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In balancing life, I just wanted to talk a bit about how I have been balancing my life.  I work, man I have made over $40k in a month on multiple occasions.  Until recently, I managed to consistently make between $10k and $15k per month.  I would work 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.  It was all for the business.  Well, due to the birth of my new baby I have realized that I couldnt care less.  The more money I would make, the more I would spend and I have just as much in savings as I would if I worked the bare minimum that I am able to.

I used to work to build my business, BSO, I wanted to build a legacy and wanted it now.  I am a guy that built a million dollar plus portfolio out of pennies and thought I was completely in the right.  It was completely near sighted, patience is a virtue and all of that.  I guess right now I am overcorrecting as I dont care to acquire another listing and sure dont want to deal with another property right now.  It is good though as I am now hiring people to do all of the work that I dont want to do and hopefully the company is growing without me.

In fact, I have decided to sell one of my half finished renovations at a huge loss and another property that I dont care to deal with anymore.  I am going to lose in the short term but the happiness that I am able to bring to my family pales in comparison.

This brings on two more of the laws of spirit.  The cycles law and the law of nonresistance.  These two laws definitely deserve their own blog posts each and I hope to give them to them but for now I will just touch on them.  The law of nonresistance is what I practice in my martial arts training and involves never forcing anything.  You may call it going with the flow or plainly nonresistance.  In Jiu-jitsu I try to be like water flowing around my training partner and moving with his every push or pull.  If he pushes I pull, if he resists I change position, I constantly am moving away from what he doesnt want me to do and using my energy or ki as the Japanese say it to control what he wants.

Can you understand that?  It is just the same in life.  I have referred to this process before as being in the flow of the universe.  I have even written about it in this blog http://investingrocks.com/?p=255 - Manifesting. 

The cycles of life are also very important.  Look at your life, when your baby was born – how did your life change, how about high school or college, can you remember these cycles.  The laws of spirit teach us to recognize these cycles, good or bad appreciate them, and move forward.  Have you lost a loved one, discovered the negativity of family members and had to part ways with them?  Im sorry for your loss and try to appreciate the reason for it, as hard as it may seem, there are reasons for your pain.  As far as parting from family, can you appreciate that member of your family is unable to be more open or is trapped in his way of thinking. 

That would bring me to a whole different topic, the topic of lucid living but we will get into that in another post.

Thanks for reading.

Tags: lucid dreaming, real, Real Estate Entrepreneur, tony robbins, universe
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Here is another great post by me or at least I hope it will be.  If not a great post, it is definitely a great topic and hopefully one that you will comment on.

I read a book the other day “The Law of Spirit” by Dan Millman, and this book is great.  It was the first time I had ever read a book cover to cover in one sitting.  It may be a very small book but still a great read.  It is what they call an adventure parable in which a story tells much about life.  I personally have been learning so much about myself over the past couple of years and now that I have a beautiful baby girl, everything that I thought was correct, of course was not.

So in this book, a man meets a sage in the woods and they go on a mystical journey.  My half Indian wife ( feather no dot) would call this some type of nature quest or something.  Though I cant remember all of the law, I do remember some stuff that sticks out to me particularly.  The first part of the law deals in balance.  Balance not meaning standing on one leg but balance in your life.  Are you working more than you should be?  Playing too much?  Is it time to get out and start your life?  Move out of Dad’s basement?  How does your wife or spouse feel, are you giving enough emotionally?  That kind of balance.

This part of the law says that it is easy to identify what is off balance in your life but hard to correct.  You are so used to being off balanced that it is hard to change.  The book says to try to act completely opposite of yourself to find the corrections needed.  If you have been told you are very aggressive, try for a day to be very passive and see how it feels.  This will help you guage where you need to be.  Overcorrecting is what Mr. Millman calls it.  It is easier to understand if you think of throwing a baseball.  Throw a baseball at a picture 10 ft away.  Try to hit it dead center.  Did you miss?  Well, odds are you missed dead center.  Now overcorrect to the opposite of how you missed.  If you missed high left, throw low right and purposely miss.  Now that you have purposely missed you can appropriately gauge where to throw.  Well, howd you do?  Hit it didnt you?  Even if you still didnt keep throwing and it will happen.

That is balance.

The next two posts are going to be about my lucid dreaming and what it is doing for me, Aikido and Jiu-jitsu, and the cycles or seasons of life.

I am going to try to consistently write more and I hope you intend on reading more.

This blog is also changing from a real estate investing blog into a “real” person blog.  It is changing with me.  I am understanding more about life and am sharing it all with you.

Tags: charleston real estate, dan millman, lucid dreaming, tony robbins
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You know I have ran the road of success for quite some time now and have had a great level of it.  Through manifestation and plenty of hard work and perserverance we are doing great and only see levels of accomplishment and success to increase.

I watched the movie Funny People with Adam Sandler and Ill tell you, you should watch it – hilarious, but it made me think about what I am working toward. 

