Ask Questions 
Share Tips 
List Your Business 
Coffee Talk with Experts 
Biz Planning | Sample Plans 
Idea 
Name 
$ 
Do It! 
Promotional Merchandise
Managing | Operations
Work @ Home 
Yoga @ Your Desk 
|
|
Expert Answers to Biz Questions
Listen in! Pick up some expert advice to a reader's question that we selected from CyberSchmooz.
Why Real Estate Agents Should Schedule Days Off
Working in real estate is a demanding job. At any given moment you have numerous clients to juggle, along with their properties. In addition to this, you might work more than your friends in other industries. Most real estate agents don’t get to enjoy the typical 9-5 work life. You might work weekends and on holidays trying to sell all of your St Albert real estate. Any personal time you take off could lead to fewer sales, so you might skip out on it. While you might be in the habit of doing this, it could be hurting you.
Avoid burnout
You might think that you’re just a hard worker and dedicated to the job, but working with no time off isn’t good for you. When you work for too long, you could get burned out easily. This can affect every aspect of your life if you don’t fix it. Burn out due to overworking yourself is something many people experience today. Work can carry over into your personal life and leave you feeling groggy and stressed, even when you aren’t working. If you’re feeling overworked, your work might even be suffering. You won’t be able to put your all into a task and you could be losing your passion for the job. It might seem counterproductive at first, but you actually need time off to get work done.
How to take time off
With the life of a real estate agent, it might seem difficult to be able to take time off in the first place. It might require you to do some extra work than some other jobs, but it’s certainly possible to do.
Plan ahead
If you plan to take a few days off coming up, it’s important for you to plan ahead for it. Sometimes this might require you to work a little more each day than you normally would. If you need a long break, the extra work beforehand will be worth it. You can try to space this work out ahead of time so that it doesn’t feel too overwhelming. You might find that some work can be pushed back for after your days off as well.
Schedule set days off
Taking off random days each week can make it more difficult for you to get work done. If you find that there’s less work to do certain days, take those off every week. This sets a schedule for you to work around. Eventually, you’ll be in the habit of having these days off so it will make taking them off easier.
Give clients office hours
Every real estate agent has had a client call them while they were trying to spend time alone or with family. Sometimes, there’s an emergency and you have no choice but to get involved. Other times, dealing with a client isn’t necessary and it’s just an inconvenience. Let your clients know what time your office hours are so that they aren’t trying to contact you all hours of the day. This will at least give you some time for yourself.
Hire an assistant
Not everyone will be able to do this, but consider hiring an assistant. If you don’t want to work as often and you have the money, an assistant is exactly what you need. They can help with any extra assignments and significantly lighten your workload.
|
|
Small Business Tax Center • Idea Cafe Home • Sign Up • Biz Grant Center • CyberSchmooz •Coffee Talk with Experts • People in Biz Profiles • Starting Your Biz • Biz Planning • Running Your Biz • FREE Trade Publications • Marketing • Financing Your Biz • Human Resources • Legal & Biz Forms • Managing Your Biz • eCommerce • You and Your Biz • Gen X • Work@Home • The Fridge • De-Stress • Send an Award • Send an eGreeting • Yoga @ Your Desk • Web Guide • Idea Cafe in the News • About Idea Cafe • Advertise on Idea Cafe • Contact Us • Privacy Policy • Site Map • Small Biz News
Copyright 1995-2024, Idea Cafe Inc. Downloads are for personal use only, not for resale to others, and may not be reprinted in any form without written permission from Idea Cafe Inc.
DISCLAIMER: We hope whatever you find on this site is helpful, but be cautioned that it may not apply to your own situation, or be totally current at any given time. Idea Cafe Inc. and all of its current and past experts, sponsors, advertisers, agents, contractors and advisors disclaim all warranties with regard to anything found anywhere on this family of websites, quoted from, or sent from Idea Cafe. and its related sites, publications and companies. We also take no responsibility for comments published by others on these pages. TRADEMARKS: The following are Registered Trademarks or Servicemarks of DevStart, Inc.: Idea Cafe®, Online Coffee Break®, The Small Business Gathering Place®, Take out Info®, Biz Bar & Grill®, Complaint-O-Meter®, A Fun Approach to Serious Business™, CyberSchmooz™, and BizCafe™.
|
|
|
|