Greetings Blog Family,

The time has come for us to stop having one night stands in pursuit of our worthy goals and dreams. It is really frustrating to see us waste our energy, dissipating our energy and efforts with all the starting and stopping in pursuit of our goals and dreams. We need consistency.

Consistency is the key

Consistency is a monster because it provides you with two of the essential elements of success that you need to take your business, life, endeavors to the next level.

The elements that I am talking about are confidence and motivation. Confidence grows internally when you perform day and day and create a track record of success that you can feel and is tangible in your life. The momentum comes from from this consistency and creates the energy, enthusiasm, and belief that you need to make everything you desire to happen.

Get the video in your life and share it with others. Now is our time!

First in the Mind, then in Reality!

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Blog Family,

Health is wealth and I want to encourage you to get some and pass it on. I have been on this kick for the past few weeks because I have set out to accomplish one of my major life goals, running the Chicago marathon. But instead of just throwing myself into 26 miles of pain, I plan on running an half marathon this year and next year tackling the big boy marathon.

Believe me Health is Wealth!

Some of you out there might be thinking that health isn’t all that important to your future, but I say that it is very important to your future. Think about it, regardless of what your goals are health is at the center of it. How would accomplish any of your goals if you were not in at least decent health? How could you travel around the world, climb a mountain, or even climb the corporate ladder if your health is out of whack.

Often times, I get someone that says health isn’t wealth, nor their goal. They want to create financial freedom for their descendants. But I say how can you do this if your health is not in order? Seriously, it is going to take massive energy and effort to make this a reality, but if you are not working out where is it going to come from?

Then, let’s say you hit your goal of financial freedom. Don’t you want to be around long enough to watch your family enjoy the fruits of your life long labor? I would think that you would.

Check out the video

Enjoy the video and make sure you let me know what you think, but I hope it is able to inspire you to get off your butt and get into the fitness game.

Big Shout out to Chase Harris as he is taking the iBeachBody.com Fitness Challenge!!

Check out his website site at http://www.iBeachBody.com or keep up with his fitness challenge on his YouTube page at http://www.YouTube.com/iBeachBody

Half Marathon Workout Plan

This is the half marathon workout schedule that I am working out with. It is a great workout plan for beginning runners. Check it out here: http://www.halhigdon.com/halfmarathon/novice.htm

First in the Mind, then in Reality!

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Greetings Blog Family,

This may come as a surprise to some of you, but if you have seen my I’m Thinking episode when I talk about the failing public school system you will not be shocked. However, I cannot stand the public school system. It is faling us terribly. Now, I understand that it is necessary, so I am not advocating it’s demolition or even supporting school vouchers, but something needs to be done.

Instead of my typical bitching and moaning about the situation, I want to offer some practical, factual steps every parent can take to rid this problem in their homes. This video is dedicated to that aim.

Now, if you are one of these parents that just want to send their children off to day care, I mean public schools, close your eyes and wish for the best, then this might not be the best video for you. Because inside are some actual tips and goals that my wife and I have used to raised what most would call “intelligent” children.

For years it seems, our friends and family have urged us to tell them how we have managed to raise such sharp children in a sea of mediocrity. Well, it wasn’t easy, but now is the time to shed some light on our methods and ideology.

Enjoy the video!

Check out the video and let me know what you think by leaving a comment below. If you really like it, be sure to tweet this message to your following or share it on Facebook.

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Greetings Blog Family,

Today I want to talk to you about a great little analogy that I have come across and added some juice to as well. The phrase “Eat That Frog” comes from a book written by Brian Tracy where he claims that you should start your day by complete the biggest, most hairy, difficult goal that you have first. By doing this, you will make the rest of your to do list seem short, easy, and attainable. This will give you the momentum to continue through your day and dominate through achievement.

And achievement is the only way you can kill the crabs. You have surely heard of the phrase, Crabs in a barrel. Well, they say these crabs are always trying to hold you back from the achievement and success that you desire. Don’t let them hold you back and pay them no attention. Continue to thrive, achieve more everyday in your life.

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“Obstacles are those things you see when you take your eyes off the prize.” – Unknown

In this episode of Balance “Get Some in Yo Life”, we cover how to overcome and dominate obstacles in your life. It can be done, but you have to be true to yourself and focus on your goals and dreams.

