There's a great thread going on at the Warrior Forum right now about someone asking for help who was on the verge of giving up. While I seldom respond to threads over there and opt to silently browse through the topics that thread ignited something inside of me to respond and help.
Let me share with you a story which I hope will inspire those who are on the verge of giving up to continue on. I've never revealed this before.
I nearly gave up myself trying to make money online, on more than one occasion.
When I started out online I would get mesmerized by ebooks, sales letters and other success stories about people earning six figures or more per year.
I was motivated to make that kind of money also. I set off in that direction not knowing how to bridge the gap between where I was and where I wanted to go. I had very little SEO knowledge, absolutely no marketing knowledge and no plan.
I signed up for Adsense and waited for the money to come rolling in when I put up the code on my brand new site. When I checked my stats the next morning and every morning after I saw I hadn't gotten one click. Needless to say I got discouraged after a couple months. The truth is I was bumbling around not knowing what to do or how to do it to get myself going.
When I finally got a couple of people to visit my site and I got my first Adsense click many months after signing up. I was elated; money could be made with Adsense after all. It was only a couple of cents but I saw the potential to make it grow. I wasn't quite sure how though, I didn't get any more clicks after that for the rest of the month.
Doubt and fear started to close in. With limited knowledge of website promotion I started to wonder what I had gotten myself into. Yes I got a couple cents but that wasn't near the amount I wanted. Could I actually make a livable income from the Internet or was I being lied to? Would I only get a click or so a year?
I began to feel the financial strain on my life. My family began loosing faith in my online business. It got to a point where arguments would break out at the dinner table. People told me I would never earn enough to make a living and the only way to make any money was at a job. I gave in and started to look for a real job. I was on the verge of giving up.
Though, one day while browsing through the classifieds, I remembered a quote I heard from an episode of 20/20 about successful entrepenur Christopher Gardner. I always think of it when I feel fear, doubt, worry or wonder: "Whether you think you can or you think you can't your right."
I had backed myself into a corner and I was the only one who could get myself out of it. I was faced with a fork in the road where I could throw in the towel and get a job or I could roll up my sleeves, find information as I take action and accomplish what I originally set out to do.
I started to take action slowly at first and then taking more as my confidence increased. I eventually promoted affiliate products, got more visitors to my website, and discovered article marketing among other forms of marketing. I got some more Adsense clicks and a month later I got my first affiliate commission.
I was just as happy as when I got my first Adsense click, if not more. The money came in slowly and then on a weekly basis.
Take action and do more of whatever is working. I realize now I wasn't taking enough action on the level of where I wanted to be. I also realize if I gave up there would be no chance of any success. I wouldn't have accomplished what I have done thus far. I wouldn't have learned all the valuable information about business. I wouldn't have grown as a person either because I would be giving into my comfort zone.
Finally, I was setting my short-term financial target too high. While it’s great to have large profits in mind you need to make one dollar before you make a million.
Make a plan of action, take that action and never give up on your ultimate goal. Learn what you need to know in order to bridge the gap between where you are now and where you want to be and take action, repeatedly.
There's golden information online. But don't get hung up on trying to find all the information you think you need before you take action. That's like waiting for all the traffic lights to be green on you route before pulling out of the driveway. Just focus on a proven method to make more money and learn as you go. You don't have to be perfect you just have to get going.
Don't be afraid to fail either. Failure is not a punishment, only a teaching tool. If something doesn't work out the way you wanted it to, it's okay. The world won't end. You can always adjust and rectify a situation if needed.
Whatever you do just don't give up. The world would have never progressed to where it is today if the great inventors or entrepreneurs just gave up. Change your mindset to get rid of fear, doubt, worry and wonder as you work.
Don't let other people's conventional wisdom stand in the way either. Remember, whether you think you can or you think you can't you're right.
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