Uncover what's always been there for you!!

The secret to success in just about anything is that you need to have the I-am-going-to-do-it-no-matter-what attitude. This is usually fueled by a reason of WHY you want to get it done. Very easy to talk about it, but for some reason we just don't implement this. Most of us have heard of the law of attraction and the Secret or psycho cybernetics, etc.

I had taken a few weeks off from the gym and decided this week I was going to go back. Good thing I'm young and follow a healthy diet, but I still lost 5 lbs in 3 weeks from not working out. Yes, I lose weight when I stop going to the gym. More specifically, I lose muscle. You see muscle is what increases your metabolism and acts like a fat burner much like putting butter on a hot skillet and watching it disappear. The more muscle (the hotter the skillet), the faster fat burns (the faster butter melts). One thing about abs, is that they've been there our entire life.... only they are covered by this yucky layer of junk - a result of our obsession with pizza, beer (guys), french fries, and ice cream (girls).... Yes sis, we'll count gelato as ice cream... We know that the fat around our belly buttons is the hardest one to get rid of, and it seems that nothing we do works. No bowflex or Amanda's secret work-your-entire-abs gym ball you see on late night TV works. Oh and forget about the make-celery-your-dessert diet books. This can really bring us down, especially if you live in a place (beach) where it is a sin to have any body fat. We know that muscle is the best way to burn fat, yet we don't commit ourselves to building that muscle to uncover our true physique - Hmm, I wonder if my abs are crooked? Abs are like our long lost friends from High School whom we haven't seen in years... they are there, we just don't take the time to look for them.

Real Estate is really no different when it comes to achieving a goal. If you do the research you'll find that if you set a goal of selling 30 homes a year - Ok maybe 300 can be more of a dream (achievable)- but let's not be greedy and stick to 30. Where I live we sell about 330-380 homes a month. In a year that's roughly 4200+. If I include the sorrounding cities (less than 30 minutes total drive) I can find we sell about 17,000+ homes a year!! If I want to sell about 30 homes a year, that's like .2% of total market share. Heck, let's be greedy and sell 300 homes a year, that's still less than 2% of total market share in the sorrounding area!! In other words, like your abs who have been there the entire time, the transactions in today's real estate market to achieve your goals are there - and they abound. You just have to go out and find the business. Advertising your business is like building muscle for your body. You know it can be tough, but it works, and many don't take the time or commit to doing it.

One last thing, it's not about looking good, it's about being healthy and feeling good...

Ok, enough said.... I'm loading up Survivor's "Eye of the tiger" on my iPod and on my way to hit the gym... where's the phone to my local newspaper - It's time to increase my marketing.... gotta go!