Realty Times May 14, 2003

Realtor Workaholics
by Dr. Don Wetmore

Many wonder what it takes to be a workaholic. There is really no one thing that would make one automatically qualify but after twenty years as a full-time professional speaker I have been able to unearth some of the symptoms.

  • If it frustrates you that they don’t allow laptops on a Ferris wheel, you may be a workaholic.

  • If you are looking forward to Christmas this year because you’ll decide to take that afternoon off, you might be a workaholic.

  • If you don’t drink any beverages during the day because you’ll lose time having to go to the bathroom, you might be a workaholic.

  • If a Pay-Per-View movie is your idea of a vacation, then you just might be a workaholic.

  • If you bring your spreadsheets to your son’s football game, you may be a workaholic.

  • If you use your cell phone in the shower to return business calls in the morning before work, you might just be a workaholic.

  • If you set your alarm for 2:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. so you can check your voicemail, well, you just might be a workaholic.

  • If it bothers you that you are always at work before and after everyone else, you might be a workaholic.

  • If you can’t name your daughter’s favorite rock band, you just might be a workaholic.

  • If you’re drinking your coffee in a dirty cup from yesterday, you just might be a workaholic.

  • If a three-year-old girl holding a fluffy bunny under her arm doesn’t cause you to stop and watch, well, you just might be a workaholic.

    You are a success and you want to be more successful. You’re going up the ladder and you want to increase the velocity. You feel the need to solidify the certainty of your future and not take chances with your career in an uncertain, changing world. Too many responsibilities and crisis management are keeping you from focusing on important priorities. Time goes on and opportunities are being missed and your creativity is underutilized.

    A bridge to get you from where you are to where you want to be may be executive coaching. Our unique, confidential, Executive Coaching program will help you to become more successful, faster, and with great certainty. We help you to become more valuable to your organization. In a world of uncertainty, you may not be able to control many events but you can better control how your career progresses independent of the decisions of others. No job is permanent. Your career is.

    Career success is not only getting more done in less time, but also creating more balance in your life between your professional life and your personal life. That’s what we will do together.


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