Wholesaling Houses and Keeping the Right Mindset
02. Nov, 2009 
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Your positive attitude towards real estate investing and wholesaling houses will totally control how you do in life and in the wholesaling business
Wholesaling Houses Tip: The benefits of positive thinking
Is your glass half empty or half full? How you answer this age-old question about positive thinking may reflect your outlook on life, your attitude towards yourself, and whether you’re an optimist or a pessimist. Positive thinking plays a key part in effective stress management. Thinking optimistic thoughts doesn’t mean that you bury your head in the sand; it just means that you approach the unpleasant in a more positive and productive way.
You can learn to turn negative thinking into positive thinking. The process is simple, but it takes time and practice, after all you’re creating a new habit. Here are some ways to think and behave in a more positive way:
Check yourself
From time to time during the day, stop and evaluate what you’re thinking. If you find that your thoughts are mainly negative, try to find a way to put a positive spin on them. For example, you can be thinking to yourself ” All of these sellers just keep telling me ‘No!’ so this business doesn’t work! I am going to go back to my 9 to 5 forever and sit at my boss’s feet” Please don’t do that! Don’t sit at your boss’s feet. It is a very stinky position to be in. What you really need to be thinking is ” I am one more ‘no’ closer to a yes!” If I keep making offers than I will be closer to kissing my boss and his smelly feet good-bye!
Be open to humor
Give yourself permission to smile or laugh, especially during difficult times. Find the humor in everyday situations. When you can laugh at life, you feel less stressed. Some people are so dry and really just need to lighten up. Seriously, I think some people are just looking to be offended by something so that they cross it off their list for the day. Don’t be like this…I can’t STAND people like this!
Follow a healthy lifestyle
Exercise at least three times a week to positively affect your mood and reduce stress. Follow a healthy diet to fuel your mind and body.
Surround yourself with positive people. Make sure those in your life are positive, supportive people you can depend on to give helpful advice and feedback.
Honestly, if you are going to do well in the wholesaling business it takes discipline. You have to have the motivation and initiative to put out your marketing to get people to call you so you can ACTUALLY make some offers! Working out and eating right takes a tremendous amount of discipline. Your body will thank you for it now and later on in your life you will be a lot better off for it to. But let me tell ya, it takes discipline to role out of bed and the crack of dawn and head down to the gym. Every morning you just want to stay in bed BUT you know you will be better off for it. Just like real estate…It takes a tremendous amount of discipline to do what you need to do to make the money in this business but you know you will be better off for it if you JUST DO IT!
Practice positive self-talk
Start by following one simple rule: Don’t say anything to yourself that you wouldn’t say to anyone else.
Practicing positive self-talk will improve your outlook. When your state of mind is generally optimistic, you’re able to handle everyday stress in a more constructive way. That ability may contribute to the widely observed health benefits of positive thinking. Basically, if you feel like you have a major headache after you finish talking to somebody because the market sucks, the government is out to get us, and the world is coming to an end, you need to start hanging out with better people. If you want to start making more money you need to hanging out with people who make more money than you and think differently than you do. It is very true that the size of your net worth is the size and quality of your network!
“You become what you think about” — Earl Nightingale
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