Here is a picture of some shirts hanging up at a gym..

[Jeremy Beland]

Here is a picture of some shirts hanging up at a gym. They have always motivated me. Why?

Back in the early days of starting my wholesaling business in 2017 and 2018, I would see these shirts every morning at the gym. My company was only a couple of years old at that time, and I was still working a full-time job (working two full-time jobs, really).These are the shirts of men who have to get dressed for work for the day, going into the office from 9 to 5, so to speak.

At that time, I was one of those men putting on a shirt and tie. I had been doing it for almost 20 years, and I didn’t want to do it anymore. Seeing these shirts every morning was a huge motivating factor for me to continue to work hard to build our real estate investing business and pursue our dream. I printed and hung up that picture as motivation to keep pushing toward the dream of breaking free from that reality. 

Less than a year after I took this picture (which I printed out and hung up on my bathroom mirror so I could see it every night before bed, and then see the real thing at the gym every morning), I quit my job and have never worn a shirt and tie since. I have never gone into an office for a challenging boss again.

Seeing this picture now, years later, after reaching that milestone still incredibly motivates me to keep going and striving for even greater heights—not just for me, but for my entire team. I want the same for all of us.

So, yeah, just a picture of shirts hanging up at the gym. But to me, it's not just a picture of shirts. Find your motivation for your goals and use it as fuel to work toward them every single day until you reach them and surpass them.