Why do I hang around this crazy place - It's full of dreamers
Why do I hang around WA. I have been here for almost 2 years now. Success for me has been limited.
My progress so far.
I have two websites both have limited impact and money is not flowing in for sure.
I have completed my OEC training and have started to progress in the Bootcamp training
I have a new WA inspired website I have begun that is still in the beginning stage.
Many who have joined after me have had some great success, they passed me up in rankings and posting, I am humbled.
But why keep trying anyways?
I have been around the block a few times and this place is full of dreamers. Everyone seems to be going for the gold and I am like the proverbial turtle plodding along at my own pace.
So why do I keep stopping by, reading posts, occasionally posting my blogs anyways. I should take a new path, try something else; maybe this is not for me.
I know what a newbie feels like - overwhelmed yet hoping beyond all hope that just maybe I can do this thing.
It is not awesome success that keeps me moving ahead, it is only one thing...
Something that I found here that is terribly lacking anywhere else I have been...
It is something that holds my attention through the dark nights of doubt.
Something that keeps my trying even when my day ends with me feeling that I have failed to do what I should do.
Something that I see dimly now, yet I know is there. And I will not give up hoping beyond hope...
Here it is--
I hang around here because - Are you ready for this?
HOPE - Every day I check in, I find hope in someone else's inspirational blog, someone else's success story.
Hope because here is where you find the dreamers; those who push ahead despite the circumstances. They believe in the possible.
I find hope here unlike any hope I find anywhere today in this pessimistic self-centered world.
Hope that makes me believe that I can do something which many think impossible.
Hope that keeps inspiring me to keep trying anyways.
YOU - The community of WA are responsible, you are committed, you are always trying to help or inspire others in believing you can do something beyond being trapped in mediocrity.
Yes - Kyle, Carson, Jay, all the Ambassadors have played an awesome part in providing the way towards whatever goal you have.
But also everyone of you who share and respond are the reason for this hope.
Thank you all for being a source of hope so I will keep trying anyways.
Have a blessed week ahead and go for your dreams in 2020.
Ray
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I've said many times that the loser is the one that quits first. I'm happy to see you persevering and continuing to pursue your goals.
Speaking of goals... That's one of the things I work on daily to help keep me on track and my eye on the prize. We all have the "Long Term Goal" of being successful in whatever way we measure success. Many of us however, fail to set the small incremental goals that put us one step closer the the end result.
How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time... Goals are the same way. Set your "Big Goal" then work backwards from the end and set the smaller ones that get you to your destination :)
In my office I have two poster boards. The on on my right has pictures of what success looks like for me. The house I want to live in, the car I want to drive, the vacations I'd like to take etc.
The one my left has an outline of my goals towards the bottom with my very next goal, or step at the top. This way I never forget what I ultimately want to achieve but, also focus on EXACTLY what I should be doing right now to get there.
Hopefully this is helpful. Best wishes and much success to you in the new year!
Hi Rick I appreciate your thoughts and find the ideas of having two poster boards as you described to remind you of your end goal. Thank you for stopping by and adding to this discussion...
Hope you have a blessed week ahead and a successful 2020.
Ray
Not giving up is what we will give you success online so great attitude.
From reading the above I just wanted to give one advice. Hope that is ok - if not you can just ignore it:-)
But seems you have started several sites and now has also started a site in the make money online (MMO) niche promoting WA. I would definitely suggest to just stick to one site until you have success - it will happen a lot faster if you put all your effort into one site. Also, I would clearly recommend staying away from the MMO niche until you have success in another niche first. It is one of the hardest niches to get success in and you will see results faster in many other niches.
In online marketing, there are always many things success depends on. But overall, it will take way longer to succeed in the MMO than in many other niches. Plus it is difficult to have a successful site about how to make money online before actually having made money online.
I've been in the MMO space for 4 years and it's undoubtedly one of the hardest because trust is low in that market and this can make conversions and retention difficult.
I would just focus on ONE Amazon site in a market with the top tier commissions (+8%) and plenty of 'best of' posts to write.
This is the best training for that IMO: Creating A Profitable Online Business In 2020 Cheers,
Dan
Thank you Mikael for your wise advice. Hope that you have a blessed week ahead and a great new year.
Ray
Right on Ray! Success comes to those who never give up. I can relate to what you wrote. Not earning anything either.
However, I read what those who are successful are doing and little by little learning from them. As long as we make small progresses each day that will all be compounded in the long run.
Always love seeing your here Ray.
Cheers.
Edwin
Hi Edwin, so glad you stopped by. Yes indeed success comes to those who persist. Have a blessed week and may you have much success in 2020.
Ray
You nailed it Ray! I joined WA over 2 years ago - did a little here and there- and found there was something I kept coming back to. I committed in November as a premium member and am so happy I did- for all the reasons you wrote about and more! I want to do this! Anne Z
Hi Anne, glad you stopped by. Hold onto that attitude and just keep building your site every chance you get. May 2020 be your breakthrough year.
Blessings
Ray
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Yeah Ray!
Perhaps H.O.P.E. is Help Others Pursue Eventually, because we don't know where they are going, like they will themselves eventually know, and know and trust themselves better.
We don't know exactly how they'll arrive there, and neither do they.
*Just like when we started out! (Been there, wanted OUT!)
The path is made of obstacles,and we are the largest uncertainty of them all: Afraid to move an inch on this new fangled" virtual highway."
We are them, and some day the path will be well worn and true because it'll work every time we take it, although not like that yet.
Believing is a verb. That means it's synergistically in favor of Action Takers and not against Action Takers.
Believing is a higher pay grade than Hoping.
Hope is a lifeline, because HOPE knows the ropes!
Now because we call ourselves Believer, we've got to get a T.A.N. to look better, feel better, and get some Vitamin De-light!
What the heck is Suzay talking about? T.A.N. is her acronym for Take Action Now! Taking action now makes goals into reality, let me NLP you.. Isn't that what you really want? Well of course it is, and it's the reason you are here (me too) at WA.
If it's going to be, (put your name in there, yes you, come on!). If it's going to be, it's up to me ________! i
Get the De-light of getting it done!
**I'm keeping a copy of this to publish later when I figure out how to do that!
And Much Love to all my WA Believer/ Inspirers!
Suzay