Hiring an assistant is tricky business in real estate. For most new agents, the idea is unthinkable, and rightfully so– when the cash crunch is on, paying someone out of pocket to help with tasks isn’t realistic. But for many beginning to hit their stride, making the leap of hiring an assistant can be a [...]
With the advent of the iPad Pro and improvement of the Apple Pencil, treating a tablet like, well, a real notebook is finally a reality. Whereas a standard yellow legal pad will still fit the bill, there’s something extremely appealing about the cloud-enabled bells and whistles approach to capturing and storing your thoughts. But note [...]
“Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of nonessentials.” -Lin Yutang, Writer and translator The middle of the year is a good time to check-in with your goals and your habits to see where a course correction [...]
In James Clear’s excellent “The Productivity Guide: Time Management Strategies That Work,” we noticed seven productivity steps which you might want to check into if you need to boost your motivation as well as your results. For each of these steps there’s more information available in James’ guide: Step 1: Manage your energy, not your [...]
“If you don’t pay appropriate attention to what has your attention, it will take more of your attention than it deserves.” David Allen, Productivity consultant and author of Getting Things Done Productivity is one of our favorite topics in Tuesday Tactics. We like to find ways to help you rethink your process and retool your [...]
“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds that you plant.” -Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist, poet, and essayist What makes a day’s work worthwhile? Is it the money you make? A sense of accomplishment? The feeling you get when you reach inbox zero? Fighting real fires is a good and [...]
“Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.” Charles de Gaulle, French general and statesman, from his War Memoirs (1960) There’s probably a project you have in the back of your mind that you’d like to get to, but haven’t for one reason or another. It may even be something [...]
Screen addiction is real, and it’s not just adults who are suffering from the impulse to reach for that phone or tablet. It’s also taking a toll on kids. Even the parents of Silicon Valley giants are raising their kids with a dose of low-tech mindfulness. If you’re looking for ways to track and manage the amount [...]
“Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it.” Sir Winston Churchill British statesman When you’re out riding a bike, there’s nothing so welcome as a lucky tailwind. Suddenly the pace picks up and the work seems a little easier. What is a fight one direction turns into a glide by comparison. A tailwind can [...]
In case you haven’t noticed, there’s an ever increasing number of cloud-based applications that used to be restricted to the domain of the desktop or laptop computer. Word processing, spreadsheet programs, and photo editing suites are all available in various browser-based forms. While most of these cloud applications look and work just like their local [...]
