Making Money on the Internet is Something You Must Excel At…To Be Any Good At!
I read an interesting quote a long time ago, it was actually a line from a book I was reading entitled Hearts in Atlantis. The book was eventually made into a movie, as all Stephen King books are. Interestingly, unlike most Stephen King books converted to movies, this was a good one with a stellar cast. Anthony Hopkins was masterful, as usual, and a young Anton Yelchin, later to emerge in Terminator Salvation with Christian Bale and Sam Worthington, was amazing…perhaps the role of his life.
The quote:
“…and wishing doesn’t make it so! ”
This quote is so common, at least in the sense that it has been around forever, as to be almost cliche.
Almost…if it weren’t so true!
Interestingly, the quote has carryover power into almost any milieu and in virtually all walks of life.
There is another quote, a bit cruder, that pretty much carries the same message, albeit to a little different crowd and in a much different way.
The quote:
“If you wish in one hand and sh*t in the other…you can be certain of one thing…sh*t!
I warned you! It’s all in the delivery.
Ultimately, the messages are the same:
“Success takes effort…no amount of wishing will make it so!”
We are told daily to attract this and envision that.
Yes, visualization is crucial. But visualization and goal setting without follow-through is worthless. This hoo-haa (technical term) being peddled of late is garbage. You’ve heard the stuff (two technical terms in a row!), it’s being pitched everywhere.
Unfortunately, it is like baking a cake without adding heat…it ain’t gonna happen!
Success takes effort. Success takes real, concentrated, long term effort. Success takes getting through what Seth Godin refers to as The Dip. Very often, success takes getting through and beyond several Dips!
Success takes balls!
There, I said it!
That’s about as crude as I have ever been online or offline, at least since the Army (1972-73), but it is true and someone needs to say it.
If you can’t “grow a pair, you’re destined to fail!
Success is tough.
Success is often dirty.
Success is frustrating, tiring, and humiliating!
Success is wonderful!
Success takes concentrated effort and it is never easy.
Not real success, the kind of success that lasts, the kind of success that is meaningful, that you can share…that you want to share!
Beware of the following quote:
The Easy Path to Riches!
Do you know how many results you get when you type in that keyword phrase?
Over 1,000,000!
Many people are caught by the Siren’s Call:
“The Easy Path to Riches!”
Short term thinking will lead to long term failure. Don’t fall into the trap! It takes more than setting up a website and tweeting all day on Twitter to succeed. If that were the case, we’d have witnessed hundreds of thousands of “success stories” by now.
And that ain’t happening!
It takes more than a few articles and dozens of videos to succeed online. I takes more than creating a Facebook page and a LinkedIn profile.
It takes learning, applying, tweaking, throwing most of it out, and beginning again.
Success is never easy…but it is always worth it!
Ultimately, success means different things to different people and what you thought would define your success when you started out will be nothing like the success you end up with.
Guaranteed!
Success is indeed the journey. But more than that, success is a process, a growth process that never ends…until we do.
So, how do we succeed online? By growing, by learning, by sharing, and by growing some more. In the end, your success will be defined by your effort and by what you put into your endeavor.
Finally, I believe success has little to do with making money, money is just a measure, and not a very meaningful one. The success you achieve will define you as much as you are defined by it. So stick with it, apply yourself, ask for help, and be flexible.
Because, as stated above, the success you end up with will be very different from the success you set out to achieve.
And wishing doesn’t make it so!
Contact me anytime!
John Zajaros
The Ultimate Internet Image
Lakewood, Ohio 44107
Skype: johnzajaros1
216-712-7004 (bus)
440-821-7018 (cell)
