Who is to blame when things don't work out and The importance of dreams and passion
As I already wrote on numerous occasions, working on line is a full time job.
Working on line is a blessing and a curse at the same time. Because anyone can start one without any investment, diploma's or special skills.
Due to the economy many people are struggling to pay the bills because they lost their job or the earnings no longer sufficient to pay all the bills. So they are looking for a way out. Many see a website with pictures of villa's, Ferrari's and bags of money with the promise that they can have that too. Even if they are skeptic about the romanticized pictures of villa's and Ferrari's, it is in people's nature to believe what they want to believe especially when the are in a desperate situation and many decide to go for it. Thinking "Well, I probably can't have the Ferarri and villa real soon but I will be able to pay my bills next month".
Fact is you can earn a decent pay check with working online if you look upon it as a real company in the real world. Most new company's in the the real world need a few years before they earned back their investment and are in profit. The difference is that people that want to start a "brick" company need diploma's, a business capital and a license to start one in most countries. And that is the booby trap of working online. If you start an online business without any preparation and a business plan it is very unlikely you will ever earn a descent living from it.
And you need to have a desire and passion to make thinks happen. Many people blame circumstances or programs or what ever that they are not successful. But generally speaking, in fact YOU are to blame if you are not successful.
Sure there are a lot of false gurus promoting opportunities that will only fulfill the the dreams of the program owner and perhaps some members in the top. Because the math isn't right or it is a scam. I resent people earning a living over other people's back and feel sorry for people that fall for it. But than again, people are not forced to join it. It is YOUR own decision to join something or not, and therefor YOUR responsibility.
Learning the art of internet business and social marketing is a full time job. To carve your own path to your destiny and fulfillment of your dreams is a long term thing and requires commitment and time. A lot. Having a passion keeps you motivated to overcome obstacles. Will give you the courage to tackle new challenges. It will give you the strength and drive to carry on when you have set backs. And set back will come as I know from experience. When you want to be successful with online business you have to love being online. It is a simple as that, you can't earn if you are not in your shop interacting with possible customers (and potential suppliers, read good connections).
And what is success? In my opinion success can not only be measured in bags of money. I'd rather say that the bags of money are the crown on your success. In my opinion success should be measured in little goals and achievements like make somebody enthusiastic to join your program, to master a new skill or to earn a bit of money to cover some essential expenses of your business.
A major ingredient of success is being patient and determent. Do not give up. If you hop from program A to program B all the efforts and time you spent on program A are wasted. Like knitting a sweater and quiting it to start knitting a new sweater because you can't master the pattern. Master the pattern of sweater A and you will have a nice sweater as an end result, as in a figure of speech. Or end up with a pile of unfinished sweaters of no use to you that also have drained your recourses (lol the wool) in the process of knitting.
I am very fortunate. My biggest dreams already came through. My kids and husband and myself are happy and healthy. My dream is to open a music cafe in Turkey since music is one of my passions. My second passion is social marketing and helping others to learn social marketing. So I will be financing one passion with the earnings of an other one. Can't imagine a better drive than that!
Comments (29)
Dijana Rajicic7
Sffilste finance
Thank you for your good article. Anyone who seriously wants to get from the internet business will not be satisfied in this text. You are right when they say that you must be persistent and diligent, that the Internet is not a quick profit, but if you're confident in yourself and you'll earn.
Once again, thank you dear, I think it will help everyone who read your blog.
Dijana Rajicic7
Sffilste finance
Thank you for your good article. Anyone who seriously wants to get from the internet business will not be satisfied in this text. You are right when they say that you must be persistent and diligent, that the Internet is not a quick profit, but if you're confident in yourself and you'll earn.
Once again, thank you dear, I think it will help everyone who read your blog.
Paula van Dun16
Retired
Listen to good advice but put a question mark behind all you read. Believe in yourself that you can learn the skills needed. Work together with people you are sure you can trust but don't be totally dependent of those people. Don't be afraid of success. You will see you are capable of achieving more than you ever imagined. Don't be afraid of failure either. Learn from your mistakes.
