Burn the Hamster Wheel: Stress Management Strategies for Today’s Real Estate Professional

Burn the Hamster Wheel: Stress Management Strategies for Today’s Real Estate Professional By Cheryl Knowlton, CSP, CDEI, DREI CEO & Chief Energy Officer, Dynamite Productions, Inc. BURNOUT. It is a low-energy word that sucks the life straight out of my soul to even say it. Synonymous with exhaustion. Overwhelm. Unchecked chronic debilitating stress leading to illness and depression. A weariness …

How do you approach each day?

Hi everybody, Cheryl Knowlton, Dynamite Productions coming at you with your dynamite tip of the day. Steve Cloward shared today in the social media workshop that we taught, how you start the day impacts the rest of the day. And it just reminded me of my book, Burn The Hamster Wheel and my tip number one, which is master your …

Don’t overthink it. Just do it!

Hi everybody, Cheryl Knowlton, Dynamite Productions coming at you with your Dynamite tip of the day. Today’s tip is, don’t overthink it, just do it. And done is better than perfect. When I went back to heroic public speaking to invest in myself and my career in unprecedented ways in terms of time and money, I was absolutely terrified. I …

What stage do you dream of being on?

Hi everybody. Cheryl Knowlton, Dynamite Productions, coming at you with my thought for the day. A couple of weeks ago, I had the privilege of being in Nashville, Tennessee for a beautiful state event that the Realtor Association did that they invited me to speak at. My very, very good friend, Monica Neubauer, also a fabulous real estate speaker, gave …

What legacy will you leave behind?

Okay. For those of you who know me, I get a really tiny bit passionate about things in life. And in addition to Disney and my family and my religion, one of the things I am most passionate about in life, not only American history but specifically revolutionary war history, specifically Alexander Hamilton. We saw Hamilton the musical on Broadway …

Surround yourself with people who make you look great

Cheryl Knowlton:             Hi everybody. Cheryl Knowlton with Dynamite Productions coming at you. Clay Johnson, Castle and Cooke Mortgage. Today, we’re here to talk to you about surrounding yourself with people who are going to make you look great. Choosing the right partner if you are going to have a partnership, and we’re going to talk specifically about partnerships today. Clay, …

Things to help you grow your business

Clay Johnson:                    Hey guys, Clay Johnson with Castle & Cooke Mortgage, here with Cheryl Knowlton and Dynamite Productions. Guys, we love talking to you about these things, things that help us grow our business, be more successful in our business, also just some great ideas. Clay Johnson:                    But one of the things we’ve been talking about last time was time …

Time-blocking

Clay Johnson:                    Hi guys, Clay Johnson, Castle & Cooke Mortgage, here with Cheryl Knowlton and Dynamite Productions. Guys, we led in last time on time blocking, and those of who’ve been in the business a long time know just how important this is. Clay Johnson:                    Cheryl, in your book, Burn the Hamster Wheel, you really hit very clearly on this …

Putting what you learn into action

Clay Johnson:                    Hi, guys. Clay Johnson, Castle & Cooke Mortgage, here with Cheryl Knowlton and Dynamite Productions, as if you guys didn’t know that by now, but it is always good to kind of let you know who we are, what we’re doing, and what we’re excited about. We just talked a little bit about how do you take that …

Implementing what you learn

Clay Johnson:                    Hey, there is Clay Johnson with Castle & Cooke Mortgage and with Cheryl Knowlton with Dynamite Productions. Hey guys, we wanted to talk to Cheryl. I know you teach a lot of CE classes and you’re amazing. Every time I go to your classes, I think, “Wow, that is so good the way she brought that point home,” …