You can do anything you want to.....

I had mentioned some time back, that I started over at 50. I owned a successful title research company for 7 years….then real estate took a serious dive…..the information I was gathering was quickly becoming available on the internet….and in the blink of an eye, it was all over. There was no immediate answer to replace the income, so with the business gone…I lost my house that I had lived in for 18 years, lost the house that was supposed to be a quick flip, but the market dried up too fast, was in debt over my head…..and no solutions in sight.

So am I really starting over…or starting anew……or is it just a continuation of the journey?

Perhaps sometimes we need to be pushed into a corner to find out what we are really capable of. Perhaps sometimes we become too complacent, and only begin to look for solutions when we are forced to, and this is where the real learning begins. The answers are out there, but you’ll never find them if you don’t keep your eyes open.

I had started writing my book during the title research days. This is where I learned about self-discipline. No one is going to make you sit down and write, you have to discipline yourself to do it. Tried going through traditional channels to get published, and after a year, realized it was to no avail. So I decided to seek out a local publisher, so I talked to people, kept looking, and then one day, it seemed as if one was delivered to me. Suddenly I was a published author. Then my publisher ran afoul of the law, and I never got paid. But this is not the end of the line.

A friend looked at the business model of the company that published my book, and said “You can start your own company.” This is where I learned to listen to the “You can”, and to ignore all those who said, “You can’t do that.” So with a little research and a certain amount of frustration, I now own a publishing company. This is also where I learned that no man is an island….we must seek answers, ask for help. I’m terrible with computers, setting up my new book file felt like climbing Mt. Everest at times so I kept looking until I found people who would help me…..and help comes from some very unexpected sources at times.

So I go to my job everyday, to eke out my survival…I’ve got several other irons in the fire, all which must be handled in the most economical way possible, since I don’t have any money…some may pan out….some will not.

But nothing will pan out, if you never try. Keep in mind the old saying, “Obstacles are the things you see when you take your eyes off of your goals.”

You can do anything you want to…..you just have to want to do it bad enough....