BiggerPockets

After watching this awesome Tony robbins interview which you can find here==http://tonyrobbinstraining.com/320/interview-with-frank-kern-and-john-reese/ (It's about why beginners fail at internet marketing, but it's just as relevant for investing...)

I put together a little blueprint of why most beginners fail...



Basically what happens is many rookie investors don't think that "They can make it happen"....meaning they don't have many expectations of what they can do====>When they have low expectations, they don't put forth much effort===>When they don't put forth much effort, they don't get results ==> When they don't get good results==>It reinforces their beliefs that "They can't make it happen" =======>Next time around they have even lower expectations==:>Meaning lower effort==>meaning lower results===Meaning more reinforcement that "they can't make it happen"

the ugly cycle continues....

To break the cycle you need to raise your expectations of yourself....You need to visualize yourself making it happen. Since your subconscious mind cannot tell the difference between, what you visualize and what is real, you'll expect more===>Meaning you put forth more effort===>Meaning you'll get better results==>Meaning you'll expect even more

Basically by using visualization you can cycle your effort up, building major momentum......rather than down, leaving you in an even deeper mental rut.

Hope this helps
Eric Medemar

"Think and Grow Rich" by Napoleon Hill covers this process in detail. You need to visualize yourself actually have what it is you want. Visualize the properties you want to own as if you actually have them. Visualize yourself collecting the rent checks, or doing the deals you want to do. Do it twice a day, every day.

Also, recite specially designed statements of what you plan to achieve. Be specific.

It works. But it does have limitations. For example in my case, Angela Jolie has yet to appear at my front door in sheer lingerie. Much to my wife's relief. But hope springs eternal!

Right on, Antoine. This morning I read a little Ezekiel and Ephesians. Zeke and Paul were pretty intense dudes. Not afraid to go against the grain to say what they knew was right.

Excellent post - good graphics too.

I'm in agreement with your train of thought here. Many of our external influences also affect how we set expectations, not only for our real estate business but for our lives.

In my opinion, a big reason for many beginners failing is directly related to how they feed their minds what kind of foundation they have in place.

If their house is not built on the sand, the winds and rain will crush it.

Antoine and John- my problem is, I keep reading Revelations!! Rich in FL.

All excellent advice... !

Wow, There are very few posts were the very little bit that's written has so much truth or power then this one.

Originally posted by George Bloom

Lesson learned: never throw your hands up in defeat, simply alter your business plan and make it work.

On this same note, I just read a quote from my desk calendar (which happens to be The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People) that states: "The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." Said by none other than Albert Einstein.

This thread is great....how is it that I've missed it all this time??? Thanks for replying and bumping it up Christie! :D

Love this thread. And good point Paul. How can you start to fail if you fail to start?

Thanks you guy's,
I really needed this, at this very moment.!!