How Hard Do I Have To Work?
The answer: It depends… on how much you want to make and how bad you want to change your life.
This is a question that my students don’t typically ask me, but one they’re usually thinking. They want to know the least amount of work they have to do in order to be able to make money. I think this goes back to the whole mindset of entitlement that seems to be one of the major diseases of all time… and one of the main factors that prevents people from taking steps to insure they’re successful.
If you’re thinking about this question, you’re off on the wrong foot. This mindset is a serious mistake… it’s like saying, “What’s the least I can possibly do?” and goes against the whole concept of helping other people succeed which will ultimately come across in everything you do. This isn’t to say that you can’t get to a point where you truly only work for a few hours per week, but… to get to that point, you have to create the structure under which the “4-Hour Workweek” can actually exist which is usually a combination of time and money.
To get to the point I’m at right now, I’ve attempted no less than about 30 different projects at various degrees of time and money spent and only been really successful at about 3 of them. I’ve been doing internet business and been self taught with most of it since 1998. So, over a decade of playing on the internet with ecommerce, html / coding, graphic design, affiliate marketing, internet marketing, search engine marketing, etc… and I’m still learning new things every day.
In fact, I learned something new yesterday that I hadn’t thought of before just be paying attention at a training I was in for about an hour (of which I was pretty sure I wouldn’t be getting anything out of…).
So, hard work shouldn’t be seen as something negative, you simply need to find fulfillment in the work that you do. That is one of the reasons I enjoy internet marketing and ecommerce, affiliate marketing, search engine optimization, pay-per-click marketing, etc. All of these things are like some huge combination of Monopoly, Risk, Aggravation, The Farming Game, and probably Clue… But real life where the stakes are higher and the reward is real.
You’ll find that approaching anything ecommerce related as “work” at least in the same way you look at a full time job as “work” will only ruin your desire and ability to make a project succeed. So, yes, this does go back to your mindset.
If you’re serious about an internet business opportunity, get something that will not feel like work or better put, not feel like a chore, something you look forward to waking up in the morning and jumping into vs. dreading the Monday return to your cubicle. I LOATHE the cubicle. In my latest job, I have two pics and they are of my kids, nothing else that would make this place feel like “home” because I don’t plan on staying. I could clear out my desk in 2 seconds by taking down the pics and walking away.
That’s me, and doesn’t have to be you, but remember that you’ll attract what you think about. Thoughts are things!
Brian
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