Rise above the storm and you will find sunshine - Mario Fernandez

 

How many times has life thrown you a curve ball?  Everything is going good, or at least OK, and then "BAM", from out of nowhere it seems you are sucker punched (figuratively speaking - or if you had a former career like mine, maybe literally?).

Remember the recession we are just now coming out of?  Of course you do, who couldn't remember losing 25 - 50 percent (or more in some markets) of your homes value?  Millions out of work, some of the largest numbers of individuals drawing unemployment.  Now that I got you depressed thinking about a few years ago, let me ask you a question; did some people prosper?  Of course some people prospered even during the storm.

Some individuals rose above the storm and saw the sunshine.  They literally refused to participate in the recession.  In the real estate market, investors purchased foreclosed upon homes at 1970's pricing and currently receive 2017 rents; tell me that isn't sunshine!  Smart investors saw the decline on the real estate market as a perfect time to "buy low" and potentially "sell high", but not until after they make some money monthly on rental income.

Rise above the storms of life (career, money, family); seek the sunshine above the storm.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit. - Aristotle

Ever wonder how the ones who "make it" in this world; how they did it?  It is quite simple; they are simply, repeatedly excellent.

That doesn't mean they do not make mistakes, that would make them perfect; but they are excellent.  They are excellent in their speaking, they are excellent in their thoughts, they are excellent in their deeds, they are excellent in their relationships, and they are excellent in business.

Anyone can hit excellence once, maybe even twice; but it only lasts if you make it a habit - being excellent every day.  When I was a kid, I used to listen to music; I was a big 80's hair band fan.  There were several "one hit wonders" that I enjoyed, but I don't remember most of them.  It was the bands that were consistently charting songs, they were "excellent" and continually put out albums (this was before the digital music age) that I remember.  Bands like:

Bon Jovi
Poison
Def Lepard
Van Halen
Aerosmith

You get the picture.

Make excellence a habit, something you do everyday in everything.  Excellence is a way of life, it is choosing to do right and be excellent in all walks of your life.  If you can master this thought, you too can be "excellent".  Simply make excellence a habit, not merely an act.

Life is Like Riding a Bicycle. To Keep Your Balance, You Must Keep Moving. - Albert Einstein

Nothing living, that quits moving ever gets better.  Keep moving forward, even when the challenges seem overwhelming.

A moving target is harder to hit than a moving target.  Remember those days going to a fair and playing that Old Western Shooting Gallery?  For a few dollars, you get to shoot a rifle at several different targets, racking up points for each hit.  Some of the targets were stationary while other targets were moving.  The stationary targets were never worth as many points as the moving targets; moving targets are harder to hit! 

Don't be stationary, keep moving!  Set a goal and work toward that goal.  Don't stop moving, keep going, even when the resistance seems to great.