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after Bannister became the first to do it? Was there a unexpected to happen and still have time to get done a
sudden growth spurt in human evolution? Was there few of those bites size pieces.
a genetic engineering experiment that created a new
race of super runners? No. What changed was the Remember, everything counts. What you put your
mental model. The runners of the past had been held mind to do, you have whether you do something or
back by a mindset that said they could not surpass not. To accomplish great things, we must not only act,
the four-minute mile. When that limit was broken, the but also dream; not only plan, but also believe. Just as
others saw that they could do something they had Robert Bannister believed on May 6, 1954.
previously thought impossible.”
As the great Yogi Berra once said, “I always thought
Has your mental model of what is achievable stalled? that record would stand until it was broken.” So, what
Are you a lifelong learner? Are you consistently mindset shift do you need to break your four-minute
adjusting and evolving? We now know this is as mile? Because if we do not change something we will
important, or even more important, than spreadsheets be in the same position next year., “It’s deja vu all over
and other technical stuff. again.”
In the words of motivational speaker Jim Rohn: Stuart Gethner RPh was born in Chicago
“You are the average of the five people you spend to a family of real estate professionals. His
the most time with. The people you spend the most undergraduate degree and graduate degree were
time with shape who you are. They determine what in the field of Business and Pharmacology. He
conversations dominate your attention.” moved to Phoenix, Arizona over 30-years ago
and as a true entrepreneur, Stuart started three
different, very profitable independent pharmacies.
This article is not to have you reassess your five-
closest friends or family members. Rather it is to So, for some years he has focused all his attention
create the awareness that maybe it is time for you to on his Real Estate investment practice. He sold all
adjust your mindset that can help shape the quality three companies, which are still in business today.
and direction of your business and life. As a successful real estate investor, Stuart
wanted to share his knowledge with others
The hardest step is the first step. With everything and started teaching real estate courses for the
changing so quickly where does one start? Social state association, Arizona Real Estate Investors
media is full of solutions to everyone’s problems, for Association (AZREIA) and 12 courses for the
free. Shouldn’t your plan be specific to you and where National REIA. In addition, Stuart is a Senior
you are at this point in time, mentally, emotionally, and Instructor at the Commercial Real Estate Institute
financially? and the iNETprereneur Academy where he has
taught on 10 DIFFERENT topics that OVER 20,000
STUDENTS have attended.
With our clients, we start with creating a master
plan just like a real estate developer. You already Stuart is also lead editor to the Phoenix Real Estate
know that nothing works according to plan, but you Agent magazine & National REIA Journal and
wouldn’t know that if you didn’t have a plan! We reduce recently elected to the prestigious Forbes Real
plan to “bite-size-pieces” and throw in a dose of Estate Council.
accountability. Meeting every few weeks allows for the
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