I am often left perplexed at peoples ability to pass the blame of real estate investing courses not working for their failure as an investor. In reality, most of these people never used any of the ideas to see if they worked or not. To them I dedicate this story.
Mother came home from work to find her son frantically searching the house looking for his roller blades. You see it was the first nice day of spring, and he was just dying to get out on his roller blades. The mother and son began tearing apart the house searching high and low for the elusive roller blades. They started in the garage and worked their way through all of the closets in the house eventually stopping in the attic. The roller blades seemed to have vanished into thin air.
Finally the mother looked over to her son and said “Do you remember the last place you saw your skates?”
To which the son replied “In the basement next to the furnace”.
Mom then went on to ask “Well did you try looking there?”
No said her son “The light bulbs burnt out in the basement, it was way to scary to look down there”
Mom grabbed a flashlight and headed downstairs, the roller blades were exactly where he had left them.
How many times are you looking everywhere else but the "scary place" for the answers to life's problems? You know the scary place in your head.
Next time your tempted to blame anyone but yourself for your current life situation, stop for just a minute and ask yourself, "Do I want to wait around for someone else to change my life situation, or do I want to take 100% responsibility for my own life knowing that I have 100% control over my own life?"
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Eric Medemar is a real estate investor from Grand Rapids, MI. Be sure to get your Free Guide To Real Estate Wholesaling. You can also view Erics real estate investing guide here. Eric is also a contributing member to The Real Estate Investing Forums at www.themillionaireuniversity.comGet your FREE Report "6 steps to wholesaling real estate" at www.TheForeclosurecollege.com
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