by: Casey Serin

I am not pro-lying or get-rich-quick, but I am pro-investing, learning and taking risks for growth; I am pro-pursuing your dreams. I have been watching Casey for a while now, but it wasn't until this past Tuesday that I actually took some action.

Some of you know (and now all of you do) that I am working with Kim Kiyosaki to develop Rich Woman. At our staff meeting Tuesday, Robert (as in Kiyosaki) held up the USA Today article about Casey and began to comment on it. He was talking about how good it was that Casey was taking responsibility for his actions, etc.

That got me to thinking. I thought it might be encouraging for Casey to hear the postive words RK had to say, especially since he has gotten so much negativity from so many people. So I emailed Casey and invited him down to meet RK and the RD crew.

Five minutes later, I got a call...it was Casey (I had used my Rich Woman email address!).

We spoke at length; I just really wanted to encourage him. He is suffering the consequences for hs actions, and that's how it goes. It's hard to admit you made mistakes, to take responsibility for you actions, and to try to do the right thing to repair the damage. It's hard to ask for help and to put yourself out there, where haters can get to you and try to tear you down. (Opinons are like assholes, everybody's got one...)

Not many people coming with helpful solutions though. Maybe that's a business minded thing, a stubborn mindset that says, "How can I fix this, solve this, turn this into something amazing? How can I help this person? What can I do to be part of the solution?" It is much more difficult to roll up your sleeves, and use your mind to figure out how something can be done, than it is to say, "You lost, You were wrong, You get what you deserve."

I think that's what surprised me the most, is people's lack of compassion, or rather, people's unbridled hatred and desire to see someone fall. Those people should be ashamed of themselves because what goes around comes around. Who knows that they may not be the next to make bad decisions and fall with everyone pointing the finger, shouting insults, and no one to lend a helping hand or kind word.

This is about karma. This is about humanity. This is about the doing unto others as you would have them do unto you. I help because I have been in bad situations due to poor decisions on my part, and people stepped in with compassion to help me. Not to make excuses, but to lend me a hand or enouraging word because it was the kind thing to do.

It's one thing if people will not take responsibility for their actions, but it's a whole other deal when they do. Just think about it: What goes around comes around. What you put out there will come back to you, for good or bad. We aren't responsible for other people, we are only responsible for ourselves and our actions.

I'm pulling for Casey, and anyone who is willing to step up to try to do the right thing. He'll be here Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of this next week. I'll post more about his visit, what he learns (and what I learn), and how he then continues his journey to financial freedom.
http://www.nolimitsladies.com/2006/10/what_goes_around_comes_around.html