"I Want to Make Sure You Didn't Misunderstand me..... Because You're About to Miss Out On Something Huge...."
I recently did a little experiment on my way of thinking. The results were extremely surprising and I want to share it with you.
I woke up one day and I sat around thinking to myself "If the US economy collapses, are we going to die?"...... I mean look around, when the Fed started cutting rates back in 2007 we knew our cost of living was going to go up. Gas prices soared, $100 worth of groceries now costs 3 times as much, people are losing jobs, home prices keep declining and our inventory is still pretty high. Now we've got Fears of Merrill Lynch going up for sale, Lehman Brothers bankruptcy and on and on.
Well, I'll confess that back in December I was terrified and I started looking for a job to supplement my Real Estate Business just in case something bad happened.
How a change in attitude can make a difference.
Before I accepted any job offers, I closed a transaction that kept me on my feet, and then another one, and then another one. A couple of weeks ago, I felt scared once again but this time, I had no financial worries yet I felt scared about the economy.
I don't know how all markets are but in Gilbert AZ, we have been sellin well over 350 homes a month. The average is about 260 to 280. We are selling as many homes as we were back in 2004 when the market was hot. So the business is out there, yet I was scared as were many people.
There's an old adage among stock trader's, "If you don't know who you are, the market is a very expensive place to find out"....
I spent a day reading news about the economy and the housing market. I came accross a couple conspiracy theories of how the international banks are taking over America and much more negativity. Later that evening, I wrote down my state of mind and I found myself not wanting to go on. I didn't want to keep spending money on marketing if the world is coming to an end. Simply I wanted to quit.
The very next day (I woke up tired and didn't want to do anything) I did the exact opposite and did nothing but listen to motivational tapes and books. I went over all the material I had from Anthony Robbis, Michael Gerber, Robert Kyosaki and many more. I wrote down how I felt at the end of the day and I did not even want to go to sleep. I realized that all along, I've had a great lifestyle and I have more business than I can handle. I mean just between yesterday and today I got 5 leads. I wake up at 5:30 every morning and stay up until 11:00. I enjoy what I do and "I'll tell you - We are in one of the greatest Real Estate Markets ever"
The secret?
You must remain positive and avoid any negativity. If all you do is listen to negative things you'll feel down and it's harder to keep going. If you remain positive then the world is full of Opportunities If I ever start feeling down I watch these videos and many more, but I'll share a couple of my favorites...
Jorge
Thanks for the reminder. If we sit and wait for things to happen to us, they will, and not always good ones.
I like the line in The Departed. "I don't want to be a product of my environment, I want my environment to be a product of me"
You need to create your own breaks and keep fighting!
Thanks
Louis
Great post!! I was feeling a little down earlier in the week but feel better. I pride myself in saying, "I knew the Secret before they even wrote about the it!" You have to brush yourself off when you feel down. It will work itself out with you working hard and remaining faithful. Fear will only make matters worse.
Thank you for reminding me of what I should be doing! Shouldn't be focusing on the negative but on the positive... It is so easy to be sucked into a negative attitude... We are what we think!
My first thoughts today were fear, generally I am not a fearful person, so for the first time since I started real estate ( full time 2.5 years) I felt the fear. So now I will feel that fear and do it anyway.. as the book says.
Jorge - The press loves bad news its the only thing they know how to sell ... the would put a bad spin on you winning a mega lottery if they thought it would sell more copy .... why should any one listen to or read the news about the market when we live it every day.
A good reminder. I love the phrase - If you can dream it, you can achieve it. Also garbage in - garbage out. Yes, the market stinks right now. But I also know there are MANY realtors out there having a record year and making tons of money.
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Avoiding negativity for me would mean not listening to the news. I agree that listening to negativity can get you down.