ATTTUDE IS EVERYTHING

                            ADJUST YOUR ATTITUDE AND TURN INTO OWNERSHIP

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                    LET ME SHARE A PERSONAL EXAMPLE TO DEMONSTRATE THE POWER OF OUR THOUGHTS. IN THE 1970S AND EARLY 1980S, I OBSERVED MANY PEOPLE IN MY AREA (LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK) WHO WERE MAKING A LOT OF MONEY BY PURCHASING HOMES FOR INVETMENT PURPOSE-AND RENTING THEM OUT. THE HOMES WERE APPRECIATING IN VALUE CONSIDERABLY EACH YEAR. SURE, THERE WERE THE USUAL HEADACHE OF HAVING A DEAL WITH TANANT PROBLEMS, BUT THE RETURN THESE INVESTORS WERE GETTING WAS INCREDIBLE!

                WELL, KEPT THINKING THAT I SHOULD START BUYING SOME INVESTMENT HOMES. BUT I NEVER TOOK ANY ACTION BECAUSE I CONTINUED TO DOUBT MYSELF. MY THINKING WAS DOMINATED BY ALL OF THE THINGS THAT COULD GO WRONG. SIMPLY PUT, I HAD A LOUSY ATTITUDE. AND WITH A NEGATIVE ATTITUDE, IS IT ANY WONDER THAT I NEVER TOOK THE FIRT STEP?

               HOWEVER, AFTER I STARTED READING BOOKS AND LISTENINGTO TAPES ON THE POWER OF ATTITUDE AND BELIEF, I DECIDED TO CHANGE MY ATTITUDE ABOUT REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT. IN THE SUMMER OF 1986, I DECIDED THAT BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR I WOULD PURCHASE TWO INVESTMENT HOMES. THIS TIME, I WASN'T GOING TO ALLOW ANY NEGATIVE THOUGHTS TO CREEP INTO MY MIND.

              FOR SIX MONTHS, I FOCUSED MY THINKING ON ONE THING - OWNING TWO INVESTMENT HOMES. I WROTE DOWN MY GOALS SEVERAL TIMES EACH DAY AND REFERED TO THEM OFTEN. I BELIEVED AT THE DEEPEST LEVEL OF MY BEING, THAT I'D OWN TWO HOME BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR. IN THE EVENINGS AND ON WEEKENDS, I WENT WITH REAL ESTATE AGENTS TO LOOK AT HOMES. I PERSONALLY VISITED ABOUT 100 HOMES AND RESEARCHED HUNDREDS OF OTHERS.

            IN THE FALL OF 1986, I PURCHASED AN INVESTMENT PROPERTY. WHAT A GREAT FEELING OF ACCOMPLISHMENT - TO DO SOMETHING THAT I WOULDN'T ALLOW MYSELF TO DO BEFORE. BUT I STILL HAD WORK TO DO. AND ON DECEMBER 29, JUST TWO DAYS BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR. I REACHED MY GOAL AND BOUGHT THE SECOND INVESTMENT HOME.

           AS I LOOK BACK AT WHY I WAS ABLE TO PURCHASE THE REAL ESTATE IN 1986, WHILE I COULDN'T DO IT IN THE YEARS BEFORE THEN, THE ANSWER IS CLEAR. IN 1986, I BELIEVED THAT I COULD DO IT. I HAD AN UNSHAKABLE POSITIVE ATTITUDE THAT PROPELLED ME FORWARD TO REACH MY GOAL.

          THIS ENTIRE EXPERIENCE WAS TREMENDOUSLY VALUABLE TO ME. IN FACT, IT WAS PRICELESS... BECAUSE IT TAUGHT ME THAT YOU ACHIEVE YOUR GOAL WHEN YOU BELIEVE IN YOURSELF AND KEEP YOUR THOUGHTS FOCUSED ON THE POSITIVE.

