'It's All About Mindset' Category
California’s Proposition 8
November 3rd, 2008 categories: It's All About Mindset
I’ve been resisting writing an article about this subject as I generally feel that politics and religion should be kept between one’s own 4 walls. I think Thomas Jefferson said something to that effect and I agree completely.
However, I’m compelled to comment on this as I believe that the people who are in support of passing Prop. 8 with a yes vote are grossly wrong. The ads that I’ve heard in support openly discriminate against a segment of the population. Discrimination against anyone for race, creed, sexual preference, religious preference or whatever is wrong. Period. (in my opinion)
The ads show a couple saying that gay marriage was taught in their kids school or something like that. If this measure passes, it will be taught in political history that this passed in the State of California and what a battle between good and evil it was. If it doesn’t pass, it will be taught in schools as a triumph of good over evil for those standing against discrimination, in favor of tolerance. Either way, this proposition and what it represents will be taught in schools.
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Warren Buffett and Sacramento Real Estate
October 19th, 2008 categories: It's All About Mindset, Market Commentary
An article I read today from the New York Times written by Warren Buffett gave wisdom that can be directly related to the mindset needed to be successful in the Sacramento real estate market or any investment scenario. There is a lot of fear out there right now about not only real estate but the economy, personal finances and shadows moving in the night.
There is fear of fear itself. If I remember the quote correctly, the only thing to fear is fear itself.
On this point, Mr. Buffet wrote;
“A simple rule dictates my buying: be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful. And most certainly, fear is now widespread, gripping even seasoned investors.”
Warren Buffet
My guess from this statement is that it’s time to be greedy.
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It’s All About Mindset
March 11th, 2008 categories: It's All About Mindset
I’ve been struggling with the thought of blogging about one of my passions, personal development, here as I wanted to the core focus of this site to be real estate related. I think I’ve realized that blogging, by it’s very nature, makes us somewhat transparent and that if I continued to avoid this topic, it might come through in my writing about anything. Resistance, away! So what the heck, here it goes.
I participate in a master mind call every Tuesday morning with my good friend Don. We have learned so much about ourselves that I just can’t imagine not being involved in the process indefinitely. The Master Mind process help those who participate to draw guidance from, well, God, the Source, Nature..whatever your perception refers to the “all that is”. Initially, my intent was to draw more abundance toward me and realized during this process that what it was that brought abundance to some and not to others.
What I found was that abundance is no different than anything else and the path I embarked changed to enriching my entire being rather than chasing abundance.
Pretty lofty talk, aye? It gets better.
Works throughout history began coming toward me as my interest in becoming a better person to myself, a more successful person, became my focus. Coaching programs, Master Mind calls and people seemingly came from out of “no where” into the “now here”. But nothing changed, well that’s not exactly true, things got worse! 
I created a business failure, notice my choice of words, not intentionally (who wishes for that, right?) and that forced me to take a very hard look at what I was….thinking, not what I was doing but who I was being.
Yes, it was about who I was being. I’m not talking about being nicer to others or more respectful to others or more diligent in my actions. It was about who I was being to me. Many of us are nice people and want the best but so few actually get it. For me, it was about who I was being to myself, how I was treating myself on the inside, what was in my heart of hearts.
It took many hours of meditation to come to the realization that I wasn’t very nice to me. I constantly beat myself up for the most seemingly insignificant tasks. I mean being brutal
to myself saying things to me that I wouldn’t dare say to anyone else. This had to change and has.
I opened myself up to coaching others to help them to see whatever it was they were needing to see in themselves without a personal agenda. I was being of service to myself and that truly lead to me being of service to others in an unselfish way. Talk about a satisfying feeling.
My elders, whoever they may have been, have said that “you can’t be (blank) to someone else until you are (blank) to yourself”. In my youth I always wondered what they were talking about as if to think “why wouldn’t you be (blank) to yourself”. I found out the answer to that question thanks to a years worth of coaching from Bob Proctor. It’s about your conditioning but that’ll have to wait for another post.
The point? Listen to yourself for answers to the questions that you’ve got. We all have them. The answers are all there waiting for you to pay attention to them. Get your “self” out of the way and listen.
No amount of anything outside yourself will create happiness. Happiness and joy are internal and to be created and given out. You’ve heard that before, right?
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