Have you seen the movie ‘Coach Carter’ with Samuel L. Jackson?

It’s based on a true story about a simple guy who takes over the local high school basketball team, a bunch of troubled teenagers at one of the worst schools in the country, and helps them create a better life for themselves through basketball.

I remember seeing it at the movies when it first came out… I loved it!

If you haven’t seen it yet I highly recommend watching it as soon as you can.

Anyway…

My fiancé, Nehara, was away on a team building weekend with her company last week so I watched it again with my brother George…

There was a scene from the movie where one of the students stood up and quoted a famous passage by Marianne Williamson which really moved me and which I can really appreciate. It’s something to always keep in mind to ensure a happy, satisfying and successful life.

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“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

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Think about it…

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I remember the first time I attended my first high-priced seminar. It was about learning how to buy multiple investment properties without spending any money (which is exactly what I needed since I was virtually broke).

The problem was…

The seminar cost $15,000 and ran for only 4 days!

At the time I had been working at an investment bank in a low-level role earning a measly $26,000 per year. The seminar I was thinking about attending cost the equivalent of 7 months full time work, for only 4 days of information!

I remember leaving the introductory night to the seminar early because it costs so much money. But it got me thinking…

You see, I had been searching for ways to become wealthy, starting with nothing, for a while and hadn’t found many things that appealed to me. More importantly, I hadn’t found anything that I could do starting with no money.

I really started considering whether or not I should take a seminar like this. It would mean that I would have to take out a personal loan to pay for it.

So I started asking my friends and family what they thought about me attending a 4-day seminar for $15,000 on how to buy real estate with no money.

And do you know what they said?

Literally every single person I spoke to said that it was a scam. That I was getting ripped off. That instead of spending $15,000 on a seminar, that I should put it towards a deposit for a house. That I was wasting my money and that I shouldn’t be doing it.

But something inside me pushed me forward. Maybe it was my strong desire to become wealthy. Maybe it was because I had no other options available to me at the time to create wealth starting with nothing.

So, against everybody’s advice, I took out the personal loan and attended the seminar.

And can you guess what happened?

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