Take a moment to watch the show. Leave a comment and let me know how you feel. If you like it, share it with others. But remember all things happen….

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Greetings Blog Family,

Another week has come and gone. This time it has found me ready for it and aiming for the stars. I am fired up. As you will see over the next few weeks I have some very special material planned for this blog and am very excited about it.

It dawned on my not long ago that I wanted to own a media empire and have the influence and reach that many of the power stations had. This realization made me began to look at this blog and my other ones a little bit differently. Blogs and the Internet has given ordinary people like myself without hundreds of billions of dollars the power and access to reach millions if we have the ability or chops to make it happen. Well, I am going to find out because I love to get in front of the camera and share what I know. The wild thing is that I know many other people that feel the same, so as little organization and effort can make all of this a reality.

Last Week Goals

1. Video Blog at FreddieTaylor.com – I was successful in getting back on the video wagon here at FreddieTaylor.com with the launch of my weekly series, Balance. That was a lot of fun and it is replacing my Monday Motivational Moments that was a feature on this site.

The reason I changed the name is because I wanted to motivate, but there are some other subjects I want to get into as well and Balance will allow me to do so. As entrepreneurs, we cannot be so one sided and focused on money and the bottom line, there is just way too much more to life than that. Balance is my effort to discuss many of these issues as well.

2. Study New Business - I was able to study my new business model and am very excited about it. There is a little bit more understanding to go, but I will have to learn that on the fly. Now is the time to get out and get it going, so I will.

3. Prepare for my Picking Comps presentation - This past weekend, my partners and I held a 3 day event called the Ultimate Foreclosure Workshop. You can view it at UltimateForeclosureWorkshop.com. It was a stunning success. We had 17 paid participants, so there was some margin made and most importantly, the participants were excited about the information they received and pleased with their purchase. In short, we delivered, which is what you want when you are taking people’s money. Our thought is to under promise and over deliver….that we did.

As for my presentation, I thought it could have went better, but not a bad job. Like most entrepreneurs, I am pretty critical of myself and always expect better. Next presentation, I will do better.

This Week

Now is the time to roar into the next week and get it crackin! Here are my major goals for the week.

1. Plan – It is official in my mind that this is my last year in the appraisal business. I have to cut the cord and get out now. The question is what exactly will I do in the future, so I want to lay out a detailed plan to ensure that I am making solid progress everyday. This may take a week or so as I have several projects in the works, but need to tie them together in a cohesive way to capitalize on their synergies.

2. Complete Landing Page – One of my new ventures requires that I complete a video for this landing page I am creating. This has to get done and the sooner the better. So, I will be all over that early in the week and hopefully able to make it happen.

3. Full Week @ FT.com – I want to follow up my last week with another solid week here on this site. You will see a few more post as I back away from appraisal business and get more into my online work. I am very excited, but like any transition there is always some anxiety…However, I am ready to strike!

Let’s go get’em!

Now is our time to shine. I have defined my week and plan on being all over it. Will you do the same? If you don’t make the goals public, that is cool. Write them on your board, look at them, intimidate them, and get them done!

First in the Mind, then in Reality!

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Greetings Blog Family,

Yes! It has been a while since I have actually done a blog post and it feels good to be back. The other week, I went on vacation to Tampa Bay, Florida for days of rest, relaxation, and great times.

The picture feature here is the view I woke up to every morning as I ventured out on the terrace to clear my head from the night before and get ready for the day ahead.

The reason this post took so long in the making is that I was waiting on the pictures from my friends that went on the trip with me. I had my camera, but managed to take no pictures during the trip, buy my friends did and they haven’t made the pictures available yet.

The House

I will try to give you a visual of the house, rather mansion, we rented for the trip. It was larger than most anything that I have seen. And as an appraiser, I have seen some wonderful homes, but this one was incredible. It rocks my world to think that people live like this everyday, but they do. Anyway, my favorite feature of this home was the double deck terrace that wrapped the sides and back of the home which led to the views in the picture. It was simply amazing. And every morning I began my day there on that terrace enjoying the sunshine, breeze, and happy feelings.

That break was much deserved and I had a wonderful time, but I am really excited to be back in the Command Center ready to build my Internet empire. Are you ready?

