Has the idea that there is something SPECIAL out there for you always bothered you? That you KNOW DEEP IN YOUR HEART AND IN YOUR MIND that you are destined to be great? That the situation of your current life is not what you imagined? If only he could have a break…if only he had enough money to start a business…if only he had a regular income while working on his home business…IF ONLY.
Well, same here. Those were exactly my thoughts. But not anymore!!
I would say that I wasted months and years of my life struggling for no reason when I could have been making money and living an easy and comfortable lifestyle. And I have to admit that the things I wasted my time on were pure little things and my biggest sins were: procrastination and lack of concentration.
Looking back, I bet you can relate to some of my time wasters like:
1. CYBER INFORMATION OVERLOAD. There is too much to read, write, research, take notes. I did not know where to start and how to start.
I would read all the tips and tricks, write notes, and create to-do lists only to get stuck and sit at my desk in front of my computer for hours on end accomplishing nothing.
I would watch endless video clips of this and that marketing guru, and while it was on, I would connect to Facebook or check my email, reply to a few, and then be FB again making all those witty comments. I would sign up for webinars but eventually miss them because almost everyone is on EST and I’m on PST.
I grab my pen, try to write something, then my Blackberry rings and a friend is IMing me on my screen. WOW. I’M VERY BUSY! Can you believe it?
2. FRIENDS AND FAMILY. Have you ever wondered why, when you’re about to get serious about starting your article, out of the blue, your friend or family member calls and asks for your help with something they “can’t do without your skilled hands or your wise men?” tips”? ? So most of the time, since you’re a nice guy or a nice daughter/girlfriend, you indulge and there goes your article…a blank page.
3. CONFLICTING THOUGHTS. Have you ever read this verse in the bible that the apostle Paul said… “Because what I am doing, I do not understand; because I am not practicing what I would like to do, but I am doing the very thing that I hate.” Romans 7:15. This internal conflict was eating away at me and causing sleepless nights. I knew I had to ACT NOW and MAKE A DECISION, but I just wasn’t doing it! It was a classic case of procrastination and indecision.
4. INDECISION AND SELF HATRED. As I continued to read about people who are new to network marketing and online business but make so much money per week, I started to hate myself because I couldn’t understand why I was wasting my time like this! I felt so helpless and frustrated. Reading their personal testimonials showed that I was better than them: I had better skills and better education, but why was I down here and they are up there on the financial ladder and order of things? I began to question myself – WHAT AM I WAITING FOR? What is really stopping me from making the decision to start those articles now?
And yet I kept reading and learning more things every day, but I wasn’t making progress or making any money because I wasn’t getting any traffic to my website. The funny thing is that I would also keep checking my dedicated email if by any chance a stranger visited my website by mistake and Aweber reported it. How funny!
I WAS STUCK IN MY OWN LIMBO OF MY OWN CREATION…while the companies I signed up with continued to charge my account their monthly fees that ranged from $49-$149 and continually consumed what little money I had in my bank account.
It took me several months to create a small article that I submitted to a free website. I received an answer. Hmm. One in 500 emails sent is a 0.002% hit rate. Not bad. (My way of consoling myself.)
And that responder gave me such encouraging words about what I wrote and urged me to continue and not stop reaching for the stars, my stars! He shared with me more information and more things to read than he had in his cache of Internet resources. But then, he was totally inspired now. Imagine, he just needed a soul (whom I haven’t even met in person) to propel me. and that, my friends, he encouraged me and changed my life.
You are not making money because you are wasting time. Remember that time is money. You can’t make up for lost time. Each of us has the exact same amount of 24 hours in a day. It is how you spend your time that generates wealth. INVEST YOUR TIME WISELY.
“Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend.”
Laertius Diogenes
For most people, the simple fact is, even if they know every possible traffic-generating strategy, every affiliate marketing trick, every conversion tactic, and even if someone taught them every secret to winning. money in the world, the conclusion is… .if there is no action, there is no conversion.
Now I will give you the key to the Kingdom of Wealth and Prosperity. Understand that wealth creation begins in your thoughts… but it is God who gives us the power to make wealth.
I was able to overcome my fears, go over obstacles, break down walls, overcome obstacles and I came out the winner: more powerful with new knowledge, more self-confident and more focused on the goals I had set for myself; because my future is bright with endless possibilities.