You were so excited when you found out it was possible to earn an income online. Unfortunately, that excitement may have slowly dwindled and you’re feeling pretty down about yourself. Maybe that excitement has dwindled recently or maybe you’ve been feeling down in the dumps for a while…just about ready to throw in the towel. If you don’t feel like you’re good enough to succeed in online business…

… you’re wrong!

People Are Succeeding All Around You! If You Hate What You’re Feeling Right Now

You see people succeeding around you, left and right. It seems like people who are even newer than you are far surpassing you when it comes to earning money online. It’s not fair.

You’re certainly working hard. You feel you like you must be doing something desperately wrong. You know you’re not as motivated as you could be. It’s so hard to figure out what’s stopping you from reaching success.

Believe me, I’ve been in your shoes if that’s how you feel. If you know my story, you know I struggled from 2002 through 2005, but refused to give up or give in.

You do know that you have the passion and the drive to succeed… or at least, you used to. You’re willing to work hard for the money you so desperately wish would come to you. You’re not one of those people that expects money to just fall from the sky and into your lap.

But somehow, deep down, you still don’t feel you’re good enough even if you work really hard. What are you going to do? How are you going to stop this feeling so you can get motivated again?

Do you know what the problem very well might be?

It’s The Fear Of Success

Maybe this is a new revelation for you. Maybe you clicked to read this because you saw the title of this blog post and for some reason it just resonated with you. It’s okay. You’re certainly not alone in this feeling. Many, many people deal with this every single day.

Probably at the heart of this matter is the fear of success. We all know and deal with the fear of failure, and often on a daily basis. We don’t want to fail. But we all want to succeed, or we think we do. What the world could it mean to have a fear of success?

Remember, I have always taught that failure is your friend, and not to fear it, but the fear of success can be more insidious and tougher to battle. After all, failure is more common, isn’t it, so we get used to it, and don’t fear it so much after a while.

But success? …

It might sound strange to have a fear of success, but if you really dig deep and consider it, you might find that this holds true for you. It probably does.

Do You Really Deserve This?

Consider this: do you think you deserve to achieve your dreams financially? Do you tend to work really hard and then kind of hold yourself back, starting and stopping? You might go through these periods where you’re really motivated and find a little bit of success but then put on the brakes. You stop yourself before you can really succeed and achieve. If this sounds like something that happens for you, then it’s very likely that you have a fear of success.

Start to think back to patterns in your childhood. How did your family treat and think about money? If you were taught that money doesn’t come easy, that it doesn’t grow on trees, that only “those people” (said with a touch of contempt) have been favored with money, or if your family always struggled for money, then these patterns might still have a hold on your life even today.

If you’ve always struggled for money or had a bitter relationship with money, then it’s very likely that you have a fear of success.

Consider how you feel about money right now. Also consider how you feel about yourself right now. Do you feel you deserve to have the kind of financial freedom and success you dream of having?

You are the only one who can answer these questions for yourself.

Is Your “Why” Strong Enough?

Another thing to consider is whether your “why” is strong enough. This is something I talk about all the time because it’s one of the most important concepts for an entrepreneur. Your “why” is the reason you are in online business in the first place. This is what motivates you and drives you. Maybe it’s that you want to create a better life for your family, get out of a dangerous or negative situation, or whatever the answer is for you. Do some soul-searching and brainstorming.

How to Feel More Than Good Enough to Succeed

It’s time to get out of those negative, old patterns. This can be difficult to do, especially if that fear of success stems from your childhood. But it is 100% possible– you’re going to make it happen.

One thing you can do is to seek out success stories from people just like you. These people may have started from an even more negative place and found success even so– that can be very inspiring. These people don’t have any more skills or talent than you do, but they still found success. Knowing that others have achieved before us can be very motivating. Do some simple searches in your area of interest or browse books on Amazon to find the stories that will inspire you.

You should also deal with anything that’s holding you back. If you know that something from your childhood or your present life is muddying your view of financial success and your ability to earn money or the fact that you deserve to have more money, it’s time to deal with that. Maybe you just need to give yourself permission to earn more money. Or, perhaps it’s time to seek outside help or simply talk to someone. You have to find the answer for you.

One thing that has helped a lot of people is to allow yourself to have small successes. This is something I talk a lot about in my 5 Bucks A Day book. With this strategy, I teach people to use a very simple online marketing method where the goal is to earn just $5 per day. Once you succeed with one simple $5 a day strategy, you move on to the next one. Soon enough, you’ll have two strategies each earning $5 a day, for $10 a day in total earnings. Then, you can add on another $5 a day earning strategy, for a total of $15 a day in earnings. You can stack these successes up from there to achieve a full time income.

