Being a fool is the best place to be when you are starting something new. It is the first step to mastery. Personally, I was a a horrific public speaker and writer when I graduated from undergrad. Graduate school and a mentor that I worked for beat me, lovingly, to become a better writer and …
Start By Doing It Badly – Be A Fool – THE Mastermind Special Read More »
I want to thank everyone for meeting with us last night. Last night was the first time we setup our booth and brought Mastermind members to the event. It was fantastic. A big thank you to our members who supported us last night. But the main question we heard was “What is the Mastermind?” WE …
This morning I was back in the gym lifting. Post-COVID workouts are no fun. While I was in the squat rack Bill Ackman was on CNBC discussing his predictions for the economy over the next year. He believes the US is about to experience a huge economic boom. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/19/bill-ackman-still-sees-a-massive-economic-boom-despite-the-delta-variant-says-rates-to-rebound.html?__source=twitter|now To a certain extent – I …
Well I survived COVID. I am officially, as of last week, COVID free. It was absolutely the most sick I have ever been in my life. I still have some residual fatigue and a lingering cough, but both are improving daily. A big thank you to all of you that emailed your home remedies, well …
Mastermind Week – Action Changes Mindset – Always – COVID Update Read More »
This past weekend at the Texas Real Estate Investment Center we hosted THE Mastermind. There were about 10 of us that physically attended the event and of those in the room, my quick math, put us at about $100MM in closed deals in the last 3 years. On Friday afternoon I fired up my laptop …
The Doers – $100MM in THE Mastermind – 5 Under Contract Read More »
Today is another day that we have two choices before us. Continue to do the things that everyone else does or be different. Let’s talk about “saving” for retirement. Most Americans’ retirement plans are to save enough money, retire, and pray the money lasts as long as they do. Financial professionals have developed a simulation …
I was chatting with Rob today and we decided to open THE Mastermind up for 6 more members. Join by January 15th and the annual membership will be extended an additional 90 days. What is THE Mastermind? It is a peer group of real estate investors that share resources – deals, money, expertise, contractors, etc., …
The economy, stupid – a de facto slogan of Bill Clinton’s campaign in 1992. Coined by James Carville this snowclone resonated with voters and ultimately won Clinton the Whitehouse over Bush. For the last few months Rob has created his own – It’s 10 houses, stupid. Right after hurricane Harvey ravaged Texas with its’ rain …
This time last year I attended the funeral of one of my first investors. He was one of the most successful and savviest investors I have ever met and we did $10s of millions in transactions together over 7 years. When I turned 40 he sent me a nice email that I have saved today. …
The Moral Of The Story Is you Get One Life So Do It All Read More »
Success is the result of action. You cannot be successful sitting on the sidelines. Every endeavor requires a bit of work. Recently, I was doing a bit of research on sunk cost fallacy. Individuals commit the sunk cost fallacy when they continue a behavior or endeavor as a result of previously invested resources (time, money …
