OfflineLately, I have been realizing(actually I have always realized, but never cared enough) how important positive people in your life are...I consider myself pretty positive person...Granted, I will admit, I have my moments where I look down on the things I shouldn't which causes me to be negative...
But lately, I have been turning everything negative into positive...example - I hate work with a passion...BELIEVE ME...
lately, I have been working on getting up 10 to 15 min earlier, get moving and waking up more, and going in more refreshed, and with a positive mindset...Meaning, I go in thinking that I am lucky I have a job to hold me over and that pays the bills till my real estate business takes off...and I found myself in a better mood...
Next thing is, a couple friends have been going through some tough times...breaking up, kid involved and all that...she too is trying to be positive with things, and dream...So...
I started texting her a positive question of the day(I call it)one question was
-what would be your career/job if you had a choice? is it achievable? and what could you do to make it happen?
--she text back saying, she wanted to be in the science field of crime scene investigation stuff...
--yes it is achievable she said
--and that she wants to go back to school in the next 2 years to start to make that happen
so I said, write your goals for the week, month, year, 5 years, and where you wanna be in 20 years...
-and everyday accomplish your goals that make you achieve what you want for the end of the week...and before you know it, you will be where you want to be as long as you continue doing things to get there.
To make a long story short, we are going to continue texting our positive question/thought of the day...
-keep up on each other for our goals(which we want completely different things)
-and are going to hold each other accountable for making our dreams/lives the way they should be in our minds...
She lives in Jersey, and I am in Ct...so seems hard to do, but through emails, phone calls, text, and occasional visits, it is an amazing thing.
SO ANYWAYS - my thought before I write a novel, is, for people to write a positive thought in this forum for people to read...
-whether it is what you accomplished-maybe you made your first offer, or deal, or even just wrote an ad...it doesn't matter...just post it...
-whether it is what you did for the day not involving real estate...just post it
---this is different than the quote of the day that Angela started...
Most people aren't lucky and have positive people in there life...So lets all help each other by being POSITIVE PEOPLE...
~TAKE ACTION AND THINGS WILL HAPPEN~
***Something to Believe In***
"If you want something, GO GET IT...PERIOD" Will Smith
***"I CAN'T IS NOT A EXCUSE...IT JUST MEANS YOU WON'T"***
"Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal" Henry Ford
~"Success doesn't come to you...You go to it" Marva Collins~
Tuesday positives:
While overcast today, the temperature is wonderful. A beautiful day!
My husband called at lunch to tell me some positive news from his work today. He ended the conversation by saying, "I feel good." Awesome!
Happy to hear that Marc had a good time on his trip and still gets to enjoy the rest of the week off. Nice! (and Marc, can you believe that your forum still goes on? Up to five pages now. Wow! You really created something good here).
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Marc and friends,
Life is simple
What would you choose,given the chance at it
Love OR Money
Rosefield!
P.S.What is the question
Invest in yourself!
It's bright and sunny this a.m. after a morning rain.
My boss and I have a client meeting this afternoon where we're discussing the continuation of a project for next year!
I'm in a play and we have the final dress rehearsal tonight.
I'm calling an investor/realtor today to take a pass on a 4plex but he's very nice and helpful and I want to chat with him a bit about investing and ask to keep him as part of my circle.
Have a joyous and successful day everyone!
Nancy
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So it's a rainy, dreary Friday here, but today I'm looking forward to the opening night of the play that I am performing in. I haven't been on stage in more than 12 years so it's going to be a lot of fun!
And that is my positive for today!
Nancy
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nancy - good luck with your performance...I give you LOTS of credit..I would never be able to do that
~TAKE ACTION AND THINGS WILL HAPPEN~
***Something to Believe In***
"If you want something, GO GET IT...PERIOD" Will Smith
***"I CAN'T IS NOT A EXCUSE...IT JUST MEANS YOU WON'T"***
"Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal" Henry Ford
~"Success doesn't come to you...You go to it" Marva Collins~
I was told yesterday by the winerie that buys my grapes (cab.) that they were rejecting all the crop. It rained here 1 1/2 weeks ago and dropped the sugar to much. Anyway it cost me $16,000 in one day. But I know that I can make it back with all the information from DEANS books and the info on this site.
Just keep trying.
Lance
I'm so sorry to hear about your grape crop. And I love your attitude! Real Estate can and will be a profitable for you! Don't let anything stop you, and one of the biggest hazards can be our own doubt. This site is proof that people are making money in real estate. People always have and they always will.
I wish you all the best in this and everything!
Nancy
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Thanks so much on the good wishes for my performance. The opening weekend went very, very well! We perform again this Friday-Sunday and again next weekend. I haven't performed on stage in over 12 years and I was really missing it. It's so much fun!
Hope you've been having a great week!
Nancy
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Today I received word that the bank declined my offer, with no counter, on the short sale in another state. Why do I feel good about it? Because I made a relatively ridiculous offer with crazy contingenies (if I had been the bank that's how I would have viewed it) and I was able to get out of my own way and make the offer, not caring what anyone thought; it's just business. And if they had said yes I would have had such a great deal! And by saying no, I have even greater confidence in going out and making more offers.
I love real estate!