It might not sound like much, but an extra $5 a day is an extra $1,825 per year, after all.

When you approach success from this angle, it’s easy to build yourself up. Small success can lead to much bigger success and it can really open your mind up to what is achievable. They say that earning that first dollar online is the most difficult and from there on out it is so much easier. If you’re struggling, this is what I recommend for you.

You have to know that you deserve to succeed. Here and now, give yourself that permission and decide that today is the day you are going to feel good enough to succeed in online business.

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Is It Taking You Too Long To Make Decisions?

How long does it take for you to make decisions in your business? If you’re like many people, you sit there and hem and haw and worry over even the most trivial of decisions. It’s holding you back big time– but it doesn’t have to anymore. We’ll get to the solution in a minute. For now, let’s talk about all the ways its holding you back.

How long would it take you to make a decision like the following:

“What should my domain name be?”

“What should I work on next?”

“How can I find my next client?”

“How can I make this angry customer happy again?”

“How can I make extra income this week?”

The fact that it takes you too long to make decisions is also causing you to procrastinate. You put off making important decisions and even relatively unimportant decisions. It scares you that you’ll make the wrong move. You start to dread the worse and think, “what if?”

This fear of decision making, whether its in your conscious or sub-conscious, dashes your creativity. If you’re not moving forward, you’re not creating. If you’re stuck in the past or stuck on the same old problems, you can’t use your creative juices on things that would really help to move your business forward.

How can your business thrive when you so often have this feeling of uncertainty? Maybe you’ve been aware of this feeling of uncertainty or maybe you’re just now realizing that your decision making skills need some work.

Why 60 Seconds Is Key

60 seconds is a key amount of time to make certain decisions. We aren’t talking about life or death decisions here! We’re talking about decisions that hold a certain level of importance. These are decisions that are important and do change the course of your business, but in the long run won’t have incredibly dramatic effects (in most cases… in other cases, they might and that’s okay!).

Most decisions actually aren’t crucial. The most crucial thing about them is that you go ahead and make them and move forward with some kind of action. If you sit there doing nothing, or doing nothing but trying to make the decision, or procrastinating trying to make a decision, you’re getting nowhere.

Your brain also likes boundaries. Believe it or not, by imposing the 60 second limit on your brain, you’ll generally make better decisions than you did before. You’re going to gather the facts and make fantastic decisions that will serve your business well. Essentially, you’re going to force your brain to make great decisions.

Give Yourself The Facts

Of course, it wouldn’t be smart business to go around blindly making decisions. You need to give yourself the facts. But you need to do so smartly. You need to calmly gather the facts and keep them in front of you. Keep the emotions out of it. Don’t use this as an excuse to procrastinate further. Just give yourself the facts like an efficient judge would want in a case.

Set The Timer

Now, it’s time to make your decision. You can literally set a timer for 60 seconds if you need to. While the timer’s going, examine the facts that are in front of you. Again, keep the emotions and hemming and hawing out of it. DO allow your gut instincts into it. Your instincts will often steer you in the right direction.

At the end of 60 seconds, make your decision. It really is that easy. No backtracking… just go with it.

Make Better Decisions

You’ll notice that your decisions start to get better and really benefit your business. You’ll start to procrastinate less and enjoy your business more. As you get faster at making better decisions, they’ll become less of a burden. You’ll make great decisions with ease and confidence, leading to greater business success.

You can apply this decision making process to your life as well. In fact that would be a great way to develop this habit if you’re at all hesitant about making important business decisions this quickly.

For example when you’re deciding what restaurant to go to, Italian or Chinese, why should it take longer than 60 seconds, and if it does, what did you gain?

Which color towel should you get, yellow or blue?

Should I go to this grocery store or the other one?

Do I need to take $100 out of the ATM or will $50 be enough?

During the course of a typical day, you (sometimes unknowingly) make a dozen or more decisions, often pondering and taking way too much time on each. The next time you catch yourself wondering over something like which DVD to rent, just pick one in 60 seconds or less, and get on with your life.

The more you do these quick decisions, the more your subconscious will accept that’s the way it works, and your more major decisions will become easier as well.

But obviously, not all decisions are equal, so don’t blame me if you don’t think a bit longer over which house to purchase or person to marry.

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Why Are You in a Slump?

There are many reasons why you might be in a slump in business. You have to figure out why you feel this way and exactly what it is that’s holding you back. The most important thing to realize is that this is not a permanent feeling. You can and will overcome this and be all the more powerful for it.

I repeat– this is not permanent. You will get through this.

You can and will thrive and succeed in business.

Maybe Stuff Is Holding You Back in Life

Perhaps there are things going on in your life that are draining you. You only have so much energy to give each day. Maybe there’s family drama going on that’s causing you to feel this way. When you have so many people with so many needs pulling you in all different directions, there isn’t much left over for business.

