My journey so far with WA.
When I came to WA I was desperate. I was stuck in a "9-5" that was filled with unethical managers, long hours, and more stress and drama that anyone would ever want to handle! I have no college education and the more I looked into it I couldn't justify spending 60k to get the degree that my company wanted me to get to move up.
I've been a member here since the middle of last year but didn't really get serious about it until last month. I had made the decision to leave that job due to many reasons. One of which was to stay home with my son during the day and stop paying crazy amounts of money to the babysitter.
I know it's beyond possible to make this a reality financially, it's just about figuring out the "system" of making it work. I really want to see some results soon but I made a LOT of serious mistakes early on by trying to rush ahead and not follow the training. So, I've spent countless hours editing my content and trying to get it ready so I can submit a new sitemap to Google in hopes that they forgive my past ignorance and stupidity. (The next website is going to go MUCH more smoothly!)
TIP: STICK TO THE TRAINING!!!!!! I cannot stress this enough!
When I was in school, I absolutely hated classes such as English and Reading. Now, I can't get enough of it. I am excited about writing. It gets my blood pumping when I'm learning new things. And I desperately want to help people. Ultimately, I am seeing a series of different niche websites to help people who are struggling with all kinds of different areas in their lives.
The longer I'm here the more I see the value and the more pieces get added to the puzzle of my success. It's just about putting them together.
I came here with the idea of figuring out how to "make money online from the comfort of my couch". But now, I get up earlier and earlier just to have a few hours with my site, catching up on my emails, and training with Kyle before my son gets up...then a couple hours more when he's napping. I LOVE it.
My wife is a nurse and she normally gets bombarded with new stuff when she walks in the door because I'm so excited to tell someone about it! (my 11 month old doesn't QUITE understand my enthusiasm...)
I look forward to Jay's webinars every week now and I learn so many things with each and every one of them, whether it's things he says or from the chat. I always have multiple sheets of paper filled with notes!
In many ways WA has saved my life. I was depressed, stressed out, and apathetic towards EVERYTHING except my wife and son. Now I'm energized, hopeful, and excited about all the things I'm learning. I haven't been excited about anything career wise in forever. I'm passionate again. I had lost that somewhere along the way.
So, I want to say thank you to everyone in the WA family. Great times ahead!
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Hi chad, I feel the same way about the 9-5 grind, which is why I have committed myself 100% to wa and building my online business. Where I was before unmotivated and apathetic with work I am now excited to work on my sites everyday and continue learning through the video training and the great community here. WA has certainly changed my life and I can't thank Kyle and Carson enough!
Indeed. I wish you all the success in the world, my friend. The 9 to 5 is terrible. I kept thinking, "There HAS to be a better way". There is! I work far MORE hours than I ever did at my 9 to 5. But I care so much more about what I'm doing that it doesn't feel like work at at all. I love it!
Great post Chad, i agree with you about WA! I just wrote 2 posts in the last couple of days that i just had to write.Sometimes you are just bursting to get a post done, sometimes i have got up at 4 a.m. just to get an idea down.
Cheers
I understand completely. I keep a notepad on the nightstand and I frequently get up at 4 am just to start working!
Indeed. I said going into this year that I'm going for broke and failure is NOT an option. Setbacks are good for learning and growth. But I will not quit!
Yours is a very powerful story Chad! Walking away from the "secure" job took a lot of courage. Bravo to you!!!
Although I didn't try to skip any of the lessons or tasks (I know my limitations all too well), there were mutiple times when frustration set in, because I was STILL on that same lesson!!! But I trust the system that Kyle and Carson set up, and so, deapite it taking what seemed like forever, I decided to stay the course!
Keep that excitement Chad!!!
Thank you, Veronica! Honestly, walking away from that company needed to happen about 2 years ago. I went to several job interviews and even had a couple of offers. I had cold feet for far too long. Obviously, our budget had to change and we are spending far less than we were previously, but every time my wife and I would talk about what I was going to do I kept coming back to WA. I told her, "There is just something to this, I just need to buckle down and learn from the pro's".
Affiliate marketing isn't my entire plan, but it's the start and having my own website's are going to be the core. I'm getting inspired to write a couple of books as well...something I would have NEVER said I wanted to do in the past. lol!
Not just one book, but "a couple"!!!! WHOA!!
I think there are already things that dwell within us, that just await the right " environment" to be released; it seems that WA provided just the right portal for your inner writer to escape the prison of your job, and make himself known to the world. That really is quite exciting Chad!
I am so glad to have read you blog. I just posted a similar blog. Like you, I was not serious enough in the past but now I am eager to get to my computer everyday. I wish you success and wealth!
Thank you, Dennis! Sometimes I regret not taking more action sooner. But no looking back now. Full speed ahead! I wish you success and wealth as well!
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I had the good fortune of loving what I was doing. Used to look forward to Monday morning. I was always an exempt employee which means I never got paid for working OT. A 50 hour work week was the norm and often went to 60 hours.
I'm retired now and can see I was sort of brain washed by my Depression generation parents. Get a good education, get a good job, be loyal and responsible, and every thing else will work out.
You are making an investment in yourself. I wished I would have figured that out a long time ago.
Just keep moving forward, but remember it' not likely to all come together overnight. Do the training (I so agree) then rinse and repeat. It's a process that requires patience, persistence, and dedication.