My Plans

While I was on vacation and during the past week, I have been pouring over my plans for the immediate future and they are exciting. I am so fired up to get into this week it doesn’t make sense. I have decided that I am going to build FreddieTaylor.com into the media outlet I have desired for so long. While on vacation, I realized that they Internet and the skills that I have been developing for the past few months have really given me all that I need to make my dreams a reality and now is the time to start creating them.

Therefore, you will see a few new features coming to FreddieTaylor.com starting this week. I don’t want to bore you with the details, but rather just jump in a get them started. This post was actually suppose to happen on Sunday, but we had a dinner party that ran a little longer than antipated and I had to too much wine. (Just keeping it real and telling you the truth, Blog Family.)

Anyway, it is on! Also, I have decided to be accountable for a few more goals on a weekly basis. I find that you keep me honest and if I share them with you, I will get them done more-so on a regular basis.

This Weeks Goals:

1. Video blogs at FreddieTaylor.com 

I mentioned above my aspirations for FreddieTaylor.com, so this is the plan….to get started. Getting started consist of two more post this week. And I will leave it there. ((((clap clap)))) Let’s go get’em!

2. Study new business

I started a new business that helps small businesses reconnect with their communities. It is phenomenal and I will be talking about it soon, but I need to study the business to be able to present it concisely. The fact is right now I don’t fully understanding the business. This week it needs to change. Then I will review it for you.

3. Prepare Training on Picking Comps

I am part of af team of people that are producing The Ultimate Foreclosure Workshop and of my contributions is a presentation on How appraisers Pick Comps, which should be about an hour. I need to prepare and practice that presentation.

Let’s get it!

First in the Mind, then in Reality!

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Greetings Blog Family,

It’s another Sunday and I am back with my accountability report. Last week, my main goal to complete was to spend some quality time with my boys and that is exactly what we did!

It was great! My wife was out of town until Thursday of last week, so the boys and I really kicked hanging out together into overdrive and I just loved every single minute of it. At heart, I am nothing but a big kid anyway, so we really get along and play well together.

I must add a parenting note here. It is good to be friendly with your children, but I am quick to let them know that this doesn’t get in the way of my duties as a parent. If they get out of line, I will discipline without hesitation….and they know that. So, love your children, play with them, enjoy life together, but please don’t neglect the discipline. It is essential to building character in them.

Bowling Fun with My Boys!

On Monday, the boys and I went bowling and had some big time fun. They have their own bowling balls that they love to carry and utilize during the game. It makes them feel very special and they just love the fact that I don’t have one and have to use the balls at the bowling alley. It was cool. They got a little frustrated with their games cause they didn’t break 100 points, but they had fun nevertheless. And yes, I did break 100, but not going to tell my score. Let’s just say that the people on the Pro Bowlers Association are not in jeopardy of losing their spot to me. We had a great time anyway and it was a great way to kick off the week.

Reading Every Night

We read a book every night of the week and they just loved it. This is something that my wife and I use to do all the time when they were younger and couldn’t read. I think this is one of the reasons that they both read so well today. We took the time and invested in them while they were really young and instilled a love for reading, knowledge, and education in them at a very early age. So, this was a great opportunity to get back to that and I did. We ready that “Junie B First Grader” book that my five year old loves so much. It was really fun and one night I almost didn’t read with them and the disappointment in their eyes was enough to drive that self-centeredness right out of me and got me to reading with them. I am glad they hit me with the puppy dog eyes because I needed that. This will carry over to this week and beyond I am sure.

Video & Board Games

We spent a lot of time playing video and board games because that is what children love to do, go figure right? Again, I am nothing but a developed kid, so I really enjoy playing as well. My nine year old, Jayel, really puts the beat down on me and I don’t like it one bit. What he doesn’t know though is that while they are at school, sometimes I am practicing to get my game together. This is how I became the dominate Wii bowling champion in the house. I would play everyday from like 10am to 11am until I got my curve together. Now, they don’t like to play me in Wii bowling anymore, but every now and again someone in the house is feeling feisty.

