A Solo Mum’s Road to Riches- Dorien Forster
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I have been subscribing to quite a few new sites lately and have downloaded many new books for reading. Here is one that I recently read by Dorien Forster. This book was offered FREE when I subscribed to her newsletter.
The 107 paged PDF Book documents her life from pre-marriage, birth of her 3 kids, divorce to where she currently is a self-made property millionaire.
I found it very inspirational as Dorien documented her struggles and successess with buying, doing up and either renting or flipping the property.
She listed down the steps that she took and how she managed to go from living paycheck to paycheck to being her own boss with her own company. How with the support of her children and her constant interest in upgrading her skills and learning did she manage to expand her knowledge and build up her empire.
Her determination and spirit is really admirable and I definitely hope to be able to model upon.
Here is a great quote from her book.
“Don’t underestimate what you have to contribute. I think what this world needs most is passionate people doing what they are best at. Don’t worry about comparing yourself to others. If you compare yourself to people worse than you, you will run the risk of ego tripping. If you compare yourself to people better than you, you run the risk of feeling inadequate. The only person in the whole world you can truly compare yourself with is YOU. Are you doing better now in most areas of your life than you were last year?
The danger with comparisons is that we pick on one facet of the other person only and then compare that one thing with ourselves, e.g. ‘she is more beautiful’, ‘he has a flasher car’, ‘they have more money’. But if you compare the whole person and all that is going on in their life,would you really want their life?
There are always going to be others better than you who have done more than you have. So what! They are just doing what they were born to do and that is all you have to do too. Just do what you were born to do and be the best that you can be!”
The more we compare ourselves with each other the most disgruntle we become and miss to appreciate the gifts that GOD has showered upon us. Do you have the same feelings too?