Congratulations to our September RE/MAX Florida Region Top 100 Agents / Teams!
Christine East – Top Individual September MTD – RE/MAX Florida Region
Lindsay Sanger – September 2012 Individuals YTD
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Joy Frankel Team – Top Team September YTD – RE/MAX Florida Region
Good Morning! Fall has just about arrived. Are you ready to finish this year off right? Many real estate agents will wait until December to start planning for 2013. The best agents will start right now! Are you ready to run your business like a CEO of a Fortune 500 firm? It takes work, commitment, stamina, and drive. We know you can do it and we have set forth a blueprint for you to follow. It is time to take off your sales person hat and put on your best suit. Today is the day you stop working solely in your business so that you can start working on it. Are you ready? Get set. Go. Your business, your career, and your life are about to change. Enjoy the ride!Your goal should be to implement a disciplined management process. You can only win if you have planned carefully, briefed your plan thoroughly, executed your plan with discipline, and debriefed your successes and failures. Luck can lead to your desired result some of the time, but it can’t be easily duplicated every time without a disciplined process. In the end, real winning happens when you apply the tools of Flawless Execution.
Have a great weekend!!!
We Had Another Successful Miracle Jeans Day Event!
Thank you everyone who wore their Jeans to raise awareness for the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals!
Here are some photos from our office as well as our Doughraiser at Uno’s Chicago Grill in Melbourne, FL! Up to 20% of our bills all week are donated to CMNH!
RE/MAX Elite is proud to be a Miracle office! A donation is made with every closed transaction from every one of our amazing agents! Our office raised $20,000 is 2011 and have raised over $76,000 since opening in 2006.
The commitment of the RE/MAX family to Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals demonstrates “The power of many makes a difference.” That is the true secret behind the RE/MAX® relationship with Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. The individual donations of thousands of Associates amount to millions of dollars each year for children’s hospitals. In total, more than $100 million has been raised since RE/MAX became a supporter of Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals in 1992.
The most effective fundraising tool is the Miracle Home® program, where Associates make a contribution to Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals with each closed transaction. But many RE/MAX offices are so passionate about the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals mission that they go above and beyond. From organizing golf tournaments to hosting art auctions, their efforts prove the simple principle that actions speak louder than words. They have learned that genuine compassion in life directly corresponds to meaningful success in business. At RE/MAX, it’s called Premier Community Citizenship—performing ordinary acts of extraordinary generosity.
About Children’s Miracle Network:
Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals has grown dramatically since its founding in 1983 from a televised fundraiser in a small studio to one of the North America’s leading children’s charities.
The organization was founded by Marie Osmond and her family, John Schneider, Mick Shannon and Joe Lake.
Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals most recognizable symbol and greatest fundraising tool is its red and yellow Miracle Balloon icon.
As of 2011, Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals has raised more than $4.3 billion—most of which is donated a dollar or two at a time.
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We just found out there was a fall out in the Gatwick community in Viera West. This model is Holiday Home Builders popular Rainier floor plan.
It is 2381 sf and comes with 4 bedrooms, 3 full baths, 3 car garage and is very open. The original buyers made one of the secondary bedrooms 11’00” x 20’00”. They also doubled the size of the lanai so it now stands at 22’00” x 20’00”. All of the main living space is tiled and the lanai has been pre-plumbed for a “summer kitchen”. It is situated on an over sized site on the community lake. Priced to move at $299,990.00. This home will be completed in under 45 days.
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Thank you everyone who came out for our fundraiser at Funtown benefiting Greater Orlando Children’s Miracle Network! We had a great time! We had our Balloon Mascot out in full force, a special visit with Miss Central Florida Outstanding teen along with many auction items including 4 tickets to Disney World, a weekend getaway with a two night stay at the Cocoa Beach Double Tree Hotel, dinner and a ton of beach goodies, a $100 Macy’s gift card, a $100 Gift Certificate to Imperial Salon, and Date Night which included dinner and a movie for two!
The adults and children had a great time skating, playing laser tag, games and more and RE/MAX Elite was able to raise $1,500 for the Children’s Miracle Network Hospital!
Thank you everyone who came out and supported us and to Funtown for making this a special night for everyone! We love Making Miracles Happen!
