another roller coaster ride of a week Professionally , personally , things are starting to heat up in the real estate market and , guys , I want to talk about all of those things , but also just a little background on me and the trials and tribulations .
The really the roller coaster ride that I go through on a daily basis in my real estate business , in my lending business , in our defaulted mortgage business . It's a daunting task and whether you like him or not and I'm not going political is Donald Trump is a very persistent person and that's what we're going to talk about today is being persistent .
The ups and downs of life is crappy at times , but those that are successful in life and I'm not just talking about money , I'm talking about the individuals that are also happy they're very persistent and they keep going . So you come up against a wall Doesn't mean you have to knock the wall down . You potentially can go underneath it .
You can go around it to the left , you can go around it on the right and you can go up and over . But sometimes we're knee deep in what's going on in our lives that we don't see the workaround that we can get to . That would make our lives better . The other thing that's in this whole process , or this in this mindset .
Change is we feel and think failure is the end , just like success is not the end . You can't be successful all the time because if that's the case , everybody would want to be an entrepreneur or whatever you're trying to do . They just it just doesn't work that way and we have to continue to look at failure as a way that we can get better in life .
And there's twofold . There's two pieces to that . One is the persistent portion of it and being persistent in what you're trying to accomplish . Two is the consistency that comes with that . Over and over again , you continue to do it . You're going to get better Push-ups . For example , I'm working on doing two sets of 50 push-ups every single day .
Have I got there yet ? No , but I'm getting close up to 30 right now , but that's been practicing for months . But I do it in a consistent manner to where I'm persistent every single morning . It's part of stacking habits , atomic habits . If you want to go read that book , go read it . It's a good thing .
But it's where I put the time and effort in every single morning to do my pushups , to have my quiet time , to read a daily devotional and write down the things that I'm thankful for Starts the day positive . It helps my mindset when I have a lot of stress on my mind , and that seems to be pretty much daily right now .
I've got some things going personally in my life . I've got a lot of things going professionally and they're all starting to come together and work out well , but I still have to fight the daily grind in keeping myself positive from a mindset perspective . I know you guys understand this . It is not easy .
It is totally not easy , but one of the things that I use as a secret weapon is just putting on paper or in a notebook , however you want to do it the things that I'm thankful for every single day my family's well-being and excellent health .
The people that support me and love me are healthy and happy great things that I get to do every single day to help people buy a home . I woke up this morning . I got the ability to live another day . I can't control what happened yesterday because it's over , but I can control that 30 seconds in front of me to make my day even better .
And one of the things I've talked about on this podcast , guys , many times is my struggle with being anxious and looking too far forward . I'm still struggling with it . I still have plenty of work to do when it comes to worrying about making sure I can get things done , making sure the bills are paid , making sure houses are sold , making sure houses are built .
For me , it's about calming my mind , and I do that at night , before I go to bed , and the best way I do that is through reading .
When I was going through high school and college , I barely broke the books to read , and now I task myself to really read between two to four books every single month , everything from self-help business to I like action adventure novels . So I try to mix it up to see how that helps me . It puts my mind at ease , but it also allows me to really disconnect .
I need to be able to turn my mind off because I have a problem . I don't excuse me . I don't have a problem falling asleep . I have a problem staying asleep and that's part of stress and my adrenals and I'm working on that through exercise and keeping my mindset strong and positive .
But I would tell you guys this If you're going through any of these things or anything else that's similar , one of the things that I'm working on and I'm not there yet because it scares me is putting myself in rooms that I'm a small fish in and be able to connect with others that have been there already that can help me .
Is it hard to share what I'm going through ? Yes , talking to a camera not too hard . There's no one on the other side , so I really don't have to worry about that other side , so I really don't have to worry about that .
But in the end , getting in those larger rooms , being that small fish in a big pond , is tough and being able to say hey , I need help from a stranger is probably more difficult for me than getting up on a stage and speaking to 100,000 people , because you know what they all put their pants on the same way and if they like my message , great .
If they don't , then they don't . Helping some , getting help from somebody that doesn't know me , is tough because I have to be vulnerable . I have to let them know that I've got problems and I need help . That is my biggest challenge I'm working on this year is getting myself into four rooms . I'm in one right now . I'm working on the second one .
By the middle part of the year I'd like to be in three and I'd like to maybe even go past four , but my goal is four . So I'm going to make sure I hit my goal and then I'm going to move forward and I would tell you the two things that I'm doing .
To make sure I can get into rooms and be comfortable is just being uncomfortable and moving myself into those rooms . And how am I doing it ? I'm just going to meetups . I'm going onto the meetup website finding stuff that's local to me here in Arizona and if it's a group that I think I've I can mix with and learn from bada bing , bada boom , I go in .
So far two I really need to push myself for three and four that second room . I've only attended one meeting , so they have another meeting coming up the first week of April , so we'll see how that goes . The first one I attend every single week .
It is typically remote , but I've been able to meet some of those people in person , so that actually makes it a lot easier . But that room is just . It's like my fuel Every Thursday . It's my fuel to get there and make sure that I don't miss .
But whatever you're struggling with personal both , something else , health it's all about putting your mind in the right frame , to where you know that you can tackle anything . But it takes a lot of work to get to that mindset shift .
A lot of people talk about it but , man , it truly kicks me in the butt on a daily basis because I am worried , anxious about something else and I have to step back and say here are the things that I'm thankful for , get myself into a being thankful , thanksgiving , and be able to then connect with those things that will attract more positive things into my life
. But that is a real struggle and I know we all have that . But I can only tell you guys this it only gets better if you do it every single day . It's like putting out these videos every single week . When I first started putting them out , they sucked . Are they any better ? Yes , can they get better ?
Yes , but I continue to put them out there every single week , sometimes daily . I put videos out . I try to be very consistent on my video production to where I have a new video put up every single day , whether it's a short or a long format . I make sure that I can put it out every single day . Do I shoot them every day ?
No , like this is being shot today . It's Tuesday and it'll be launched out Wednesday , and then I can tackle it with some AI and some help from my VA and we can make shorts out of it .
And then I can put a bunch of different videos out on a daily basis to where you guys get to see different aspects of this video and you don't have to watch the whole thing if you don't want to . But if we're not persistent and consistent with what we're trying to do in life , how are we supposed to achieve these goals that we want ?
I know social media has caused a storm when it comes to instant gratification a storm when it comes to instant gratification . But in the end , if you truly want something , you're going to have to work for it and go after it . Surround yourself with people that are going to one support you two , be a cheerleader . And three , not be envious of you .
They want to see you succeed . There's enough to go around . There's an abundance amount of positivity to go around for each and every one of us to succeed . But you've got to put it out there .
But you also have to put the effort in , because if you don't , you're not going to get what you want and you're going to be stuck in this place that you don't enjoy . So , guys , please , if you're fighting for whatever you're working on , stay consistent and persistent . It will pay off over time . It takes time , it takes effort , but you will get there .
Have a good one , guys . Stay safe , stay healthy . I'll see you , guys , on the other side .