What do the signposts read where you stand?
In the short 5 months or so since I joined WA as a Premium member, I feel like I have encountered many of the ups and downs that any business has. In the beginning, having not programed anything for over 20 years, I was apprehensive because I wasn't sure how much I had retained. I began to religiously go through the WA training and fortunately it became evident that I remembered more than I thought. I began to feel much better about my decision to too join WA and build a business I can work at in my home.
I began to write furiously before the disenchantment set in. I would run into various issues that I had no one to answer for me. Our favorite search engine company has some great tools but poor, inattentive support. I felt left out in the cold. When the black and white began to replace the rosy, full-color images I had predicted for my family's future, my depression began to set in. I felt like I was in quicksand. The more I wiggled, the deeper I sank. I realized that most of my issues were between my ears.
I decided to just believe God who promised not to give me more than I could handle. So, what became my approach? I disected the large pile of issues I had gathered. I began by trying to sort them into separate, considerably easier to swallow bites. I found that this was much easier than trying to choke myself across the finish line. Guess what, it worked. The separation of issues allowed me to get a few items fixed or at least better understand them to avoid grinding to a halt.
Right away, when I had finally kicked the fear of failing and letting my family down, I was able to move forward. I seemed to need to be on the move again and the pressure being gone has finally released me to head for the top again. Thanks to you all for being patient and helping me out when I whined too much.
The moment in time that I quit quivering in my boots I looked around and wouldn't you know it, I had finally reached one of the important trail markers that we all must accept if we want to take advantage of the support, tools, training, and community here at WA. This location is pictured above. It is real. We all have to reach this point where we must make the decision to give up or press harder towards success. The corner of Grinn and Barret exists for everyone in every business. If we want to succeed we must choose to grinn and bear it. It gets better. The next street I expect to see is at the corner of Success and Profit. Funny, I noticed that I am moving that direction a little faster every day.
I am looking forward to seeing you all there soon!
David
aka Hygrade
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Great post!
Success is the fruit of many failures.
That's why we appreciate our success even
further down the road.
Ingrid
Good points David. We all go through these intersections in life, yet when we move into something we think is similar we forget that and have to get a reality check along the way. All the process of reaching the goals we have set a bite at a time. Never expect to eat the whole cake at once. Continue to follow the training no matter what tries to detour us.
Take care,
Bill
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I think someone at the local council (?) office had a sense of "street naming" humour back in the day. When the momentum gets going is always the best time to press ahead David. Sometimes, when you tell yourself I'll just do 10-15 minutes and see how I feel, is enought to get that mojo on the up and up. A bit like the "when you don't feel like exercising, just give it 10 mins....."