Intensify Desires and Watch Goals Become Realities

Where do desires start? How do they form? How do we intensify them? Unlike animals with their internal programming called instinct, the human mind has the colossal potential for reasoning, coming to conclusions, thinking things through.

So desires start in the mind. Research has shown that impulses are transmitted through electro chemical processes across the synapses, tiny spaces less than one millionth of an inch across, which separate the brain cells or neurons. Patterns and tracks are formed in our thinking processes. Think the same thought regularly and it becomes a habit forming a deep track like a well-used path across a field. So, be careful of the thoughts that dominate your mind. Use this knowledge to create positive patterns.

Occasional thoughts, on the other hand, may pass through the mind and be forgotten just like a path seldom used, which becomes overgrown. Now apply this information to the kind of desires you need to cultivate before you set goals. A desire may come into the mind and soon be forgotten in the everyday hum drum of life. But keep thinking about it, keep your mind focused on it and what happens? The desire becomes strong, very strong. Then? Action follows right after.

We act on what we believe more than anything else in life.

Have you set goals to reach certain monetary targets this month, this quarter? Making money for the sake of it, after a while, can become mundane. There has to be something more. Otherwise you will become board of the tasks.

Make a list of all the benefits from using that money. What difference will it make to your family, your lifestyle, your enjoyment of life, your business growth? Picture yourself behind the wheel of that dream car or on your favorite beach in some exotic location. How does it feel? Can you feel the breeze in your face? Can you smell the fresh air? What does it sound like? Get clear. What if you set goals to develop skills or awaken a dormant talent or ability?

Write down a huge list of the benefits this will bring you and your loved ones, or your business. The more you write, the more details your mind conjures up, the greater the intensity of desire becomes. With intense desire fueling your goals you have every chance of rocketing to success! How then can we intensify desire? By listing details, particularly benefits. Once the list gets past 20 or 30 benefits your goal becomes unstoppable!

Take some time and do this exercise now! It’s that important. Take action and watch what happens!

Goal Setting and Real Estate Investing

Whenever you begin a journey, it is important to know where you are going. As well, it is just as important to know where you are starting from. If you want to go to Chicago for instance, starting from Los Angeles or starting from New York will take a different route. Investing in real estate is the same way. You will begin to see how your unique personal situation will help shape your portfolio of investments. Before you invest in anything, you need to know where you are in terms of income, expenses, assets and liabilities. Knowing where you stand now is critical to how and what you invest in.

If you have not done so recently or ever, write down all of your income and the sources of that income. Next, write down your expenses. This usually takes a bit longer and may take a bit of investigating to find accurate numbers. No one else needs to see this. Accuracy is important. Next, write down all of you assets. These are the things you own that have value. Then, write down your liabilities. These are the amounts you owe to others. Add up the difference between what you make and what you spend. Then, calculate the difference between what you own and what you owe. This will be an eye opening experience for many people.

A person who wants to get the most out of life often has a number of goals they are working on at the same time, in both their personal and business lives. Setting goals is the first step to turning dreams, ideas and wishes, into REALITY!

Recent studies show that less than three percent of the population has written goals. It is no surprise that these are the very same people who are the most successful people in our society. When you set a goal, you commit yourself to a CAN DO attitude. You begin the process of doing what you are dreaming and that is truly a key to success.

Why is it so important to set goals? Mostly it has to do with how the brain works. Setting a goal puts a certain part of your brain into action, especially if your goals are written. If you really want to kick it into overdrive, tell other people about your goals. The more you think about your goals the better your chances of taking action and achieving those goals.

Setting personal goals gives you focus and will solidify an individual’s attention into a particular area to the exclusion of other thoughts and activities. The human brain processes thousands of tidbits of information every second. This information comes from the senses, memories and thoughts. The brain processes all of this information and decides which things are the most important to handle now. When you write down your goals, the brain gives more importance to these written priorities. It’s like a memo from the President, it gets more attention. If you are constantly thinking about, reviewing and rewriting your goals, your brain becomes more focused and will be much more aware of related opportunities and available resources, which are important to the success of your goal.

When you set a goal, your brain becomes more aware of the opportunities associated with the goal that you might have overlooked or not given any attention to if you had not set that goal. Have you ever noticed that after you start thinking about buying a certain item, suddenly you begin to notice that everyone now has one? It wasn’t that everyone else suddenly went out and got the same item, your brain is just more aware of it than before.

Making the choice to set goals in your real estate investing will create a result that far outweighs the person who invests on a whim, like a lottery-ticket mentality or without any concrete path to where they are going.

Real Estate Investing Doesn’t Have to Be For Professionals Only

I believe that most people have heard horror stories from someone who has warned of all the things that can go wrong with investing in Real Estate. Most of these comments come from people who have never invested in Real Estate. Isn’t it interesting how often those who have no experience have the most opinions? As with every investment there are some challenges. Athletes know this, as well as those who have gone thru a college education such as medical school. Knowing in advance what to expect, and more importantly how to handle or prevent mistakes along the way, thru the challenges, helps to ensure your success.

What makes Real Estate investing so unique is the principle of leverage, appreciation and as well tax benefits. What a powerful combination! When used properly, these three tools are unbeatable. What you want to learn is how to take advantage of these tools and to truly understand the art of real estate investing. Armed with this knowledge you can accomplish great things. You can have the lifestyle of your choice, without depending on someone else to provide for you and your family.

When you leverage the skills, talents and money of other people you will then understand how fortunes are made. Leverage in Real Estate is the ability to multiply your money by using someone else’s money. This is where financing comes into play. You put a portion of your own money down on a property and the lending institution will put up the rest based on terms that go with the loan. The lender receives interest periodically when you make the payment, but they don’t participate in the appreciation. In Real Estate investing this is a big issue- the appreciation IS ALL YOURS! So let’s say that you put 10% down on a piece of property. If the property goes up in value by 10%, you just made a 100% return on your down payment in the property! Returns like that are not common in other investments. Now you know the reason for the big boom in real estate!

There are many reasons that make real estate a great investment. When you understand how each these things work and work together, you will be able to determine the best way to structure your portfolio to get the maximum benefit to you based on your goals.

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Ellis began learning about real estate investing at a very early age. Growing up in Southern California, his father taught him the skills of rehabbing & renting properties. While attending college, Ellis worked for a partnership group that was a major real estate player in Los Angeles County during the 1980’s. They specialized in purchasing foreclosures at the courthouse steps. Ellis was instrumental in their success, by growing their portfolio from 10 properties to 200 in three years. In 1994, he changed careers & became a licensed securities broker. Ellis has devoted his time investing in many types of distressed assets, single family homes, commercial properties, & non-performing trust deeds. He has been involved in over 60 real estate transactions totaling over $30 million dollars.