I have a goal to write out my thoughts in hopes of assisting others along my same journey. Moving from the Employee mindset to business owner. It's been a great ride however I still find myself getting stuck.
Facebook is a great resource for me to be inspired by great quotes of others' postings. I saw this one today. What struck me were the words pursued and attracted.
"Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become" ~ Jim Rohn
My first response to getting started on any day IF I am feeling like I'm falling behind is to begin pursuing activities. Figuring out, planning my days activities. Nothing wrong with that but it puts me in my usual habit of busy work. The saying BE DO HAVE stays firm in my mind and busy work is simply hustling around "doing to have"....where's the "BE"?
I love to read and found this article in Success Magazine ... By Todd Eliason, writing about Paul J. Meyers.
Interesting point that was made was in Paul's reflection of his parents teachings. His dad was a carpenter and taught very wise lessons.
Paul states, "One tool that stands out in Paul’s memory is his father’s magnet, because his father used it to demonstrate an intriguing law that Paul would use his entire life. “Experimenting with this magnet brought the law of attraction to life for me,” he says. “Positives attract, and negatives repel. When people allow fear, worry, doubt, indecision and other forms of negative thinking to determine the direction of their mental attitude, they shut off the positive power of their magnets.”
So the first part of the facebook post was how pursuing was NOT the answer to success but attraction was. When I read this part from the article, it made sense and re-centered me in striving to become the person who attracts success.
A second part of the article that impacted me was when he described what it takes to become a winner!
Paul states, "Over the years Paul realized even more fully the powerful role attitude plays in determining success and winning in life. “When people think of themselves as successful, they succeed,” Paul says. “When you believe in yourself, others tend to believe in you. When they see your self-confidence and positive expectancy about your goals, they believe in you and begin to accept your ideas.”
I am successful therefore I succeed daily.
I live in my power, therefore my belief in myself and my venture is embedded in my soul
I accomplish my goals easily, quickly and efficiently
I am grateful for all the money I have now
I love people
People love me
I am enough
MoneyMama.biz was a creation to serve more people more often. What do you have brewing inside for you to step outside your comfort zone and succeed?
Can you do it? Absolutely!
Will you do it? Possibly
If in doubt, join my team and together we will both watch you soar to greater heights....hang on and enjoy the ride!
Create yourself a fabulous day
Jody Hill
www.moneymama.biz
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Thursday, February 10, 2011
Friday, October 15, 2010
Currents...ride them dude - Righteous!
Currents are everywhere! In our life, in the ocean, in the air, just to name a few. Take the ocean for example:
There are two types of Ocean Currents:
1. Surface Currents--
These waters make up about 10% of all the water in the ocean.
2. Deep Water Currents--
These waters make up the other 90% of the ocean
AND these Ocean Currents are influenced by two types of forces
1. Primary Forces--start the water moving
2. Secondary Forces--influence where the currents flow
Webster's Dictionary definition: a current reverses its direction at regularly recurring intervals
If we look at how simple that explanation is, then comparing the ocean & life's currents is not so hard. In life, as in the ocean, there are primary forces. Those are the forces that begin movement. It's called life desires, a desire to figure out a different result, a plan to accomplish something different than what we are currently doing. Each one creating momentum.
This is where a new current begins to take shape. Surface currents make up 10% of all the water in the ocean, we could then say, 10% of all change in life comes from desire. Desire is good, it begins the process of changing or improving our current situations. It starts the movement. But it goes deeper than that.
If you really want to improve, then you must get down to the deep water currents, like the oceans... 90% of what happens in the ocean stems from here. 90% of what creates our truest form of change is in our core belief's.
Let me explain by using my equation: ( Belief's x Thoughts = Sub-conscious) + words + Action = Results
Our Ego (Sub-conscious) is made up of our beliefs & thoughts. Ego is about accomplishment. Ego is happy when it can protect you. Let's talk about how our Ego is created, becoming an issue or under current for our discussion.
