That’s an excellent story about the dog, I’ll have to remember that.

 Steven, I just noticed your comment.  For some reason the comment notification thingy from the blog wasn’t working, so sorry.

First of all, if you purchased 5 Bucks a Day and lost it, just contact me by email with what your payment address would have been, and I’ll send you a link to download again.

And yes, Earn1KaDay does indeed focus on mindset to a large degree, in addition to everything else.

This is a very well intended post for someone like me Dennis.
I have been trying to make this happen online for over 10 years now and I’m 62.
At my best point in about 2006 I was using what I learned from your 5bucksperday
download, but lost everything to the 1st of eventually 2 lightning strikes that took
everything I had paid for to help me get to where I wished to be online. I have often
wished I had that download back to get started again.
I have created over 160 niche sites and eventually gave up the domains to each
after a comment from a friend or relative saying “You can’t make any money like that!”
My problem is not with any tech issues as I am very good at either HTML or WP sites.
I love creating my own graphics and find I am a very good writer after having some
minimal success on Kindle.
I think I have determined that “Self Confidence” is my problem including failure to be successful.
My question is:
Does your 1kaday membership forum offer any help in the self confidence area?
Your trial offer there now for 10 days would get me to my next SS check and I would
be able to continue after that.
Looking forward to any reply and as always, Thanks for all you do for us Dennis.
steven watson

Great Stuff Dennis!

I had  never thought about changing the acronym around to a  positive view. That is the first time I have heard it that way.

We all have fears.  Fear of failure and Fear of Success.  How we overcome those fears are as you have stated.  Get the right “Support” group! To me, that is one of the most critical things we can do.  By association alone, you will gain bits of success and increase your belief levels.

Thanks again for your insight and wisdom!

I think that’s very true.  But it’s not just the people who struggle to get started and take action.  It’s also the folk who undersell themselves and give too much away for too little because of fear.  A fear that no one will like their stuff, (again) they’ll get refunds or of what others will say.  Crippling.

good post, Dennis!
Mine was not so much the fear of failure, but the fear of failing from simply not understanding it as well as I could. So I delayed, waited, studied, attended webinars, read everything I could find or afford to buy, even helped others to create and market products… and STILL couldn’t convince myself I knew enough.
Two weeks ago, a long-time friend of mine and I were chatting, and he asked casually, “so what ever happened with that internet thing? Did you just give up on that?”
I realized that while I hadn’t ever “given up” on it, I had mentally put the start date to “some day”.
I’m working on a launch now… I’ll let you know when it happens! (I figure another two weeks; got to make a couple of videos).

Dennis,

Great post that really touches on some of the issues that I’ve been grappling with in talking about mindset.  We undermine ourselves by toxic thinking.  I’ve been pumped this week about the potential new idea I have.  Yet two nights ago I woke up and the first thought I had was “what if nobody likes it?”  Mindset is a muscle that needs to be worked and I’ve been working hard.  Thanks for your insights.

Dennis,

I think your observations are correct.  You address what I would call “industry specific” fears.  

I do believe there is an ever deeper level of fear that harasses people at the motivational level.  I’m no shrink but I’ve been self employed for forty years and have enjoyed good times and bad.  In fact I’ve fallen for what I’m about to describe myself.  It’s fear of success.

Now for anyone who’s struggling this may seem absurd.  We all believe we truly want to be rid of the misery that only poverty can buy.  Sometimes, though, we get comfortable in our misery.  Whining becomes a siren song and excuses become our companions.

There’s an old story about a country boy who visits his farmer neighbor and after about an hour of listening to an old dog howl on the porch the visitor asks what’s wrong with the dog.  The farmer replies that he’s laying on a nail.  The country boy asks, “Well, why don’t he move?” and the farmer says, “I guess it don’t hurt that much.”

I think sometimes we get adjusted to laying on the nail and we’re not motivated to move.  It doesn’t hurt enough…yet.

Hey Dennis,

You’re right on the money here.

Ya made me think! (and admit that there’s some fear that I need to overcome).

I especially liked the part about ‘support groups’.

Thank you for your insight, Dennis.

Eddie Gilbert