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“A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a joke or worried to death by a frown on the right person’s brow.”

Monday, February 1st, 2010

“A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a joke
or worried to death by a frown on the right person’s brow.”

By CHARLES BROWER

A Word From Helmut Flasch; CEO of Doctor Relations

I was living in the US for two years when I attended a real estate seminar and bought my first house because of it. I told nobody about it but when I did close on it, I was happy and told a few friends.

Some told me it could not be done because I had no established credit, no working history and not even a job, since I was self-employed for about 4 months only. Keep in mind I already owned the house! Some others told me that it could not be done and that I bought the house way too expensive, could never rent it for the mortgage etc.

I was actually worried to death. I wanted to give it back, but of course couldn’t.

So I fixed it up as planned and without asking, my banker offered me a $35,000 second mortgage one month later when I finished fixing it up. The total initial profit was $54,000.

It was one month’s work. From there on, I bought a house once every month (not always with as good as the profit than on the first one and some I even lost money) for nearly a year and a half.

This is not a promotion for becoming rich with real estate but to make you look at how others weren’t as lucky as I have been and have told somebody about their new venture even before they have started it.

Look at how many ideas you have dropped because some other person did not approve of them.

Be your own judge. Take risks and be happy! Your original ideas usually are not as bad as someone else might want you to believe. Be ready to lose. It is only a game anyhow. You only have to be slightly more right than wrong — only slightly which leaves lots of room for failure, so you can succeed!
Did you know that the founders of Fedex, Microsoft and Disneyland, all have been told in no uncertain terms that their plan will never work?

Of course you did. Did you know Walt Disney went broke a few times? Of course you did.

So why, why are you listening to anyone, I mean anyone, if and when you have a dream, goal, idea etc.?

What about the chance of failing? Bigger than succeeding, probably, but so what?

Look at the athletes going to the Olympics right as I am writing this.

Did the parents of some of those young athletes know that their kids would make it to the Olympics?

Surely not. Was their chance better than 50%? Definitely not.

Do the athletics know they will win and have all the doors open to them, or whether they will go home without a medal and look for a minimum wage job? No, they go for the very best they could do.

And as Mr. Franklin Roosevelt would say, “Their soul shall never be amongst the poor souls who never even tried.”

Helmut G Flasch
CEO of Doctor Relations
Founder of Award-winning ‘Un-Advertising’ Marketing Strategy
Author of ‘Doubling Your Business But Not Your Troubles’