Start Where You Are: The Place to Begin Your Success

By Rico K. Garcia

"Start Where You Are", was written with the intent to help people realize their starting point when it comes to their success. Most people fail because they started in the wrong place, which could be with the wrong mindset, in the wrong environment and with the wrong people. No one starts their success journey in the same place. We are only created equal because we all got here the same way. Life gives everyone of us different starting points. Some have more talent and others have better teachers. If we learn to start where we are, we will have a better understanding of the steps we need to take based on our own attributes and not the attributes of others, especially those we see on TV or social media. Your success journey needs to have a more realistic approach. No matter the path, the road to success will share some similarities along the way because there are laws that can't be changed.

• Language: English
• Publisher: BookBaby
• Release date: Aug 2, 2021
• ISBN: 9781098393465

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Start Where You Are: The Place to Begin Your Success Copyright © 2021 by Rico k. Garcia

All rights reserved.

ISBN: 9781098393465

No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the author.

Dedication

To Jacobi & Azriel, Because of you, I should always consider where I start.

To those just trying to get it right. I hope this book helps you to get on track.

Acknowledgement

I would like to thank my wife, Joycelyn Garcia, who designed and formatted this book. The minute I started where I was, she walked into my life. I love you. To Jane Bakewell, the editor, thank you for your time and careful thoughts.

To my parents, thank you for continuing to believe in me far beyond what I deserve. To all my uncles and aunts who took care of Icilma and Pedro’s son, thank you. To Irad Potter who took care of everyone, a heartfelt thank you to you. To Curnal Fahie, who years ago said that I should write a book and prayed for me continuously, thank you for all your prayers and support.

To Thomas Mills and Kenneth Hodge. I remember when Thomas Mills handed me my first personal development book and when Kenneth Hodge gave me his iPod to listen to all of his audiobooks. Thank you for being major influencers in my life. To my past baseball coaches, Terrence Chinnery and Kurt Russell, who went above and beyond just teaching me the game of baseball, thank you for all the time spent grooming me which contributed to the person I am today.

Thank you to the many authors who changed my life with their books.

Contents

Foreword

Preface

CHAPTER 1

Where Are You?

CHAPTER 2

Are You Still There?

CHAPTER 3

Evaluating Today’s Starting Point

CHAPTER 4

Where Will You End Up?

CHAPTER 5

Start Where You Are to Get to Where You Are Going

CHAPTER 6

Taking Action

CHAPTER 7

Failing to Start Where You Are

CHAPTER 8

Keeping Big Dreams Real

CHAPTER 9

Help from Where You Are

CHAPTER 10

Good Faith / Bad Faith

CHAPTER 11

I End Here but You Start Here

Foreword

First, the title of this book, Start Where You Are seemed too basic for me. Well, of course, right? Where else would I start? But as I read this book, it became very clear to me that most people try to start from a different place, which obviously doesn’t work. These are the kinds of practical revelations that’s Rico’s book is full of.

I am a 61-year-old person, and I have accomplished most of the things that people want in life, from material possessions and a great family to a healthy body and spiritual life. I started selling real estate in 1979 in the Republic of El Salvador. After having achieved some success, I was exhausted and frustrated for how primitive everything was. This led me to investing in my own RE/MAX franchise, which made me a pioneer developing this network in my country. After five years of great success as a franchisee, I was hired by the RE/MAX World Headquarters and became the person in charge of developing the network throughout Latin America, where we now have over 10 thousand Agents.

I am, however, an entrepreneur at heart, not a corporate person so I went back to the trenches and, with my partner John Turley, purchased the rights of RE/MAX Caribbean and Central America. We have big dreams for this Region! We want to help thousands of people learn about entrepreneurship and develop successful businesses.

What is interesting is that I wish I had read this book when I was 20 years old, but at the same time, this book reenergized me at this