Why we do what we do?

I'm sitting here reflecting on my WHY, why I do what I do. It all comes down to fear. When I began my real estate business, I moved forward with ignorant faith. I felt like a teenager in the face of danger. Thinking it's ok, it won't happen to me. I believe I shut off the caution button in my brain, I didn't want to know the hardships ahead.
Now looking back, the only hardship I faced was my own fear. It was hard only making $16,000 then after expenses having a net income of $7,000 my first year. My second year not much better, going 6 months without a commission check. Wow, I felt then I really made a bad mistake. I hated knowing I failed my family. My fears were coming true.

What I learned, fear is always there. So how did I make it through another 7 years of that? I started to identify my fears. I know now I was working out of obligation. Obligation stems from Fear of loss and Fear of rejection. You got it, I feared I would lose everything and my family would be out on the streets. ALL because of me. That was a heavy burden!

If you want to learn more about where fear comes from, a great book to read is "Think and Grow Rich." It lays out the 6 major fears ALL fears come from. Here is something easy to do, write one of your greatest fears on Facebook for all to see.