Dave “The Shef” Sheffield is a valued contributor on the Real Estate Radio USA Blog. Dave is also a highly in demand motivational speaker. We found the Shef in a hotel room, had OJ provide us with some well needed security, and we kept the Shef in the room until he agreed to provide us with weekly pearls of wisdom in addition to his articles and New World Order training participation. Here is what the Shef cooked up this week.

Hey You…Yeah You…Take Some Personal Responsibility

We have all heard people say things like, “I can’t help it.” or “It’s not my fault”. All of these statements give pass to an amazing passiveness towards life. In the US, we have the opportunity to do and be anything. If you are poor and want to be rich, do it. If you are in a bad relationship and hate it, get out. If you are bigger than you want to be and want to change it, do it.

My hope is that you all take today as the battle cry for everything that life has to offer.

How Many Irons Are In Your Fire?

“Too many irons in the fire”. We have all heard this one. If you are doing 9 things that are totally unrelated and you aren’t doing any of them real well, you need to scale back. There are a few things that I observe about this statement.

1. The less you do, the more you make. If you are in sales or are a business owner, take the amount of time that you would spend doing something else and focus on doing your highest revenue producing activity.

2. It’s OK to have multiple irons in the fire; as long as they’re in the same fire. Do what you can do to have multiple streams of income. Our educational system in the United States teaches students to go work for a company and get a watch after 30 years. That world does not exist any more (other than in government). The most un-secure thing in the world is a secure job.

3. Continue to better yourself. People who are successful don’t wait to get to a certain level before they start on a personal development program. Start now. This is the foundation for anything successful.

It is also great to have people around who support you in your goals. Get excited about their accomplishments and victories.

Fire it up!