Conquerors have learnt to ask the ‘best’ questions.
Are you a conqueror? Then review the style of questioning that defines who you are.
For example, if you were to embark upon the path of expanding your property investment portfolio, here are some key conquering questions you may like to ask…
- How can I position myself to learn more about investing in property?
- What financial records do I need to have in place before I talk to a bank?
- What team do I need to surround myself with in order to position myself to purchase investment property?
- How can I buy a property with no deposit?
- When do I want to retire?
- How much positive cash-flow do I need to have to achieve retirement?
- What research do I need to do to find the right investment property?
- What books and magazines do I need to read?
- What websites do I need to subscribe to?
- What CD’s do I need to listen to?
- What seminars do I need to attend to increase my financial intelligence?
- What insurances do I need to have in place?
- What asset protection strategies do I need to have in place?
- What types of properties will give me the best return for my investment?
- How many offers do I need to make to achieve my goal?
- What is my investment business plan?
- How can I find the best way to afford the properties that I’m considering to purchase?
- Am I buying for capital growth or cash-flow or both?
- How can I best learn how to analyze deals?
- How much time each week do I need to devote to doing research?
And there are a whole lot more than that, that you can ask…
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The defining difference between those who win in life and those who lose is determined by the thoughts that are allowed to take residence in the minds of both. And not only that. It is also directly related to the hedges of protection that they place around their mind that will impact how they live. The most powerful ammunition that can either fortify your life or destroy it are the words that we use on a daily basis.
My challenge to you as my reader now is for you to do a word check. Stop and listen to the words that are passing your lips.
Are they the words of a victor, or are they the words of the defeated?
‘I can’, ‘I will’, ‘I must’, ‘I am able’ build layer upon layer of protection around the fort of your thought. They are ‘building’ words. They are bound by reinforced steel. They are pylons that are plunged deep into your being, ever ready for any thought onslaught that could hit you at any moment.
However, the words ‘I can’t', ‘I couldn’t', ‘I won’t', ‘I’m not able’ do the reverse. These are deconstructive words that give place to the enemy of your life. They open up wide gaping holes in the fortification of your mind and keep you imprisoned in your present – still bound by your past and unless you change your speech you will remain chained into a future defined by those very words.
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A man walks into a service station wearing one shoe. The attendant calls out, ‘Looks like you lost a shoe.’ The man responds, ‘No mate. Found one!’
It’s all a matter of perspective.
Lost? Found? Half full? Half empty? Can’t afford it? How can I afford it?
So what perspective are you viewing your world from?
The way you think will determine the way you live. And the difference between a winner and a loser is determined by what’s happening between their ears. So that’s why I continue to invest in my ongoing education, because I am fully convinced that ‘as a man thinks in his heart, so is he.’
If you want to live a rich life, then invest in your mind.
Apparently the average American buys less than one book a year.
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I love the word ‘limitless’. It simply means ‘without limits’.
The greatest advantage of having a creative spirit is that life is only as limited as your imagination. But if you take time to imagine on a regular basis, your future and the possibilities therein are limitless. That is why it is so important to take time out each day to dream, to visualize, and to imagine the possibilities.
Don’t allow life’s circumstances, or your job, or your business, or your current circle of friends, or your financial status, or your family members to hem you in as it were. Don’t be as the sheep who are restricted to one paddock surrounded by fences. Be a fence jumper and leap towards the possibilities that life has for you.
For if you tap into the unlimited resource of your mind and spirit, that was created by an infinite God, you have immediately stepped into the realm of the limitless. The mind of man is elastic and can expand far beyond its present state, if you simply imagine.
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‘Man Thinks’ is an axiom that was presented to the world by the philosopher Benedictus De Spinoza, who lived between 1632 and 1677. An axiom is a saying that is widely accepted on its own merit. And yet, what do these two words mean? It is as if a third word is required to clearly define the meaning of the two.
For it is as one thinks that one’s life is defined. First the thought, then the act.
If a man thinks evil, and allows evil thoughts to pervade his mind, the result will be evil acts. If a man thinks good thoughts then it would seem natural that good actions shall follow.
So if man thinks – then how do you spend those thoughts?
Think prosperously, live prospersously. Think poverty, live poor. Think possible, achieve impossiblity. Think lack, live lack. Think small, live small. Think big, live big.
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Conquerors have learnt to ask the ‘best’ questions.
