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[SPEAKER_02]: Let me say this as directly as I can.
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[SPEAKER_02]: If you open your phone in the morning to check one thing and somehow your best hours disappear into tenant issues, property manager updates and emails that suddenly fill urgent, it may be time to ask yourself who is actually running your day.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Because before you know it, the task you said was important today, the task that actually moved your business forward,
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[SPEAKER_02]: gets pushed to tomorrow.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So today I want to talk about one simple shift, moving from reactive time to intentional time.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And we will give you one very powerful tool that you can use right away.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Let's get started.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Welcome to the Real Estate Investor podcast.
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[SPEAKER_00]: A top 1% show helping women achieve financial freedom by investing in real estate.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And now, your host, Liz Faircloth, and Andressa Gidelli.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So let's talk about what reactive time actually looks like.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Most of us do not wake up in the morning thinking.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Today, I'm going to let my portfolio run my entire life, right?
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[SPEAKER_02]: It just not how it happens that we know that.
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[SPEAKER_02]: It usually starts with something really small, right?
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[SPEAKER_02]: You check one message.
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[SPEAKER_02]: You respond to one email.
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[SPEAKER_02]: You answer one quick question.
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[SPEAKER_02]: You handle one issue.
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[SPEAKER_02]: It just feels easier, right, to take care of it.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And then another thing comes in.
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[SPEAKER_02]: and another thing.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And before you know it, the day has a completely different agenda than the one you originally started with.
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[SPEAKER_02]: That is reactive time.
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[SPEAKER_02]: That's the definition.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And it's not that you're doing nothing, right?
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[SPEAKER_02]: You're working hard, you're doing a lot.
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[SPEAKER_02]: But you're reacting instead of responding.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So here's the question I want you to ask yourself and be really, really honest.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Are you leading the day?
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[SPEAKER_02]: or is the day leading you?
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[SPEAKER_02]: And I see this happen all the time with the women in our community.
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[SPEAKER_02]: The more capable and driven a woman is, the more everything starts coming back to them.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Like, give you a super, super simple example.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Let's say you have 10 rental properties, right?
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[SPEAKER_02]: This week, you need to look at the numbers on one of the properties.
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[SPEAKER_02]: You need to decide whether your property manager is still the right fit.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Many of us have to deal with that.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And you know you need to document one process that keeps living, rent free in your head, right?
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[SPEAKER_02]: Nothing urgent, but all important tasks.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Then the morning starts.
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[SPEAKER_02]: You check your phone, you enter a tenant, you respond to a contractor.
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[SPEAKER_02]: You go back and forth with the property manager and by noon, the deeper work, the important work has not moved.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Again, that is very classic reactive time.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And it has a cost.
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[SPEAKER_02]: It has a cost.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So here's the quick action step to shift this, begin to shift it.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I want you to look at yesterday.
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[SPEAKER_02]: What actually controlled my day?
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[SPEAKER_02]: Be really honest, be brutally honest with yourself.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Was it your priorities?
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[SPEAKER_02]: Or was it text messages, emails, problems, and other people's requests, other people's needs?
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[SPEAKER_02]: Answer that honestly for yourself.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Now let's move into intentional time.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And this is the second shift.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Intentional time does it mean your day is perfect.
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[SPEAKER_02]: It just doesn't look that way.
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[SPEAKER_02]: No one's day is perfect.
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[SPEAKER_02]: But it does mean you stop letting every text, email, question, get first access to you.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Think of it this way.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Reactive time says, I will respond to whatever shows up first.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Intentional time says it differently.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I will decide what matters
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[SPEAKER_02]: So how do you actually do that, right?
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[SPEAKER_02]: That's the hard part.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Here are three simple steps to do.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Number one, choose your priority before your day starts pulling at you.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Choose your critical priority before anyone asks you anything.
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[SPEAKER_02]: For you check messages before anything happens, okay?
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[SPEAKER_02]: And here's a question to ask yourself so you know what your priority is.