                                                           ATTITUDE VS ACTION

 

              I'VE BEEN TAKING A LOT ABOUT THINKING AND YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING WHERE ACTION FITS INTO THIS PROCESS. ITS TRUE THAT YOU DON'T GET RESUTS WITHOUT ACTION, BUT RECOGNIZE THAT THOUGHT PRECEDES ACTION. I ALWAYS KNEW THE ACTIONS THAT I'D HAVE TO TAKE TO BUY THOSE INVESTMENT PROPERTIES- CONTACT REALTORS, VISIT PROPERTIES, REVIEW NEWSPAPER LISTINGS AND SO ON. BUT I NEVER TOOK THE FIRST STEP AS LONG AS I HAD A NEGATIVE ATTITUDE. THE INSTANT I CHANGED MY ATTITUDE, I FELT COMPELLED TO TAKE ACTION... AND NOTHING WAS GOING TO STOP ME!

                 THAT'S WHY A POSITIVE BELIEF SYSTEM IS THE STARTING POINT FOR THE ACHIEVEMENT OF ANY GOAL. WHEN YOUR DOMINANT BELIEF IS THAT YOU CAN ACHIEVE YOUR GOAL, YOU BEGIN TAKING THE ACTIONS NECESSARY TO MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION.

 

            YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES REFLECT WHAT YOU'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT

                 FACE THIS FACT: YOUR BELIEFS BROUGHT YOU TO WHERE YOU ARE TODAY, AND YOUR THINKING FROM THIS POINT FORWARD WILL TAKE YOU TO WHERE YOU'LL BE IN THE FUTURE.

                 IN FACT, YOUR RESULTS IN EVERY AREA OF YOUR LIFE REFLECT YOUR DEEPLY HELD THOUGHTS ABOUT YOURSELF. CONSIDER YOUR FINANCES. WHAT ARE YOUR BELIEFS IN THIS AREA? ARE YOU CONSTANTLY THINKING ABOUT NOT HAVING ENOUGH MONEY? DWELL ON THAT THOUGHT (A LACK OF FUNDS) AND YOU BLOCK THE FLOW OF MONEY TO YOU.

                  AND THEN, THERE'S THE MATTER OF RELATIONSHIPS. IF YOU THINK THAT YOU DON'T DESERVE MUCH, YOU ATTRACT FRIENDS AND PARTNERS INTO YOUR LIFE WHO WON'T TREAT YOU VERY WELL. I'LL BET YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO ALWAYS SEEMS TO GO OUT WITH THE WRONG PERSON. INFACT, THE LAST 29 PEOPLE THEY'VE GONE OUT WITH WERE WRONG FOR THEM. DO YOU THINK THIS IS A MERE COINCIDENCE? OH NO, THERE IS A DEEPL HELD BELIEF INSIDE THAT INDIVIDUAL THAT ATTRACTS THESE PEOPLE INTO IS OR HER LIFE.

                  AND WHETHER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FINANCES, RELATIONSHIPS OR CAREERS, THE FACT REMAINS, IF YOUR THOUGHTS DON'T CHANGE YOUR RESULTS WON'T CHANGE.

                                                         CHANGE YOUR THINKING

                 FORTUNATELY, THERE'S EXCITING NEWS. YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR THOUGHTS, THEREBY CHANGING YOUR RESULTS! HERE'S HOW. FOR STARTERS, BECOME AWARE OF WHAT YOU SAY TO YOURSELF ALL DAY. EACH OF U HAS AN INTERNAL VOICE, IN OTHER WORDS, WE TALK  TO OURSELVES, TOO OFTEN, HOWEVER WHAT WE SAY IS NEGATIVE, CRITICAL AND SELF - LIMITING, PERHAPS YOU FIND YOURSELF THINKING. I CANT DO THIS OR I ALWAYS MESS THINGS UP. THSE THOUGHTS WORK AGAINST YOU. INSTEAD, REPEAT TO YOURSELF THAT YOU CAN AND WILL ACCOMPLISH YOUR GOAL.

                AS WE'LL DISCUSS MORE FULLY IN PART 2, OF THIS IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO BECOME AWARE OF THE WORDS YOU USE ON A REGULAR BASIS. FOR EXAMPLE, DO YOU PUT YOURSELF DOWN OR TALK ABOUT THE THINGS YOU COULD NEVER HAVE OR ACHIEVE? YOUR MIND HEARS EVERY WORD YOU SPEAK - AND LIKE, A MAGNET, YOU'LL UNTIMATELY ATTRACT THE EVENTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES THAT CORRESPOND TO YOUR DOMINATNT BELIEFS. SO MAKE SURE TO USE POSITIVE WORDS ABOUT YOURSELF AND YOUR GOALS.

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