Interested or committed??

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From 22/09/2006

There’s an interesting event in the Book of Kings where the prophet Elijah calls Elisha to follow him. In biblical times if a prophet called you to follow him that was a total lifelong commitment. Elisha knew he may never ever see his father again. So Elisha asks Elijah if he can go and say goodbye to his father first before they depart.

Elijah granted his wish so Elisha returned to his oxen, which was his sole means of livelihood, and the text explains that he slaughtered a yolk of oxen and boiled their flesh using the equipment that was attached to them, presumably a plough and their yolk. So think about this for a minute. You’re making a commitment to a new way of life. If you were “interested”, you’d get someone else to do the ploughing for you while you checked out the new offer, maybe trial it for a few weeks. We’d “keep our options open” until we were satisfied the risk of change was worth it. But Elisha was 100% committed. So he killed and burned his old means of survival because he knew what was being offered was better.

So for all of us who want a better life, greater financial freedom, more choices etc. are we going to be interested or committed?

I can only tell you that I decided if I was going to do property I was going to give it 100%. I’m now getting a 500% result because I have given it everything. If I failed it wouldn’t be because I didn’t give it my best. The results I get now blow me away but I have worked hard and consistently to achieve them.

Almost every day I have people ask to meet me or want to be mentored by me so that they can get similar results to me. Within ten minutes of meeting people I “know” whether they will ever really achieve or not. About 1 in 100 has that fire in their eyes, that determination that they really are willing to do what it takes to achieve their goals. I met a couple today who want to have more property so that they can give more money away. They have alrady done more than most investors ever do but they are frustrated that they can’t help more people.

They will succeed because they have a vision and passion that isn’t about money.

They sold a business at a loss so that they will have the time to do property properly. They will succeed because they have positioned themselves to succeed. 100% commitment.

What about you my friends, what about you? Have you parked the oxen up or are they in the crockpot??

Since doing this blog I am very pleased to say the people who sold the business last year are now 6 properties further ahead than they would have been if they hadn’t taken the plunge. In fact i was thinking today that as I think back over my relative short time in property I am seeing more and more people really making it and it’s gratifying to think I had a hand to play in encouraging or training them to achieve success.

For me personally it’s very cool because most of the people I work/have worked with were attracted to me partly because I want to make money to give more away. So many of my students etc. are in this game to give it away. So themore I help them succeed the more the poor will benefit. That for me rocks.

The other thing I notice is that those I know who focus on “getting a big fat fee” on every deal DON’T get as good a result as those who are just happy to take what gets offered, sometimes a little, sometimes a lot.
After all, it only takes a few “littles” to equal a lot

I’m in Christchurch and Wellington this week so the new video blog series may not start till next week.
Anyone looking for a cloning guinea pig please sign me up!!