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[SPEAKER_02]: What is the one thing that would make today feel meaningful if it moved forward?
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[SPEAKER_02]: Ask yourself that question.
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[SPEAKER_02]: not ten things, not twenty things, one thing, okay.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Here's step two.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Decide when you will respond because there will be things you need to respond to.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Of course, not everything needs to be answered.
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[SPEAKER_02]: The second it comes in.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So that's where boundaries matter.
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[SPEAKER_02]: and if you're someone who struggles with boundaries, you got to get the book boundary boss by Terry Cole, okay, a must-must book.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And then maybe you check messages at certain times, etc.
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[SPEAKER_02]: You just start to put boundaries up so that you can be intentional with your time.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Step three is then you're going to protect the work that matters, like really protect it, fiercely protected.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And it's done simple, right?
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[SPEAKER_02]: So many of us know about time blocking and blu-blu-blu-blu-color coding our calendar.
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[SPEAKER_02]: But we do that and as soon as something urgent comes up, our time block goes out the window and we cancel on ourselves.
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[SPEAKER_02]: We need to stop.
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[SPEAKER_02]: as women investors we need to stop canceling on ourselves.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So the most important step here is to never cancel on your intentional time.
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[SPEAKER_02]: No one's going to protect that for you except you, so protect it fiercely.
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[SPEAKER_02]: All right, now let's bring this into one simple strategy that you can literally use tomorrow.
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[SPEAKER_02]: This is all about taking small action so you can continue to grow yourself, your portfolio and your business, okay?
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[SPEAKER_02]: It's called the done by one methodology, simple strategy here.
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[SPEAKER_02]: But it's very powerful, right?
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[SPEAKER_02]: The simple things tend to be very powerful.
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[SPEAKER_02]: This is all about making sure the right things don't get pushed to the end of the line.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So, practically, it basically means protecting your mornings when possible.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So, literally, you're going to use the time for planning.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Decisions, deep work.
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[SPEAKER_02]: You're going to avoid calls and meetings before 1pm.
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[SPEAKER_02]: When you can, that's pretty much the key.
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[SPEAKER_02]: You're going to move any team, vendor, project meetings to the afternoon when possible.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Now, here's really important, as you're doing meetings, you can create one scheduling link, so you're not wasting time going back and forth.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And also, when you do have your meetings post one o'clock, you prepare your questions before the meeting.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So it leads to decisions not just random updates, okay?
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[SPEAKER_02]: So there's two key things when you're having meetings, but done by one is actually getting the meaningful work, done in the morning, okay?
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[SPEAKER_02]: That's really, really, really important.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So again, we're going to move from reactive time to intentional time.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And if you do that done by one methodology, you will have that critical intentional time to work on your business.
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[SPEAKER_02]: to do what you need to do to actually grow the business, not just react to it, and that's how you're really able to grow your portfolio, grow your business, and grow yourself, that is critical.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So again, I want you to do one thing as a result of today's episode.
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[SPEAKER_02]: One thing.
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[SPEAKER_02]: This can be implement the dumb by one.
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[SPEAKER_02]: This could be getting really clear on where you're allowing yourself to react to and where you need to create more intentional time.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Something that I do, another quick practical strategy that I do in addition to the dumb by one.
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[SPEAKER_02]: As I have a state of the union meeting with myself every week.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So, dumb by one is a very strategic on a daily basis or definitely a couple of times a week you can do that, right, or a few times a week.
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[SPEAKER_02]: My kind of state of the union with myself is something I do on a Saturday morning.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I always do it on a Saturday morning.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And I spend about a half hour to an hour really getting clear with myself, so I'm not reacting, but it's not just reacting to business, it's actually I'm trying to avoid reacting to life.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So I create this space for myself and I call it state of the union because it's an opportunity for me to get really honest with myself.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I literally do this during this time.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I ask myself personally, what is working?
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[SPEAKER_02]: I ask myself professionally what is working and I jot down whatever comes to my mind right I just do some journaling.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Then I go to my professional life.
