Can You Make Money Online?
This is a question that you have probably posed to yourself a number of times.
I think that the starting point is the wise words of Henry Ford ;-
" Whether you think you can or you can't - either way you are right"
Your starting point is to believe that you can do it. If you think that you can do it you will have the energy and persistence to carry on when the results that you are looking for are not materialising eg when you have had a bad day and think of quitting. It is in these circumstances that you must retain the inner belief that you can do it.
I am a great believer in the view that success leaves clues. If you follow what someone is doing who is already successful in your field you then the chances are that you can replicate their success in time. If it works for them and you follow the same process it will work for you.
At Wealthy Affiliate you are in a prividged position of being able to follow the methods and techniques of marketers who are making money online. None of them will tell you that their success is based upon a magic piece of software that will do the whole job for you. It is about building your business over a period of time with the expectation that you will have some challenges and setbacks along the way. This leadS me onto another quote from Henry Ford that I really like:-
"Failure is merely an opportunity to begin again more intelligently."
When you are building your online business you will experience some failure. However hard you try, however perfect your plan appears to be you will experience some failure. When you experience this seemingly unwelcome visitor, you should remember that it is part of your journey to success.
It is as Henry Ford suggests an opportunity to begin again more intelligently. You can look at why it did not work and adjust how you will do it the next time. If it still does not work then you can make corrections until it does. What you must avoid is being down hearted about it which leads to thoughts of giving up.
Embrace your failures and recognise that they are in reality signposts to success.
I think that Wealthy Affiliate provides an ideal and genuine opportunity to build a successful online business. I have managed to achieve this by following the training within WA. I have had before joining WA a large number of false starts that resulted in failure. I have learnt that the short cut to online success is in reality putting in the time and effort that is needed to build an online business.
Fully automated, everything done for you "opportunities" only make money for the guy peddling it.
I think that you can make money online. Perhaps the most important thing is whether you think you can.
Best wishes
Mark
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Love the quotes and you're exactly right. It's up to each individual to decide based on their mindset.
I enjoyed your post. I like the Henry Ford quotes especially the second one. I have failed several times, but I keep trying. Thanks to WA and the whole community here there can be success. Best wishes. :)
Mark,
Thank you very much for this post.
You have successfully put into words my entire approach to not only my success here at WA, but in life as well.
I am proud to have you in my network, and I have always felt that any measure of true success truly comes from within.
There are plenty of wise decisions one can make to put oneself in a positive environment with wonderful tools and mentors, but ultimately it depends on you, your drive, commitment to yourself and desire to see things through.
I checked out your site at http://workwiseways.com/7-deadly-sins/#comment-975
and I dropped you a comment, feel free to return the favour if time permits.
Thanks again, my best,
Gary
Thanks for the blog post Mark. Always good to be reminded. As I research the IM business there is this issue of "business mindset" coming up a lot ( I see it commonly on the w@rr10r forum).
A mental block I had about making money online was the idea that making money was like cheating or getting-something-for-nothing.
But, it's not cheating and it's not something-for-nothing. If you truly think and act as though you are running a real business, then something will have to result.
With that said. Part of getting the proper business mindset are things like:
- having regular work hours
- business routine.
- accepting that you do have to spend some money on tools in order to run your business.
- doing mundane business tasks.
Didn't mean for this comment to become a mini novel. Guess I should blog about to. :-)
I think that you have to keep in mind that you are building and running a business. It takes both hard work and some financial investment. I think that people mistakenly believe that you can build an online business without these two elements. I think you should do a blog it will be useful to other members and will help you gather your thoughts. Very best wishes Mark
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Great and positive thoughts. Thanks for sharing these gems.