In general, I love to work on and see a project complete successfully. I currently work as an IT computer administrator, and there is a never ending line of projects to complete and I love the feeling of completing them successfully. Thus, I figure that I can carry over that into real-estate. And I can... as soon as I get to the point of working on the (real-estate) project. I have done it on short-sales and I love it when those complete successfully. I have had other short-sales that didn't complete, but, for the most part, that was Ok, because I fought the good fight: the working of the project was "successful". My biggest hang-up is getting these things started. Having to market and get the word out and network and door knock and cold call and meet with strangers and convince people to work with me. I obviously can help these people out. I've helped other people out already. I have the contacts and resources to make the project successful. But just getting past that "Hi, I'm Dean. We've just met me, but....." ARGH! It drive me nuts. It makes me not want to make the call. It makes me not want to go knock doors. I know that if I just do, there are $5000-$10,000+ per month checks waiting for me to cash them. All the pump-you-up hype that every motivational guru out there spews doesn't get me going. Those $5000, $10,000, $15,000 checks don't get me going. I should be cranking $100,000+ per year income without a second thought. I know that there are other people that do it; I talk with them regularly. I know what to do and that if I do it, it will be others talking to me about how I do it on a regular basis. I know that if I do this, I won't have to wake up at 7:30AM every morning to clock-in until 5PM. Yadda, Yadda, Yadda, I know we've all heard this stuff a million times before. But why can I not get these things up and running?
I thought that maybe if I can just get people that are motivated to call me instead, that will "break the ice" so to speak. Ya know what happened? I didn't want to do marketing or advertising. I didn't want to put up bandit signs. I didn't even want to go to the store to buy the poster board and magic makers. "What a pain", I kept thinking to myself. WTF??? It seems, that anything that will make me a piss load of cash, I just can't seem to get motivated to do it.
Now, take, for example, things that are trivial and valueless. I have no problem going out and renting a movie. I actually look forward to it. I have no problem playing video games. Sometimes, I can't wait for the next time to play. I have no problem sitting around and being lazy and taking a nap. I have no problem wasting hours at work surfing the internet about things that have no value except maybe rarely on Jeopardy. I can BS with just about anybody about gossip for hours on end. All these things that I have no problem doing, none of them will put food on the table nor pay the bills when they're due. Anything that does pour in the cash and stuff my wallet, I get this feeling of "What a pain". Even at my job, I could excel to get promotions, but "What a pain". I just don't get it!!! What is my deal???
At one time, I kept default attributing it to my light case of ADD. I have a real short attention span and bore quickly. However, I have met with other entrepeneurs and business owners that claim that its their ADD that keeps them going.
So, I don't know. I know that the money is sitting just in front of me staring at me. I know that I can do this stuff once it gets going. I know how to talk to complete strangers and network and sell myself about what I can do. I've done it all tons of times. But what a pain it is to get that stuff started as opposed to doing time-wasting recreation. What a pain (it is to collect and cash checks).... Again, wtf??

Any ideas?