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[SPEAKER_02]: What is working in my professional life?
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[SPEAKER_02]: what is not working in my professional life.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So I really look at both my every area of my life and say, what's working, what's not.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And then I start to do some intentional sort of making some intentional decisions around, what isn't working.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I take one thing from my personal life that's not working for me.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I take one thing from my professional life.
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[SPEAKER_02]: For example, a couple of weeks ago, I was like, you know, I really need to get back to the gym.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I really need to create more time for myself to get back to the gym.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I love running, I love working out, but for a reason, then very busy, I've been very focused on other areas of my life, and I've let that go a little bit.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So I said, okay, let me look at my calendar for next week.
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[SPEAKER_02]: How can I ensure I put intentional time on my calendar that I fiercely protect with boundaries?
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[SPEAKER_02]: that I can get to the gym.
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[SPEAKER_02]: All right, maybe not every day.
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[SPEAKER_02]: But what days could I make?
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[SPEAKER_02]: What days are non-negotiable?
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[SPEAKER_02]: I'm not going to move this time from my calendar.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So I can create intentional time to take care of my body.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So I highly recommend that you start to do a weekly state of the union with yourself and then use the dumb by one strategy during the week.
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[SPEAKER_02]: a couple days a week, a few times a week, so you can create that space for yourself, working on your business, then getting to meetings that are strategic, and then just having time on the weekend to regroup and getting honest with yourself.
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[SPEAKER_02]: That is how we move from reactive to intentional.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And at this episode, hit home is exactly why we created Strive, because at a certain point growing your portfolio alone, starts costing you time, money, more than you realize, and it keeps you stuck in the same pattern we talked about on today's episode.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Reacting to the business instead of leading it, we invite you to stop growing your portfolio alone, start building wealth with the right community behind you.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Strive is a strategic framework that helps women real estate investors, Del Welfth,
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[SPEAKER_02]: with more clarity, structure and support.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So if you're ready to stop carrying every decision by yourself, start leading your portfolio with more confidence, click the link in the show notes to apply for strive.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Thank you so much for listening, and I really hope you do one thing as a result of today's episode.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Thank you for listening.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I hope you've found today's conversation valuable.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And don't forget to subscribe so you don't miss any future episodes.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And share this with a women in your life, Benny Sue here.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'll see you next week.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Let me say this as directly as I can.
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[SPEAKER_02]: If you open your phone in the morning to check one thing and somehow your best hours disappear into tenant issues, property manager updates and emails that suddenly fill urgent, it may be time to ask yourself who is actually running your day.
00:17.739 --> 00:23.062
[SPEAKER_02]: Because before you know it, the task you said was important today, the task that actually moved your business forward,
00:23.982 --> 00:25.063
[SPEAKER_02]: gets pushed to tomorrow.
00:25.483 --> 00:32.727
[SPEAKER_02]: So today I want to talk about one simple shift, moving from reactive time to intentional time.
00:33.768 --> 00:38.510
[SPEAKER_02]: And we will give you one very powerful tool that you can use right away.
00:39.070 --> 00:39.711
[SPEAKER_02]: Let's get started.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Welcome to the Real Estate Investor podcast.
00:46.104 --> 00:50.245
[SPEAKER_00]: A top 1% show helping women achieve financial freedom by investing in real estate.
00:50.846 --> 00:53.927
[SPEAKER_00]: And now, your host, Liz Faircloth, and Andressa Gidelli.
00:55.407 --> 00:59.629
[SPEAKER_02]: So let's talk about what reactive time actually looks like.
01:00.429 --> 01:04.031
[SPEAKER_02]: Most of us do not wake up in the morning thinking.
01:04.511 --> 01:08.793
[SPEAKER_02]: Today, I'm going to let my portfolio run my entire life, right?
01:09.778 --> 01:12.059
[SPEAKER_02]: It just not how it happens that we know that.