RE/MAX Elite has raised $76,000 for the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals since opening its doors in 2006 and has a yearly goal of $20,000 yearly since 2011. A donation is made with every closed transaction and our office participates in many fundraisers throughout the year including the new August is for Miracles RE/MAX Campaign and Miracle Jean’s Day which is in September every year. (See how you can join us for Miracle Jeans Day this year)
About Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals:
Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals has grown dramatically since its founding in 1983 from a televised fundraiser in a small studio to one of the North America’s leading children’s charities.
The organization was founded by Marie Osmond and her family, John Schneider, Mick Shannon and Joe Lake.
Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals most recognizable symbol and greatest fundraising tool is its red and yellow Miracle Balloon icon.
As of 2011, Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals has raised more than $4.3 billion—most of which is donated a dollar or two at a time.
RE/MAX – In the Founders Circle for CMNH
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(2012) In Sales Volume & Closed Transactions!
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Good Morning! As you get ready for your open house or a Sunday full of showings, we wanted to share with you a great article about habits. You can be, do, and have anything in the world you want if only you form the habits needed to get what you want. The problem is that sometimes it is really difficult to form those habits. You know exactly what we are talking about if you have ever started out the New Year with a gym membership only to have that membership card collect dust after a few short weeks. Check out the article below. It suggests that to create good habits, like going to the gym, prospecting for clients, or doing open houses, you can’t wait for the positive results that will come to you weeks down the road, you have to create a positive result right now. Therefore, you must immediately reward yourself whenever you take the necessary steps to create the life you want. Are you doing an Open House today rather than taking the afternoon off? Indulge in a piece of chocolate and enjoy! We hope you enjoy the article. Keep up the great work!!! We enjoy watching your success!
What’s the Big Idea?
I don’t know about you, but when I hear the phrase “good habits,” I involuntarily wince. Most of us first learn about the importance of good habits (their magical power to keep us out of jail, the poorhouse, etc) from our parents. What’s often left out is the instructional piece. We learn that good habits are good, but not necessarily how to develop them.
In The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business, acclaimed journalist Charles Duhigg investigates the neuroscience of habit and explains how habit loops are formed in the brain. Because these loops – comprised of cue (“hmm, it’s 3 pm…cookie time!”), routine (Go to cabinet. Eat cookie.), and reward (Yummy cookie dopamine rush, fun break room chat with colleagues dopamine rush . . .) – become neurologically hardwired over time, they’re easier to rewire, slotting in other elements, than to drop entirely.
But let’s say I’ve managed to kick my 3pm cookie habit, and I’m ready to take things to the next level by initiating a rigorous daily exercise regimen. Want to know how not to go about it? By making a resolution, then gritting your teeth each day through a 45 minute workout, then grimly enduring a salad. Yet this is how many people approach forming a new, good habit, and why most of them fail.
For the habit to stick, the reward part of cue – routine – reward, says Duhigg, can’t come six weeks later when you step on a scale. It has to be immediate. Instead of a salad, Duhigg suggests rewarding yourself with a small piece of chocolate after a workout (if you like chocolate. If not, then a beer perhaps.) This should be sufficient to make exercise something your brain looks forward to, rather than something it dreads and will invent any possible excuse to avoid.
It’s a little embarrassing to realize that our sophisticated brain is so easily fooled. The exercise doesn’t cause the chocolate bar to appear, but the association is formed nonetheless. Give it a try. The next time you hear the word gym you might just start salivating.
12 Tasks That Killer Employees Always Finish Before Noon
Jada A. Graves, U.S. News & World Report | Aug. 9, 2012, 11:09 AM
A recent study published in an American Psychological Association journal, Emotion, suggests that early birds are generally happier than night owls.
More than 700 respondents, ranging from ages 17 to 79, were surveyed and asked about their emotional state, health, and preferred time of day.
Self-professed “morning people” reported feeling happier and healthier than night owls. Researchers hypothesize that one of the reasons could be because society caters to a morning person’s schedule.
It’s certainly true that the working world does. Working “9-to-5” is more than an expression, but a standard shift for many Americans. It also stands to reason that those who like rising with the sun are also the most productive employees in the office.
Do you want to be more like them? Then take note of the tasks these high-functioning, productive, and more awake employees have completed before lunch:
1. They make a work to-do list the day before. Many swear by having a written to-do list, but not everyone agrees on when you need to compose it. According to Andrew Jensen, a business efficiency consultant with Sozo Firm in Shrewsbury, Pa., the opportune time to plan a day’s tasks is the night before. “Some people like to do the to-do schedule in the morning, but then they might have already lost office time writing it out,” he says. “It helps to do that to-do schedule the night before. It also will help you sleep better.
