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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 :)
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Evelyn Johnston
Elkhart, IN
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Tabitha Richardson
Owings Mills, MD
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Stefanie Baber
Fayetteville, NC
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Scott Fogleman
Richmond, VA
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Liz Wallace
Rockville Centre, NY
3,416,060
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.
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Lanre-"THE REAL ESTATE...
Bowie, MD
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Carla Muss-Jacobs, RET...
Portland, OR
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Liz Wallace
Rockville Centre, NY
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Tabitha Richardson
Owings Mills, MD
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Charita Cadenhead
Birmingham, AL
2,702,602
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!
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Cindy Dudley
League City, TX
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Tabitha Richardson
Owings Mills, MD
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Lanre-"THE REAL ESTATE...
Bowie, MD
5,978,551
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.
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
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Tabitha Richardson
Owings Mills, MD
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Inna Ivchenko
Encino, CA
3,988,138
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.
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
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Noah Seidenberg
Evanston, IL
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Tabitha Richardson
Owings Mills, MD
532,737
One hour walk first thing every morning to pray and prioritize my day.
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
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Evelyn Johnston
Elkhart, IN
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Tabitha Richardson
Owings Mills, MD
5,774,084
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
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
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Evelyn Johnston
Elkhart, IN
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Tabitha Richardson
Owings Mills, MD
1,091,675
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.
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Evelyn Johnston
Elkhart, IN
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Tabitha Richardson
Owings Mills, MD
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Mike Tizzano
Mesa, AZ
1,446,906
I don't, and I should. Working from home for the most part, can be quite challenging without discipline...and rituals.
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Evelyn Johnston
Elkhart, IN
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Tabitha Richardson
Owings Mills, MD
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Scott Fogleman
Richmond, VA
1,318,324
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
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Tabitha Richardson
Owings Mills, MD
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Lanre-"THE REAL ESTATE...
Bowie, MD
835,674
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.
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
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Tabitha Richardson
Owings Mills, MD
280,599
Gym, read paper, check emails and GO!
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
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Tabitha Richardson
Owings Mills, MD
1,562,467
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.
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
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Tabitha Richardson
Owings Mills, MD
1,713,581
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.
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
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Tabitha Richardson
Owings Mills, MD
878,709
Getting up and taking a walk before or after lunch. Good to get away for just a bit and get the blood flowing better.
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
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Tabitha Richardson
Owings Mills, MD
2,556,906
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.
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
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Tabitha Richardson
Owings Mills, MD
55,396
These are all very good answers....
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
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Evelyn Johnston
Elkhart, IN
126,764
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
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Evelyn Johnston
Elkhart, IN
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Tabitha Richardson
Owings Mills, MD
638,226
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.
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Lanre-"THE REAL ESTATE...
Bowie, MD
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Tabitha Richardson
Owings Mills, MD
1,645,671
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;)
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Tabitha Richardson
Owings Mills, MD
786,130
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.
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Tabitha Richardson
Owings Mills, MD
4,321,985
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!
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Tabitha Richardson
Owings Mills, MD
2,443,346
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.
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Tabitha Richardson
Owings Mills, MD
63,812
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.
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Tabitha Richardson
Owings Mills, MD
1,260,671
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.
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Tabitha Richardson
Owings Mills, MD
786,388
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.
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Tabitha Richardson
Owings Mills, MD
279,928
630,351
4,800,282
6,649,378
3,074,289
940,595
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.
1,772,017
Yes, find a motivating quote from an interesting person and read it a few times, then post it on Facebook, Google+ and Twitter.
5,274,497
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.
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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.
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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.