Our Ego began forming the minute we were born. Our minds picked up on everything that was said & felt, adding how we interpreted our experiences as we got older. Think of an experience in your past, something significant. Like your first day of school? did you feel insecure, were you afraid, thinking you will make a fool of yourself, feel inferior? were you excited? Well, how much did you dwell on that?
The time you dwelt on it, imprinted it deeper and deeper into your subconscious to create --- (almost like a record) --a rule for the EGO to work with. Ha Ha, most of you reading this are too young to remember records. Well, I’ll tell you they created records by creating grooves and those grooves are what created the music. If you got a scratch on the record, it would skip and skip over and over again. In essence a scratch created an interruption to the music.
I’ll share with you one of my experiences. I remember Christmas. I always have my excitement of anticipation build and build until I could hardly stand it. I still do...can’t keep Christmas presents a secret without a great deal of control :) ha ha, that’s why we open our Christmas presents at 3:00am ---- way too excited I simply can’t sleep.
I remember one Christmas more than any others. I received so many presents I was lost. I couldn’t remember what I got to save my life. What made this so impressionable? I wanted a certain dress more than anything. I believe I was 5 at the time. I couldn’t stop talking about this dress over and over. My thoughts were obsessed, I was so excited, I just knew I was getting it. The point I want to make is I kept hearing my Mom tell me to have “faith” and IF I had enough faith it would come “true”. I fully believed her!
Well, with my little girl understanding, I prayed and prayed to “get” the dress. Who can guess what the outcome was? NO I didn’t get the dress. I was so disappointed I had to figure out how to deal with that level of disappointment. What rule do you think my Ego took on? You got it, “don’t get your hopes us because you will only get disappointed, dreams don’t come true” Now, how do you think I went forward from this point. Exactly, not hoping for something because my EGO graciously reminded me “you won’t get it anyway”. In essence, my Ego took away my choice. My Ego dictated my thought process.
Is it time to create a scratch in your Sub-conscious record? If you answered yes, stay tuned for the next blog...
Create yourself a fabulous day!
Jody
www.MoneyMama.biz
There are two types of Ocean Currents:
1. Surface Currents--
These waters make up about 10% of all the water in the ocean.
2. Deep Water Currents--
These waters make up the other 90% of the ocean
AND these Ocean Currents are influenced by two types of forces
1. Primary Forces--start the water moving
2. Secondary Forces--influence where the currents flow
Webster's Dictionary definition: a current reverses its direction at regularly recurring intervals
If we look at how simple that explanation is, then comparing the ocean & life's currents is not so hard. In life, as in the ocean, there are primary forces. Those are the forces that begin movement. It's called life desires, a desire to figure out a different result, a plan to accomplish something different than what we are currently doing. Each one creating momentum.
This is where a new current begins to take shape. Surface currents make up 10% of all the water in the ocean, we could then say, 10% of all change in life comes from desire. Desire is good, it begins the process of changing or improving our current situations. It starts the movement. But it goes deeper than that.
If you really want to improve, then you must get down to the deep water currents, like the oceans... 90% of what happens in the ocean stems from here. 90% of what creates our truest form of change is in our core belief's.
Let me explain by using my equation: ( Belief's x Thoughts = Sub-conscious) + words + Action = Results
Our Ego (Sub-conscious) is made up of our beliefs & thoughts. Ego is about accomplishment. Ego is happy when it can protect you. Let's talk about how our Ego is created, becoming an issue or under current for our discussion.
Our Ego began forming the minute we were born. Our minds picked up on everything that was said & felt, adding how we interpreted our experiences as we got older. Think of an experience in your past, something significant. Like your first day of school? did you feel insecure, were you afraid, thinking you will make a fool of yourself, feel inferior? were you excited? Well, how much did you dwell on that?
The time you dwelt on it, imprinted it deeper and deeper into your subconscious to create --- (almost like a record) --a rule for the EGO to work with. Ha Ha, most of you reading this are too young to remember records. Well, I’ll tell you they created records by creating grooves and those grooves are what created the music. If you got a scratch on the record, it would skip and skip over and over again. In essence a scratch created an interruption to the music.
