Let's do a little bit of soul searching together tonight....
When you first hear of the opportunity to earn money online, being your own boss, securing a Lambo from your crypto holdings....You get excited!
Thoughts of being financially free, being out of debt and finally being able to rage quit that dead end job you hate so much...The entrepreneurial dream I suppose.
Over my 25 years of being in business online, I've seen this 'dream' packaged every way you could imagine. From the promises of instant wealth, to the images of the mansion and yachts, it seems to all be designed to do one thing...
Separate you from your hard earned money. These snake oil salesmen are sneaky. And very good at the art of persuasion. They will pitch you the dream, and in about 30 days from now, you won't hear from them again.
And sometimes, we deserve what we get!
Huh?
Well think about it....You know that 'opportunity' you just heard about sounds way too good to be true but you tell yourself, this time it's different. This time, you will be a success!
30 days later, you give up....And the cycle repeats the next time a new flashy object appears. I called this the 'internet market vortex of doom' for years...
(I actually drew this over 10 years ago...Picasso level stuff!!!)
The way out, in my opinion, was to stick with something that had staying power. And that was the old 'kaizen' model of being better at sunset than you were at sunrise.
You see, that was what success was to me!
I have made a lot of money over those 20 plus years online. And I've lost just as much lol But the one thing that kept me going, was that i was in competition with myself. I wanted to be better tomorrow, than I was today.
If I achieved just a little bit more the next day, that was success!
You see, I can't tell you what success is. It's a personal thing. Maybe your idea of success is the mansion and the yacht. And if it is, more power to you. Everyone has dreams, goals and big visions for their life.
But to me, that's always competing with others. That's always a losing game because as much as you feel that you are at the top of that game, there's always someone hungrier than you.
So if you start competing with yourself, and trying to better each and every day....That's how you win and to me, that's how you find true success.
A bigger bank account, better relationships, higher growth...Are all by products of competing with yourself. Never comparing your success to someone else's, instead you are comparing your success and growth to what it was...On the previous day!
Be better at sunset than you were at sunrise. Every day!
Is this the path to success for everyone?
Absolutely not, everyone is different and our paths will never all be the same. But I'll tell you this much, you'll sleep easier at night. You won't be so worried about what your competition is doing because again....
The competition is you!
