I love tennis. Its the only form of excerise that I truly enjoy. However, I have been a victim of my own excuses. For the past two months I have been saying the same thing. I can’t play any tennis. I have nobody to play with. Recently, a few weeks ago I was thinking over my statements. I realized that I just wasn’t taking the action needed to correct my situation. I was just making excuses for myself. I used to play with some friends every night several years ago. Now they tell tell me its hot to play or that they are to busy right now. So I accepted there excuses for myself. I told myself well I’ve got nobody to play with but I started to ponder about this. You see if you want to do something then you need to put yourself into position to do it. You need to learn about that activ ity and if it involves other people you need to be around where other people who perform the same activity are.
I didn’t know any playing partners so I have started going to the tennis court every few nights by myself. If I want to find someone to play with I need to go to the tennis court since thats where people play tennis. Now I don’t get to play every night and I haven’t found a playing partner that matches my game yet but I have gotten to hit the ball and meet other people. I’ve put myself in the position of being on the court and playing.
So I was on the court last night. Normally I just go by myself and hit some serves and do a brief run. Last night an older man joined me. We talked for a little while and it turns out that he hasn’t played in 15 years. He always wanted to but had nobody to play with.
This fellow was suppose to have a partner last night but his partner told him that it was to hot to play. Interestly enough though he broke through all of those excuses everyone was telling him and he came to the tennis court by himself. He put himself into a position to play tennis. He knew very little of the rules, and nothing of the scoring system but the thing is when he chose to come last night he found me. So I hit balls with him and taught him some basics about the game. If he taken his normal course of action and decided that since his friend did not want to come then he would have nobody to play with so whats the point? Well then nothing in his life would have changed. When he decided that because his friend did not want to play it wasn’t going to stop him from putting himself into position to play he went to a tennis court. He found someone to play with.
This is true with all things in life. If you want to do something then put yourself into position to do it. Stop making excuses or accepting other peoples excuses to stop you. If you want to do real estate get around someone who does real estate. If you do not know someone find a local investment club to go to or find the websites on the internet to learn from. If you know about real estate investing and want to do it then put yourself into position to do so. Find a property and make an offer. Find a partner to do deals with. Until you choose an action to push forward your position in life your going to still be in the same position.
I have a friend who wants to be a lawyer. I see him every few months. Every few months he has a different excuse as to why he hasn’t taken the test to get into law school. I’m afraid he’s going end up like the gentleman I met last night 15 years later he’s still in the same position. If you truly want something in life then take the actions to move forward. If you want to invest in real estate take the actions to do so.
Shane Wilson is a full time real estate investor. Take action and learn about investing today. My blog offers simple and straightforward advice. Visit my real estate investing blog to help change your life .
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