Better than I was Yesterday

The Tortoise and the Hare

Slow and steady always wins the race, ... ask any tortoise!

Doing Time

My time here at Wealthy Affiliate has evolved into something that I would have never imagined when I joined this learning institute.

I was introduced to WA by an Ambassador, and didn't expect to stay here for very long. I get bored quickly, sometimes, and I expected this to be the case here as well, however, as I began to spend hours and days here, I realized that this was no "fly-by-night" dot.com millionaire, training school, that had a few "easy buttons" I could click before I headed for the beach.

Life is a b$$$h, ... ain't it.

It turns out that there really are no free lunches, ... and no "easy" buttons.

Actually, I wasn't that naive, and I wasn't looking for that type of training.

What I was looking for, was a legitimate training program, that wouldn't cost me an arm and a leg.

I had just about given up on the idea, ... but not quite.

You see, my parents didn't do a very good job of teaching me how to be a quitter!

Fortunately for me, I never got very good at quitting and since there were no "easy buttons" and no free lunches I would have to develop a strategy to survive, and grow, here, and make proper use of this opportunity.

So here's what I did.

I devised a Plan

Without a plan, I was the proverbial ship without a rudder.

How could I achieve anything, if I didn't didn't know what I wanted, or how to get there?

I Kept Sight of my Goal

I set daily goals that added up to weekly goals, and eventually to monthly and yearly achievements.

This focused effort began to produce results that I could see.

I Learned as much as I could

Knowledge is what separates the ones at the top, from the ones on the bottom.

The simple fact is, that everyone that is above me in any metric that I choose, simply has more knowledge of the subject, than I do.

I got my head in the books.

I read, I followed the lessons, I attended the webinars, and I got a mentor.

Discipline

This is a cold, and heartless character, ... that has no "feelings".

Distractions

A popular exercise to WASTE my days.

Easy-peasy! ... no effort required.

I ran from it, as if it were the PLAGUE!

I had to manage my Time

I have a list of things to do.

I noticed early, that all achievers have an agenda or day-planner that they use to write down what they will be working on in a specific time-window.

M.I.T.

No, ... this is not the Massachusetts Institute of Technology!

It is the Most Important Task.

I did my hardest task first, when I was fresh and more energized.

After I completed my M I T, my day got easier, ... easier until the next hardest task came along.

I needed a Mentor

A mentor to be my personal trainer, my coach, the person that would monitor my progress.

They can be found in books, biographies, or audio-tapes, but it's always best to have a real live-in-the-flesh mentor.

Not that hard to find if you look around. Every successful business man, every successful athlete will fill that role.

Don't expect Bill Gates or Warren Buffet to show up at your house in the morning.

Remember, everyone starts at the bottom.

Better than I was Yesterday

This slow steady progress is a sure road to success.

I did not invent any of these strategies, they are the product of others, that came before me.

I use them because they work for me. They work for everyone. They are universal laws, like the laws of Nature or the laws of Physics.

I will finish by saying that after all this effort, I am still not a Dot.Com millionaire, nor have I been able to find that "easy button", but I can say unequivocally, that I am better than I was yesterday.