I’ll share with you one of my experiences. I remember Christmas. I always have my excitement of anticipation build and build until I could hardly stand it. I still do...can’t keep Christmas presents a secret without a great deal of control :) ha ha, that’s why we open our Christmas presents at 3:00am ---- way too excited I simply can’t sleep.
I remember one Christmas more than any others. I received so many presents I was lost. I couldn’t remember what I got to save my life. What made this so impressionable? I wanted a certain dress more than anything. I believe I was 5 at the time. I couldn’t stop talking about this dress over and over. My thoughts were obsessed, I was so excited, I just knew I was getting it. The point I want to make is I kept hearing my Mom tell me to have “faith” and IF I had enough faith it would come “true”. I fully believed her!
Well, with my little girl understanding, I prayed and prayed to “get” the dress. Who can guess what the outcome was? NO I didn’t get the dress. I was so disappointed I had to figure out how to deal with that level of disappointment. What rule do you think my Ego took on? You got it, “don’t get your hopes us because you will only get disappointed, dreams don’t come true” Now, how do you think I went forward from this point. Exactly, not hoping for something because my EGO graciously reminded me “you won’t get it anyway”. In essence, my Ego took away my choice. My Ego dictated my thought process.
Is it time to create a scratch in your Sub-conscious record? If you answered yes, stay tuned for the next blog...
Create yourself a fabulous day!
Jody
www.MoneyMama.biz
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Forward Momentum is a choice...
I'm sitting here in my beautiful backyard contemplating what to write. I have had amazing experiences just in the last week. Let me share some of them with you. First, I went to Denver last weekend to attend their Wealth Summit. Jen Matlock was the instructor and I knew she would give me some golden nuggets, she is smart and willing to share all she knows. I was right, I did receive some golden nuggets. You see, I have an Arizona property we are taking to close. This is the most fun and stressful time of the whole transaction.
It's a timing thing. Taking all the parties involved to do what you expect them to do and put it together perfectly. Like a Thanksgiving dinner...tons of dishes ready to eat at the same time. This process begins once an approval letter is received. Negotiations begin, yes I said negotiations. Our approval letter is for $84,000 to close on or before October 15, 2010. Well, here's the thing...I begin marketing my properties once I receive my approval letter. I'm fast but not that fast. I don't have a doubt the property will get sold, but unless it was a cash offer I couldn't close it simultaneously with my approved price. Yes, I could close it with the bank for $84,000 but that would require having short term financing vs 24 hour funds, which cuts into my profits that I protect viciously! And it would take substantial funds out of my own pocket to make short term financing work. My new offer comes in for $80,000.
I also begin negotiating for an extension with the lender, hoping to give me another 30 days which would put me in a position to use 24 hour funds. Well, after reviewing the conditions of the approval letter I see a clause I can't live with. It's telling me I can't resell it for 30 days or they will consider it "flipping"....which is so far from what "flipping" is all about. If you want to learn more about that, then go to my website http://www.moneymama.biz and sign up for a Wealth Summit. Most would walk away from this deal, why? It's because they don't know what they are doing, scared and not willing to learn. I am renegotiating with the lender to remove that clause. They know I'm an investor, they know I intend to resell this property, they know the Seller/Owner knows my intention etc. Their fear is money will be given to the seller and not to them. Well, the seller isn't getting any money from this transaction so nothing to worry about right?
Where does the bittersweet come in? To market the property and receive greater profit, I must clean it up. A fresh coat of paint is being put on as I type this...not by me but by someone I hired to work for me. The yard is getting cleaned up and the carpets are getting cleaned in the next few days. I have turned the utilities on in my name ALL before it's mine. Why would I do that? I believe that is why most people won't pull the trigger and buy a property. They don't want any risk, they are not willing to do what it takes to build their confidence in learning how to do this. If Real Estate was easy everyone would be doing it.....it's not easy BUT it's simple. I have a calculated risk. Let's look at the worst case scenario...if I didn't close what would I really be out? Only money, but what would I have gained? I would have gained greater confidence in taking a transaction this far. Either way I look at this, I've won!