01:12.919 --> 01:16.541
[SPEAKER_02]: It usually starts with something really small, right?
01:17.201 --> 01:19.122
[SPEAKER_02]: You check one message.
01:20.563 --> 01:21.983
[SPEAKER_02]: You respond to one email.
01:22.904 --> 01:25.004
[SPEAKER_02]: You answer one quick question.
01:25.505 --> 01:26.505
[SPEAKER_02]: You handle one issue.
01:26.965 --> 01:28.926
[SPEAKER_02]: It just feels easier, right, to take care of it.
01:29.426 --> 01:30.887
[SPEAKER_02]: And then another thing comes in.
01:32.578 --> 01:33.320
[SPEAKER_02]: and another thing.
01:34.222 --> 01:41.115
[SPEAKER_02]: And before you know it, the day has a completely different agenda than the one you originally started with.
01:42.317 --> 01:44.061
[SPEAKER_02]: That is reactive time.
01:45.050 --> 01:45.931
[SPEAKER_02]: That's the definition.
01:46.731 --> 01:48.253
[SPEAKER_02]: And it's not that you're doing nothing, right?
01:48.273 --> 01:50.154
[SPEAKER_02]: You're working hard, you're doing a lot.
01:50.634 --> 01:54.077
[SPEAKER_02]: But you're reacting instead of responding.
01:54.878 --> 02:00.382
[SPEAKER_02]: So here's the question I want you to ask yourself and be really, really honest.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Are you leading the day?
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[SPEAKER_02]: or is the day leading you?
02:05.046 --> 02:07.888
[SPEAKER_02]: And I see this happen all the time with the women in our community.
02:08.809 --> 02:14.854
[SPEAKER_02]: The more capable and driven a woman is, the more everything starts coming back to them.
02:14.875 --> 02:18.398
[SPEAKER_02]: Like, give you a super, super simple example.
02:18.798 --> 02:20.620
[SPEAKER_02]: Let's say you have 10 rental properties, right?
02:22.258 --> 02:25.802
[SPEAKER_02]: This week, you need to look at the numbers on one of the properties.
02:26.442 --> 02:29.145
[SPEAKER_02]: You need to decide whether your property manager is still the right fit.
02:29.786 --> 02:31.247
[SPEAKER_02]: Many of us have to deal with that.
02:31.948 --> 02:36.573
[SPEAKER_02]: And you know you need to document one process that keeps living, rent free in your head, right?
02:37.293 --> 02:40.637
[SPEAKER_02]: Nothing urgent, but all important tasks.
02:41.939 --> 02:42.819
[SPEAKER_02]: Then the morning starts.
02:43.239 --> 02:46.380
[SPEAKER_02]: You check your phone, you enter a tenant, you respond to a contractor.
02:46.980 --> 02:52.982
[SPEAKER_02]: You go back and forth with the property manager and by noon, the deeper work, the important work has not moved.
02:53.702 --> 02:56.243
[SPEAKER_02]: Again, that is very classic reactive time.
02:56.943 --> 02:57.803
[SPEAKER_02]: And it has a cost.
02:59.123 --> 02:59.963
[SPEAKER_02]: It has a cost.
03:00.824 --> 03:04.044
[SPEAKER_02]: So here's the quick action step to shift this, begin to shift it.
03:04.645 --> 03:05.765
[SPEAKER_02]: I want you to look at yesterday.
03:10.720 --> 03:12.401
[SPEAKER_02]: What actually controlled my day?
03:12.481 --> 03:14.803
[SPEAKER_02]: Be really honest, be brutally honest with yourself.
03:15.563 --> 03:16.524
[SPEAKER_02]: Was it your priorities?
03:17.984 --> 03:23.708
[SPEAKER_02]: Or was it text messages, emails, problems, and other people's requests, other people's needs?
03:24.949 --> 03:26.249
[SPEAKER_02]: Answer that honestly for yourself.
03:26.930 --> 03:28.451
[SPEAKER_02]: Now let's move into intentional time.