Lil’ Freddie’s Black History Month Celebration at School

Lil Freddie, the five year old, had a black history month celebration at school last Friday and it was AWESOME!!!!! His class of kindergartners stole the show. And yes, I am a bias parent speaking, but it is true. They were so cute, sung with so much energy and excitement. It was outstanding. My baby is usually shy, but he really came out of his shell. He got to stand next to his best friend, Malik, and they were doing their thing. 

Unfortunately, I left the video camera and my regular camera, so I don’t have anything to share. Malik’s parents taped the show and is going to give us a DVD, so I will be able to show it later. It was awesome and I am so proud of the little guy.

Black Belt Test, Part 1

My nine year old had the first part of his black belt test last Saturday. He did an awesome job. It was the endurance and written exam day. I cannot believe the amount of work they had to do to complete this section of the test. It was crazy. The testing started at 2pm and wasn’t over until like 7pm. Crazy!

I must admit that we had a blast, the parents, watching the children go through all of that. But it got really inspiring as we clapped, cheered, yelled, encouraged, and jumped to help the little ones get through the various challenges. I have a few pictures from that event to share so you can see. He did a great job, but he was so tired by the end that he just collapsed in the car and slept the entire way home. He is earning his black belt and we are proud of him! (The second part of the test is the next Sunday, so wish him luck.)

Surprise Gifts!

Jayel, the nine year old, and Freddie, five years old, both did so well that my wife, Krystal, and I decided to swing by Game Stop to reward both of them with a new Wii video game. We had to wake them up in the car on way back from the Tae Kwon Doe testing to get them to select what game they wanted. They was so surprised and happy. It was awesome, but they deserved it and did a wonderful job.

This Weeks Goal: 50 articles!

This weeks goal isn’t going to be as special as last weeks goal, but it is necessary. I must generate a residual income that is going to sustain me through the development of my niche sites, so I am back to work. I get asked a lot, “Why don’t you outsource your article writing?”

Trust me, I would love to outsource my article writing, but you actually need to be making enough money each month to do just that. Otherwise, I am pouring money out and getting nothing back. That isn’t the idea here. My plan is to get the revenue going myself, then from there I will begin to outsource like I am doing with some of my flipping efforts.

Thus, I am back to writing a large bulk of articles. My real estate site is set because I have Associate Writers pumping out content there and that is great. Currently, articles are scheduled to post a few times a week all the way through June of 2009, so that is awesome! I don’t have to worry about that site for the moment, but the writers are still creating content. By July of this year, I would like to have enough content for the rest of the year. That is a more long term goal and I think I will be able to pull it off.

I am launching a new niche site that is in an area that I am not terribly familiar with, but the opportunity is tremendous, so I have to go for it. I am a little nervous about this goal because usually when I decide to write 50 articles in a week I would have wrote about 10 on Sunday and I haven’t written any yet today. And on top of that, I am going to visit with a friend, so not likely that I will be writing later.

Nevertheless, I set the goal so I MUST rise to the occation. 50 articles or bust!

Who is with me?

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Greetings Blog Family,

It is another magic monday here at FreddieTaylor.com. I am excited  you dropped by to caght another version of my blog series on motivation. It is my hope to be a source of inspiration to as many people as I can reach. As I grow, it is my mission to help you do the same.

Getting down to business

This monday is the first day I unleashed the Quote of the Week. I love quotes, sayings, poems, and motivation so I thought it would be great to share it with you. Be on the lookout for more of these in the future. They get me fired up and hopefully they will do the same for you.

Quote of the Week

Today’s opportunities erase yesterday’s failures.

-  Gene Brown

Alright Gene, that is what I am talking about….progress. Life is not about standing around with your finger in your nose wondering what could have been if you only. If you only did something different or did something at all, you could have the things you want.

This pity party is going to lead you nowhere fast and I suggest that you put it behind you and make some strides in attaining your goals and dreams. Today holds the key to your success. Yesterday is finished and tomorrow is but a vision. Today is all you have to make it happen. Be aggressive and use the day positively to move closer to all that you set out to attain.

Poem: Shine by Maryanne Williamson

Ok, that is not the official title. I call this poem shine because that is what I feel it is all about and I have never discovered the name of the poem. It was written by Maryanne Williamson in 1955 and brought to my attention as Nelson Mandela recited it at his Presidential inaguration in South Africa.

Enjoy and be motivated,

Peace!

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