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Quitting too early can Cost EVERYTHING!
Let me start by saying that there is a difference between strategically changing directions or course correcting and quitting…. and my wife and I have done our best to try and “educate” our children on the differences between them and the best we have been able to do is lead this by example, it’s one thing to tell them;
“Well kids….changing directions or course correcting is when you have made the decision that this path in life is no longer a desire for you, perhaps your interests have changed or this path is no longer serving your long term interests… however quitting is when things get tough or you don’t have the answers, so you take an easier path or just give up”.
But if there is one important thing I’ve learned over the years, it’s that our children care less about what we SAY and more about what we DO! It’s one thing that has been an incredible motivator for me when things get TOUGH or when I just want to QUIT and give up, I think about my children’s future and what they will learn from me if I QUIT…. This has happened many times in our marriage, and more specifically inside of real estate investing. I had a dream of getting out of corporate america and not relying on a W2 paycheck for my livelihood so instead of getting a single family home initially we purchased a 2 unit “Fixer-Upper” and to make the long story short, we sold it a year later…
