Ship without a Rudder

Where are you going?

You have started your journey at Wealthy Affiliate. Why did you join? Was it to make more money? Was it to have a better life? Was it to make friends? These are all valid questions that have to be answered. The only person that can answer those questions is YOU!

You will need to look inside to see what motivates you and answer these questions. In your training, you will be asked to put down your goals as to what you would like to make. You will need to think about your goals as to what is realistic to you.

How do you make your goals come true? There are a couple of answers that I could give you but the most important answer is that you will have to put in the time and work! No one can do the work for you. You must put in the time. I would recommend having a mentor that is willing to help you when you need it. You can get help from the community but nothing beats a mentor. Otherwise, you will have to figure it out for yourself. This could take some time to master the skills needed.

Make a plan!

Make an action plan! Find someone (possibly a mentor) that will help you be accountable on reaching your goals. Celebrate even the small accomplishments, they lead to even greater accomplishments.

When you start your action plan, it may seem like it will be impossible to reach your goals. Staying with the training each day gives you the momentum to make progress each day. There will be times that you are stuck. Don't worry, you can get help from your mentor or from the community. STAY WITH YOUR PLAN! Stick to your plan and work it to see success.

Expand Your Horizons

You have now started moving toward your goals. Don't let up, instead make more daily, weekly, monthly and yearly goals. Once, you have reached a goal, mark it off the list and add another that is just a little harder.

You have come to realize that you have accomplished a great deal. You have started your own website and writing blogs for your website. You are now reaching more people with information they need to make their lives better. Helping others is part of the learning process. The more you help the better you will be(personally and professionally).

Leadership

You have continued your journey and have become successful with your website. You are helping others in the community on a regular basis. You may have even become an ambassador!

Now comes the hard part. You are now so busy that you are considering not being as active in the community in order to pay attention to your thriving business. There are only so many hours in the day and you want to make the best use of each hour. Look back at your journey, how did you get there. It was because someone took the time out of their busy schedule and offered you help.

Helping others is one of the key concepts of this platform. That is why we have the "pay it forward" system at Wealthy Affiliate. We strive to always help others when they need it. It may just be some encouragement that yes you can do this. It may be taking time showing an easier way to do things and have greater results.

Conversation with myself.

I recently realized that my anniversary date of four years have come and gone. I look back at my accomplishments and see how few in some ways they are.

My first year, I setup my first website. I went through part of the training but lost heart because I did not have a mentor that wanted to help because in his words " I am too busy with my business to help you. You will have to figure it out for yourself." This caused me to lose heart but I still continued. I went back over the training and learned some new things that helped me greatly.

In the middle of my second year, I had to have heart surgery to replace my aortic valve that had been killed by a bacterial infection. Six weeks after discharge from the hospital I developed a neurological/autoimmune disorder that took a year for me to return to some semblance of normalcy. I still am numb in my fingertips and feet.

I returned to Wealthy Affiliate in a more noticeable fashion. I try to give positive feedback as often as I can. I soon learned that I had cataracts that were literally causing me to go blind. I had no sight in my left eye and on 40% in my right eye. I worked as long as I could but again had to take a break from Wealthy Affiliate.

In May of this year, I returned, yet again, to Wealthy Affiliate. It took me more than two months to resume my studies and working on my websites. I have a great mentor that helps me whenever I need help. I have completed more work on my websites in the last two weeks than in the last two years.

Some may say with all of the adversity I have faced that this may not be for me. Especially since I have not been consistent(that is key). I can only say to everyone here that if you want to reach your goals: DO THE WORK, SPEND THE TIME, ASK QUESTIONS, HELP OTHERS, BE UNDERSTANDING(YOU WERE NEW ONCE), BE POSITIVE AND BE PATIENT.

Continue to do the training and reach out to others if you have any questions about the training. Watch the webinars, they are great examples of how the training works. Be supportive of other members.

This helping supportive community is the reason I am still here. I have met some amazing members that have been so supportive when I was ready to give up. I know that my success is coming. I have endured some of the worst things that can happen to a member but because of the support I can move forward and be a better affiliate member.

Please leave comments and likes below if you so choose.

Jerry