Who Are You?

[Hubert Washington]

I wrote this for my son and daughter to read when they are older but wanted to share it here as well.

You have the DNA of ultimate power. Written in that DNA is the mandate to dominate, not people, but the world around you and create from it. You are pre-programmed and hard-wired to be the master of your universe. There is nothing in this world that is too big, too hard, too strong, too far, or too complex for you. You have the ability to overcome anything and succeed at everything. You are great. You have power and control over everything around you. There is nothing that can stop you. You can be whoever and do whatever you want. Only one thing can hold you back. There is only one thing that can stop you. That is your thinking. As a man thinks, so he is. You are an unlimited being with only one limitation - the one that you place on yourself. You are an unstoppable force and at the same time you are the only one who can stop you. You are who and where you are because it is impossible to exist beyond the limitations you place on yourself. You will never make a liar of yourself. The only difference between you and anyone else is the level of your limitations. As a man thinks, so he is. Could you imagine what your life would be like if you took those limitations off? The weird part about humans is you would just automatically put new limitations up. But what if you took those off? What if you kept taking the limitations off your entire life? How big would you think? How big would you dream? What would you accomplish? What would be the culmination of a life lived without limits?

Imagine yourself being that person. Imagine that version of you. What would you look like? What would your life look like? What would you do? How would you spend your time? What would make you happy? Who would you love? HOW WOULD YOU CHANGE THE WORLD?

Now take the limitations off! Even that version of yourself that you just saw had the limitations of your thinking placed on it. Do you see how this works? How many times could you go back and answer those questions by taking the limitations off your previous answers?

So this begs the question: Why in the world would you ever want to limit yourself? Why would YOU choose to get anything less than the maximum out of YOUR life?

Your life is a book. The pages are empty and the pen is in your hand. What are you going to write in it? How great will the story be? Pathetic? Incredible? Disappointing? Full of love and happiness or hurt and pain?

Imagine your life is an elevator. But this elevator goes up for eternity and you are the only one on it. Which floor are you going to get off on? 10th floor? 100th? 1,000th? You're the only one that can push a button - otherwise you will keep going up forever. Hopefully you will vow never to push a button and keep riding the elevator of life as high as it will take you.

As a man thinks, so he is. THINK BIGGER!

[Hubert Washington]

@Ned Carey

You are right. It is a daily choice. I have this printed out and I read it DAILY just to make sure I never forget.

This type of mindset is vital as an investor and in life. Whether you wholesale, flip, rehab, buy and hold, invest in single family, multifamily, apartments, commercial buildings, notes, or tax liens. Whether you are just starting out or an old pro, just setting your goals or already living your dreams, you can do more, be more, live bigger and dream bigger. It is completely up to you and completely within your control.

If your dreams don't make you nervous, scare you and seem impossible - you are not thinking big enough. I have to admit my dreams scare the crap out of me! :)

You can tell the size of a man by the size of his dreams.