In reality, I'm not without struggle. I learned to strengthen my emotions. Moving forward with the confidence that the end result will happen just as I planned. Will I have hurdles to overcome? Probably, but I'm emotionally fit to not feel them as much as I use to. I'm happy with my growth, my strengthening experiences its what brought me to this point. That is why I coach others, mentor others and direct others along their path, all because I have been down that road.
I almost forgot! I haven't told you what I'm marketing it for. My sells price is $115,000. My marketing officially begins Oct. 1st. To put this in perspective, the original mortgage was over $200,000 and the Retail value is $119,000-$121,000. I'm priced below market value and buyers are lined up ready to go look. They are simply waiting for the work to be completed. I'm excited to sit down at the closing table....exhilarated to feel the accomplishment of a transaction completed. I Love cashing my check and then, do it all over again. How many hours have I spent on this property? My guess is less than 10 hours total. Not a bad paycheck if I say so myself!!!
Where does that leave us? Real Estate, Real Fun in Real Time....
Go create yourself a fabulous day!
Jody
It's a timing thing. Taking all the parties involved to do what you expect them to do and put it together perfectly. Like a Thanksgiving dinner...tons of dishes ready to eat at the same time. This process begins once an approval letter is received. Negotiations begin, yes I said negotiations. Our approval letter is for $84,000 to close on or before October 15, 2010. Well, here's the thing...I begin marketing my properties once I receive my approval letter. I'm fast but not that fast. I don't have a doubt the property will get sold, but unless it was a cash offer I couldn't close it simultaneously with my approved price. Yes, I could close it with the bank for $84,000 but that would require having short term financing vs 24 hour funds, which cuts into my profits that I protect viciously! And it would take substantial funds out of my own pocket to make short term financing work. My new offer comes in for $80,000.
I also begin negotiating for an extension with the lender, hoping to give me another 30 days which would put me in a position to use 24 hour funds. Well, after reviewing the conditions of the approval letter I see a clause I can't live with. It's telling me I can't resell it for 30 days or they will consider it "flipping"....which is so far from what "flipping" is all about. If you want to learn more about that, then go to my website http://www.moneymama.biz and sign up for a Wealth Summit. Most would walk away from this deal, why? It's because they don't know what they are doing, scared and not willing to learn. I am renegotiating with the lender to remove that clause. They know I'm an investor, they know I intend to resell this property, they know the Seller/Owner knows my intention etc. Their fear is money will be given to the seller and not to them. Well, the seller isn't getting any money from this transaction so nothing to worry about right?
Where does the bittersweet come in? To market the property and receive greater profit, I must clean it up. A fresh coat of paint is being put on as I type this...not by me but by someone I hired to work for me. The yard is getting cleaned up and the carpets are getting cleaned in the next few days. I have turned the utilities on in my name ALL before it's mine. Why would I do that? I believe that is why most people won't pull the trigger and buy a property. They don't want any risk, they are not willing to do what it takes to build their confidence in learning how to do this. If Real Estate was easy everyone would be doing it.....it's not easy BUT it's simple. I have a calculated risk. Let's look at the worst case scenario...if I didn't close what would I really be out? Only money, but what would I have gained? I would have gained greater confidence in taking a transaction this far. Either way I look at this, I've won!
In reality, I'm not without struggle. I learned to strengthen my emotions. Moving forward with the confidence that the end result will happen just as I planned. Will I have hurdles to overcome? Probably, but I'm emotionally fit to not feel them as much as I use to. I'm happy with my growth, my strengthening experiences its what brought me to this point. That is why I coach others, mentor others and direct others along their path, all because I have been down that road.
