It's Been A Long Time
I feel as if I've been away forever!
I have been at WA over a year now, and know now something I didn't really understand when I first started here. My expectations and goals were unrealistic. I had hoped to start making money within 6 months! That didn't happen and I went downhill for a while, before I picked myself up again and went back to work.
What threw me, actually, was, I knew absolutely nothing about affiliate marketing, so that HAD to be a huge hurdle and a steep learning to curve that I don't think I really accounted for. I have ADHD, so my biggest problem is sorting out what's important from what isn't important. I get overwhelmed and generally that means I become absolutely paralyzed. I didn't account for that. You can push the envelope, sure, but you have to stop for the traffic lights - you push, then you rest.
If anyone of you has ever experienced pure panic and the kind of paralysis that gives you that deer-in-the-headlights look, while your stomach feels like the Atlantic Ocean during a hurricane; and buzzing in your ears, and the visible world becomes somewhat unreal. I've been there so many times, I better watch I don't set myself off again just writing about this (lol!).
No, I'm okay, thanks. A lot of work - HUGE - went into my "rehabilitation" into a full human being.
I wanted to add something interesting. Servo-mechanisms, as they're called, learn by bumping into all the wrong things until they finally get the right move. I was like that machine. Thing is, a lot of people (I heard "most," maybe) give up just at the point where they really should stick to it, because whatever time & effort they've spent on their project, abandoning it means it was all for nothing!
Well, how does that make any sense?
Besides, you don't know what's around the corner, so what have you got to lose?
The going got too tough? Oh, I see. You were expecting guarantees, maybe a portage over those difficult spots, maybe lean on a few people to get help.
Hey, getting help is great, but leaning on people, that's another thing.
I hope you agree. Let me know.
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Hi Mike - welcome back.
It is a huge learning curve and well done for coming back and realisisng you can now build on what you have started.
as you say most people give up when it doesn't go their way, i almost did,but having nothing better to do i stuck it out - is it working ? i feel a lot more comfortable with it now and can help a lot of people get over hurdles.
I have jsut read the 10 minute toughness, a book about mental preparation for athletes, my takeaway form there was a line alomost at the back of the book - when you answer 'i don't know ' to a question ... stop and turn it around to saying ' what is the one thing that will get you closer to your goal you can do right now?' - or how do you break this mountain down into chunks so you can move it out of the way.
but this is what you will have to do- pick just one part and break it down until you gain knowledge of it and add it to the puzzle.
there will still be holes, but small holes, and we are all here to help you.
no one can be an expert at everything, but master one aspect and others will help with all the rest.
good luck
phil
Thanks! It's always important to exchanged ideas with other people here. I appreciate the feedback,
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Hey Mike,
Glad you are still around. I agree with you. Just because it gets tough isn't a reason to quit in my opinion but not everyone is cut out for this.
Tried and True
Elaine
Thanks, Elaine. Nice to hear from you again!