Cutting Out The Noise

In Napoleon Hill’s book, Outwitting the Devil, he talks about how a devil distracts us as entrepreneurs and people. In the note business, we can see this in how there are days where we get frustrated with the lack of activity and success with our deals. What ends up happening is that the market becomes too noisy with our own worries and what’s going on around that it distracts us from our goals and from following the right direction. Scott guides us how to cut out the noise as he talks about social media and the everyday distractions we face. He talks about the noise we find in our note business and how you can value your time and find your focus.

"Our topic is a little bit different. I know a lot of people are excited about the New Year. There are some that are new to the note business. There are some that had been around for a while doing a variety of things. I discussed this with a couple of investors. I also discussed this topic with some people when I was down in the Bahamas at the Mr. Landlord event. It’s important to keep this in mind if you’re trying to have any type of success in whatever you’re focused on. One of my favorite books is Outwitting the Devil by Napoleon Hill and sharing it after being hidden in a cabinet for 70-plus years. It talks about how the devil distracts us as entrepreneurs and people. That’s what makes him successful, but it’s also what keeps us from finding success because we’re constantly drifting. We’re getting distracted. We’re not focused on things. Everybody struggles with this. Everybody including me, we all drift.

What you have to realize is the best way for you to find some clarity, some focus, direction, a compass in your note business is to figure out what are you focused on. That’s across the board. It could be a variety of things that you’re trying to focus on, but you’re going to get frustrated. You’re going to get discouraged because you’re not going to see a lot of activity or not a lot of success as you move forward in the right direction. You’re going to be doing a lot of sidesteps or moving from one direction for a little bit and then moving back to a different direction. I call it the noise because there’s a lot of noise out in the market that can confuse us and that can distract us. The best thing you can do is to go away with that noise with a couple of reasons."

Listen to the full podcast episode here: https://weclosenotes.com/ep-407-cutting-out-the-noise/