Steve,

Your not a buzz killer, your a guy who knows what the hell he's talking about. NOTHING IN BUSINESS IS EASY!!!

I used to wonder why successful business people seemed to be so cynical to new guy's. Now I KNOW why... They start out WILLINGLY offering advice based on hard earned lessons. But... when nit wit after nit wit completely ignores them, they eventually just don't bother anymore.

My mentor was the same way.....He wasn't going to waste a second of his time on me if I wasn't SERIOUS and DISCIPLINED. He was straight with me from the start. He told me he didn't think I would save the money I needed to, and that most people just like to TALK. That motivated me BIG TIME!! I wanted to PROVE to this guy that I could do it. Not only did I want to prove it to him, I wanted to EXCEED his expectations. I showed up a year later with what amounted to TWICE what he advised me to save.....At that point he knew he wasn't wasting his time. He jumped in with both feet and REALLY helped me learn this business. He still say's that he KNEW I was going to make it because I was willing to sacrifice for a pay off later. That was 20+ years ago.

This country would be in FAR better shape today if a majority of people thought this way. But........They don't. THEY WANT IT NOW!!!!!