Truth is, it really got me thinking.  Am I a part of the problem or the solution?

That’s the easiest question I’ve had to answer in a long time. I AM THE SOLUTION … Or at least my mind set IS THE SOLUTION! Sound arrogant? Too bad because it’s the truth.

MAKE IT YOUR TRUTH!

So what are the problems?  Where do I even begin?

Gas prices are up, house prices are down, food and cost of living is up, oil is changing the world, the sky is falling and a giant meteor is headed towards the earth … oh what to do.

So lets look at just one of these closer. The mind set and the solution are the same for all. Gas prices- think there too high? Yeah, me too but you know what? I’m not going to worry about them.

Why? Because I can’t do CRAP about the price of gas … PERIOD!

My solution: First, not to worry about stuff I cant change.

Second, identify areas I may be able to cut back gas usage….frivolous usage. (No, Im not trading in my monstrous SUV for a go cart or a mo-ped) Frivolous is taking my suburban to get the mail at the mail box.  I’ll walk next time.

Third, and most importantly, I’m going to create a plan to increase my income many times greater than the ridiculous additional increase in gas cost.

What I’m not going to do is bitch and WHINE about the problem. If you are bitching and whining, you have become part of the problem.

Your whining is contagious and spreads like the PLAGUE. That BS attitude needs to be EXTERMINATED.

Worse than that, it does not produce SOLUTIONS.

What to do?

Identify what you can change and what you can not change.

The stuff that you can not change, come to terms with it and LET IT GO.

If you can’t change it, focusing on it (worrying) only makes the problem BIGGER and wastes your precious time.

The stuff you can change you have two choices. Create a plan and commit to changing it or admit your not willing to change it and LET IT GO.

Finally, focus the majority of you prime time on INCOME PRODUCING ACTIVITIES. These are activities that specifically work towards INCREASING YOUR INCOME and that you are in COMPLETE CONTOL OF.

Bottom line, the cost of living may be going up by 10 or 15%. For the most part, you can’t change that.

You can however, CHANGE YOUR INCOME.

Shoot for a 15% minimum. All your financial problems just went away and 20% of life is getting fun again.

The minute you stop looking out the window for solutions and dependence and start looking in the mirror you’ll have become part of the SOLUTION.

Welcome to the winners side!

Remember, our mighty country , THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA was built and founded on INDEPENDENCE!

Next week we are going to look at the absolute single most important ingredient to increasing your income FAST and ANYONE, ANYWHERE, IN ANY PROFESSION can do it!

To your success,

Patrick H Precourt

http://www.creativerealestatemonthly.com

Why don’t you have everything you want out of live?

Why don’t you have everything you deserve out of life?

You’re probably thinking, “If I knew the answer to those questions idiot, I would have everything!”

OK, fair enough.

Let me ask you this, do you believe that you deserve the best out of life…..like it’s a birth right?……you should because you absolutely do.

So again, why don’t you have it?

3% of the world’s population gets this.

What I’m going to talk about is a piece of the puzzle….it’s certainly not the whole puzzle but truth is, you only need to link together a few key pieces to create expediential growth and quantum gains throughout both your personal and business lives.

So far we agree that it is a god given birth-right that you deserve the best out of life…all that life has to offer…….what’s the catch?………just because you deserve it, doesn’t mean anybody is going to give it to you…..as a matter of fact, if you really and truly want to possess what you rightly have coming to you, you have to go out and TAKE IT.

That’s right, take it.  It’s not going to get handed to you on a silver platter……and to be totally truthful, it gets worst than that. Many of those you associate with (including friends and family) will go out of their way to make sure you don’t get it … doesn’t that suck?

So let’s summarize; it’s your birth-right, as much as anybody else in this world, to have all the goodness life has to offer; so why do the masses, surrounding you, intentionally and unintentionally do what they can to sabotage your success……Isn’t that a bit of a paradox?

Now most of you reading this would certainly describe yourself as an entrepreneur ……or at least an entrepreneur in spirit…..Great…AND you’re kind of screwed.

What do I mean??

Tell me if this is your typical day, week, or month.

You work hard, real hard…you are busier than you know what to do…running, no sprinting, from point A to point B…never slowing down….sometimes you don’t even know if you’re coming or going…..for every item you cross off your list, you add three more back on.

You may even get so overwhelmed that you stay up at night, dare I say, worrying about everything….always in motion, lots of energy getting burned up….day after day, week after week, month after month…….and at the end of it all, when you look back on all that you have done… …

BAM!..I said BAM!

No matter how hard you look…..NO FORWARD PROGRESS!!!!!! What????

You just worked your ass off and for all intents and purposes…..you have nothing to show for it…..no movement forward.

The greatest analogy I have heard for this disease is this; you’re like the eight legged Octopus on roller-skates; lots of action, tons of movement but you’re not MOVING any where. . Eight tentacles working against each other….no direction, no control…..no LEADERSHIP and therefore no DISIPLINE!

That’s right, YOU LACK DISIPLINE!

Discipline is one quality of a leader (albeit, a major significant one).

When you master leadership- discipline, communication, charisma, character, focus, generosity, competence, courage, passion, responsibility, commitment……and a number of other qualities that make up a true leader, all that you want and deserve will flow freely.

Remember what I said earlier, link a few of these together and phenomenal quantum gains will begin immediately.

Discipline is a challenge for the Entrepreneur. Appreciate, embrace it as a weakness, and fix it! (Acknowledging, embracing and taking ownership of your weakness’s can be unbelievable liberating)

Here are four steps to control your lack of self-discipline

1. Create a plan- Yea, I know, you’ve heard this before…but did you do it?? And if you did, did you stick to it??. A key part to creating a plan is to clearly identify priorities. When you determine what is truly a priority, this will release you from everything else, allowing you to follow through on what’s important…..and that is the real foundation to self-discipline.

2.   Make no excuses, take no excuses- It is human nature to come up with reasons why we can’t do things we don’t want to do….why we    can’t be self-disciplined. Challenge your excuses….and do not except them. Recognize they are nothing but excuses and squash them. Even if the excuses seem legitimate, fight to dismiss them and overcome them….find a solution. You can not rise as a leader making or accepting excuses.

3. Reward yourself after the task has been successfully completed, not before.

Don’t reward yourself, your employees, your kids or anyone for that matter for anything shy of a job well done. Accepting rewards before completing your job teaches you not to complete your job. Kind of like paying a contractor in full to paint your house before he starts…….The job will take much longer to complete and will not be done with the same passion, commitment and discipline. Quality will suffer. See yourself as the contractor. No exceptions.

4.  Stop focusing on the work it takes to plow, plant, and harvest the fields, focus on the bountiful goods the fields produce. As an entrepreneur, our workload at times can seem very daunting……don’t focus on the hard work, focus on the results of WHY we work. Complete financial freedom, time to travel the world, endless quality time with the ones we love……next time you look down at your to-do list and you’re thinking about doing what is convenient instead of doing what’s most important…..change your focus….look at the benefits of paying the price…….and hit it hard!

Look for much more to come on your development as a leader.

To your absolute rock’in success,

Patrick H. Precourt

http://www.creativerealestatemonthly.com

ps Your success comments are truly welcomed!