If you’ve read any of my other lessons here on Mogul, you know that I love me some Mastermind groups. I mean, what’s not awesome about a group of high-level real estate investors and entrepreneurs sharing ideas and deals!?
So, I recently had the opportunity to attend one… and as I’m sure you can imagine: It. Was. Powerful.
Hey Moguls, Patrick Riddle here to share with you the key takeaway from this particular meeting.
So, the guy who runs this group has a $25 million(!) business. And he asked us a simple but PROFOUND question… and I just can’t stop thinking about it.
Belief affects success
Before I tell you what the question is, I want you to think about this…
American philosopher and psychologist William James said:
“Belief creates actual fact.”
So, I now want you to ask yourself:
“Does your belief about what’s possible for you… affect your success?”
Wouldn’t it be amazing to finally be able to kill—I mean full out DESTROY—your self-limiting beliefs for good?
Because when you do, you’ll be able to recognize and strive for your truest, fullest potential…
And that’s exactly what the simple but profound question shared at this Mastermind can do for you… live up to true potential.
The question at hand
Here we go: Why not me?
Yep, that’s the question…
Look, I’m sure you’ve set a goal, and then you heard that cranky voice in your head say: “Um, I cannot do that!”
And to that, I say: Why can’t you?
See, I’m here to tell you that YOU CAN!
Look, it makes no difference what your current financials are… or your credit situation… or what tragic thing happened to you when you were a youngin’… or if someone double crossed you… or how old you are… or [insert your lame excuse here]...
If TONS of people before you—who had bigger disadvantages than you—were still able to persevere and make things happen and be successful… you can too.
Why can’t you close your first (or next) deal within the next month?
You can.
Why can’t you achieve investing success?
You can.
Why can’t you get $5M in private money to fund your deals?
You can.
Why can’t you follow your dreams and live the life you’ve always imagined?
You can.
Hey, I get it… life happens… sometimes we’re winning, sometimes we’re losing… but however good or bad you perceive life to be… it can get better.
And it will get better… especially when you learn from your mistakes and surround yourself with positive, supportive people.
But, let’s keep it real here…
You have to work your tush off and not take ‘no’ for an answer.
And, here’s more tough love…
Stop complaining and blaming other people for your lack of success in business and in life. Be accountable and own it.
Get up, dust yourself off—every time you get pushed down. That’s when you’ll be on the road to success.
Write this down…. put it on your desk… on your computer… on your printer… on your fridge… anywhere and everywhere: Why not me?
You most certainly can do this…
Do you have to work hard?
Yep.
Do you need to be persistent?
Of course.
Will there be challenges for you to overcome?
Heck yeah.
And when that happens, you have a choice:
a) quit
or
b) get up every time you get knocked down until you get what you want
You know which to choose… and it’s completely worth it. You got this.
Share below
How do you destroy self-limiting beliefs?
Display this question where you can see it regularly: Why not me?
Get back up when you get knocked down.
Surround yourself with positive people.
Push yourself, work hard, persevere—to attain success.
Patrick Riddle
has been investing in real estate ever since he got the bug in college at Clemson University and - to his parents dismay - dropped out of college to dive full-time into real estate at the age of 22 with a couple friends/partners from school.
The first few deals were rough for them, mainly using their own cash, credit, and hard money loans. But, soon he found out that was a rough and unsustainable way to build a real estate business.
After "on the job" learning through the school of hard knocks at first, he found the key that helped their company get deals done more quickly, with higher profit, less risk, without having to go to banks or use their own cash.
Fast forward to today, their company has closed over 130 real estate transactions and has put over $6 million in private money into their own transactions.