I know.  You know.  There's too much CRAP to do.

There is an absolute TON of information (stuff) flying at us all from a ton of directions.    We have email accounts, we have calendar reminders, we have blogs to read and blogs to write.  We go to bed with a half full inbox and a half fried mind.

What happened to that client we were supposed to call?

What happened to our connection with our Higher Power? And why do we procrastinate the stuff that we have to do?

The books like MREA and even 7 Habits are fantastic, but the thing is, most of us have a general sense of right and wrong, and a general sense of where we want out business to go.  It's the driving it and plugging away at the details that gets us totally swamped.

I then recommend to you, in the strongest terms possible, the book "Getting Things Done," by David Allen.  The link below is an affiliate link.

This book eliminated stress in m life, and put me on the path I'm on with the confidence to do it.

A lot of David's advice is (admittedly) comon sense.

Getting Things Done, By David Allen

But, it's common sense SPECIFICALLY applied.  If you're going to prioritize, HOW do you prioitize?  How do you make sure that you don't leave stuff hanging out there?  This $9.00 book has ultra-specific information that I really don't think any real estate agent should do without.

The "back of the envelope" version:

• Collect your things somewhere other than your brain.
• Process your things (put 'em in piles)
• Organize your things for processing
• Review Your Lists.
• Do your stuff.

There's more to it than that (like if the thing takes 1-2 minuts do do, bang it out now rather than put it in a list).   But that's the gist.  No CRM/Top Producer/Program thinks with this much forced simplicity.    In a world that we live in where we're asked to be constantly 'on,' this book provides an absolute ton of answers.

Are any of you out there GTDers?

If so, what are your favorite 'crutches/tricks?'

Chris Johnson helps loan officers turn their business around by generating their own leads through multiple sources.