The real enemy??

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It has been said that good is often the enemy of the best. I found myself talking about this at one of my courses recently and was reminded of it today when watching Bill Wilson on Shine TV.
Bill was talking about this isue from a Christian perspective but it is so relevant for all of us to understand.

You see whenever we are fighting a battle that isn’t ours, or pursuing a dream that isn’t ours, we lose.

In a Christian context if the enemy can get us fighting any battle except the one God wants us to fight, then we are spending energy uselessly and being kept away from God’s best.

As investors if we get sidetracked into pursuing things that we are not good at, if we focus on aspects of our business that we are not well equipped for, then we will be ineffective and ultimately fail.

You see we are surrounded by plenty of “good” ideas, but are they “God” ideas, are they the best.

I daily get emails from people asking me if they should attend our events in November? I think to myself, how can I possibly answer that. Do you need to learn great systems to help you invest more? Does your mindset need tweaking?/ Do you have issues of fear of failure, fear of debt or low self esteem to conquer? Do you want to succeed badly enough to take the info I may provide and use it? How do I know?

Similarly I have had countless offers to get involved in all kinds of business ventures. I automatically say no to them all now, because I know the best use of my time and energy is property investing and education. I know that this is the best thing for me, I feel like I was born to do it. I know that God has called me into it as part of changing the nation of Fiji.

Getting involved in a cashflow business is probably great, it is a good idea, but it would keep me from the best idea, more property investing.

I know many of you get discouraged by your lack of progress and think that you need to try something new or different.

That may be true. But it may also be true that you need to stop focusing on the little battles, stop beating yourself up over things that aren’t so important and focus on the things that are really important.

One of my “students” was telling me today for the hundredth time that there are no good deals on the Shore at the moment. “Nonsense” I said. ” You can find no good deals on the Shore because you keep telling yourself and me that there are no good deals.” So this person is effectively preparing for battle and waving the white flag of surrender at the same time, whilst wearing the enemy’s uniform. If the enemy doesn’t get her then her self talk, friendly fire, will!!

I find I am constantly tempted to spend time on things that are not good for me or constructive. One of the sad truths I have had to come to terms with recently is that as you get known to be successful, you get an exponential amount of bovine eschatology coming your way as well. I hear all kinds of things about me and get all manner of nonsense emails from people that would really get me down if I A: believed them and B: dwelt on them.

So decide for you what is really important. Which battles do you need to prepare for? Which challenges have actually got your name on them? Don’t get side tracked. On the weekend I was talking about this in the context of goals. Know where you are going and you give yourself a fighting chance of getting there. A pilot once told me that a plane is not heading directly towards it’s destination for most of the flight. 90% of the time it is correcting itself. But the target is clearly defined and locked in, and that pulls the nose back on track over and over again.