This week’s motivational phrase is:

Being realistic is the most commonly traveled road to mediocrity – Will Smith.

This is the second time in a row I have used a quote by Will Smith. Some may dismiss his words. But know this before you do, he hit super stardom that rocketed him into the millions at an early age. To match his meteoric rise was his plummeting fall early in his career. But Smith did not give up and he fought to reach his pinnacle again. He is the only actor in history to have eight consecutive films gross over $100 million in the domestic box office as well as the only actor to have eight consecutive movies, in which he has starred, to open at the number one position. I say all of this to point out that his words were come by through experience rather than a re-quote.

Most of society lives in the “realistic” world. Being an entrepreneur, your station is to strive for the unrealistic while keeping a firm grasp on reality. If the entrepreneurs before us had stuck to what was realistic at the time, we would never have enjoyed personal computers and all the wonderment that they have brought and other markets they have spawned. We would not have televisions, the automobile and so much more. Do not let your dreams and aspirations be trounced by what is realistic. Find a way to make your vision, however unrealistic, into a reality. That’s part of what entrepreneurs do. Don’t settle for mediocrity. Blaze your own trail and make a new road. Create a new sense of what is possible and set the new benchmark for realistic.

This week’s motivational phrase is:

Whatever your reality is about money inside will be your reality about money outside.

Remember, everything in your outside world started on your inside world as a single, simple thought. What you believe to be your financial reality in your mind, invariably will be your financial reality in physical form. You must generate the thought to mold the idea before you can bring what you want into substance. Thought plus action equals the manifestation of your outside world.

This week, examine how you perceive your own financial reality. Chances are, what you perceive is where you are. If you want to be at a different financial station in life, you must first alter your perception of your financial reality and add the appropriate action to actualize your new inner reality.

Where do you exist? Do you know where your reality is? I read a quote in another one of Robert Kiyosaki’s books that describes where you can find your reality. It has helped me to refocus and I hope it can assist you as well.

“An individual’s reality is the boundary between faith and self confidence.”

So the next time you are lost and can’t find your own reality, read this sentence and ponder for a moment. I’m confident that it will assist you on your way back to self awareness.