March 27, 2015
Make Sure You Get Your M.E.D.S!
In our most recent Peak Producers training class, we talked about “The
Attitude of a Peak Producer,” and Brian Buffini encouraged everyone to focus on
a positive, consistent attitude to help us through the potential snares and
pitfalls of the real estate business. His comments reminded me, once again, of Gino
Blefari’s presentation at our Annual Business Conference a few weeks ago.
At our conference, Gino focused on time management and attitudes, and
he made the point that in order for us to perform and live at our best, it’s
crucial that, every day, we make sure we get our M.E.D.S. No, not those little pills or powders or essential
oils we may take, but an overall way of living to promote our health and
wellbeing so we can be at our best. Here are Gino’s M.E.D.S:
M is for meditation
or prayer.
Gino carries his rosary beads in his pocket but his point is simply that we should
ideally begin our day with some form of introspection and centering so that we
ground ourselves before we plunge into that whirlwind of family and business
and life in the 21st century. If you can find even just five minutes
of quiet practice to attend to your inner, spiritual, self each day, you’ll feel
the difference.
E is for exercise.
Yes, exercise can fatigue us, especially if we’ve been out of the habit, but if
practiced regularly, it will not only improve our strength and conditioning,
but it can also energize us. No matter where you are in your age or physical
conditioning, you can find improvements in your wellbeing and your attitude by
starting or enhancing an exercise program. Even just getting out and walking a
bit can be a great way to get your E!
D is for diet.
Of course, we all know this is important and we’ve all tried to “diet” in the
sense of the word as a nasty verb for eating nothing but rice cakes and iceberg
lettuce with no dressing! Yuck! The D in Gino’s M.E.D.S. really means what you
eat over the long term and is reflected in changing our eating habits and
behavior so that healthy eating becomes our norm, not torture. By the way, when
we have a healthy diet, that occasional, rare, treat tastes far better than it
ever did when we indulged on a daily basis! In his Peak Producers class, Brian
Buffini notes that in our culture we actually don’t have an idiom for this positive
approach to diet or business but we do have one for the opposite: Garbage in,
garbage out!
S is for sleep.
Have you ever told your sick child that sleep is the best medicine? We know
it’s absolutely true and we really believe if that youngster gets a good rest they'll feel better in the morning. And yet, even though this “medicine” is free for
all of us, all too often we forget to take a proper dose! Early to bed . . .
you know the rest, right? Yet even if we turn out the lights fairly early, if
we’ve just been watching an exciting TV show or playing a video game, chances
are we won’t get a restful sleep since we’re still chasing those terrorists or
wondering what will happen in next week’s show. Sleep is truly the best
medicine and if you rise early you’ll also give yourself an extra hour or two
for the M. and E. so you can focus on what’s most important to making your
business—and your life—a success and a joy. Several brokers in our Peak
Producers class have set goals for early to bed/early to rise and they’re
sharing their results with their accountability partners!
Spring is on the way—even though we’re expecting snow today—and that
whirlwind of serving our clients will reach gale force. Make sure you get your
M.E.D.S. so you can enjoy the ride!
David M. Hassler
VP, Director of Business Development
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