my hero!

Last night I dreamed with my brother. I was about 8 years old and he was playing in an alstar game. He started as the catcher and finished the game pitching the last 2 innings. He went 4 for 4 with 2 doubles a triple and a home run with 6 strike outs. People treated me better knowing that I was his little brother. He was and always will be my hero!

When I have a hard day sometimes I can hear him pushing to do better, to give it all I have. He treated me badly I use to think, but know I see he only wanted me to do my very best. I forget sometimes how wonderful the world is, how special my relationships are.

Thank you big brother.

Take my challenge

I am at a point in my life where I am asking myself how can I better myself. How can I do all the things I want to do. How can I see all the places I want to see. How can I be a better father, husband. How can I get all out of life that I want. I keep getting the same answer.
Stop doing the things that are defeating your wants.
WTF! What does that mean?
Stop the things you do that bring temporary wants rather than the true wants you truly desire.
So, I stopped drinking for a month. it was the first time I went camping without drinking. I actually relaxed and caught up on the needed rest my body needed. Then, I changed the way I ate food. I limited the amounts of food I stuffed down my throat. And in a month I’ve lost 10lbs. lastly, I started focusing on what I do and where I want to take it. Everything that I had been meaning to do toward getting out on my own I started doing. Business I needed to take care of, calls I needed to make. Then something weird happened. I started making money.
Weird! Is getting what you want really that easy?
I am living proof that living toward your wants and desires is better than reliving the same cycle week after week chasing shadows that aren’t there. Men are programmed from birth to compete. Then to turn 21 and begin dosing ourselves to feel numb. Society fools us into believing that this is living. Round and round we go. Most men can handle drinking in moderation, but how often and frequent does the pain go.
Take my challenge. Can you stop doing the things that are defeating your wants and desires? For three months, choose to not consume alcohol, eat moderately, fit in some exercise and most of all focus on what you want to accomplish, what you have been meaning to do or start. See if the cloud, the fog, the haze, goes away, see what I see. Life is meant for so much more than what is advertised. Make your mark in this world. It is the only shot you have. Cool.

What are you really worth?

Facing the facts of life that you have made for yourself are the first steps in determining whether you’re at a place you want to be or not. Most of the time I live life as it comes. As long as the basics are covered. Food, shelter, clothing, transportation. Then I handle money in the same way. If there is money left after the basics are covered then bonus, let’s go to dinner. I love spending money. I hate saving money. I hate paying bills. I hate talking about money. What? You want me to give money away? Isn’t it funny how easy it is to pay for things that unexpectedly come up. You have no money to pay for bills, but if your transmission goes out, bam! There is the money. Have to, and want to, are 2 totally different characteristics.
We are programmed to think this way. Buy things we don’t need, miss payments and pay fees.
My worries always become real the more I focus on them. So the question is. Why worry?
What do I worry about:
Money going out,
Not enough money coming in,
Can I afford it?
What am I confident about:
I will always bring an income home,
I will always provide for my family,
About my abilities and myself worth,
What is the difference between worry and confidence? It is the belief that I will. I will worry about not having enough, but at the same time I will always have enough to provide.
My belief has to be stronger in myself worth. I am worth 100 times what I’m currently worth. This would put me at six million a year. Is it impossible? No way! People are making that right now! We have been programmed from birth to live within our means. Not to rock the boat. Not to want too much, you’ll only set yourself up to fail.
Now is the time to face the facts. We are undervalued. We are modern slaves working for lowest amount that owners are willing to pay. Think about it. Let’s say your car is worth $30,000. It should be 15% of your yearly income which puts your income at $200,000. Your mortgage should be 10% of your income. If your making a $2000 a month payment you should be making $240,000 a year. We are over taxed, underpaid, undervalued, and being bled dry by the banks and creditors.
Make a new belief in yourself worth. Make it real, as real as your old worries of not having enough. The new middle class should be making $200,000 a year. Everyone else is being left behind.
By the way, if you make $80,000 a year, $200,000 a year is only 2.5 times more than what you’re currently worth. Our lives are worth a fortune right now. You might have an idea that could start a new wave of products. You may have an invention that could revolutionize the economy. You might have the next chicken soup book that could help millions. What are you really worth?