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Monday Morning MOJO

By Intero Real Estate | November 2nd, 2008 0 Comments

Have I lost my mind? What have I done? What was I thinking? My God, I could lose everything…how am I ever gonna make this happen?”

Good Morning MOJO,

He’d done it…finally gone for his dreams and it was working!  Slowly, surely, the puzzle pieces of his new life were falling into place as he called the shots, did what he knew had to be done, and made his new life happen one step at a time…and that’s, of course, when it happened.  There, in the midst of his growing success…that’s when the old thinking that had held him back all his life came roaring back, determined to take control and slam him back into that life he’d escaped from not all that long ago.  I knew that’s what was happening because he kept asking himself the same questions we all ask ourselves after we’ve made a big change in our lives for the better…where we’ve got to choose, once again, whether we’ll stay committed to our dreams, or give up and crawl back in our hole…our comfort zone.

Been asking yourself…"Have I lost my mind? What have I done? What was I thinking? My God, I could lose everything…how am I ever gonna make this happen?"  Good…that’s a pretty sure sign you’re making progress!  Yes, you’ll be scared and confused, and yes, it’ll get hard because you are stepping out on the edge.  Out to a place you have never been before….and you’re taking very real risks and overcoming very real fears that keep most everyone else hiding in their old life forever…as you choose, instead, to do what it takes to make your life worth living!

Remember that the next time the old you struggles to make a comeback and turn your life into Sucksville. Tell it to take a flying leap!!!!  You’ve got better things to do…you’ve got a new life to live!

Make it a GREAT week!!!!!

"Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful" Warren Buffett

Tom Tognoli
COO, Founder

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Monday Morning MOJO

By Intero Real Estate | October 26th, 2008 0 Comments

We have to remember…success always involves risk.

Good Morning MOJO,

Most people spend their entire life waiting…waiting for the perfect time before they make their move.  Buying and selling real estate is the perfect example of that.  I have been in the real estate business for over 20 years and have seen it first hand.  Sellers are always waiting for the perfect time…trying to time the peak.  Buyers are always waiting for the perfect time…trying to time the bottom.  Unfortunately we never know when the “perfect” time is at anything in life until after the “perfect” time has passed us by.  And those who are always waiting…trying to time the perfect moment, do just that.  They wait, sitting on the sidelines watching and never get in the game.  Because when you go for it and get in the game there is always risk no matter what it is.  To be successful we have to be “Gamers”…not spectators.  We cannot be paralyzed by fear.

We have to remember…success always involves risk. We must take a chance by investing our time, money, and effort. It pays to be thoughtful and deliberate in our analyses of opportunities, but we cannot let fear hold us back. Because we have worked hard to develop those things we must risk, it is natural for us to place a high value on them. But what use are they if we do not put them to use? We will recognize opportunity only to the extent that we are willing to consider risking our time, money, and effort. Being confident gives us the courage to face risk and act when opportunity arises. No one on earth is going to force success upon us; we will find it only to the degree that we actively seek it out.

Remember…when everyone you know is doing, saying and feeling one thing, the right answer is probably to do exactly the opposite.

Have a Powerful week and don’t be paralyzed by fear…that is what the masses are doing.  Step out and go for it!!!!!