Competative Spirit

[Brendan Martin]

I was just affirmed that my competitive spirit is alive and well. 

At times I wonder if, since entering adult life, my competitive spirit has died.  I'm sure this is one of the things that has been driving me toward real estate investment or entrepreneurship in general.  Having worked so long in massive organizations where career progression has more to do with superiority than it has to do with job performance, I've noticed my own work ethic slowly slipping away.  I think now that what is happening in my addiction to the many, many, podcasts and articles and books and videos on all things entrepreneurship, is that my competitive spirit, my work ethic, my desire to produce something, anything, of value is stretching me to the point where I can no longer remain in my current state of hum-drum. 

What, you might ask, led to this tiny epiphany of mine?  Don't laugh... I noticed I had more votes than I had posts on the BP forum.  Yep, I'm that petty apparently.  My vote to post ratio is greater than 1... (I know, I know, who really cares?)
So, what is your motivation to start a real estate investing career?