The Past Three Months: A Candid Account

How did the first 3 months go?

The first month started with excitement and enthusiasm after discovering Wealthy Affiliate, thanks to Miren’s review I happened upon. The platform was unlike anything I had seen online, especially the extent of training and support. I plunged in with gusto after signing up for the free option. By the end of that week I had gone premium, committing myself to a year of hard work, with the goal to see results by the sixth month.

The first two months, therefore, went very well: I worked consistently hard and when I raised my head, my rank had shot up quite quickly (I did not understand the significance of this at first). The third month did not go so well as chores of having to make a living interfered and the lessons became a tad more involved. So, I slowed down and got stuck somewhere at lesson 3 of level 2: the task of adding content to my website.

What Accomplishments, Achievements and Business Related Activities Are You Proud Of

Firstly, I am very proud of the consistency and persistence with which I have worked in building this online business. When I am not working on the training, I am “conversing” with the community making comments to blogs or answering questions where I can. (Perhaps I love this too much such that it may hamper productivity? Something to think about). As indicated above, I completed Level 1 of the Certification Course and two lessons of Level 2, making certain to deepen my understanding as I proceeded.

Undertaking this business has made me aware of my love for interaction, especially as structured by Wealthy Affiliate. I believe it has not only enhanced my writing skills, but it has also taken me out of my shell, so to speak. You see, I cherish being alone in my quiet space and I do not function optimally in a crowd or large group. But I enjoy engagements in small groups or one-on-one where, I have been told, I flourish. Thanks to Wealthy Affiliate, it has become easier to put pen to paper, as it were, though I am still working hard on this.

Where Did You Waste Time?

As intimated above, I spend hours engaging with the community by responding to blogs. Could that be considered “wasting time” if done excessively? Perhaps. My obsession is to complete messages of the day that fall into my email, and there are many of them. One day I counted 65 and more were falling in as I responded. The number has not been a problem because I love doing it. In addition the responses are short enough to be able to respond to many of them in a short time.

I have now realized that it is not only this engagement that requires attention. Of these activities, perhaps the training takes priority and must be attended to daily, at least until it is completed. Other activities of importance, I have learned, are a visit to the chat room, a welcome to newbies, an answer to a question and, most certainly, a blog at least once a week.

What Tasks Did You Get Better With?

Certainly, I have become very good at responding to blog posts.

What Can you Do Better in The Next 3 Months?

The next three months will require focus on completing the Certification Course and consolidating the learning gained from it by putting it into practice in a live website. This will grant me the opportunity to become familiar with Site Comments that I read so much about. I read that Site Comments are crucial for ranking the website? That you can approve or disapprove them?

I also intend to spend some time (I learn 10 minutes a day is sufficient) in the Chat Room in order to become familiar with it. I looked in yesterday for the first time, I have to confess, and I could not make head or tail of what was happening. I did not understand the structure. As a result, I did not tally much too long there and I quickly headed back to familiar territory: reading and responding blog posts until my eyes could not stay open any longer.

I have registered for many of Jay’s webinars, but could only attend one (a memorable experience). The challenge is the 9-hour time difference between the US continental west coast and South Africa. As he sits at his desk to start at 5:00 p.m., it is 2:00 a.m. in the Republic of South Africa. I have realized this requires steely discipline to retire to bed early on a Friday night (whew!) to be able to wake up at 1:30 a.m. or so to be ready for the webinar. Of course, I could always catch them later, but it is so much better to attend them live! Those who have know what I mean.

The crowning moment in the next 3 months will be the completion of Affiliate Bootcamp. I had begun doing it in parallel with the Certification Course. But, after good counsel, I resolved to complete the Certification Course first.

So, the next 3 months will be about prioritisation, smart execution, discipline, consistency and persistence.

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Awesomeness!

Mojalefa.