Lillie Green2
I totally agree with this Article, it is a shame that most of the online marketing companies out there are geared towards only rewarding the top producers!
Peter Currie4
Entrepreneur
Our dreams and passions are very much under each persons control it is just that some people are not aware of that and may never be, And will continue to blame everything under the sun as to why they are not seeing their dreams come true.
Dijana Rajicic7
Sffilste finance
There are many Cliches Plan the Work and Work the plan is one.Th etools are here. I have worked in many capacities in my life and this is a job i think is one a sign of the times, as well as a passion for me.
Dianne Reid6
Medical Office Assistance
Very good article Paula... Don't hop from Program A to Program B. Very Interesting article as a online business owner's you have to keep focus and persist.... as was mention in the article @Paula Learning the art of internet business and social marketing is a full time job. To carve your own path to your destiny and fulfillment of your dreams is a long term thing and requires commitment and time
success does come over night you have to work work and work .....
Paula van Dun16
Retired
People should not join a program they do not understand, it is doomed to fail. If they do join it and fail because of that they should not blame the program but them selves.
Chukwuekwu Okonta12
Forensic accountant
It is possible the subscriber of the program that didn't work didn't understand the system/program-blame the subscriber or the program is scam-blame creator.
MD Kamruzzaman2
Computer Engineer
what a good article!Don't hop from Program A to Program B. Interesting line. This is what tirekickers do most of the time. Program hopping, just do it, don't look back, coz, great things happen when you feel like giving up!
and never have considered the essence of time spent and wasted on a certain program.
Paula van Dun16
Retired
Yes Cheryl, i think i have noticed that too. Like you, I keep on publishing articles like this. Our postings may only be a water drop on a sizzeling hot metal plate (Dutch saying) but worthwile doing. Lol, war to the false Guru's!
Cheryl Baumgartner12
Medical Billing/Coding/Insurance
How did I miss this one? Yrs Paula it seems that more people are saying this, perhaps because more people are coming to the understanding that the gooroos are mainly out for themselves?
Md Hafiz2
New members will learn the most important things to do at first at APSense to build relationships and brand themselves for the online business. it is very good for us........
Rosyel S.10
Financial Advisor, Blogger
Thank you for this article. Truly the dictionary is the only place where success comes before work.Somehow you need patience and persistence to make it in any field of endeavor. Not everyone's born with a silver spoon and thus, can't just finance any business ventures out there, but will power and determination does help a lot! :D
Anita Miller6
Very true. Succcess can mean alot of things, we only fail if we quit so no matter what, keep striving toward those goals and dreams and never ever give up.
Amanda Williams1
So Very true that most don't treat their on-line businesses as a true business. And when you tell someone you work from home online, they act like its nothing. An online job is fulltime and sometimes more, but just like you said, you cant succeed if you dont do the work, just like any job on the street.
Barus F.6
Engineer, logistic and marketing
Real comment and article about real life.Indeed many peoples from over the world have many problems about own finance!
Muriel & Graham Legg...10
Make your website mobile friendly
We always make three goals - short term, medium term and long term. When we reach our short term then we make a new long term and move the others down. That way we can always focus where our business is taking us. Another great article Paula and we have topped it so more people can read and learn. Thank you.
Paula van Dun16
Retired
@Pat I love your comparison about the gym!
@All Thank you for your constructive comments. This is the core of social marketing, brand yourself as a trustworthy expert in your field of expertise and the rest will follow.
Pat DeLeonibus3
So true that most don't treat their on-line businesses as a true business. The same dedication you would put into opening a brick and mortar business should be applied to your on-line business. People think that by becoming part of an MLM they can sit back and make money. That's like someone joining a gym to get in shape and never going. The gym membership is not what gets you fit it's what you do with it that matters. Same with MLM, you get what you put in.