Or, maybe you have financial drama. When you’re constantly worrying about paying the bills, you feel so much pressure for your business to succeed that you can’t enjoy it. It seems strange, but you may not even have the energy you need to grow your business or even think about your business. Your business is the very thing you need to thrive, but you don’t have the energy you need to make it thrive because of the financial drama.

Or, maybe you have health issues dragging you down. If you don’t feel at the top of your game health wise, it can really get you down. Maybe you mentally or physically cannot seem to get all the work done that you need to get done. When you’re down both mentally and physically, that’s even more of a burden to overcome.

Those things can really get you down and it’s no wonder you’re in a slump. There are certainly no easy answers. But, you can take steps to fix them, get through them, readjust your expectations of yourself, or to reinvigorate yourself. That’s exactly what you need to do to move your business forward.

Maybe Stuff Is Holding You Back in Business

Or, maybe there are things going on in your business that are holding you back. Maybe you’re not making as much money as you would like to make. Maybe things aren’t going as smoothly as you would like them to go. Perhaps you are unsure of your goals and your path.

Maybe your reason Why for being in business in the first place is fuzzy. When that happens, it’s really easy to get into a slump. When you’re unclear about that, you’re unclear about everything.

Maybe your partners, outsourcers, or workers are letting you down and you don’t feel like you can move forward.

Perhaps the tools you’re working with are inadequate.

Maybe it feels like you take one step forward and two steps back because your computer crashes, or your website goes down, or something else dreadful happens whenever you try to do something good for your business.

Maybe your business plans are inadequate or you can’t handle the growth or there’s a total lack of growth.

Maybe you feel a total lack of security and a complete sense of fear even while reading this list of potential problems. That alone signals that you are in a total slump.

What to Do About It

You can’t stew endlessly about these things and you can’t let them hold you back for good. We all have ups and downs in our lives. We all face challenges, and really, life would be boring without them, right?

But, the difference between those who are ultimately successful and those who are not, is that the successful ones keep on going. They never let the bad stuff, the slumps, keep them down for long. You have to have a plan and you have to keep on going, no matter what.

You have to stop at nothing – you can never give up.

Setting goals and making plans alone can be enough to invigorate you. Even if you’re in a slump right now – the fact that you’re reading this post at this very moment can help you feel powerful enough to move forward.

Remember above all else, the universe isn’t picking on you for any reason. We all go through this, we all manage our way through it, and you will too.

Are You on the Right Path?

It’s time to evaluate whether you’re on the right path. It’s time to evaluate whether your business is in line with your values.

Are you truly serving your customers in the way you want to?

Are you adding value in the way you always dreamed you would?

Do you feel good and fulfilled in your business?

Are you earning what you want to earn?

Are you achieving what you want to achieve?

If you are, good for you. However, there’s still a reason (likely multiple reasons) you are in a slump.

It’s time to readjust and do some brainstorming. It’s time to bring in some other experts that might be able to help you. Perhaps you need to join a mastermind group or hire a coach or take on a partner.

It’s time to reaffirm your goals and your business plan. Take stock of your assets and what is working for you. Figure out what’s not working for you and let those things go.

There are some simple ways you can start to get excited about your business again. One of the best ways you can start to get out of your slump is to develop a plan of action you know you can complete no matter what. Complete the most important thing on your list first and keep on going and going– then, you’ll be unstoppable.

Or, if that seems too difficult, pick a task that you have complete confidence that you can complete successfully, do it, and you’ll have started a pattern that will help you keep going in that direction.

You should also make sure you focus on things you enjoy. You can outsource the rest.

Also, let yourself celebrate even small achievements. Start to get involved with helping people and getting excited about the things your customers and community achieve.

Start to make lifestyle changes that help you feel better so you can achieve more. Do what you need to be happy and healthy – you only get one life to live and running a successful business is a very lucky and exciting way to live it.

Make some changes, starting today, to how you conduct yourself in business. Give yourself breaks, relax, and become clearer and more confident about your goals.

Follow these tips to become more excited about business again. Do this and you’ll be able to get through any slump.

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We all know that clutter is bad for us. Clutter in the home and office makes you feel bad. It’s depressing to be surrounded by unneeded “stuff” and really clouds your thinking, motivation, and just about everything else.

The thing about physical clutter is that it’s very noticeable. You’re probably motivated to do something about it because you can see it. You know what it feels like if your office is too cluttered because you don’t want to go in there. There’s something about it that makes you want to stay away… or go on a cleaning spree.

