DGS 250: Importance of Relaxation as a Property Manager
Description
As a property management entrepreneur, you know how stressful day-to-day work and life can get. Over the years, we’ve noticed that property managers often neglect their own health until they burn out…
In today’s episode, property management growth experts Jason and Sarah Hull chat about the importance of taking breaks and relaxing periodically as a property management business owner.
You’ll Learn
[01:36 ] You’re stressed out! Now what?
[07:44 ] If you’re burnt out, you aren’t effective
[15:32 ] Why you need to take a vacation ASAP
[17:37 ] Take a break… or else
Tweetables
“Just because you're working more or working harder does not mean you're productive or you're effective.”
“The thing that will give you more productivity is to stop and take a break.”
“Cars have both the gas and the brake. You need to realize that in your business, there's a time for gas and there's a time for the brake.”
“If a vacation seems crazy to you, schedule one.”
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Transcript
[00:00:00 ] Sarah: If a vacation seems crazy to you, schedule one. That's exactly when you need one. When you go, "I just don't think there's any chance that I could be taken away from the business. Like everything is on me and there's no possible way that I can do it."
[00:00:15 ] That is exactly when you need to do it.
[00:00:18 ] Do it. Book it. You have to. Otherwise this is your life forever.
[00:00:23 ] Jason: Welcome DoorGrow property managers to the DoorGrow Show. If you are a property management entrepreneur that wants to add doors, make a difference, increase revenue, help others, impact lives, and you are interested in growing in business and life, and you are open to doing things a bit differently, then you are a DoorGrow property manager. DoorGrow property managers love the opportunities, daily variety, unique challenges, and freedom that property management brings. Many in real estate think you're crazy for doing it. You think they're crazy for not because you realize that property management is the ultimate high trust gateway to real estate deals, relationships, and residual income.
[00:01:04 ] At DoorGrow, we are on a mission to transform property management business owners and their businesses. We want to transform the industry, eliminate the BS, build awareness, change perception, and expand the market and help the best property management entrepreneurs win. We're your hosts, property management growth experts, Jason and Sarah Hull, the owners of DoorGrow.
[00:01:25 ] And now let's get into the show. All right. So today's topic Is what?
[00:01:30 ] Sarah: Relaxation.
[00:01:31 ] Jason: Relaxation.
[00:01:33 ] Sarah: Yay. You know that thing that you guys never do?
[00:01:36 ] Jason: So, property management can be a little bit stressful. I've talked to thousands of property managers and this is a common theme. It can be a bit stressful.
[00:01:44 ] And I can't tell you how many I've talked to that said they haven't taken a vacation in like years. They're not taking breaks. They're not taking time for themselves, like things like this. And so I think it's important to recognize that just because you're working more or working harder does not mean you're productive or you're effective.
[00:02:05 ] And so it's important to make sure that you are taking breaks. So I think I shared on an episode recently at a client that I was coaching. And we had him do a time study, which is one of our tools we use to help clients figure out stuff. And he realized it was taking him like an hour to do things after three o'clock that took him 10 minutes to do in the morning.
[00:02:26 ] And so that's a clue to take. a break that we need to take breaks. Yesterday I was working on some tasks and I was getting a lot of stuff done, but then I eventually hit a wall where I was trying to work on something and it just like, was really hard. Like it was just felt really difficult for my brain to work on it at that moment.
[00:02:43 ] And I realized, "Oh, it's like in the afternoon I haven't eaten lunch yet and I probably should take a break." And so rather than forcing it and pushing forward, which I used to do in the past and do less productive work. I went and took a break. So, all right, what else should we say about taking breaks?
[00:03:01 ] Sarah: All right. So I know that it seems like the opposite thing that you should do when you're very busy And you've got a lot on your plate and you've got 10, 000 tasks to handle and you just have to push through and keep going and get it all done. And that if you stop, it will get harder because then you'll fall behind and then you'll have more to do and then it'll take longer and then you'll be going until midnight or later.
[00:03:26 ] And. It's really crazy, but it is backwards because if you are just pushing through and you're trying to just get it done and dig your heels in and keep going, even when you're tired, even when your body is telling you like, "Hey, I'm tired and I need a break." Then you're still able to keep going, but you're just not efficient and you're being less productive.
[00:03:50 ] So the thing that would give you more productivity is not to just push through and say, "I'm just going to keep going until I get it all done." The thing that will give you more productivity is to stop and take a break. I know it sounds wild, but it's true. So you need to figure out what can you do in that moment to then get some space, remove yourself from the situation and actually get into a state where your brain and your body can start to relax.
[00:04:19 ] Jason: Sometimes breaks are not enough. A quick break's just not enough. You're right. So especially if you've been in burnout for a while.
[00:04:25 ] Yeah.
[00:04:26 ] Sarah: We've been working really hard. I talked about this on the scale call last week. There are seasons in your business where you will be because maybe you are bringing on a whole bunch of new units. Maybe you're hiring a new person. Maybe you're implementing a new system or changing softwares or working with a new coach. And there are definitely times for that. But you also have to realize that there are times for breaks and rest and relaxation.
[00:04:52 ] Cars have both the gas and the brake. You need to realize that in your business, there's a time for gas and there's a time for the brake. So you must have both.
[00:05:04 ] Jason: Yeah. So we've been working really hard lately and I think we're both getting to a place of burnout. We were outfitting an an Airbnb that we're going to use for some client events and stuff as well.
[00:05:14 ] And we've just been working on the business. We're onboarding new sales people in the company too. And it's just, it's a lot, right. And so we just a week's vacation basically. We did a cool training. If you missed it last week, it was really cool. So we did do some work but we took a break and I think it was well needed, especially after that marathon move that we did moving all that furniture into that rental.
[00:05:38 ] Sarah: So I was pretty burned out physically, and I was nearing burnout. I was just, my stress level was through the roof. I was telling Jason, "I am on the verge of a breakdown, could happen like any little thing" and little things, little stupid things that I would normally not care about as much were setting me off like big explosions over a little stupid things.
[00:06:03 ] Jason: Every married guy can resonate. We know when you women get like that.
[00:06:07 ] Sarah: Well men get like that too, though, in a different way, I think sometimes when the little things that they're an annoyance, they're a slight frustration, but it's not the end of the world. But when your body reacts to that little stupid frustration as if it is the end of the world, that's a really good cue like you need a break. So we took one. And we pushed ourselves probably to the limit and just about every capacity as business owners often do, we're like "go, hurry up, get it all done, make it happen. So we set up we set up an Airbnb in 26 hours. Everything. We cleaned it and we had no furniture.
[00:06:48 ] We moved everything in, we assembled it, we decorated it. We got decor, silverware, dishes. There's five beds in there.
[00:06:55 ] Jason: Five beds.
[00:06:56 ] Sarah: And everything. And not just like beds...
[00:06:58 ] Jason: purple mattresses and stuff ready.
[00:07:00 ] Sarah: Yeah. It's ready to be rented out right now. And we did all of that.
[00:07:04 ] Jason: And it's two story.
[00:07:05 ] Sarah: In 26 hours.
[00:07:06 ] Jason: All the rooms, all the bedrooms are upstairs except one. It was a good time. Hudson, my son, and
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