When Is the Work Day Done?
Posted Jul 16, 2008 @ 1:27 pm, Viewed by 273 Visitors, Read 289 Times.I'm going to keep this short since it is 12:30 AM and I just came in from my workday 2 hours ago. I did not have dinner tonight , ditto for two nights ago, same situation. I need feed-back please from fellow realtors (or anyone in a service type industry)- Does anyone but me have a problem saying "no" to customers?
I'm not sure if it's the fear of losing business, or the fact that I really do enjoy helping my customers, or that I'm a borderline insomniac so I might as well be working if I'm up anyway, but am I setting a bad precedent by showing my customers that I am always available no matter what time of day? And what about my family, am I being fair to them???
Let me know what you think.
Rate this Post!
Share this Post
Print
Social Bookmarking1 Responses to “When Is the Work Day Done?”
REW Blogs User Stats
Currently Online Users:
0
Total Users:
1,742
Entries:
5,150
Unique Views:
2,561,855
Total Views:
2,655,460
Total Comments:
5,153
South Florida residential real estate agent specializing in the neighborhoods of Boca Raton, Highland Beach, Boynton Beach and Delray. Read More
Contact Me
RSS Feed- This User's Stats
-
Blog Entries: 3Average Blog Rating: 0Unique Views: 732Total Views: 778Comments Posted: 2Comments Received: 4
Top Rated
REW Blogs RSS Feed
I was at work at 8 AM yesterday, and I think I got off the phone with Drew Hartanov (long term customer and great guy) around 11 PM or so - I probably left an hour or so later.
Honestly that is rare for me these days (I typcally only work 12-14 hour weekdays now, but I used to be a lot worse, and to be quite honest, I think my family life suffered for it (Which isn't fair to them, and not worth it)
Now what I try to do is get home before dinner (On most days) and spend time (Dinner and several hours afterwards) with my family whenever I can (Which is most days) and then it is not until they go to be (Around 9PM) that I go back to work (In my home office) I will usually work until 1-2 AM from home - This way I still loose the sleep (I say that like it's a positive) but still get my "workaholic" fix.
Also on weekends, I have learned that no more than 4-6 hours of working per day is acceptable
It can be tough for us types - being driven to succeed combined with extremely customer focused can have some serious consequences and sometimes you just have to turn off the computer / phone (I don't watch TV, but turn that off to) and spend time with those who love you.