CFD 402 [REPLAY 237] - 8 THINGS TO GIVE UP - Negative Thinking Serves NO ONE…

08/17/17 • 22 min

As a real estate investor, success comes to you once you understand whom you serve. So, let me ask you something... Are you serving anyone well (or at all) by allowing negative thoughts to intrude the corners of your mind and walk all over your goals? You’re certainly not doing yourself any good, and unless your intent is to attract negativity to your life, you need to stop negative thinking now. I MEAN RIGHT NOW.

That’s what this episode of my Cash Flow Diary podcast is all about. It’s the second in an eight-part series dedicated to the things you must stop doing immediately if not sooner to allow success to enter your life. (If you didn’t listen to part one, go back and do that now.)

The funny (or not-so-funny) thing is that we can all be big negative thinkers from time to time. (That means being our own worst enemy, too, by the way.) Truth is negative thinking kills. It kills opportunities... it kills relationships... it kills deals... it kills goals. So why participate in something that isn’t going to help you get further down the path in your journey?

Replace your negative thoughts with those of a more positive spin. If you’re prone to being negative, learn new ways to express yourself. Like Tony Robbins says, you can learn to replace words with negative connotations with those that bring more positive meaning. For example, instead of telling yourself (and others) that you are “nervous, scared, anxious or frightened” about learning something new and putting it to use, try replacing those words with “excited.” Just that minor difference makes a huge impact on how you feel about what you are doing.

Did you know negative thinking can make you sick? Yes, sir. There are reasons to take on a more positive outlook. It’s simply healthier all around... for everyone.

Think about your daily conversations with people. Who do you like to talk to? I’m betting it’s not the Negative Nellies and Debbie Downers who have a lot of negative thinking going on for themselves. It’s more likely that you are drawn to those confidant individuals who display positive thinking, communication and actions. You want to be around those who are moving forward with a smile, and who have good things to say about other people and the world. You get excited for them when they start talking about what they’re doing, because positivity attracts. Conversely, negativity repels. Big time!

I recorded this episode of my podcast because I want you to be your most uplifted, positive self. I want you to stop the negative self-talk and negative thinking all-around. For more reasons you want to stop your negative thinking, give this episode your ear. Then practice what you’ve learned here today! LISTEN NOW.

Did you know negative thinking can make you sick? Yes, sir. There are reasons to take on a more positive outlook. It’s simply healthier all around... for everyone.

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CFD 401 [REPLAY 231] - F.O.C.U.S. (a.k.a., Follow One Course Until Successful)

Focusing on your goals is something you have to train yourself to do. When you first get into real estate investing you start seeing opportunity everywhere. For example, real estate is literally everywhere you look.

When you stop at an intersection and you see buildings. That is real estate that is owned by someone who rents space out to others for a profit. You think maybe you’d like to own a building like that.

Maybe you spot a movie theatre. That’s real estate. Restaurants are real estate. Daycare centers are real estate. If you have a J.O.B. and work for someone else, guess what? That building is a piece of real estate. Literally everything has something to do with real estate. Someone is paying and someone is profiting.

Seeing opportunity everywhere is also a problem at first. When you see opportunity everywhere your brain can jump from shiny thing to shiny thing. You want houses; you want apartment buildings; you want commercial properties; you want a cell phone tower; you want a wind farm.

See what I mean? In the beginning you can get lost in all the opportunities. But part of the problem is that you don’t know what you want to focus on yet.

So how do you FOCUS (Follow One Course Until Successful)? That’s what this educational episode of the Cash Flow Diary podcast is all about!

To help you focus, you need to be a follower first. Why? Cuz it’s better to imitate before you innovate. Imitate someone who has been where you are standing now so you can develop clarity about what type of real estate investing you like most and do best. For example, it’s a good thing to start as a wholesaler. That’s what a lot of my students start with before adding to their skills and choosing the niche they want to focus on in real estate. Why? Cuz that’s how I started. They imitate, keep learning and then focus in on a niche.

That’s how it happens. Once you master the basics you can add to your knowledge base and take on different types of deals and bigger deals. I guarantee you’ll always be learning. It might surprise you, but I’m still learning. For example, while I’m focused on a particular deal, I’m learning that some of the things I thought would happen didn’t end up happening. So I adjusted my path and kept my focus. Now we’re getting close to the goal. I feel like cheering. If my team and I hadn’t kept our focus, we wouldn’t be getting this cool deal done.

See what you can learn about focusing on a singular outcome or objective from this episode of Cash Flow Dairy. You will want to jot things down, so get your pen and paper ready. LISTEN NOW.

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CFD 403 [REPLAY 238] - 8 THINGS TO GIVE UP - Get Used to Failure Events… Cuz That’s All They Are.

As I continue with my “8 Things to Give Up” series today, I take you where you may not want to go. In this episode of my Cash Flow Diary podcast, I ask you to do something for me... for yourself... for your loved ones. Give up your fear of failure!

In fact, I’m asking you to look at failure in a whole new way. I want you to embrace it!

Any successful entrepreneur has had plenty of failure events, and that’s how you have to look at things when they don’t go as planned. They are not “failures” in the truest sense of the word. They’re just events in your life and your business that didn’t pan out as you expected.

So what? Now what? Next...

You have to learn to move past hold-ups, challenges, issues, problems and unexpected twists and turns. That’s part of life. None of us magically know how to do things the right way the first time. Everything takes practice... or do you think I suddenly and without hard work and PRACTICE became a successful real estate investor, coach, educator, author and speaker?

When I first started in real estate investing there were tons of things I didn’t know. If I had let the fear of failing at those things where would I be now? I didn’t exactly have a choice. My wife was very ill; I had no job; my kids were hungry. Regardless of how scared I may have been in the beginning I had to put those fears aside and take the necessary steps to get to my first goal, then my second, then my third and so on. I had to educate myself on those steps.

See, that’s the thing... It’s your reaction to your thoughts, feelings and emotions that you need to learn to control. Everyone has fears, but it’s our responses to our feelings that makes the difference between success and not being successful yet.

You must learn to calm your inner negative, doubtful, fearful chatter. That’s all it is. Chatter. Understand that you CAN do what you set out to do... because you aren’t the first person who has ever tried this new thing you are trying to do. Plenty of people have come before you, which means you have just as much chance as them to get to your goals.

In this episode I talk you through your fears and how to gain control over your emotional reactions. You’re gonna be just fine. Trust me on that one. Learn more. LISTEN NOW.