I use daily affirmations to enlarge my horizon I use daily affirmations to influence my mood and my mindset I put myself in a frame of mind that is positive, welcomes difficulties as opportunities to grow, learn and become a better business man I frame the difficult projects I am dealing with in terms of I will overcome/succeed to remove the doubts in my mind and help me pull through To change the way I think, influence my thoughts, which in turn influence everything in my personal ecosystem ..read more

received:  | from a book, buy in job growth area  | be customer centered in biz life is not a dress rehearsal: make sure you have fun along the way |  given: take an hour to answer triggering messages |  ..read more

their relationship with money: chill, not anxious about it waits for checkins, doesn't reach out all the time, sticks to timeline of updates provided busy professional who has good insights when asked and a good business acumen similar values: not just about money but also people, communities, giving back ..read more

The biggest mindset shift for me was moving away from secure government job to real estate investing I remember wanting to work as a civil servant for the French government, ideally at university level, job security, vacations and pay cut when I purchased my first property, took some mindset shift. I educated myself but also spent some time in prayer and meditation to prepare myself pssychologically for the shift I went all in: property was 3 hour flight away in a different province, with a 1.5 hour car ride, first investment was a fourplex, put in all I had with funds for roof and 3 window re ..read more

start off small with a simple repair increase to bigger jobs get a contract before doing larger jobs don't micro manage ..read more

I get that feeling sometimes, have a lot of irons in the fire break it down! Technique I used to use as a teacher with my students make a list and assign importance numbers and look at what absolutely needs to get done otherwise make sure the important stuff doesn't get forgotten because of the whirlwind, see The Four Disciplines of Execution by by Chris McChesney, Sean Covey and Jim Huling ..read more

Discussion about hiring a VA: create list of tasks, explained through videos and get VA to do the tasks Will allow you to scale and focus on the important tasks, decisions making, you delegate the actual work so you can focus on the business itself, working on and not in the business VA: stay at home parent, hired for several hours a week or from a foreign country also to make time to experience and enjoy life, great resource: The E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber ..read more

Limiting beliefs - price of real estate I would look at |  it takes the same amount of effort: underwriting, due diligence, capital raise: you can bring on partners for the raise |  legal fees are similar |  easier to manage: elect a tenant superintendant, bring in PM company, 1 roof, 1 boiler, 1 parking lot to plow |  How do you push through: affirmations, take actions: look at bigger deals, surround yourself with greater numbers and create a solid legal and acounting team. |  ..read more

Overall content with where I am at and what I have done with my life so far Act faster on some deals Start with commercial earlier Start meditation earlier to help sharpen my focus Travel more ..read more

relationship to the phone: many tools, work: text contractors and email property owners, entertainment, social media and time consuming |  system, there are no true emergency where I can do something, the person needed is the contractor and worst case scenario the fire marshal or an ambulance |   | I am available between 2-5pm Mo-Th for non emergencies sometimes I crave the distraction, the stress, it is difficult to understand |  ..read more