Quit Being a 'Loser'!

I spoke with a lady this week who had spent nearly $20 000 on real estate investment 'training' but $0 on actual investments. Unfortunately, I know she isn't one of a kind, this type of inaction is common.

It got me thinking about something that happened to me that helped push me to the next level.......

'Are you a winner or are you a loser?' this was the question posed to me a few weeks back.

It sounds like a fairly simple question right? Let me explain.

I was sitting at a table with someone who is a master at getting many, many things done, all at once! We were going over some other topics when he told me how he operates.

Every time he wants to get off track or do something to waste some time in the day he will ask himself 'Are you a winner or are you a loser?'

It's a BIG question.

Then he will analyze what he was going to do and if he thinks it is a loser task he will move on to something productive.

I don't know about you but I don't wake up in the morning and look in the mirror at a face of a loser. This line of questioning gets my competitive fire burning.

Throughout the course of the day it is easy to get distracted from the productive tasks, typically those are the ones that are longer and more complicated than the simple ones like answering emails or more likely checking out your favorite time wasting site while at work (Facebook, YouTube, News).

It really breaks down to this.

The key to success is implementation you could have all the knowledge and drive in the world but if you are not doing anything with it, it is wasted.

You need to implement! Most of us get so tied up with useless tasks that we don't give ourselves the opportunity to be nearly as productive as possible.

If we look into our habits and what is holding us back it is easy to see most of the time. Often it is filling our time with the easy, reactive things that come our way.

People wonder how successful people can accomplish so much. There isn't a big secret that they are hiding, it is their commitment to being productive that sets them apart.

I am wrapping up a week in which our office was a ghost town since so many vacation schedules collided. To make matters worse I was committed to a full time course as well. But things still had to get done.

I didn't have the luxury of any extra time at all. I was forced to stay focused and pick the most productive tasks to keep our momentum going.

Have you ever been in such a situation? Perhaps the final days before a vacation?

I was forced to fit a full days work (which is not 8 hours when you are running multiple things) into about five hours every day, split up between early morning (5:30 - 7:00) and late evening (4:30 - 8:00).

It is amazing what you can do when you are forced to. When you sit down and focus on the tasks of winners. But if you don't have that fire behind you pressing you forward most people start adding the loser tasks back into their daily routine.

There were many times in the last week that I wanted to take a break, and I had to ask myself if I was a winner or a loser.

It sounds kinda corny right? I agree!

But what isn't as laughable is the amount of productive tasks that I plowed through day in and day out. So instead of being a loser and sitting back in your chair today, the day before a holiday weekend (in Canada). Decide to do something productive. Make the most of your time.

I can tell you that the successful winners in life are not sitting around surfing the internet aimlessly, checking their email 10 times a day, or drinking beers for three straight days.

You just have to choose to be one of them and, most importantly, act like it!

Until next time.....

Nick Karadza
Income for Life Toronto
www.TheRealEstateRenegades.com

Comments

[Bobby Wallace]

Nick...Nick...Nick,

I know that you cannot see this...but I am giving you a standing ovation for your great post above!

Not only did you address a subject that some bleeding heart, touchy-feely, wanna be's are afraid to discuss because it might be "inappropriate"...or make someone feel bad about themselves...you gave an "open book" answer
to how, someone who might have "accidently" lost their way...could find the right path..if they really wanted to:

"The key to success is implementation you could have all the knowledge and drive in the world but if you are not doing anything with it, it is wasted."

"You need to implement!"

It reminded me of Dr. Phil Mcgraw's "10 Life Laws", ( I think it was #5) "Life rewards action.
http://www.thehappyguy.com/dr-phil-mcgraw.html

Thanks for the great question...and more importantly, thanks for the reminder.

I appreciate you!

[Toronto real estate agent]

I totally agree with an article as well as with a comment above. I had a time few years ago when I was asking same question. It was a time when I got satisfied with what I had done till that time. But I became lazy and without any targets. My life was going pretty boring and I was not able to start any new project again. I was totally stuck. But now I am back on my way and working as a Toronto real estate agent I am facing to new challenges daily.

[Rob Minton]

Nick,

I absolutely loved your post. Imagine what would happen in our lives if we asked ourselves this one simple question each day....

Am I Being a LOSER Today?

If we are truthful with our answer, it might shock us into action - the "right" action. After reading your post, I'm changing the screen saver on my computer to flash this simple question. I definitely don't want to be a loser!

Awesome!!!