLC - Highlands Ranch, CO
Dedicated. Qualified. Local.

Getting up and taking a walk before or after lunch.  Good to get away for just a bit and get the blood flowing better.

Jan 07, 2015 07:36 AM
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Kat Palmiotti
eXp Commercial, Referral Divison - Kalispell, MT
Helping your Montana dreams take root

I wake up early, make coffee and then take care of my personal and work emails, handle any new e-mail leads, check for new activity on our MLS, check in with ActiveRain, check Facebook for any birthdays/other big things, do my morning online Thesaurus crossword puzzle, then take the dog for a walk, and then get my exercise, shower, and go to the office/start appointments/or do whatever else I have to do that day.

I find if I miss any of my normal routines I'm a little discombobulated all day.

Jan 07, 2015 06:14 AM
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Tabitha Rector-Richardson
Premier Homes Realty - Owings Mills, MD
Premier Homes Realty (443) 415-4215

These are all very good answers....

Jan 07, 2015 05:06 AM
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Mike Tizzano
Amerifirst Financial, Inc Equal Housing Oppurtinity Lender AZ BK0013635 NMLS 145368 LO:1015837 - Mesa, AZ
Protect Your Transaction Certified Lender

I have to get up before everyone in the house and just have some quiet time.  I've recently started going to the gym in the morning instead of the evening as well. I've found myself getting spikes of energy after workouts which caused me to have trouble sleeping. I do believe how you start your day sets the tone for how your whole day will go. So my morning goes like this:

Wake up with prayer/meditation whatever you want to call it.

5 minutes of self "affirmation" in the mirror

Get my wife and daughter up (wife needs help getting up for work)

Get my daughter ready for school while still trying to get  my wife up

Leave to drop my daughter off for school while still trying to get my wife up

Come back home to find my wife up, advise her she's going to be late

Go to the gym, come home, shower, go to work.

Sorry for the long answer

 

Jan 07, 2015 04:39 AM
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Scott Fogleman
Richmond, VA

Its so important to time block based upon what needs to be done via the big picture. Way too easy to get distracted by small unimportant things.

Jan 07, 2015 02:47 AM
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Inna Ivchenko
Barcode Properties - Encino, CA
Realtor® • GRI • HAFA • PSC Calabasas CA

My favorite ritual is a bib mug of coffee, lol:)

But if seriously, planning a day does keep you focused ( with so many distractions, it is the most difficult.... and crossing items from 'to do' list is such a relief;)

Jan 07, 2015 04:22 PM
Rainmaker
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Claude Labbe
RLAH / @properties - Washington, DC
Realty for Your Busy Life

It took me many years to figure this out.
But... I get out, get out of the house, go get coffee.

If I don't (and I get it at home instead), the morning feels strange and weird and it won't work.

Likewise, if I push lunch too late, I get real cranky and can't be around myself.

Just the standard baby boy who's finally figured out to feed the body and the mind then flows so much more easily.

Jan 07, 2015 01:14 PM
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Praful Thakkar
LAER Realty Partners - Andover, MA
Andover, MA: Andover Luxury Homes For Sale

I do and I don't, Tabitha Rector-Richardson 

I get ready, prayers in home - and then day goes everywhere. After 10 PM, I have my 'date' with ActiveRain. So I begin well, I end well -

but in-between, I want to be more disciplined!

Jan 07, 2015 12:59 PM
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Evelyn Johnston
Friends & Neighbors Real Estate - Elkhart, IN
The People You Know, Like and Trust!

Wow, it looks like most everyone is more structured than I am.  However, I am starting to time block my time to get things done.

Jan 07, 2015 11:58 AM
Rainer
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Jeff Hansen
RE/MAX Professionals, Littleton, CO - Littleton, CO
CDPE Colorado (303)794-4530

I have a list that I follow every day. It is a list that is separate from my regular calendar, and it includes things as simple as make sure to check Facebook for anything new to post a new blog item. I find that if I follow this ritual, I am staying on track and getting appointments because of it.

