Yes...You can have a second home!

I was reflecting this morning back on the previous 7 days while my son was visiting from Oklahoma. He is 17 years old now and lived with me until he was 14... we moved from Oklahoma and he stayed there to live with his dad. Anyway, like me as a child and young adult, he had not had many opportunities to get out of his little reality in Oklahoma. The last few years have virtually forced him to see the world outside of his comfort zone which is defitely small town (more on that in an entirely different post). This week I took him with me to preview a home that is just down the street from our marina, ROUGH HOLLOW. The home is just amazing and listed at 2.6 million. It was when we were on our adventure that he said once again, "IT'S NOT FAIR." Definitely not words that he learned from me! He isn't the only one that has said that, I'm quite sure and yet coming from my son's mouth it is very disconcerting. Now granted, having been in real estate sales for almost 20 years now, I have had the question no less that 1000 times, "Who is able to buy those places? What do they do?"

Here is what I know now that I have ventured out of my little comfortable world in small town America. People who own those homes are just like you and me. They are people who had a plan and then worked the plan. They are people who started at the bottom and worked their way up... they are people who had a dream and made the dream a reality. I am sure you are thinking, well... they are probably doctors, lawyers, actors and actresses, celebrities, rock stars, high level executives, trust fund babies and rocket scientists.... YOU'RE RIGHT! .... AND there are others!

You know, even those people who have "made it big" didn't start out with much. What they did start out with was a burning desire... a fire in their belly if you will. They had a passion for what they were doing... whatever that was... and they made a decision to do it better than anyone!

I have read a number of books over the years and have come to the realization that the "it's not fair" mentality is pervasive in people who are just looking for excuses to not be all that they are capable of being. In case you would like to overcome some of your own limiting beliefs, here are some books you might want to think about reading.... The 4 hour work week by Timothy Farriss, Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki, The Millionaire Next Door ..... Now reading the books may be helpful in altering your mindset and creating a newfound excitement about life's opportunities, but it will not be a MAGIC PILL!

This would be a good time to mention that there is NOT A MAGIC PILL! I wish it were true and that all you had to do is order the Carlton Sheets program by dialing a toll free number NOW, but it just isn't the case. Even the Carlton Sheets program requires that you take action and work a little to get where you want to go. Amazingly, people often miss that part of the infomercial!

This is the simple truth.... Create a plan... work the plan... be accountable to the plan. As a coach, it is my job on every coaching call I have to make sure that my client is on track to hit their goals. There are days that I am amazed when clients I am talking with don't even REMEMBER the plan... much less know if they are doing the activities necessary to carry it out! That is why they hired a coach I suppose.... that is why I need one. Oh, and did I mention that EVERYONE digresses from time to time and loses sight of the goal. Life happens for all of us and so when you realize that you are off course, you just recalculate and get back on track!!!! DO NOT ABANDON THE PLAN!!!!

Back to my son and his limiting beliefs.... Part of my plan is to help stretch his mind so that he knows he can do whatever he sets his mind to do. That doesn't mean that he can BE whatever he wants to BE ... we are all blessed with different God given gifts and talents. I just know that if he chooses to be wealthy, be fit, be the best parent, be a great golfer, or whatever it is... his MINDSET must be right and then he must MAKE A PLAN and WORK THE PLAN. That 2.6 million dollar second home is just a few years away IF HE WANTS IT!!!