Quick shout out. You’re right on …. but you’re always right on!
Keep on writing your insightful articles as only you can do.

Best wishes,

Marlon

Desperation, tough financial times, anger at your situation, to please ones wife, to do the best for your kids, a new girl friend you really like and maybe get serious with, etcccc can all be motivators to put a spark in ones rear end and get them going.

For me desperation & anger at my situation are motivators that put me in high gear to get things done.

Everyone is different, and what may be important to me may not be for the next man or woman.

ATTENTION: ( THOSE WHO ARE ANGRY )

This is negative energy that you can convert into positive fuel to get your Rear End In High Gear.

You have 2 options here:

1) Do nothing and just talk about angry you are that you are financially hurting

2) Tell yourself I am so angry at my situation that I do not know how I will start making money online or offline, and will not stop till I make it happen.

Self talk is crucial here in #2, if you tell yourself daily I will find a way and then take action and not fear failure for success is failure turned inside out. Failure is your friend not your enemy guys, if you shut up and listen for a second it it telling you how to succeed. Failure is your ally since it teaches you what you did wrong and what to try next to succeed till you do succeed and keep trying till failure shows and reveals to what works.

Con edison I believe once said …I did not fail 1000 times but found out that 999 times the ways i tried to create the light bulb does not work until the 1000 time which was the right way to make it work…….:>) In other words keep failing since it is teaching you what does not work with each “Failure” and helping you find what does work………………………..:)

Your story reminds of my mindset when I jumped into brokering my first distressed real estate investing deals in 2003. I was not long removed from a disastrous business partnership that started off heavenly and ended up in hell, and I was just absolutely determined that it was going to work.

I’ve approached my consulting business with the same mindset and it’s paying off.

That right attitude preps the mind, reminds it that there may be more solutions than the obvious, and that challenges may not be as overwhelming as they first appear.

That’s why I use a Schedule action plan everyday so I don’t get distracted and lose my end goal of the day.

Thanks,

I can vouch for that!

Passion is fine when you are earning a great living from your Internet marketing but having to make it work is the greatest motivator there is.

Not a fashionable attitude at all Terry!

All The Best

Alex

I can’t agree with you more, especially your analogy about weight loss

I personally found that there is soooo much info out there that it can swamp a beginner to internet marketing and business. It got ahold of me for years and kept me from getting going.

I found through experience that you need to do a few core things if you want to succeed online:

1. pick a market where people like to buy stuff and are buying stuff right now (happy, eager, customers)
2. pick a business model that others have been successful with and emulate it, selling info., software, membership sites, etc.
3. Find one method for driving people to your site and getting them to buy and don’t dabble with 14 different traffic methods at once, you’ll never get anywhere. I like PPC for its speed. It lets you know what works and what doesn’t real fast!
4. Once you are making money (profits) then and only then try other things for traffic, etc, etc.

just my 2 cents.

And yes, pick a plan, stick to it, and don’t get off track.

Thanks Terry!

Jeremiah

One thing I learned, from a seasoned mentor at the time, is that hanging in there can improve your chances for success. The longer you stick with it, taking positive action all along the way, the more you have to remember others are quitting. Part of success can be simply outlasting others who won’t pay the price to go all the way. I’ve certainly found times where I quit too soon.

Of course, the argument against that notion is don’t keep drilling a dry well. Sometimes you have to know when to quit and find a better horse to ride.

People want a formula for success, and I’m not sure one exists. There are common denominators for finding success – and putting in the hard work is certain right up at the top of the list, in my opinion. That’s why I respect your approach, Terry. You never let people think there is some magical shortcut – because there isn’t.