I almost forgot! I haven't told you what I'm marketing it for. My sells price is $115,000. My marketing officially begins Oct. 1st. To put this in perspective, the original mortgage was over $200,000 and the Retail value is $119,000-$121,000. I'm priced below market value and buyers are lined up ready to go look. They are simply waiting for the work to be completed. I'm excited to sit down at the closing table....exhilarated to feel the accomplishment of a transaction completed. I Love cashing my check and then, do it all over again. How many hours have I spent on this property? My guess is less than 10 hours total. Not a bad paycheck if I say so myself!!!
Where does that leave us? Real Estate, Real Fun in Real Time....
Go create yourself a fabulous day!
Jody
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Mindset...are you gelling? or already set?
You are receiving this post because we have had conversation, in the past for some and more recent for others, on your interest to improve your financial situation. Has anything changed? Are you still feeling stuck, under paid, living paycheck to paycheck? Well, you want to have things different, you want more money, you want freedom....have you thought you already have everything and it's simply your perspective that needs adjustment? Maybe it's a shift in words you use? I know, success is a learnable skill. Either you choose to learn it or remain dreaming about it then condemning yourself and blaming others when you don't achieve it. It all comes down to YOU! It's your choice, no one else...period.
Remember, what you focus on expands. Which means if you focus on "wanting" you get more "want" ... does "want" satisfy? No, what about focusing on "freedom"? You already have "freedom", are you looking for a carefree lifestyle instead? Carefree means without worry. Would a carefree financial lifestyle be your intention to achieve?
As T. Harv Ecker states..."Think about it this way: Energy is contagious! Either you affect people or infect people. The same holds true the opposite way around; either people affect or infect you. Which bug would you rather catch?"
If you are interested in the full read, go to http://www.themillionairemindblog.com/mindset/beware-of-frenemies/
Success is a personal definition, it means something different to each person, however I know Real Estate Investing has the greatest leverage to create that carefree lifestyle you each are searching for. Like my friend Zeke Zucaro says. "It's time you get up off the couch and buy a house!"
Create yourself a great day!
Jody
Remember, what you focus on expands. Which means if you focus on "wanting" you get more "want" ... does "want" satisfy? No, what about focusing on "freedom"? You already have "freedom", are you looking for a carefree lifestyle instead? Carefree means without worry. Would a carefree financial lifestyle be your intention to achieve?
As T. Harv Ecker states..."Think about it this way: Energy is contagious! Either you affect people or infect people. The same holds true the opposite way around; either people affect or infect you. Which bug would you rather catch?"
If you are interested in the full read, go to http://www.themillionairemindblog.com/mindset/beware-of-frenemies/
Success is a personal definition, it means something different to each person, however I know Real Estate Investing has the greatest leverage to create that carefree lifestyle you each are searching for. Like my friend Zeke Zucaro says. "It's time you get up off the couch and buy a house!"
Create yourself a great day!
Jody
Monday, September 13, 2010
Significance...?
As I was journaling this morning, the word kept coming up....Significance. What does that really mean. Interesting thoughts crept in my head as I was rethinking the Tony Robbins video I watched as he discussed Significance.
Go to ...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cpc-t-Uwv1I ... to watch the full video. It's about 22 minutes long. Well worth it. He talks about why we do what we do. Each of us is seeking to be significant in some way, whether we know it or not. We want others to view us as valuable.
How are you going about doing that?
How are you going about sharing your value?
As you answer these questions, keep in mind to receive the fullness you are looking for it has to start from the inside. If you are looking for external validation then you will never feel significant. If you look within and learn who you really are, the truth of you! Then you will understand your direction on how to share your significance
ENJOY!
Create yourself a fabulous day!
Jody
Go to ...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cpc-t-Uwv1I ... to watch the full video. It's about 22 minutes long. Well worth it. He talks about why we do what we do. Each of us is seeking to be significant in some way, whether we know it or not. We want others to view us as valuable.
How are you going about doing that?
How are you going about sharing your value?
As you answer these questions, keep in mind to receive the fullness you are looking for it has to start from the inside. If you are looking for external validation then you will never feel significant. If you look within and learn who you really are, the truth of you! Then you will understand your direction on how to share your significance
ENJOY!
Create yourself a fabulous day!
Jody
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