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This one goes out to all the people that are looking to gain more control of their next day, or just deciding that they've had enough for the day and they can move on. They just don't know how to let go. And that's a lot of us, because I find myself sometimes still working through until really late in the night. And then I used to find myself more often the next day not being fully prepared for what the day had in store for me, whether it was meetings or how I needed to show up. Anyway, I created an evening routine. Not just the morning routine that we went over yesterday, but I created an evening routine so that I could show up better. And I did this about six years ago. And I've got this great PDF for you that I fully built out. So if you do need this one, this is episode 709. We're going to go over this. If you need the beautiful PDF, let me know. I'll send this over to you. Here's how it goes. I'm Tristan. This is your daily real estate. It's a podcast. It's a show about five minutes every day to make you better in real estate or just to show up better as a human. Today we're going to be talking about how to show better as a human, how to show up better as a human evening routine. It's an acronym called Prepare. Yesterday we went over marvel, so it's prepare to marvel. Because the evening one is first. Because in the evening I'm already deciding how I'm going to show up tomorrow. Because if I don't, I don't always show up like I like I would want to show up. P is for planning. Go through and take a look. What appointments do you have tomorrow? Who are you going to talk to? What time are you going to spend working on your business, prospecting or maybe reading or working out, or you're going to be with your family. I don't know. Decide your top priorities for the next day and then decide, how do I need to show up with this and with what energy? Because sometimes you don't plan ahead. You're like, oh, man, I just should have shown up a little bit better if I would have planned for me. P. Plan next one RPR review. What happened today? Like, go through your notes, go through the voicemails, go through your emails, and if you're saying, tristan, I just don't have time for that, make time. Because as you review your day, you missed a call, man, you better call tomorrow. You missed a few emails, you better email them back, put them into your calendar tomorrow. Email back if you can't do it today. And conversations you had that you thought, oh, you know, I need to follow up with this person. I almost forgot to put it into my notes. I almost forgot to put it into my CRM. The review time is the catch all. I review what what happened and how I showed up and I'm like, got it. I know I need to tomorrow. E P R E exercise again like yesterday. Remember I said short little exercise which is motion, enhances emotion. Same thing here. Drop down and give me 20 pushups, 40 pushups, do jumping jacks, punch the air, dance a little bit, do the air guitar. Right? Whatever you want. It's about movement. This isn't going to replace your full on exercise. It's just get into the motion now so it interrupts this pattern and releases some good chemicals. P Practice gratitude. This is where you're going to go through. I have a four question and I can't remember right now because I wrote it down and I have it as a PDF. These four questions that I ask myself and let me see if I can remember. But I needed to get into the point of having the right mindset for gratitude. So in order to get into that, that right state, I made these questions for myself. I'm like, hey, who made your life easier today? Who do you need to thank by text or a call or a video message? What? What are you proud of today? You personally right, things like that. And I forgot the fourth one. But practice gratitude. How do you do it? Or you just simply write, hey, what am I thankful for today? P R E P A A Affirmations again. Yesterday we went over morning affirmations right now, evening affirmations. It's time to wind down. Like you've done a lot. You just have to realize it. Like part of it is for me is accepting that it's the evening that now I need to transition and do other things and let go of the things that I just couldn't tackle today because hopefully I wake up tomorrow and I could tackle them there. If not, then guess what? I don't have to worry about them. But I'm going to be more optimistic and say, yes, I am going to wake up and I'll do it then. Because what I've realized over the last 22 years of being in real estate is that I'm never going to finish. This thing's going to keep going and you got to stop, right? So for me, I'm looking at the affirmations to get me into that right mindset to kind of let go r reflect on your actions to consider how you treated people, behaved, made decisions. Man, this is probably the hardest one for me. As I'm reflecting back. I'm saying I should have been nicer here. Oh I shouldn't have said that. I shouldn't have texted that. I should have emailed it with more clarity or it could have been like, you know, the way you handled that one Tristan, that was pretty good. Do more of that. Whatever it is, take time to reflect. It just makes you a better human. And then the last one super easy E P R E P A R E for embrace I need you to embrace the night Accept the day is done and allow yourself to rest. Anyway that's prepare yesterday was marvel if you need this, this is episode 709. I have a special PDF for this one so if you need it, message me and share this with somebody you think may need this as well. Have an awesome.
Podcast: Your Daily Real Estate Podcast with Tristan Ahumada
Episode: 833 – "90% of Agents Fail Because of This Missing Routine"
Date: March 12, 2026
Host: Tristan Ahumada
This episode focuses on the critical importance of an evening routine for real estate professionals—and, more broadly, for anyone looking to "show up better as a human." Tristan introduces the "PREPARE" framework, an actionable acronym-based routine designed to help agents wind down, reflect, and set themselves up for a productive following day. The central message: success is less about what happens in your morning, and more about the intention and preparation you give to the night before.
Tristan details each component of the PREPARE acronym—an evening checklist to set up success:
On Consistency:
“Because what I've realized over the last 22 years of being in real estate is that I'm never going to finish. This thing's going to keep going and you got to stop, right?”
—Tristan Ahumada (04:35)
On Gratitude Practice:
“I made these questions for myself... Who made your life easier today? Who do you need to thank... What are you proud of today?”
—Tristan Ahumada (03:36)
On Reflection:
“Take time to reflect. It just makes you a better human.”
—Tristan Ahumada (05:20)
Tristan closes by reiterating that showing up better starts the night before, not the morning of. By following the PREPARE acronym, agents and anyone juggling a busy professional life can create closure, plan intentionally for their priorities, and approach the next day with clarity and purpose.
Call to Action:
He offers the PREPARE routine as a downloadable PDF and encourages listeners to message him for a copy or share the episode with someone who could benefit.
Tone:
Open, conversational, and motivational, with a practical focus on nurturing both business and personal well-being.
For more actionable advice, connect with Tristan or browse previous episodes, including his morning routine MARVEL (referenced in this episode).