Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Online Newsletter for June 22


A SPECIAL KELLER WILLIAMS WELCOME TO OUR NEW TEAMMATES:

Jerri Candebat
Stephanie McElroy

 QUOTE:  Son, if you really want something in this life, you have to work for it. Now quiet! They're about to announce the lottery numbers.”
Homer Simpson

LISTING FORMS AND SALES FORMS CLASSES SET:  If you have not attended a class on using the Listing Forms and/or the Sales Forms, you need to attend these two classes.  Listing Forms Friday, June 22, 2:00 until about 3:30.  Sales Forms Tuesday, June 26, 2:00 until about 4:00.  If you HAVE attended these classes you are strongly encouraged to attend again to add your experience and input to the class for newer agents. 

KELLER WILLIAMS MEGA CAMP:  September 18-21 in Austin Texas.  The BIG news is that John Maxwell will be the featured speaker.  If you have never heard Maxwell speak, you are missing something very special.  Mega Camp is a fabulous 4 day experience where you can both learn things you can immediately use to grow your business and create life-long relationships with other like-minded Keller Williams agents throughout the country.  It is hard for me to imagine attending and not learning something that would bring you a sale you otherwise would not have made thus repaying you for your INVESTMENT (as compared to COST) to attend.  If you want to really grow your profit tree, invite someone other than Keller Williams agent to go with you and pay their way.  It will come back to you more than you can imagine!  To register and I sincerely hope everyone of you do, go to http://www.kw.com/eventReg/secure/user/GetEvent.do?eventId=3135

WISDOM FROM MICHAEL DUNN, author of “What’s The BIG Secret:  EAGLES WINGS from page 71.  Written by Debbie Lemacher:  An eagle knows when a storm is approaching long before it breaks.  The eagle will fly to some high spot and wait for the winds to come.  When the storm hits, it sets its wings so that the wind will pick it up and lift it above the storm.  The eagle does not escape the storm.  It simply uses the storm to lift it higher.  It rises on the winds that bring the storm.  What can we learn from this?  We all experience difficulties, even an occasional failure.  Use the situation to rise above it.   http://readforachange.com  

FROM THE WORLD OF STEVEN WRIGHT:  I have a hobby. I have the world's largest collection of sea shells. I keep it scattered on beaches all over the world. Maybe you've seen some of it.

SPEAKING OF AMBIGUITY:  What if there were no hypothetical questions?  I may have to explain that to you-know-who.  J

LIMITED SPACE AND A LONG DOMAIN NAME TO USE?  Go to www.TinyUrl.com and enter your long domain name (URL) and it shortens it.  See the link in the next article by Joe Tye,  The domain name was shortened to http://tinyurl.com/8yzm3rv from a real domain name that was at least 3 lines long.  Especially valuable for entries on sites like Twitter where you are limited to just 140 characters on your posts.

FROM JOE (JEAUX) TYE; MY MENTOR, FRIEND AND HERO.  A must read; it applies to everyone.  Getting a stone to smile.  When you read this, and I hope you do, remember the Gratitude Stone, if you don’t know what a Gratitude Stone is, see Paulena and she will give you one.  http://tinyurl.com/8yzm3rv

NEW AMENDMENT TO THE LEASE AGREEMENT:  We have been fine tuning the Amendment to the Listing Agreement over the past several weeks and unfortunately have posted the amendment with a few errors in it.  The Amendment dated June 15 is the correct Amendment and it has been posted to www.SlidellCalendar.com as well as our new Beta Intranet Site and a copy has been put in the Rental Forms Binder and replaced in the rental forms at the front desk.  Please dispose of all older versions of the forms.

MOLD AND MILDEW FORM:  The provision contained in the Louisiana Real Estate Commission’s Agreement to Purchase regarding Mold and Mildew is considered to accomplish the same goal as the Mold and Mildew Form that has been used since Hurricane Katrina.  Therefore the form has been discontinued and removed the Slidell Calendar, the Beta Intranet Site and the Forms binder.  Please dispose of all the forms as they are no longer needed/required.

CREATING A SOLID MASTERMIND GROUP:  By Jeffrey Gitomer.  Everyone should be in a Mastermind Group.  The group should consist of no more than 5 (including yourself).  Other than that, Gitomer puts forth an excellent description of what a Mastermind Group would look like and do in order to be effective.  This should be a must read for everyone even if you are currently in a Mastermind Group. http://www.gitomer.com/articles/ViewPublicArticle.html?key=ajcdMibak3NBogUalVhToQ%3D%3D

AMAZING VIDEO OF CAT AND SEVERAL DOLPHINS, well worth your time to watch it.  http://www.slothster.com/2352-Cat-On-Boat-Plays-With-Dolphins.html

EVER FORGET AN APPOINTMENT OR MEETING?  There is a simple way to remind yourself.  Signup for www.Plaxo.com (free).  You can schedule and send yourself an email (as I do) the day before the appointment or meeting date so you should never forget an important date again. 

GRATITUDE – THE POWER OF FOCUS
"Most people have no idea of the giant capacity we can immediately command when we focus all of our resources on mastering a single area of our lives."
Anthony Robbins

How can we get the most done if we have a lot of competing projects that all want our attention? 
Most of us allow ourselves to jump from one task to another, get distracted by phone calls, emails and visitors, and find we have not gotten much done at all.

So here's how to change that. Set aside blocks of time for each task.  Recent research shows that 90 minute blocks are the best, so get as close to that as you can.  Then shut the door, turn off the phone, and focus! Get as much done as you can, take a ten minute break, and do the same thing on the next task.  Repeat as required. If you get interrupted, get back to your task as soon as possible without starting on another task.

This is important, because the biggest reason that so many of us get so little done is because of the interruptions that redirect our efforts.

I struggle with the "shiny object syndrome" of distractions on my computer screen. My challenge is self discipline.

Yours may be different; having a process for work helps.  Some writers/bloggers have a time that they go sit and write, and they won't allow themselves to do anything else in that time - even if no inspiration comes! They just sit.

That takes discipline, but it works.

Find what works for you.

All the best, Wes

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GYMBEAUX NOTE: Imagine EACH task you want to accomplish as a circle with half of the circle as yet to be completed; like a “U”with an opening at the top. Now imagine all of the partial circles on a piece of paper. Looking at 3, 6, 10, or 12 half completed circles would be demoralizing when you can literally SEE all of your half completed projects. Using the principles Wes Hopper describes above, your first task ought to be to prioritize your projects from MOSTimportant and timely to LEASTimportant and not timely. Then one-by-one, starting with the MOST important, time-block enough time (days) to complete your most important and time sensitive project – COMPLETE THE CIRCLE. Then begin on partially completed circle #2, then #3 and so on. Obviously as new demands arise, you may have to reorganize your partially completed circles. Your objective should be to remove as many uncompleted tasks (circles) as possible in the shortest period of time. This will remove from your conscious or unconscious life your worry about the things you know you have to do but have not as yet done. Then step back and look at all the “completed” circles on your paper – it WILL give you a great feeling of accomplishment.

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