Nothing New Under The sun

Have you ever watched an advert on television, you know those adverts which are promoting the latest and the greatest? Forget last week’s product; THIS is the one you need to get…like the latest craze on the shopping channels, the all new “ab-belt”, use this for 15 minutes a day and get a six pack! New? We had one of those 15 years ago…

…there is no latest gimmick, there is no new fundamental secret, all that there is, are the fundamental basics – those things which have been proven to work over and over again.

What really works is the half a dozen basics that when you have mastered them will take you to where you want to be and achieve your goals. Success isn’t doing a couple of thousand things quite well, but doing a few things to a very high standard and doing it a few thousand times.

You need to aim to be world class and truly excellent in just a few things and then let everyone else do the rest!

Let’s use an athlete analogy – have you ever seen a sprinter run a marathon? After all, it’s just running, isn’t it??

The sprinter puts in their time on the track and the gym, building up the explosive muscle power to be able to run 100m in less than 9.7 seconds. The marathon runner on the other hand puts in countless hours racking up 140+ miles a week out on the roads, building up the endurance to run at 5 minute mile pace for over 2 hours.

Either way it is the thousands and thousands of hours spent along the way that got them there.

It’s a bit like that with property, you don’t buy a house and it doubles in price next week. You buy a house, it pays you rent every month and over time – several years – it goes up in value, patience is required.

Becoming a success isn’t difficult but IT IS hard work, laborious, tedious and sometimes boring. It is slow and arduous, if you are averse to hard work and commitment then success isn’t for you.

What do you want to do? You can keep on slogging away at your 9 to 5 job, hoping to save enough to maybe be able to retire one day. Alternatively, you can build long-term wealth through property. If you want to get into property, but aren’t sure how to do this then get in touch.