In Over My Head and Learning how to Swim Fast
Published on April 19, 2015
Published on Wealthy Affiliate — a platform for building real online businesses with modern training and AI.
This has been an awesome and scary last two weeks. I ran across WA about 3 weeks ago. For the 1st week I looked at the site, I kept getting email ads from my sponsor and the more I read about WA the more I liked it. I knew two things, one I wanted in as a Premium Member and two I wouldn't have the $19 until another 2 weeks. So I waited until I would have the Money before the end of my 7 day trial period.
I have learned so much over these last few weeks and there's no way I want to give up my Premium Membership, where is the money going to come from...we'll I have no idea; but I'm going to start promoting it like crazy and I'm sure I'll get enough so I can make my membership due.
The most important thing I've gained in the last few weeks of hanging out here at WA is confidents, that is the first thing you need in order to get anywhere. For years I have struggled to understand how you could make money by helping others make money, but with all of the help and support I have received through WA I finally got it.
Ready to put this into action?
Start your free journey today — no credit card required.
I still feel like I'm in over my head but I know two things, one I'm enjoying testing my limits and expanding my horizons, and two I know that as long as I stick with WA I will have certain success in building my online business.
I can still remember struggling in the shallow end of our community pool to learn how to swim, but I begged my Mother to take me to the pool everyday and I wore myself to a frazzle trying to swim. Then one day in mid summer I got it! I swam across the shallow end of the pool! I was so proud of myself; I was a swimmer and I had taught myself! I spent the rest of the summer gaining enough strength to swim the length of the pool, that was the rule in order to swim in the deep end the kids had to swim the length of the pool in front of an adult. I'll never forgot how scared I was to take that lap, I did it next to the edge. When I did it the adult who witnessed it told me, "that was great, and now that you know you can do it, tomorrow you can take your lap in the middle of the pool." I was astonished! "But I swam the length of the pool," I howled. "yes, but you lack confidence, and I want you to feel confident in the water," she responded. So the next day I swam the lap in the middle of the pool, and I made it! So from that day forward I was not only a swimmer, but a confident swimmer; I loved being in the water.
Well there's a lot in common with how I felt then and now. Back in the pool I knew that I could learn how to swim if I just kept at it, and so I did. So right now I have just learned a few things about how to advertise my online business, now I have to apply what I'very learned. It's a lot like when I got the hang of swimming, I still had to get enough strength and confidence to swim the length of the pool. So just like I had fun becoming a better swimmer, I look forward to swimming around the WA pool and making money as I become a better online entrepreneur; and have fun doing it.
Share this insight
This conversation is happening inside the community.
Join free to continue it.The Internet Changed. Now It Is Time to Build Differently.
If this article resonated, the next step is learning how to apply it. Inside Wealthy Affiliate, we break this down into practical steps you can use to build a real online business.
No credit card. Instant access.