Winners take responsibility for their success!
It’s true that the world is made up of many different types of people with an incredible array of attitudes and beliefs. It’s also true that people from all walks of life and all types of backgrounds have been incredibly successful when they have chosen to follow proven strategies for success.
What I’ve noticed about people who succeed at what they choose to do (whether it be in sport, business, family, investing or any other pursuit) is that they take responsibility for their success.
They live by the motto: “If it’s to be, it’s up to me!”
People who are far less successful on the other hand, winge and whine and blame everyone else for their lack of success without ever looking in the mirror at the person who can do something about changing their circumstances. It’s always everyone else’s fault. It’s the economy. It’s too hard. - Whatever it is, it’s never them.
From where I sit, I see both types of people.
As you can see from the many testimonials I have received for my real estate investing education programs, I have many successful (and now wealthy) students.
I also have a handful of other people whose purpose in life is to prove that what I teach cannot be done and that it no longer works in today’s market or that it won’t work for them.
These are the people that want to speak to my testimonial providers and find out how they did it and to be assured that they can do it too. These people want to make absolutely sure that they have explored every possibility of getting their money back if they should fail. These people want someone to hold their hand for the next 20 years, every time they buy a property.
These people look for strength and inspiration outside of themselves, while winners realise that their strength and motivation comes from within themselves.
Winners look at other successful people and learn from them and model their behaviour. They work on the principle that if someone else has done it, then it must be possible and they just need to learn how to do it.
Less successful people make excuses while winners will persist until they succeed.
This message is not about judging you or anyone else for their attitudes and beliefs. We are all different and thats what makes this world so interesting.
My intention is that you will see this as a message of hope, inspiration and encouragement. I want to absolutely assure you that whatever your circumstances are right now, you have the power to change them.
Even though you may have to learn to do some things differently, even though you may need to think differently and even though you may need to ask someone else for help along the way, you definitely have the power to change things if you choose to do so. All you have to do is make a choice, and that choice is yours alone.
If people want to blame me for their lack of real estate investing success, then I’ll gladly accept the blame… And once they have finished blaming me, the economy, the interest rates, the government or anyone else, I invite them to ask themselves whether their blame game is serving them, or whether it is merely perpetuating their current situation.
Some people really need to stop and think about this.
Listen to the words you are using and when you think about them, you can ask yourself whether they are empowering you or dragging you down. Then consider what you could do to change, if you choose to do so.
Once you take responsibility for your situation, it is a very powerful place to be, because it also means that you can change what you are doing. That’s my message of hope to you.
I also want to inspire you to look at other successful people and know that you can be successful at whatever you choose to do. It’s not about comparing yourself to others and finding all the areas where you have fallen short. It’s about looking at your OWN past performance and seeing how you can keep improving.
Finally, I want to encourage you to take responsibility for your success.
You see, all of us have to face challenges and hardship on a daily basis. All of us have setbacks and all of us have our ‘ups’ and ‘downs’. It’s how we deal with these situations that sorts out the winners from the whiners.
Remember: Its not what happens to you in life that matters, but how you deal with what happens that matters!
If you are not happy with your situation in life right now, or if things aren’t going the way you’d like them to be, please stop and evaluate your current attitudes and beliefs and ask yourself if you are blaming others or if you are taking responsibility for how things are. If you want to change, do so now.
The first book I wrote is called: How To Be Rich & Happy On Your Income and has impacted the lives of hundreds of thousands of people around the world. It has been published in several languages and is in its 10th print run in Australia. It has been said that this book is much more than a book about money - its a book about your life!
If you’d like to learn some strategies to improve your life, you may want to read this book some time.
Warm Regards,
Hans Jakobi - Australia's Wealth Coach