Ability is what you’re capable of doing.
Motivation determines what you do.
Attitude determines how well you do it.

-  Lou Holtz

I have been waning a little in my quest.. Yes, I have been working a lot at the day job, but not really enough to warrant an actual stop in activities outside. I don’t know, it  may have been the change in seasons (nearly always depresses me going into winter) or just a small lack of focus. Either way, I haven’t been doing as much as I could over the last week.

It is bizarre how things and perception can change in a short matter of time. I have been finding it hard to get my head around what I need to do, then out of nowhere comes a conversation, and later on, a text from a friend that puts the motivators back in.

First of all I spoke to my mum on the phone.. She had just been on the first round of the course that I went on, and thoroughly enjoyed it too. We started chatting, talking about our interpretations on all that we have learned in that respect and suddenly my juices were flowing again. The motivation was up, I wanted to start achieving. Just a little bit of exposure to someone who was looking into a similar avenue to me and the game was back on!

I have heard it many times that the people you hang around with can greatly affect your life, so I am going to need to surround myself, even more, with people who want to achieve what I want to achieve. I try to instill energy into people at work about what I am learning but they do not seem to get it nor want to know, which, I will be honest, disappoints me a little. They all have ‘dreams’ as I do, but to me, they are more fantasies because they are not prepared to go after them. I honestly don’t know if I will get exactly where I want to go at this point, but I will keep moving in that direction in whatever way I can.

Straight after the conversation with mum I went to the Post Office and mailed 3 books to her. Two Rich Dad books and a Richard Branson one. Mum was adamant that she should read up on some things about the whole philosophy of Robert Kiyosaki because it was something new to her that she was gripped with in the seminar. I made a point of mailing them straight away, as I didn’t want to stifle her enthusiasm in any way, so the sooner the better!

Later yesterday evening I got a text from my Polish mate Cezar (the one who introduced me to Rich Dad). He had obviously given this web address to his brother, a business man in Poland, also a Rich Dad follower. He said that his brother had some ideas for the4thmarketeer. Normally I would probably get a little defensive about my things, but that was a long time ago. So I replied that I would love to hear them. To be honest it would be great to bounce ideas off someone who, from what I know, is critically committed to what I am. So hopefully Cezar will give him my email address and we can start moving forward! All good stuff.

So, from being lacsidasical to back on the mission in just two conversations, I love it!!