Focus On Success Even Through Adversity

I have been reading a lot like I always do, and I read a lot of stories on how people have made a business succeed. I think it is great when someone pursues their dreams and is able to manifest them. We never hear about the adversities that someone goes through to achieve that success. Why is that? Is it because they don't want people to know that success is a work in progress? Most americans that pursue a business expect microwave success, and the first sign of adversity, they quit. Are you willing to pursue your goal even through adversity? How bad do you want to be in the top 3% of americans?

I say this because I know from experience about adversities, I started a business about a year and a half ago. I am writing this article not because I want people to feel sorry for me. I do not require any sympathy, I used to be ashamed of my current adversity, but I know it was my ego not wanting people to judge me. If we let it, our ego can take control of us and stop us from achieving what we desire.

I made a couple of wrong decisions in the past (I will not call them mistakes, because I do not consider them mistakes if you learn from them) I want to share with you the that I made so that if you ever decide to follow your dreams you will not make the same decisions I made. If I can help only one person then this article will have been worth my time to write.

I have always been an employee, doing exactly what I have been told. I was raised to follow orders and to go to work and get a good job so I would be secure. A year ago that changed, I discovered personal development. I realized how much potential I have, how much potential we all have and I decided to work on that. I didn't want to work for anyone else anymore. I knew the only way to freedom was to work for myself, so the first step was to work on myself.

Well a couple of the wrong decisions I made are listed below hopefully you will learn from them. What not to do when starting out on your own:

1. Don't Quit The Day Job: I was told that you should burn your bridge so that you have nothing to fall back on. Basically put yourself in a position to sink or swim. I do not recommend this, unless of course you have previous business and marketing experience. Follow something that is passionate to you, so that at the first sign of adversity you do not want to quit. I am very passionate about what I do, and I love it. I absolutely believe that more people should start their own business. I think people who are born and raised in the United States take the american dream lightly and do nothing but expect some company to take care of them. Wake up this is the twenty first century, if you don't take care of yourself, then no one is going to.

2. Don't Put All Your Eggs In One Basket:Keep your mind open to all sorts of income opportunities. Anything that can make you money I highly recommend that you use. Watch out for tunnel vision, if you put it out into the universe that you desire to make $10,000 a month your job is to take action. You don't know where it's going to come from and if you are so focused on one avenue, you can possibly cut off the avenue that it would be presented to you. It could come to you from the opportunity you started also affiliates, the lottery (you never know) just keep all avenues open.

3. Mastermind With Others Who Are Goal Oriented:Through all my adversity I have had the support of a wonderful environment. We have a business community of other entrepreneurial people who all use personal development to work on themselves so that they can achieve their goals they set for themselves. I highly recommend that you only listen to people who are goal oriented. My friends who just work a typical JOB for a living had nothing positive to say about my pursuing my dreams. If they are scared to pursue something and believe they can't do it, they will attempt to put you down to make you feel like you can't either.

4. Find Avenues That Are Free:The first year, I thought the way to market my business was to spend a lot of money. Well I was wrong!! I put more money into my business just to get my site out, and I basically didn't know what I was doing. I was basically throwing my money away. There are several ways to get word out about your site without having to spend a lot of money. I have been working religiously for about a month now, and my traffic has been growing everyday. No one used to know about my website about 2 months ago, now I have several links on my site and I receive about 100 visitors a day. (I know that is not a huge amount of traffic, but I expect it to continue growing) As a matter of fact if you like what your reading and would like to share the information with others then feel free to add me to your Blogroll.

5. Don't Focus On Making Money, Instead Ask Yourself How May I Serve:We all know that money is what pays the bills, and that is why someone starts a business. I put all my focus into making money the first year, and I didn't make quite as much as I could have. We were put on this earth to help each other, and when it comes from the heart on how you can serve your fellow man, you will be rewarded with so much more than just money. Money is a byproduct from helping others, the more people you serve the more money you make.

6. Watch Your Thoughts They Do Become Reality:Even though my goal was to make $15,000 a month everyday all day last year. (and still is) I carry around a goal card with me and look at it often. Well I wanted it all last year but I had to work through some issues. I have never made that amount of money in one month in my life. I would affirm it over and over, but I don't believe that my subcounscious believed it, so guess what I didn't reach that amount last year. I now use that affirmation "wealth comes into my life from all different kinds of avenues, and I assist others in achieving their desires." I leave now focus on reaching $4,000 a month, I feel like that is a very attainable goal, and I would make a financial difference in my life right now. Once I reach that goal, I can set another goal, and it will be easier for my subconscious to believe it. So take it from me and set realistic goals, that your subconscious can believes is attainable.

Regardless of appearances and adversities do not quit! Expect success and find a role model so that you do not have to pave the path. It's better to have a path to follow and learn from. Expect yourself to success and know that anyone who has achieved success has paid their dues with adversity. You are not any different from anyone who has achieved success. The only difference between you and anyone successful is that they were willing to persist until they manifested what they desire.

Regardless of where I am today, I absolutely believe I am a step closer to my goal everyday. I do not focus on my adversity, I rarely talk about it. I want to assist others from my past so they do not make the same decisions I did. Who cares about the past, I absolutely believe my goal is right around the corner. Focus only on the goal, and leave everything else alone. If you don't choose your thoughts, they will choose you!!

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