03:29.419 --> 03:30.459
[SPEAKER_02]: And this is the second shift.
03:30.940 --> 03:34.081
[SPEAKER_02]: Intentional time does it mean your day is perfect.
03:34.742 --> 03:35.902
[SPEAKER_02]: It just doesn't look that way.
03:35.962 --> 03:36.983
[SPEAKER_02]: No one's day is perfect.
03:37.323 --> 03:45.647
[SPEAKER_02]: But it does mean you stop letting every text, email, question, get first access to you.
03:46.927 --> 03:47.588
[SPEAKER_02]: Think of it this way.
03:47.908 --> 03:51.009
[SPEAKER_02]: Reactive time says, I will respond to whatever shows up first.
03:52.550 --> 03:54.571
[SPEAKER_02]: Intentional time says it differently.
03:54.931 --> 03:56.092
[SPEAKER_02]: I will decide what matters
03:59.429 --> 04:00.629
[SPEAKER_02]: So how do you actually do that, right?
04:00.950 --> 04:01.650
[SPEAKER_02]: That's the hard part.
04:01.670 --> 04:03.710
[SPEAKER_02]: Here are three simple steps to do.
04:03.750 --> 04:07.092
[SPEAKER_02]: Number one, choose your priority before your day starts pulling at you.
04:07.592 --> 04:11.653
[SPEAKER_02]: Choose your critical priority before anyone asks you anything.
04:11.913 --> 04:14.694
[SPEAKER_02]: For you check messages before anything happens, okay?
04:15.774 --> 04:18.255
[SPEAKER_02]: And here's a question to ask yourself so you know what your priority is.
04:18.815 --> 04:23.997
[SPEAKER_02]: What is the one thing that would make today feel meaningful if it moved forward?
04:24.737 --> 04:25.678
[SPEAKER_02]: Ask yourself that question.
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[SPEAKER_02]: not ten things, not twenty things, one thing, okay.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Here's step two.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Decide when you will respond because there will be things you need to respond to.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Of course, not everything needs to be answered.
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[SPEAKER_02]: The second it comes in.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So that's where boundaries matter.
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[SPEAKER_02]: and if you're someone who struggles with boundaries, you got to get the book boundary boss by Terry Cole, okay, a must-must book.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And then maybe you check messages at certain times, etc.
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[SPEAKER_02]: You just start to put boundaries up so that you can be intentional with your time.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Step three is then you're going to protect the work that matters, like really protect it, fiercely protected.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And it's done simple, right?
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[SPEAKER_02]: So many of us know about time blocking and blu-blu-blu-blu-color coding our calendar.
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[SPEAKER_02]: But we do that and as soon as something urgent comes up, our time block goes out the window and we cancel on ourselves.
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[SPEAKER_02]: We need to stop.
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[SPEAKER_02]: as women investors we need to stop canceling on ourselves.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So the most important step here is to never cancel on your intentional time.
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[SPEAKER_02]: No one's going to protect that for you except you, so protect it fiercely.
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[SPEAKER_02]: All right, now let's bring this into one simple strategy that you can literally use tomorrow.
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[SPEAKER_02]: This is all about taking small action so you can continue to grow yourself, your portfolio and your business, okay?
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[SPEAKER_02]: It's called the done by one methodology, simple strategy here.
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[SPEAKER_02]: But it's very powerful, right?
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[SPEAKER_02]: The simple things tend to be very powerful.
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[SPEAKER_02]: This is all about making sure the right things don't get pushed to the end of the line.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So, practically, it basically means protecting your mornings when possible.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So, literally, you're going to use the time for planning.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Decisions, deep work.
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[SPEAKER_02]: You're going to avoid calls and meetings before 1pm.
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[SPEAKER_02]: When you can, that's pretty much the key.
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[SPEAKER_02]: You're going to move any team, vendor, project meetings to the afternoon when possible.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Now, here's really important, as you're doing meetings, you can create one scheduling link, so you're not wasting time going back and forth.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And also, when you do have your meetings post one o'clock, you prepare your questions before the meeting.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So it leads to decisions not just random updates, okay?
