You Must Want It For Yourself!

As many of you know, I am a pretty big sports buff

. I played baseball and football in high school, and played baseball in college where I started all 4 years at 2nd base and was Captain of the team my senior year. The only teams that I would consider my-self loyal to are the NY Yankees in baseball and the UK Wildcats in college sports. I dont follow any team in the NFL or the NBA, etc but I do enjoy staying current with it all, and it is somewhat rare if a day goes by that I dont watch the highlights on ESPN news, hence the creation of this article.

Bret Favre was interviewed after winning a must win game in November of 2010. And for the record I am a big Favre fan. Despite his retire-comeback-retire-comeback reputation and some of his off the field decisions, he in my opinion plays for the right reasons and is an all around class act. Although his team, The Vikings, were having a pretty terrible season, he is the NFLs iron-man and has been able to overcome incredible odds throughout his career. After his November 7th Sunday overtime win, during the post-game interview, Favre said, The first thing you need to do is play for yourself. This quote stuck with me because it is exactly what I have been telling my students for years, and I would like to now discuss the importance of it with you, as it can be directly related to the reason why you are a real estate investing entrepreneur.

When students come to me requesting to be mentored in this business, there are a few questions that I like to ask to allow me to get inside their head, one of which is, why do you want to be a real estate investor? I typically get many similar answers, but the one that directly relates to my thoughts with this article is this: Brian, I want to be able to give back with my time and money to my family, charities, my community, etc. In my opinion, this is obviously a very important reason to want to make a lot of money, and certainly a worthy response as it is also an important factor in my mind, but it is NOT the most important reason. A priority? Yes. The highest priority? No. Let me explain.

Just as Favre believes, I too believe that you must first want IT for yourself. As chivalrous as your give back intentions are they will hold much less weight and have less of an impact if this motivation is greater than the motivation for wanting IT for yourself first.

It is my strong belief that you must first be able to help and support yourself before you can fully help and support others. Consider this analogy: When flying in an airplane, before takeoff the flight attendants go over the rules and guidelines. One of the things they mention is if the oxygen masks drop from the ceiling that you should put yours on first before you help your child or others around you. The reason why they tell you this is because if you are personally unable to breath then it will be impossible for you to be of help to others around you.

Same holds true in the monetary game of life. If you have little or no money then it will be very difficult if not impossible for you to help others financially, should you choose or need to. Therefore, if you truly want to be the best real estate investor, and make a lot of money in this business then you need to (perhaps selfishly) want it for yourself so deeply that you are willing bust your ass to get it and make it happen. Then once youve achieved IT (and many of you will) you can and should give back in all shapes and forms when you are ready to do so.

Finally, I want to say that it is ok to be selfish about this and want the best for yourself as this is the capitalistic mentality that this country was formed on. Those who take educated risks and work hard and do things that the majority of others wont or are too lazy to do, deserve more because they earned it. Go Earn It!

by: thebrianevans

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