Jan 07, 2015 02:58 AM
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Margaret Goss
@Properties - Winnetka, IL
Chicago's North Shore & Winnetka Real Estate

I think we're all on board with Kathleen Daniels!  We have to be at our best and that means taking care of ourselves.  If I don't get my exercise , I can't function. Sometimes it takes time out of the day and I feel guilty, but I'd feel worse if I didn't do it.  

 

Jan 07, 2015 01:33 AM
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Charita Cadenhead
eXp Realty - Birmingham, AL
Serving Jefferson and Shelby Counties (Alabama)

I'd say that Kathleen has the most important ritual of all.  You can't do anything if you don't take care of self.  I could do a better job at that.

Jan 07, 2015 12:44 AM
Rainer
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Dipti Thakkar
LAER Realty Partners - Andover, MA
On a team with Praful Thakkar

Yes.

May 19, 2018 10:06 PM
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Ajay Pandya
e-Merge Real Estate Unlimited - Columbus, OH
Realtor Ajay Pandya

Yes, I do.

Jan 09, 2018 09:21 PM
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Gabe Sanders
Real Estate of Florida specializing in Martin County Residential Homes, Condos and Land Sales - Stuart, FL
Stuart Florida Real Estate

Yes.

Oct 09, 2017 05:38 AM
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Bob Crane
Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified - Stevens Point, WI
Forestland Experts! 715-204-9671

a daily mind map is essential.

Oct 01, 2017 11:13 PM
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Tony and Suzanne Marriott, Associate Brokers
Serving the Greater Phoenix and Scottsdale Metropolitan Area - Scottsdale, AZ
Haven Express @ Keller Williams Arizona Realty

John M nailed this one!

May 01, 2017 04:58 AM
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David Alan Baker | Laveen & South Phoenix Realtor
Keller Williams Realty Phoenix - Laveen, AZ
Your local Expert

I have done the following:

1. made a business plan

2. follow the busines plan

The last thing about staying motivated is hard.  THough I just wrote a blog today titled "want a successfull 2015 - be like Forest Gump".  This is what I'm trying to focus on to stay motivated or on task.   You see he stayed laser focused on what he had to do, and did it well (ping pong, putting guns together, running, shrimping....).  For me it is doing the prospecting which is the hardest thing, but it is only 3 hours a day for me, and broken into several activities.  My goal then is to really focus on those 3 hours and not let anything distract from it - be like Forest.

I also listen to a lot of motivational speakers: Darren Hardy, Jim Rohn, ..........etc.  

Jan 08, 2015 10:00 AM
Rainmaker
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Noah Seidenberg
Coldwell Banker - Evanston, IL
Chicagoland and Suburbs (800) 858-7917

Yes, find a motivating quote from an interesting person and read it a few times, then post it on Facebook, Google+ and Twitter. 

Jan 08, 2015 09:21 AM
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Realtor

There are certain things I do (like Active Rain stuff) first thing in the morning between 6 and 9 am, so it's out of the way. Unless I'm negotiating, I don't take any phone calls until after 9am, so I'm not interrupted.

Jan 07, 2015 07:42 PM
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Liz Wallace
Century 21 Sherlock Homes - Rockville Centre, NY
Broker C21 Sherlock Homes, Rockville Centre, LI, N

I am a very routine oriented person and so I totally need to follow a routine.  When I get to the office I have a group of sites I check on the computer and I like to keep them in order.  If I didn't follow a routine I would be all over the place.

Jan 07, 2015 02:12 AM
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Tabitha Rector-Richardson
Premier Homes Realty - Owings Mills, MD
Premier Homes Realty (443) 415-4215

I agree, you should definitely take care of yourself first.  I've never tried meditating but I've been hearing more and more people talk about mediatating.  I think I will look into it to help center myself before starting my day. 

Jan 07, 2015 01:14 AM