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[SPEAKER_02]: So there's two key things when you're having meetings, but done by one is actually getting the meaningful work, done in the morning, okay?
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[SPEAKER_02]: That's really, really, really important.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So again, we're going to move from reactive time to intentional time.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And if you do that done by one methodology, you will have that critical intentional time to work on your business.
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[SPEAKER_02]: to do what you need to do to actually grow the business, not just react to it, and that's how you're really able to grow your portfolio, grow your business, and grow yourself, that is critical.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So again, I want you to do one thing as a result of today's episode.
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[SPEAKER_02]: One thing.
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[SPEAKER_02]: This can be implement the dumb by one.
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[SPEAKER_02]: This could be getting really clear on where you're allowing yourself to react to and where you need to create more intentional time.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Something that I do, another quick practical strategy that I do in addition to the dumb by one.
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[SPEAKER_02]: As I have a state of the union meeting with myself every week.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So, dumb by one is a very strategic on a daily basis or definitely a couple of times a week you can do that, right, or a few times a week.
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[SPEAKER_02]: My kind of state of the union with myself is something I do on a Saturday morning.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I always do it on a Saturday morning.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And I spend about a half hour to an hour really getting clear with myself, so I'm not reacting, but it's not just reacting to business, it's actually I'm trying to avoid reacting to life.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So I create this space for myself and I call it state of the union because it's an opportunity for me to get really honest with myself.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I literally do this during this time.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I ask myself personally, what is working?
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[SPEAKER_02]: I ask myself professionally what is working and I jot down whatever comes to my mind right I just do some journaling.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Then I go to my professional life.
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[SPEAKER_02]: What is working in my professional life?
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[SPEAKER_02]: what is not working in my professional life.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So I really look at both my every area of my life and say, what's working, what's not.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And then I start to do some intentional sort of making some intentional decisions around, what isn't working.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I take one thing from my personal life that's not working for me.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I take one thing from my professional life.
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[SPEAKER_02]: For example, a couple of weeks ago, I was like, you know, I really need to get back to the gym.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I really need to create more time for myself to get back to the gym.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I love running, I love working out, but for a reason, then very busy, I've been very focused on other areas of my life, and I've let that go a little bit.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So I said, okay, let me look at my calendar for next week.
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[SPEAKER_02]: How can I ensure I put intentional time on my calendar that I fiercely protect with boundaries?
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[SPEAKER_02]: that I can get to the gym.
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[SPEAKER_02]: All right, maybe not every day.
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[SPEAKER_02]: But what days could I make?
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[SPEAKER_02]: What days are non-negotiable?
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[SPEAKER_02]: I'm not going to move this time from my calendar.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So I can create intentional time to take care of my body.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So I highly recommend that you start to do a weekly state of the union with yourself and then use the dumb by one strategy during the week.
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[SPEAKER_02]: a couple days a week, a few times a week, so you can create that space for yourself, working on your business, then getting to meetings that are strategic, and then just having time on the weekend to regroup and getting honest with yourself.
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[SPEAKER_02]: That is how we move from reactive to intentional.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And at this episode, hit home is exactly why we created Strive, because at a certain point growing your portfolio alone, starts costing you time, money, more than you realize, and it keeps you stuck in the same pattern we talked about on today's episode.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Reacting to the business instead of leading it, we invite you to stop growing your portfolio alone, start building wealth with the right community behind you.
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[SPEAKER_02]: with more clarity, structure and support.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So if you're ready to stop carrying every decision by yourself, start leading your portfolio with more confidence, click the link in the show notes to apply for strive.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Thank you so much for listening, and I really hope you do one thing as a result of today's episode.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Thank you for listening.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I hope you've found today's conversation valuable.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And don't forget to subscribe so you don't miss any future episodes.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And share this with a women in your life, Benny Sue here.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'll see you next week.
