You’ve failed
many times,
although you may not
remember.
You fell down
the first time
you tried to walk.
You almost drowned
the first time
you tried to
swim, didn’t you?
Did you hit the
ball the first time
you swung a bat?
Heavy hitters,
the ones who hit the
most home runs,
also strike
out a lot.
R.H. Macy
failed several
times before his
store in New York
caught on.
English novelist
John Creasy got
753 rejection slips
before he published
564 books.
Babe Ruth struck out
1,330 times,
but he also hit
714 home runs.
Don’t worry about
failure.
Worry about
the chances you miss
when you don’t
even try.
- Harry J. Gray, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, United Technologies in a 1981 ad on the back page of the Wall Street Journal
[DAVE'S COMMENT: I taped this poem the the back of my bedroom door through high school. In college I retyped it and taped it to my bathroom mirror. It has inspired me time after time since I first saw it almost thirty years ago. Thanks, Harry.]
About David Repka
BACKGROUND: When I was an 18-year old college Sophomore I bought and renovated a boarded up apartment building in Buffalo, NY that was slated for demolition. I have been self-employed in the commercial real estate industry ever since.
EXPERIENCE: I've lived in the Tampa Bay, Florida area since 1991 and have been fortunate to be involved in over a billion dollars of commercial real estate transactions in various roles including: asset manager, leasing agent, real estate broker, acquisition advisor, mortgage broker, investor, developer and private lender.
GOAL: Create strategic alliances with "deal junkies" that invest in opportunistic / distressed assets and need constant access to deal flow and debt / equity capital. My ideal client has an existing portfolio valued in excess of $10 million.
MY NETWORK: Looking to expand my network of commercial real estate professionals including but not limited to investors, owners, builders, developers, land owners, brokers, attorneys, title agents, receivers, property managers, asset managers, due diligence consultants, engineers, architects, contractors, private lenders, agency lenders, banks, insurance companies, credit unions, hedge funds, private equity groups and private / hard money investors.
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From my mother in law’s fridge:
If you think you are beaten, you are,
if you think you dare not, you don’t,
if you have a goal, but think you can’t,
it is most certain that you wont.
If you think you’ll fail, you already have,
for out in the world we find
achievement begins with a person’s will.
It’s all in your state of mind!
If you think you’re outclassed, you are,
you’ve got to think high to rise,
you’ve got to be sure of yourself before
you will even know peace of mind!
Life’s success doesn’t always go
to the smarter or more learned one.
Sooner or later the one who succeeds
is the one who thinks he can.
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