I am going through a tape program called "Loving What Is", by Byron Katie.  If you don’t recognize the name, she was one of the teachers on The Secret. 

Why am I writing about beliefs?  Well, your beliefs about who you are, what is appropriate, what is possible for you, etc. will control your destiny as a real estate investor.  For example, your self-image when it comes to income will control your results like a thermostat.  If your comfort zone is $50,000 per year, you will believe that is what you are worth.  So that is what you create in your life. 

In the program, Byron Katie breaks down a process she calls "The Work".  It is a series of four questions you use to analyze a set of beliefs. 

2009 Goals

I recently put together some goals for 2009.  What I noticed was I having some heavy feelings about those goals.  For example, I looked at my income goals, and I had the thought, "You know, I didn’t do that well in 2008.  What makes me think I’ll do it in 2009"? 

The mind takes a look at our current results, and when you say something like, "double that result", it focuses on the limits of the past instead of the possibilities of the future.  However, "The Work" is a way around those old beliefs that hold you back. 

One of things I’ve learned from years of goals setting is what’s most important aren’ the actual goals themselves, but your thoughts about the goals.  The Work helped me to change my thoughts (and therefore my feelings) about the goals I had set 2009.