I really couldn't shut my brain off today. I just couldn't stop thinking.
"What motivated me to work online?"
How did I come to the decision that I was going to do this?
What drove me from earning over $6k a month as a personal trainer, a single father with a 1 year old son, to deciding that I was going to be successful in this world of 1s and 0s (that's internet speak for you non-nerds)?
What was that motivation for working online...it must have been lunacy.
Clearly.
Actually, I realized I was exhausted.
I hadn't had a good night's sleep that I could remember in the longest while.
I got sick of the 5am training sessions that, although enjoyable due to my very select clientele ( fortunately I loved the people I trained like family), drained me of the little energy I did have to better MYSELF!
I could not train in a sport that I loved passionately and was focused on pursuing because it was always time or money.
Never quite enough of either.
I had to sleep in my car.
I had to spend more time in the gym due to my stretched out schedule than I did at home.
People called me a gym rat and it stung, because I felt like a slave.
When I could see my son, I was miserable. I loved being with him, but the fact that he had already taken his first steps without me, and cried for his mother when he was cranky broke my heart.
That was it.
I informed my clients that I was finished with training. I only had a few weeks left and that was it.
What was bound to happen was going to happen, but I was determined to see my child grow up.
Fear lost its hold on me.
People told me I was nuts, and I could see how badly they expected me to fail, but that's the nature of a human being.
I didn't expect any less from them.
Thankfully, I've always believed in myself when nobody else had, so I kept pushing.
As a young, little, chubby kid, I learned that giving into bullies remarks doesn't help. It just makes you want to eat more pie.
I did listen to the very few individuals that told me to keep going. To, "See what happens." One of those friends is an individual that started off selling hosting from his apartment, and turned it into a million dollar a year business. His black card was all the proof I needed that this was possible.
I definitely had less energy for that first month.
Yeah, it was rough.
And, I had to see my son less.
After that first sale though, that first day, I realized that this was real.
I got past the biggest obstacle in any real online business.
My own mind.
Making money was now a tangible thing. I had something I could spend.
It was real, and I knew I was doing what I was supposed to do.
In the end, it's two years later and I'm making a couple years worth of salary spending half the energy.
I still work just as hard as ever, but only after a night's sleep, and only because I want to.
So, what is my motivation for working online?
My motivation for working online is myself, and it should be the same for you.
It wasn't anything on the outside that caused me to decide that I had had enough.
Nothing was different. Things were as boring and exhausting as ever.
What changed was the way I saw myself, and my potential.
I thought about how many people told me I couldn't, and decided to tell them otherwise.
I was in charge of my life, and I would fail or succeed on my own terms.
Although, I proved the naysayers incorrect on their terms as well.
Check out a book titled "The New Psycho-Cybernetics."
I have both the book and the DVD set, but it doesn't matter which you pick up. Hell, get them both if you want.
I've read everything, or close to, and this book is the forefather, and the best, of all of the material I've read. I promise it will inspire you if I haven't already.
Even if you don't get it, take what you can from my example, and remember to believe in yourself ESPECIALLY when no one else does.
You're the only thing you know about for sure anyway.
So, until next time, keep the pie off your face.
"What motivated me to work online?"
How did I come to the decision that I was going to do this?
What drove me from earning over $6k a month as a personal trainer, a single father with a 1 year old son, to deciding that I was going to be successful in this world of 1s and 0s (that's internet speak for you non-nerds)?
What was that motivation for working online...it must have been lunacy.
Clearly.
Actually, I realized I was exhausted.
I hadn't had a good night's sleep that I could remember in the longest while.
I got sick of the 5am training sessions that, although enjoyable due to my very select clientele ( fortunately I loved the people I trained like family), drained me of the little energy I did have to better MYSELF!
I could not train in a sport that I loved passionately and was focused on pursuing because it was always time or money.
Never quite enough of either.
I had to sleep in my car.
I had to spend more time in the gym due to my stretched out schedule than I did at home.
People called me a gym rat and it stung, because I felt like a slave.
When I could see my son, I was miserable. I loved being with him, but the fact that he had already taken his first steps without me, and cried for his mother when he was cranky broke my heart.
That was it.
I informed my clients that I was finished with training. I only had a few weeks left and that was it.
What was bound to happen was going to happen, but I was determined to see my child grow up.
Fear lost its hold on me.
People told me I was nuts, and I could see how badly they expected me to fail, but that's the nature of a human being.
I didn't expect any less from them.
Thankfully, I've always believed in myself when nobody else had, so I kept pushing.
As a young, little, chubby kid, I learned that giving into bullies remarks doesn't help. It just makes you want to eat more pie.
I did listen to the very few individuals that told me to keep going. To, "See what happens." One of those friends is an individual that started off selling hosting from his apartment, and turned it into a million dollar a year business. His black card was all the proof I needed that this was possible.
I definitely had less energy for that first month.
Yeah, it was rough.
And, I had to see my son less.
After that first sale though, that first day, I realized that this was real.
I got past the biggest obstacle in any real online business.
My own mind.
Making money was now a tangible thing. I had something I could spend.
It was real, and I knew I was doing what I was supposed to do.
In the end, it's two years later and I'm making a couple years worth of salary spending half the energy.
I still work just as hard as ever, but only after a night's sleep, and only because I want to.
So, what is my motivation for working online?
My motivation for working online is myself, and it should be the same for you.
It wasn't anything on the outside that caused me to decide that I had had enough.
Nothing was different. Things were as boring and exhausting as ever.
What changed was the way I saw myself, and my potential.
I thought about how many people told me I couldn't, and decided to tell them otherwise.
I was in charge of my life, and I would fail or succeed on my own terms.
Although, I proved the naysayers incorrect on their terms as well.
Check out a book titled "The New Psycho-Cybernetics."
I have both the book and the DVD set, but it doesn't matter which you pick up. Hell, get them both if you want.
I've read everything, or close to, and this book is the forefather, and the best, of all of the material I've read. I promise it will inspire you if I haven't already.
Even if you don't get it, take what you can from my example, and remember to believe in yourself ESPECIALLY when no one else does.
You're the only thing you know about for sure anyway.
So, until next time, keep the pie off your face.
About the Author:
Mr WebbyFied is the owner and mind behind Webbyfied.com, a site dedicated to bringing people their daily red pill. If you would like more articles and free resources to help expand your mind and your relationship with money, visit us at Webbyfied.com.
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