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Published on September 23, 2016

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This post is about motivating myself more than anything else! I have just finished Course 1 of the Affiliate Bootcamp and have started with Course 2. My website is up and running (www.happinessatwork.siterubix.com), I have written various posts, my WA review and diligently completed all the activities provided in each lesson.

It feels like the "honeymoon" phase is slowly wearing off and I am settling into the daily craft of living with Wealthy Affiliate. You know, we don't get heart palpitations waking up next to each other any more; it's more of a comfortable co-existence. And if I were brutally honest, I could imagine that this is where a lot of people lose interest and wander off.

Instead of entertaining those thoughts, I am looking at the reasons why I started.

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Am I making a substantial passive income? Not yet.

Have I been liberated from the daily grind of the 9 to 5? Nope.

Have I learned everything I wanted to about creating an online business? Not even close.

Even though the pace seems to have stabilized, I am feverishly looking at my accomplishments to date and reminding myself that THIS PHASE is what makes or breaks a business. To be successful I HAVE to push through this phase. I'm not where I need to be, yet and I will never get there if I don't persevere. Until I have accomplished all my goals, I need to push through and remember why I started in the first place.

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