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The science behind broker performance

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Learn practical strategies to optimise your hours, turbocharge your output and increase your ability to write more deals.

It’s easy to get distracted and lose focus; our attention can often be pulled from one task to the next without ever taking a moment to slow down or reflect. At the end of a busy day, it’s common to feel drained yet not feel like you’ve made much progress. This can strain your productivity, output, and work-life balance.

It’s crucial now, more than ever, to learn how to rewire your habits for better daily performance and set yourself up to take on the next day.

We’ve created a video guide in partnership with Dr Amantha Imber, an organisational psychologist, who will take you through her simple strategies to create an efficient and balanced operating rhythm.

Achieve your priority goals
Studies have shown that multitasking can cost us up to 40% of our time. This is the silent productivity killer that could result in hours of wastage each week. How do you stop the ad hoc check of your emails and get back to doing meaningful work? Learn the cost of task switching and how to focus your attention to hit your daily goals consistently.

Increase your output
There is an art to how you should schedule your day for maximum productivity. Understanding the natural peaks and troughs in your energy levels will help you manage the trajectory of your day. Learn how to plan your day to align with your peak cognitive function, including, when to schedule client meetings and when to do your admin. Make the most of your peak times and optimise your day now.

Get time back
Stop having meetings for the sake of meetings. Each meeting should be purposeful and focused. Being prepared for meetings is crucial for maximum productivity and impact. By preparing beforehand, you can encourage tangible outcomes, avoid time-wasting discussions and ask critical questions to move the agenda forward. Reclaim time in your day with this meeting framework. You will feel better about your time usage, knowing that every meeting is working towards your desired outcomes.

Boost your productivity and wellbeing
Many brokers struggle to keep their work and personal lives separate, especially when clients can contact you at any moment. Creating distance and having a healthy balance between your work and home life is important. When you bring your work home, you often bring the stress too. Creating a shutdown routine at the end of your workday can benefit your mental health and help prepare you for the next day.

Time is money. Learn the science behind planning your workday to optimise your time, feel more efficient, and write more deals.

Supporting you throughout your broker journey.
If you're interested in finding your focus, you might also be interested in our Better Broker’s Guides:

Starting your own mortgage brokerage
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High performance broking - customer experience & workflow optimisation
Building profitable referral networks
Diversifying your business into commercial lending

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