Strengthening Your Core

I recently took a Pi-Yo class at my local gym and was filled with consternation and feeling like a dunce. As I was moving my body slightly back and forth, this way and that, ever so slightly, with the soft music playing in the background, I realized that this was the HARDEST things I have ever done..

Many times my mind kept going to "I'd rather take a hard-hitting, cardio pumping, heart rate monitor beeping class, than do THIS"…This slow moving, mind freeing, movement of Pi-Yo that is not aimed at the Race track hurdlers of the world, but rather the Cross country runners. The type of exercise that is meant for strengthening of the body, not just in the burn calorie or even muscle lifting way, but deeper more internal. This class is meant to strengthen my core. My most intimate muscles (my trunk and pelvis), that gives greater stability, a center of gravity, and a better brace for my back.

As I ponder this, I think about my core as my foundation, the area from which every other muscle can work together in harmony. Yet, it is sometimes neglected because it does not directly relate to an inch lost, or a pound shed, but rather the proper WAY to lose an inch or shed a pound.

We have cores in all other areas as well, and the basic premise is if we continue to ensure that our foundation is SOLID, then everything else will continue to be in harmony. Conversely, if we are finding difficulty in our various activities, it usually can be easily traced back to neglect of our "foundation", our core.. So what is the foundation of successful Real Estate Investing

Advertise your service, find motivated sellers, negotiate a price that fits your exit strategy, fund the deal and make money. Many times, as investors, we get caught up in one of the pieces that we are not good at, or we do not want to do and ALLOW that to DELAY the process. I am learning instead to see how I can systematize and automate the process. It is not as if I do not know what will happen next, the process is as old as investing, even IF the next "guru" has the latest and greatest way, it still does not reinvent the investing wheel, its "core".

So right now, I am NOT making money in real estate investing. I have the right attitude, I understand the process, but SOMETHING has to be wrong with my CORE, something is NOT right. I am missing the mark that I MUST get right, in order to BE RIGHT..I do not have the answer, but be sure, that I am LOOKING..I will tell you when I find it and FIX it.

So what is not working with YOU? What activities do you keep trying, but just does not seem to work? Are you not only doing what you think is best, but what is RIGHT from the foundations? Look at the core of the matter, you will surely find the answer.