It Doesn’t Matter WHAT The Information Is, It Matters WHEN You Deliver It
How many times have you sat on a piece of information because you didn’t want to tell the other person? You spend countless hours worrying, loose sleep and imagine all sorts of horrific scenarios in your head about how they will react.
So you sit on the information for as long as you possibly can and then when you do tell the other person maybe you don’t give them ALL of the information. Or you try to ‘soften the blow’ by ‘reworking’ some of it?
Ever happened to you?
Stop it! Right here, right now. There are 2 things that you MUST know when delivering information when you are not sure how the other party will react:
1) Rarely does the information itself cause the issue, it’s WHEN the information is delivered
2) You are not responsible for their reaction. That part is up to them.
Case in point: I am on vacation this week with Gary in Greece 😎 and I am committed to truly unplugging so that we can spend time together and we can recharge. (You may be wondering why you are getting this blog post if I am so checking out. Here’s to my amazing VA, Amy Bleser )
Typically going on vacation brings on all sorts of fear as I stress about telling my clients that I will be unavailable for a period of time. Usually it goes something like this:
We plan our vacation and I plan to unplug. As the vacation gets closer I procrastinate to the point that now I feel like I can’t tell my clients because it’s too close to leaving and they will get angry with me. So I don’t tell them and I think I will just monitor things on my phone while we are gone. Pretty soon one email turns into 10 plus a couple of phone calls and we have wasted half the day of our vacation.
This time I vowed it would be different. Not only did I tell my clients that I was going on vacation and would be unavailable, I told them WEEKS before we left. My clients were more than okay with it. In fact, they were gracious and happy and excited for us. I started about 2 weeks ago telling my clients that I would be out of town the first week of April and would they prefer their projects were completed before or after I left. One or two needed to have things done before I left, but the others were more than fine with waiting until I got back. So it allows me to truly relax on vacation, but I also got to enjoy the week before going on vacation because I didn’t have to get everything done.
So make a commitment today to deliver information as soon as possible and as an accountability check, leave a comment below and let me know what you are up to.
Wishing you much success!
xoxo
N
2 Comments
Leave a Comment
Signup to receive Nicole's blog posts via email weekly:
Other Posts
What Do You LOVE About Your Business?
I’m back!!! There’s been a lot going on lately, (more on that in a later post) and it’s been a few weeks since I’ve sent you a note. Needless to say, I’ve missed you! I’ve been moving through a lot of ‘life’ lately, and there’s been a common thread in my business that has surprised…
How Do You Want Summer To Feel?
Summer is often a season of expectations not meeting reality. I used to think my perfect summer meant iced tea on the patio while reading every day. For the record, that’s never happened. And for a while, I felt bad about it — like I was missing out, like I was doing summer wrong. Until…
You’re Not Behind, There Are Infinite Options
Your in box is about to fill up with emails about us being 1/2 through the year. You know – the ones that ask if you’re on track with your goals, and offer a solution to whip you into shape for the next 6 months. If you are having a great year – I celebrate…
Letting Go Of The Hustle Sounds Great, But You’ve Got a Business To Run
To be clear, I am 100% for less hustle, more flow, manifesting, receiving, regulating my nervous system, and letting things be easier. But somewhere between: “That sounds amazing” and “I’m a real estate agent – I need to generate clients and sell houses to earn an income” Things can get confusing. Because no matter how…
The Beauty of Not Doing It Alone
Thank you for being part of this community! I learned something beautiful and powerful last week. It was vulnerable to post about recalibrating, and being in the messy middle of grieving. Yet the conversations, emails, texts and notes have meant to much. To know that we are not alone is one of the greatest gifts…
Recalibrate In a Business That Runs 24/7
It happens to me every year about this time. The need to recalibrate. In a business that can run 24/7 – it’s easy to look up one day and realize, your batteries are drained and there’s no break in sight. Side note – It doesn’t have to be a 24/7 thing, but that’s a topic…
It’s Okay For Things To Be Different
I often find myself comparing things. I compare my business this year to years past.I compare my health and fitness to where I was 10 years ago.I compare how I show up and experience different life events. On the one hand – it makes perfect sense. Our brains crave predictability. It calms our nervous system.…
I Used To Be So Afraid Of This…
I used to dread client conversations. Especially pricing conversations with sellers in a softer market, like we are in right now. I was afraid of letting them down. It came up this week with a new listing. They bought at the height of the market in 2022. Today’s prices are lower than that. How do…
What If Your Income Didn’t Depend On The Market?
There are multiple markets occurring right now – in the same cities, on the same streets. Sellers are experiencing it one way. Buyers are experiencing it another. And agents? All over the board. Same market. Completely different results. So what’s the difference? What you believe. What you look for. And how you show up. Two…
Permission To Fall Apart: The Truth About Resetting Your Energy
What if your next breakthrough is on the other side of your next melt down? There’s a side to energy and mindset work that no one talks about. Most teachings only talk about being positive. As in – ignore whatever you truly feel and pretend everything is amazing in hopes that you eventually believe it.…
Wow Nicole! Can I relate! Great post…thanks for sharing something we share in common but helps to hear it from someone who stuggles with the exact same issue! Greece…it’s on th top of my Life List! Hope it was (is) fun!
Hi Connie,
Thanks so much! Greece was fantastic! It is the first time that I have been there and we had a wonderful time. It is amazing how much history is there and to realize that so many of the statues we saw in the museums are 4000+ years old!
N