I was sitting in my office this morning and figured out why so many people fail in business and most don't achieve what they really desire in life.
A perfect example is a real estate office I was working with down in Australia last year. The owner of the office was struggling and in mounting debt (over $200K). He was fed up and fired everyone in the office, but myself, which was a good thing as the other 3 employees were stealing from him with their time and sucking all the positive energy out of the office. As the only remaining warrior, me and the owner came up with a new game plan and decided to become the first real estate office in the small town to offer flat rate commissions to homeowners who wanted to sell their homes. Within about 30 - 60 days things really started turning around - quickly. We were doing marketing on a shoe string budget and could hardly keep up with all of our appraisals. I could see that we were onto something - BIG. We spent time together talking alot about "The Secret" and how we both had the power to really turn this business around. But along the way something went wrong??? About 60 days into our campaign, while I could see the big picture and the 4 sales we had just made, the owner could not. Now keep in mind this was around June of 08 and we hadn't made 4 sales all year. As a young 24 year old man the owner, couldn't see beyond his current predicament of $200K in debt. He didn't understand that the power we were creating was going to change his world forever and that he was much bigger than his $200K worth of debt. You see, even when things start to turn around we want to run to our safety net, in his case bankruptcy. Even though I could see the sunset, he could not. Within just a week of writing up 4 sales, he declared bankruptcy and closed his doors. I was left with a few sales that I would never see commission from and he was working at a job earning just around $20 per hour.
A perfect example is a real estate office I was working with down in Australia last year. The owner of the office was struggling and in mounting debt (over $200K). He was fed up and fired everyone in the office, but myself, which was a good thing as the other 3 employees were stealing from him with their time and sucking all the positive energy out of the office. As the only remaining warrior, me and the owner came up with a new game plan and decided to become the first real estate office in the small town to offer flat rate commissions to homeowners who wanted to sell their homes. Within about 30 - 60 days things really started turning around - quickly. We were doing marketing on a shoe string budget and could hardly keep up with all of our appraisals. I could see that we were onto something - BIG. We spent time together talking alot about "The Secret" and how we both had the power to really turn this business around. But along the way something went wrong??? About 60 days into our campaign, while I could see the big picture and the 4 sales we had just made, the owner could not. Now keep in mind this was around June of 08 and we hadn't made 4 sales all year. As a young 24 year old man the owner, couldn't see beyond his current predicament of $200K in debt. He didn't understand that the power we were creating was going to change his world forever and that he was much bigger than his $200K worth of debt. You see, even when things start to turn around we want to run to our safety net, in his case bankruptcy. Even though I could see the sunset, he could not. Within just a week of writing up 4 sales, he declared bankruptcy and closed his doors. I was left with a few sales that I would never see commission from and he was working at a job earning just around $20 per hour.
The moral of the story is when things start to turn around for you, it still takes time. Just because your not getting all the money you need right away there is a definite chance over time, that you will. You see, in our Western Society we have been conditioned to only work when we are getting immediate money. But many of the $$$$ you earn will not show up for awhile. I already knew this having owned my own business previously and working as a straight commission salesperson. Quite honestly, I think if you just work everyday with a powerful belief system whether you get paid or not, you will eventually start to reap the rewards. It may not be in your time, but it will be in due time. Everything has a germination process. A baby takes 9 months to be born, a carrot 7 weeks. Do you get the picture??
Unfortunately this young man who would've changed his world forever is now bankrupt and living on government assistance. Don't allow your current predicament to be the end all, or be all of your life. If you believe you can change it, even if the money doesn't show up immediately, know that it will over time.
Unfortunately this young man who would've changed his world forever is now bankrupt and living on government assistance. Don't allow your current predicament to be the end all, or be all of your life. If you believe you can change it, even if the money doesn't show up immediately, know that it will over time.
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