My Opening Shot To My FaceBook Friends On Sharing Lessons Learned!

I was trying to figure out a way to inform my Facebook Friends about the great lessons I am learning here at Wealthy Affiliate on building an online business. So far they have not clicked the affiliate links that I have posted. But they did like my posts that told them about the lessons taught here.

It was time to take a different tack.

So I wrote the following post directed to a different audience than on Wealthy Affiliate. Rather long for Facebook. But without the pics. In Facebook you can only add pics at the end. I added one that I took in the Caribbean three years ago. And that is what I will also be adding at the end of this blog post.

The articles I plan to follow up with is a synopsis on how I am learening to build a business online using the lessons at Wealthy Affiliate. Where appropriate I shall also include affiliate links.

Please leave me a comment on what you think about this approach to connect with Facebook Friends. My objective is to get a few of them to click into Wealthy Affiliate and see for themselves what we have here. Any members here who have had success in inviting their Facebook friends to join Wealthy Affiliate please advize on your approach.

My Facebook Article

Social Media is a strange beast. It not only means different things to different people, but it can also mean different things to the same person depending on the age they are at that moment in time.

When you are in your 20s, you have all the time in the world to socialize and have fun. As well as to achieve one's goals.

When I was in my 20s I had no idea what I would be doing 50 years later. Frankly, at that time I didn't get the lessons young people get today on planning for their future.

Life's Lessons

I reacted to my life rather than creating my life. Those lessons came years later after I decided to leave my job in England and emigrate to Canada. I had no job in hand and less than $1000 in savings. Since time was on my side and being single, I had no worries in the world.

Instead of looking for a job in Canada, I spent my money traveling by train from coast-to-coast before hitting my destination in Toronto. Talk about being care free and optimistic about the future!

Going Broke

If it wasn't for friends and family putting me up until I got a job, I would have been homeless being completely broke. I was and still am so grateful for their kindness. I learned the important lesson of paying it forward.

It's uncanny how one's perspective changes as we get older. It's all about the ratio of expected future life to life expended.

A Different Perspective On Life

Let me elaborate. It is realistic barring any major accident or health issues, to live say on average, to 85. My Mum passed away a few days shy of her 85th Birthday. Hence, I can relate.

When I was in my 20s, I had about 325% more life to live. Now that I am in my 70s, that number has reduced to about 20%. I am putting into numbers what is pure common sense. Those my age can relate to this I'm sure. I feel very fortunate that I am still alive and in reasonably good health.

Focus On The Important

Clearly I want to live as long as I can because there is so much more to do. And I feel the best is yet to come. Call that wishful thinking. But why not?

Since time is running out, I am more focused on the truly important things in life. And that is doing whatever I can to help others, including my family, in any way I can. To me that means continuous learning. Such as mastering the Internet to make it serve me

[Added Note For Wealthy Affiliate: When I hear comments that it can take years, in some cases 10 to become successful in any kind of Online Marketing, I don't have that much time. So I MUST do whatever it takes to build an income generating asset in about two years. I want to be able to enjoy the weath I will be creating.]

Since I feel wiser, note that I said "feel" not "am", I want to spread what I learn and help others through Social Media. It's all good. And fun too!

When you read my posts from now on, remember, you may be able to benefit from what I am learning. This is one way to pay it forward. So stay tuned.

Cheers!

This is a picture I took in the Caribbean in 2016.