Monday 11 January 2016

WHAT HOLDS ME BACK? part 2 of 4

By: Mark Frentz
www.akerahomes.com
mfrentz@akerahomes.com

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A Quick Review

In my first post to begin this short series on how to push through hurdles I wrote on how powerful our emotional brain is. Once we learn certain reactions to scary situations we tend to continue to stick to those reactions and this can seem, at times, to control our behaviors. A major problem with this is that we will react to things that may seem scary to our primitive 'reptilian brain' even when we are in no real danger. An example is public speaking. A great percentage of people on the planet fear public speaking even though there is no great threat to them. Why? Read my previous post for the start of an answer.

Next Piece of The Puzzle

Our cerebral cortex, or logical brain, surrounds our emotional brain and gives humans the ability to think in more complex and nuanced ways than other animals. But just because our logical brain is pretty smart doesn't mean it doesn't have weaknesses. In the 20th century big companies became experts at using this part of our brain against us by filling it so much of the time with ads that we begin to believe. For example did you know that the great wall of China cannot be seen from space? The reason many people believe this is true is simply because most of us have heard it many times. Did you know that you don't need the latest iPhone to be happy or successful?

Did you know that the average Canadian comes across about 2,000-4,000 advertisements each and every day? With all of these ads does it not make sense that we tend to think about stuff to buy and stuff we think we need even when we really don't?

Does it make sense that you may believe you are not very smart or good looking or creative if you have heard yourself and others tell you these things many times in your lifetime? Does it make sense that you believe you can't do a lot of things simply because you've heard many people say some things are impossible? I'll give an example of this last question... Are investments that provide 20% returns riskier than investments that provide 5% returns? The true answer is that either investment can be risky and that many 20% return investments are safer than the 5% investments because you have more control over them. If you hear and/or tell yourself something over and over again you will begin to believe it.

If most of the people in your life don't have a lot of money and tend to be negative does it not make sense that you will think in ways that don't help you to be successful in money or relationships or jobs or whatever it is you desire success in?

There are other things in life that affect our logical brains. The big three are diet, sleep, and exercise. If you are hungry, tired, and lethargic/weak you will most likely not be thinking very well and making your best and clearest decisions.

Summary

There are two parts of our brains that tend to hold us back from the things we really do desire in life. The first is our emotional brain (limbic system) and the second is our logical brain (cerebral cortex). If we do not learn to manage how we think we will typically do the things we see others do around us. Is it any wonder you may have a lot of anxiety and stress and spend more money than you make or waste your money on gadgets and vehicles rather than investing in your family and financial future? I've heard it said that if you don't like the way your life is going, you need to do something different. Well, I'll expand this and say: If you don't like the way your life is going, you need to do something different than the people around you who are getting the same results. You need to learn to think differently. As you think differently you will begin to act differently and eventually you will receive the things you actually want in life rather than the things other people have told you that you should want.

In my next two posts I will focus on these two parts of our brains from a different angle. Now that we know what typically holds us back we can look forward and begin to understand what will change our lives for the better.




Here's to your future of risk-averse investing!

If you would like to learn more about investing in real estate please contact me at the email address listed at the beginning of this article or go to my website at: www.akerahomes.com/investing-in-real-estate.html

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