Taking Control of Your Destiny
One of our most daunting tasks I believe is to remove our subjective selves and to be objective in a realistic way. Fortunately, wealth can transcend previous divisions of class, education, background. A good example is my own uncle who started as a farmer, then trucker, then owner of a milk truck company. Of course, this process was not as smooth as this, with many mistakes made along the way. But this was a man who was not scared to take chances than “smarter” or “better educated” people were not willing to make. I once was listening to a man who sounded like a tenth grade drop-out talk about triple-net leases for commercial property. Fairly fancy stuff in my opinion, from a guy who did not mince words. That is what I love about the new world. We are a people of new opportunities, with so many possibilities, which I am careful not to squander. If I pass up my next opportunity, there is only my face in the mirror. In my life, I have finally chosen to live without fear. A man who I have an immense respect for (even if ideologically we do not quite match) is Ronald Reagan. He was the son of a drunk, was beaten, became a well known actor, became the president of the Screen Actors Guild, and if that was not enough, became a politician. The rest is history as the cliche goes, but how many people off the top of your head seemed far more likely to succeed and yet are not achieving a fraction of his success? The answer is goal setting and achieving those goals. If you are too lazy to accept the challenges of the universe, someone else will. So many books I have read on investment spend pages getting people over their neurosis of fear to even attempt success. Believe me, I choose success and relish the opportunity of having it even if I will make mistakes getting there.
