Archive for July, 2009

IMAGINE THAT YOU DIED TODAY ??

Saturday, July 11th, 2009

When you go to bed tonight  Imagine that you died to day ! R U Satisfied ? Did you call the person you love the most to tell them ? Did you complete the Business deal that you have been meaning to complete ? Have you taken that trip you always talked about ? Did you have the courage to stand up to your boss at work ? what about the banker that keeps denying your loan ? Have you stopped hitting the Snooze button every morning ? Do your kids know that you are proud of them ?  What about your spouse ? RU proud of yourself ? Have you learned to forgive yourself for the  mistakes you have made ? Have you forgiven others that have trespassed against you ? Have you released the anger inside you ? Did you start that Diet that you promised yourself you would on Jan 1st 2009 ? Did you stop sweating the small stuff ? realizing that it is all small stuff…

Have you stopped questioning life and started to live it ? Did you ask that good looking person out on a date yet ? Did you submit that Demo to that record company ? Did you play golf on the course you are most in love with ? Did you ever learn to ask for directions instead of getting lost ?? Did you start that business that you were always going to start ? Did you have the courage  to quit it and do something else if it did not work ?

 Did you make up with your best friend ? you know ,the one that you were angry with but cannot even remember what you were arguing about … Did you make peace with your shortcomings ?

Have you ever Bungee Jumped, Sky Dived, Ran with the Bulls, Drank Tequila in Mexico, walked on a nude beach in the South of France, Climbed MT. Kilamanjaro, Walked on black sand beaches of Hawaii, Searched for BigFoot ,

The Abominable Snowman, Wrestled an alligator,  Been to the Holy  Land, Seen the Pyramids of Egypt or the Mayan Temples, or  SEEN Stone Henge, walked the serengeti, DO U HAVE A PASSPORT, Have you ever left your hometown,  Appreciated a sunset, Drank Coffee made from MONKEY POOP (Kopi Luwak good stuff),  Appreciated a Sunrise, wondered if the moonwalk was real or staged, Did Roswell really happen ? Have you Learned the ways of the Kamasutra ?

 Have you ever said i do not know but i am willing to learn a new language, Have you voted before ? Have you made out a will ? Do you know how ? Are you leaving good insurance to your family ? Have you ever told a Bill collector to kiss where the sun don’t shine ? Have you donated to a charity , Have you told a stranger that you love them ? Have you tried to be compassionate in the face of  HATE , Have you  done your part to make the world a better place ?  

Have you bought or at least test drove a Bentley, Lamborghini Phantom, Mclaren, Bugatti or a Toyota Corolla ??  That you had no intention of buying ?  Have you made the changes in your life that are necessary for you to take your life, hopes and dreams to the next level ???

The moral of the story My Gorillas and Gorillettes  is…… If you pray.. pray that HE wakes you up in the morning.. If you do not pray then  HOPE that you wake up in the morning ….. No matter what your circumstances are,  IF you are Fortunate enough to wake up in the morning get your butt up and do not hit that snooze button and get busy living or get busy Dying because life is short !!

The choice is Yours !!!!!!

 

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Back by Popular Demand REPO MAN Cometh Have No Fear!

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

 

One of the most painful things in the world to go through is failure. Work marriage school business etc…as humans we all want and need to feel successful at something in life. When something you have worked hard to acquire is taken back we feel depressed and like a failure.

 

As consumers we become entrapped by debt. This is due to our bad personal or Business decisions as well as unscrupulous lenders and greedy brokers bankers etc…once again the question is what do you do when they come for you??

The one thing we should all know is that everything on this planet is negotiable, everything.

We have a tendency to let fear consume us once we get behind on the debt. We then stop communicating with our lender; they in turn think we are hiding when we are actually trying to avoid talking with them until we have something…like money to give them. This is the number one mistake we make.

 

The first thing we should do is co-op our lender and make them a partner in our pain. Most of us know when we are going to be late on a payment and we sort of just let it happen. Each and everyday that passes on the debt we feel worse and then we begin to rationalize (they (lender) have more money than me) WE BECOME CHIMPANZEES… What we should do is call them and remember the Gorilla favorite on fear. Tell them you are experiencing difficulties and out of respect for them you wanted to communicate early and often about this debt

This is very painful but will probably extend the collection process by months. If they feel you are trying they will be very lenient.

 

 Nothing speeds up the process of collecting faster than the assumption that you are intentionally not paying or are just hiding from the debt. Unfortunately there are some out there who have bad intentions but most of us are not that way. so if you get extra time do everything you can to make your payments.

 

If you have done all you can and that fateful day comes when that critical piece of equipment or your vehicle has to be returned, take a deep breath and be a gorilla…let it go no need to fight  you have work to do. Some lenders will give you a few days to get it back. If you cannot do not worry you have 30 days before the repo appears on your credit report. Get another form of transportation

 

Research the prospect of renting equipment (Business Owners) and may be you should invest in a scooter or moped for transportation. If you have a family maybe you can borrow a car and or rent a vehicle for that as well. Gorillas know that this too shall pass and you will not be in this situation for long just work your way through it and make a comeback. It will be that much sweeter when you make your comeback and Gorillas always make a comeback!! 

 The come back my My Gorillas is fueled by your Attitude !!    charles swindoll wrote:  

 

“I believe the single most significant decision I can make on a day-to-day basis is my choice of attitude. It is more

important than my past, my education, my bankroll, my successes or failures, fame or pain, what other people think of

me or say about me, my circumstances, or my position. Attitude keeps me going or cripples my progress. It alone fuels

my fire or assaults my hope. When my attitudes are right, there is no barrier too high, no valley too deep, no dream too

extreme, no challenge too great for me.”

I AGREE !!!!

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