Perhaps you have noticed, as have I, that many people talk about
"that guy" who made it big in the real estate business, or invented the
paper clip, or something else amazing. I know I have, but then I started
to realize that I was not that guy. Why? I could sell real estate,
although I don't want to. I could invent the paper clip, but I'm not
that creative. However, there are things that I am good at and things
that I want to do. How do you suppose these guys became successful? They
did it. That's the difference. They did it, and I just talk about it.
When I came to that realization, it was time to do it.
The first thing that I had to do was motivate myself. I could never do this in the real estate market because it doesn't interest me and I hate selling. So I needed to find something that would interest me, but also that I dedicated myself to. It is not enough to just do something I am interested in, I have to be dedicated to do it. My personal choice was building websites. I enjoy it and I learned how to make money at it with the help of a very successful web developer who happens to be a relative.
Next I had to develop a plan. Just deciding to do something and dedicating yourself to it is not enough. To succeed you need a plan, a blueprint on how to go from nothing to success. A written plan that can be revisited is essential so you know where you are going and have a measure by which to determine later if you are accomplishing your goals. So I created a plan by which I would execute my plan to meet my goals.
Execution came next. I had to actually do what I set out to. All the planning in the world never accomplished anything; only hard work did. So my next step was to start building websites the way I had been taught. I spent hours after work and on weekends building my empire for about six months.
Then, I checked my progress, which was minimal. I assessed my situation and realized that I was not making any money, even though I had a dozen websites. I returned to my mentor and found that I was making a few mistakes. I fixed what I had done wrong, which took many hours to do, and things began to improve. By going back to my original goal, I was able to determine that i was not successful at what I was doing. That helped me to go back and find out what I was doing wrong.
By following theses steps, I was able, with a lot of hard work, to find my dream instead of talking about the guy who found his. It isn't luck, but by following a goal setting and execution plan, I now have a continuous daily income as a result of my hard work.
The first thing that I had to do was motivate myself. I could never do this in the real estate market because it doesn't interest me and I hate selling. So I needed to find something that would interest me, but also that I dedicated myself to. It is not enough to just do something I am interested in, I have to be dedicated to do it. My personal choice was building websites. I enjoy it and I learned how to make money at it with the help of a very successful web developer who happens to be a relative.
Next I had to develop a plan. Just deciding to do something and dedicating yourself to it is not enough. To succeed you need a plan, a blueprint on how to go from nothing to success. A written plan that can be revisited is essential so you know where you are going and have a measure by which to determine later if you are accomplishing your goals. So I created a plan by which I would execute my plan to meet my goals.
Execution came next. I had to actually do what I set out to. All the planning in the world never accomplished anything; only hard work did. So my next step was to start building websites the way I had been taught. I spent hours after work and on weekends building my empire for about six months.
Then, I checked my progress, which was minimal. I assessed my situation and realized that I was not making any money, even though I had a dozen websites. I returned to my mentor and found that I was making a few mistakes. I fixed what I had done wrong, which took many hours to do, and things began to improve. By going back to my original goal, I was able to determine that i was not successful at what I was doing. That helped me to go back and find out what I was doing wrong.
By following theses steps, I was able, with a lot of hard work, to find my dream instead of talking about the guy who found his. It isn't luck, but by following a goal setting and execution plan, I now have a continuous daily income as a result of my hard work.
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