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First Thousand to God!!!!

bradgro

Published on December 5, 2013

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I'm a procrastinator at heart (procrastinator being a polite word for being lazy. And/or nervous).

I've been playing around with WA for a couple months. Love the idea and concept, but afraid to take the big plunge. What if my niche ideas are terrible and nobody wants to read them? What if I put six months of effort and work in and don't even make a quarter! So I've been putting off going premium.

I finally decided to take the plunge. And so I don't be laz....I mean, so I don't procrastinate over the next year, I decided to tithe my first $1,000 to my church. Why? I remember reading a few years back that adding a financial partner tends to make people work harder. When somebody else's money is on the line, typically you will work harder and smarter, to make sure your partner gets their money. You also don't want to fail because you know you'll be failing for the other person as well. Having a partner keeps you accountable. You might want to take a day off, but is that fair to your partner?

I didn't have a product to sale or a business plan to try and sell to somebody to convince them to partner up with me. So the obvious choice was my church.

I want to work hard and make my niche sites take off, so I can make money to help support my family. But before I can pocket anything into our personal bank account......I have to get that first thousand paid off. Which is making me work even harder than if I didn't have that goal. The goal of having to make $1,000 before I see any profit for myself.

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