Whew what a weekend! There were 10 year old girls screaming all weekend. Oh yeah I was at my little girls birthday bash all weekend we had fun and here on this misty rainy Monday. I had a few moments to reflect on the past event as I rose in pain early this morning.

More on that in a minute. I really did have a blast. I worked pretty late on Saturday and my daughter, her friends, my wife and my son were all waiting. When i arrived it was late and these girls had tons of “sugar powered energy”. We went till the early hours in the morning.

Then Sunday came along and we did the bowl-a-thon for a couple of hours. These girls had me on three out of the four lanes. I was speed bowling on some rounds when all two or thre lanes lit up with my name. Needless to say last night I was beat. I woke up for an early appointment this morning and felt like a frieght train and I had wrestled around for a couple of hours.

After I finished my morning calls I decided to make a couple of adjustments to my blog and finish up my review of my new friend Chris’s article 2010 the rise of the sophisticated real estate investor. Chris and I met on Facebook several months ago. We have passed a few articles around to one another through various news feed however this particular article really called out to me.

I read the article quickly last week and put the post out to you this week. I really enjoyed reading the article for a second time. Chris provides many tools and resources for you as a real estate investor to weight to use for your arsenal. Having this type of knowledge and education availability is infinately rewarding and extremely valuable.

Chris and I are looking into creating some new ventures. I will definitely keep you posted. In fact I will be featuring this articles tools and others in some upcoming posts. For today Monday I am in a work light get ready for the upcoming weeks activities today. you know the planning, organizing and execution of the rest of the week. I have made several great contacts over the past week and now is the time to solidify the new relations and build the trust and other foundational activities that will enable the scalability and growth of the opportunity going ahead.

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• Why we dance around the money situation at hand You can look at this in another perspective, why do we dance around the subject of finance, financial stabilization, security, why because it's uncomfortable for the masses. Many people are challenged and distraught about their current state of affairs. Constantly complaining about their situation at hand,yet instead of doing......
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Gaining the courage to go forth on an expedition of accomplishment takes pre-planning, careful execution and the strength to handle any situation with dignified, insightful, factual points of view. We run rampantly through our day making haste full decisions.

Courage not only means having the ability to face adversity head on. Courage comes from a combination of traits from life. We know that fear and anxiety are among the highest rates in the nation as well as in the world would be my guess.

Courage is achieved by simply taking the time to educate yourself with the facts about any situation you are unsure about. Courage is also knowing that being reserved, dignified and courteous to everyone you meet.

Courage is attained through the experience you get from taking action in a direction you want to go. Letting your senses and smarts guide you to the information you seek. The gentle push of the universe swiftly taking you along life’s path.

Courage comes from achievement and from failure. Learning from both to better your chances at your next encounter. Courage comes from love and passion, pursuit of happiness and a purpose to empower everyone willing to listen.

Courage is taking the fear and pressure from paralysis to performance, execution, exactness, and enlightenment. Achievement derived from careful action and proper planning are the greatest rewards we can receive.

Courage is built by exercising the spirit, the body and the mind to perform at their pinnacle. Peak training, endurance, stamina are all required components of a finely tuned machine called our temple or the body as we commonly phrase it.

Just like a finely tuned race car flawlessly rocketed towards the finish line, the roar of the crowd cheering the driver on, the engine producing ground shaking torque and horse power, the tires sticking on every corner providing seamlessly effortless corning capability.

The driver focused on the checkered flag all working together for one common goal. To win. To take the victory. Courage is wanting to feel the excitement of the chase, the moments introduction of an unexpected objection to your directional course.

Having the ability to react in a moment, precisely executing the finishing maneuver to take the cup, grab the gold and get the girl just like the timeless hero’s of the silver screen.

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