2. They get a full night’s rest. Speaking of sleeping better … lack of sleep affects your concentration level, and therefore, your productivity. Whatever your gold standard is for a “good night’s rest,” strive to meet it every work night. Most health experts advise getting a minimum eight hours of shut-eye each night.
3. They avoid hitting snooze. Petitioning for nine more minutes, then nine more, then another nine is a slippery slope that leads to falling back asleep and falling behind on your morning prep. Ultimately it also leads to lateness. “Anyone can be made into a morning person,” Jensen says. “Anyone can make morning their most productive time. It could be that for the entire week, you set your alarm clock a little bit earlier, and you get out of bed on the first alarm. It may be a pain at first, but eventually you’ll get to the point where you’re getting your seven to eight hours of sleep at night, you’re waking up with all your energy, and accomplishing the things around the house you need to before going to the office.”
4. They exercise. Schedule your Pilates class for the a.m. instead of after work. “Exercise improves mood and energy levels,” Jensen says. Not only that, but “there have been studies done on employees who’ve exercised before work or during the work day. Those employees have been found to have better time-management skills, and an improved mental sharpness. … Those same studies found these workers are more patient with their peers.”
5. They practice a morning ritual.Jensen also recommends instituting a morning routine aside from your exercise routine. Whether you opt to meditate, read the newspaper, or surf the Web, Jensen says “it’s important to have that quiet time with just you.”
6. They eat breakfast. Food provides the fuel you’ll need to concentrate, and breakfast is particularly important since it recharges you after you’ve fasted all night. Try munching on something light and healthy in the morning, and avoid processed carbs that could zap your energy.
7. They arrive at the office on time. This one is obvious, right? Getting a full night’s rest and keeping your sticky fingers off the snooze button should make No. 7 a cakewalk. If you’re not a new employee, then you’ve already figured out the length of your average commute. Allot a safe amount of time to make it to work on schedule.
8. They check in with their boss and/or employees. We all know the cliche about the whole only being as good as the sum of its parts. In other words, if your closest work associates aren’t productive, then neither are you. Good workers set priorities that align with their company’s goals, and they’re transparent about their progress.
9. They tackle the big projects first. You can dive right into work upon arriving in the office, since you made your to-do list the night before. And Jensen suggests starting with the hardest tasks. “Don’t jump into meaningless projects when you’re at your mental peak for the day,” he says.
10. They avoid morning meetings.If you have any say on meeting times, schedule them in the afternoon. “You should use your prime skills during the prime time of the day. I believe that mornings are the most productive time,” Jensen says, also noting that an employer who schedules morning meetings could rob his or her employees of their peak performance, and ultimately cost the company.
The exception to this, he adds, is if your meeting is the most important task of the day. “Sometimes you have to schedule a crucial meeting, or a client meeting, in which case you’d want to plan for a time when employees are at their peak.”
11. They allot time for following up on messages. Discern between mindless email/voicemail checking and conducting important business. Jensen’s company, Sozo Firm, advises clients that checking their inbox every couple of minutes takes time away from important tasks. Instead, set a schedule to check and respond to email in increments. Consider doing so at the top of each hour, to ensure that clients and colleagues receive prompt responses from you.
12. They take a mid-morning break. Get up and stretch your legs. Or stay seated and indulge in a little Internet surfing. According to Jensen, it’s actually good to zone out on Facebook and Twitter or send a personal text message or two. “You should take 10-minute breaks occasionally,” he says. “Companies that ban any kind of Facebook [use], texting, or personal calls can find it will be detrimental. Those practices increase employee satisfaction.”
Just be sure not to abuse the privilege. “The best employees will respect their employer’s time, and the worst-performing employees will find a way to waste time even if the company forbids personal Internet use,” Jensen explains.
This story was originally published by U.S. News & World Report.
Read more: http://money.usnews.com/money/careers/articles/2012/08/08/12-things-killer-employees-do-before-noon#ixzz23ccvyBPk
We are very excited about our phase two of our corporate office in Melbourne, FL! This addition will bring us up to a total of 7500 sq ft for our office! This new addition will add several more private and semi private offices, two more conference rooms as well as two more restrooms! The Property Management team is growing and will be moving their team into this new space and will have their own entrance and reception area!
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