Let me tell you; I have my own island, nothing outrageous just a few houses of family some land and a lot of beach.  A very big home, big enough to get lost in and enough funds to give any and everything away.  Real happiness in traveling the world and spending time with great minds.  I am talking about people on the same level as some of these superstars in the media, when I think of the type of person that is my friend, I think of Tyler Perry.  My best friend is of course my wife and like in Funny People we are good friends with these successful people.  People like Tony Robbins calls to keep us motivated, I mean why not?

Tony Robbins went from making less than $30k in one year to over 1 million just through manifestation.  He is no better than me and I am no better than you.  I have realized that I am a great mind and we all have the same ability.  Wow, just writing that brought a tear to my eye.

What do you think the truth is?  Is it your 9-5, your dissappointed child or your second guessing wife?  For me and Tony Robbins, thats not it at all.  For people that believe, we are able to eliminate that negativity and prosper through the positive.

So, right now I am building the road map to these Big, Hairy, Audacious, Goals and I have been thinking about all that I need to do to ensure the future that I will have.  First thing I was thinking of was a radio show.  I help people one person at a time right now and I need to reach more people because we all need to think like this.  We need to be in control.  We are the smartest specie in the world yet in masses we act like cattle.  What is the old saying, ”A person is smart, people are stupid.”  Why?  Well, Im not sure but I want to have a stronger influence on a better way of life for everyone.

We should all lead a life of peak performance – mind, body, and soul.  A life without fear or hatred, a life where we are honestly happy.  Are you honestly happy?

Well, I am looking into the radio show now and hopefully you will listen in and please comment on this post.  I owe my success to my way of life and I couldnt be any happier.  Even in the worst recession ever, you dont have to accept the bad you are able to manifest the greatest life you could ever imagine.  Stick with me and I will show you how to honestly bring this life to fruition.

This blog used to be all about investing in real estate, it has quickly become about the ultimate investment, investing in yourself.

Thanks for reading and comment.

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Well, Charleston Real Estate Entrepreneurs, if you dont believe, you are stupid!  I dont know how it works, I just know that it is cool and you can really have anything you want by believing in it.

I cant tell you how many times over the past couple of years that something has happened out of the blue to save my tail.  I know this has happened to you.  Have you ever believed in something so much, like your small business, and right at the brink of destruction, you get an unexpected check in the mail?  How about you get a big sale, just big enough to keep those lights on or to buy that new product.

Believe it or not, that was the tip of manifestation.  I got $11+k in checks last month completely unexpected because I wanted it.  The military owed me like $4k and my mortgage company overcharged my $8k over how long and they decided to send me a check out of the blue.  Hmmm, sound like coincidence, not quite.

There was one time, when we were starting out that had I not received about $3k, I wasnt going to be able to make the bills.  The next mortgage was due the next day, what do you think happened.  That day, I received a check for $3300 from the IRS over an amendment to taxes I filed almost a year prior.  Come on people, you should see that was when I first tapped into it.

I know that these things have happened to you time and time again.  Wouldnt you like me to tell you how to control those things, do you want me to tell you how to be magic? 

Okay, here goes, first go tell your kids that you are learning magic right now!  That was step one, trust me, if you listen to me you are in for a magical experience.  Next, stand up – say out loud what you want but say that you already have it.  Instead of saying, ” I would like to have $20,000.00 in the bank.” Say, ” I have $20,000.00 in the bank, how can I help you?”  Once you believe yourself, you will have that money in the bank.  Now, spin around in a circle, jump up twice, say,” Joey is Awesome and Audrey is the coolest and Sophie is the prettiest.”  Poof!  Your wish is not my command but you can command the universe.  Do this everyday and do whatever you have to do to believe yourself.

Oops, I almost forgot about the most important step, you have to help someone everyday.  Even if that person is you, pass on McDonalds and have a salad, go for a walk, sign up for Jiu-Jitsu, or help a kid solve a school problem.  I guess we would potentially have no problems if everyone helped just one other person with one of their problems.  Karma comes around people.

I guess thats enough for today and start reading about manifestation.  Read books not just my blog, but also read all of my blog because my wife and I have amazing thoughts.  Poof! you are now smarter for reading this and you now enjoy life more.

If I can help you let me know how and I will try to

Write me a thank you, when you are on your way.

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Well, Thank you real estate entrepreneurs.  I realize that it has been a while since I have wrote but life has just been hectic.  In the past month, Uncle John has finished his property management course, AWESOME!  He finished second in his class.  WOW!  So we are getting ready to take on the property management with full force and it looks like we are going to take on about 10 more units just to kick it all off!

Good for Uncle John and the Company!

I am out here flying for the reserves right now, not because we need to but the extra money is going to give us almost a years reserve by the end of the quarter.  2009 has been a great year for us!

The baby is three months old and moving scooting around the floor and has figured out that she has a voice.  That is a blessing and a curse sometimes, Im kidding, she is amazing.

Audrey is in real estate school, a guy I work with in the reserves is going to take her down to Charleston School of Law and introduce her to the dean and everything.  I feel lucky to be married to her.

Well, I guess more than anything, I feel like the weight of the company does not lie just in my arms and the team is definitely able to uphold everything, maybe even excel when I am not around.  While most team leaders may be upset by this, I am more excited than I have ever been.  I feel so good about everything right now.

I guess that is my soap box so enjoy, read some other blog posts and comment!

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