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Today was not as hectic as others days, but relatively quick; very unusual. Nancy, I see you are enjoying your return to acting, I guess it must be a blast. Marc, it is evident, you enjoyed your little trip, maybe we all will be tripping one day.
My Positives:
- I sent more property listings to my real estate broker for possible deals.
- Listen to the replay of the conference call,very information and
inspirational. The decision is ours now to act.
- I will be taking tomorrow off, I think I went back out to work too quick
after the flu. Of course, I am looking forward to the week-end. God
Bless.
Sandra
"You can never get to the top, if you are not willing to climb. Do not look at the difficulty of the climb, only anticipate the view from the top."
"Can't even walk without you holding my hand." (Song)
"Is anything too hard for the Lord ..." Genesis 19:14
"In all things, wait on the Lord."
"Think not of your own deliverance, but trust in God who will give in abundance."
"When you are down to nothing, God is up to something." Unknown
"Our lives begin to end, the day we become silent about those things that really matters." Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
have been enjoying/having fun
-time to get back to real estate
-re-motivating myself, cause lost some of it unfortunately
-went to Salem Mass on halloween which was very cool
-the multifamily is just about good to go on its own, without me having to deal with anything
-updated my journal/positive thoughts
-contacted a bank and mortgage company to ask questions cause it cant hurt
~TAKE ACTION AND THINGS WILL HAPPEN~
***Something to Believe In***
"If you want something, GO GET IT...PERIOD" Will Smith
***"I CAN'T IS NOT A EXCUSE...IT JUST MEANS YOU WON'T"***
"Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal" Henry Ford
~"Success doesn't come to you...You go to it" Marva Collins~
I'm very happy my cold-like/flu-like illness is FINALLY gone.
Glad to be back on this site catching up on things.
Pleased to see my friend Marc checking in on me through my journal.
Glad to see great things are happening for people on this site.
Nancy
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This site. These people. Thank you!
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Being positive is very important. But I think being thankful is even MORE important. Everyday I find 10 things to be thankful for. Starting with my life, I thank God everyday that I still have another day on earth to make a difference. A day full of opportunities and possibilities. Then I thank Him for my health, many people my age are on several medications. I'm not on any and I'm so thankful for that. I thank Him for everything that's happened to me in my life that's brought me to this point. Then I thank him for my family and friends and so on.... I won't go into them all, but you get the point.
See if you can find at least 10 things each day to be thankful for. That alone should help make you more positive and forget the negative things we so easily tend to focus on. Believe me I've had bad things happening, trying to keep me negative, for the past two weeks, one after another. But I get up every morning and shake them off by finding the things I'm thankful for instead of complaining about the current situation. Each day I find the negativity's diminishing and the joy is returning within me again. This too shall pass and I will survive and victoriously overcome it. It's not always easy but it works!
Psalms 118:23 "This is the LORD's doing; it is marvelous in our eyes."
That is a very good post and makes a lot of sense to help you start your day in a positive way. i think I am going to try that. Thanks.
One thing that I been doing is Googling Tony Robbins's videos. He gives you some good motivation and I feel energyzed after hearing him. Weird but true.
MARTIN
FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION!
I WILL NOT BE POOR ANYMORE!
Now that I'm back on the site and back to my RE work I was thinking about this great thread started by Marc who is see now is a DG Superstar! So, my positive thoughts for the day are:
It's August 1, (another new month!), a wonderful Monday, a beautiful sunny day and something great is going to happen today!
Nancy
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What a great weekend coming up. I will be thinking about what Labor Day means as I understand it -- worker's rights fought for around the world -- but also what I see as a new meaning for us here. All laboring for our own futures in which we are taking action, taking control and directing our lives for a secure life through real estate. And for many of us this also means real estate providing us eventual freedom to live our lives on our terms. We've seen some of this sites most successful students having that happen in just 2-3 short years. They are an inspiration, as are many, many others on this site as they work daily to take a step each day towards their real estate goals. For whatever labor day means to you, I wish everyone a wonderful holiday weekend and great success in your real estate endeavors.
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See if you can find at least 10 things each day to be thankful for. That alone should help make you more positive and forget the negative things we so easily tend to focus on. Believe me I've had bad things happening, trying to keep me negative, for the past two weeks, one after another. But I get up every morning and shake them off by finding the things I'm thankful for instead of complaining about the current situation. Each day I find the negativity's diminishing and the joy is returning within me again. This too shall pass and I will survive and victoriously overcome it. It's not always easy but it works!
WOW Elena!
I never read this posting before, I love this from you.
My favorite line from your post is this:
"I thank God everyday that I still have another day on earth to make a difference."
Love it, Angela
PS How is that beautiful Grandson of yours?
Thoughts can go a long, long way in lifting others spirits!
Thank you and don't stop!
Happy Labor Day All!
Linda
"...be; not greedy for money....but eager to serve"
1 Peter 5:2
Nancy
Hi Nancy,
It is so great to see that you are still posting.
Marc is not posting here too often right now, he has been through some difficulties over the past year but you might get a kick out of the fact that he still is positive, he started a new business 2 weeks ago and he texts me with a positive quote every morning!
My favorite one this week is:
"Mistakes - call them unexpected learning experiences!"
Do you love that or what? I do!
Angela