A Focus On Mental And Digital Clutter

This physical clutter can definitely hold you back in business. But what I want to focus on today are mental and digital clutter. Because we can’t physically see this clutter, it’s easy to pretend that mental and digital clutter don’t affect us. I promise that you are affected in more ways than one. You have to clear this mental and digital clutter or at least start working on it.

First, let’s define what mental and digital clutter are. Since you may not have referred to clutter in these terms before, it’s important to wrap your mind around the idea first.

Mental clutter is all that stuff that floats around in your mind and distracts you. It’s what makes you feel depressed, stressed, and tired. This type of clutter collects because of what has happened in your past or what’s happening in the present.

Mental clutter can also include negative self talk, low self-esteem, and that little voice inside your head that tells you you’ll never achieve your dreams.

Digital clutter is what happens specifically to Internet marketers. It’s so easy to get involved with too many projects and to put too much on your hard drive. The information superhighway makes for a cluttered road. It’s so easy to jump from one business model to another business model, creating unfinished projects, burned assets, and a total drain on resources.

I know that you really want to clear the mental and digital clutter– you’re feeling the pressure and pull to do so right now, just because I brought up the topic, right? I’m pretty sure that you identify with this, at least somewhat. Let’s address these problems head-on so that you can move forward, clutter free.

Clearing Mental Clutter

If you want to clear mental clutter, you have to think about what’s holding you back. Some people have more mental clutter than others. There are some who had very difficult childhoods or lives who really feel like they’ll never be able to create a better life for themselves. They get really excited about the possibility of success, but quickly find themselves falling back to old habits, patterns, and self doubts.

There are others who are dealing with a lot in their present lives. Maybe there’s trouble at home, with finances, with extended family members, with health, or whatever it is. It’s this kind of mental clutter that creeps in no matter how hard you’re trying to make it work.

We all have mental clutter to a certain extent. But it’s how you deal with that mental clutter that makes a difference. You can’t ignore it, or it will start to take over even more. You have to address it, you have to work around it, and you have to be willing to keep going, no matter what.

You have to figure out what’s holding you back. You have to figure out what’s distracting you. If you do this, you’ll be able to move forward and start to live your best life.

Part of ditching the mental clutter is making sure you’re following your passion and doing what you want to do. Life is too short to be miserable. Make it your goal to move past whatever it is and grab hold of happiness.

There are certain things you can do that make it a lot easier to clear mental clutter. You can go see someone, of course. But there are so many things you can do in the day to day, no matter what you believe in or who you are. You could take long walks, visit the beach, give yourself time off, meditate, listen to binaural beats audios, music, self-help books, or whatever it is that grabs you. Try a combination of all of the above.

Where is your happy place? How can you let go of the things that are holding you back?

I wish I could snap my fingers and help all of your problems go away. I can’t do that, but you can make the decision to live life on your own terms and to clear the mental clutter that’s holding you back from success in your business.

All I can do at this point is inspire you to realize that the mental clutter of current and past events in your life are devastating to moving forward in a positive manner, so it’s essential to seek out, find, and eradicate the clutter. As in many parts of life, awareness is the most important factor in this quest.

Clearing Digital Clutter

It’s very easy to collect digital clutter in the world of Internet marketing. It’s very easy to get involved with too many projects, ideas, and business models.

Every once in a while, you need to take stock and get rid of what you don’t need. You need to organize your schedule and your to-do list. Make sure that every step you take in your business is a step that’s helping you reach your overall goals.

Even doing simple things, such as getting rid of unused domain names and projects, can be extremely helpful. Organize your projects by the most important and most profitable. Allow yourself to focus only on what’s going to help you achieve and ditch all the rest.

Delete or sell old sites, dust off old products and put them up for sale with a buy button, ignore everything but the ONE very important project sitting in front of you, stop buying distracting products.

In a word… Focus.

Being Okay With Letting Go

Sometimes, you just have to let it go. You have to be okay with decluttering your business, your mind, and what’s on your hard drive.

Take stock of what’s holding you back. Take stock of what’s moving you forward and is really a benefit to you. Simplify your life in every single way. Focus on your endgame. Focus on what’s going to help you achieve whatever it is you want to achieve in life and say goodbye to everything else.

Hanging onto things just because at one point in your life they seemed important to you, and perhaps you paid a significant amount of money to acquire or create them isn’t productive to your world of today.  What’s done is done, the only thing that matters now is what you’re doing.

So get rid of the clutter wherever it is, and I’m positive you’ll be much happier, productive, and successful.

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It’s really discouraging if you’re not earning money online yet. You see people around you having success and living the life you want to live. You see people using a business model you thought about trying months ago, and now they’re earning a full-time income from that same business model. Their success (and your lack thereof) has you turning green with envy. Why aren’t you one of those great success stories?

Maybe you’re brand-new to trying to make money online or maybe you’ve been trying to do it for years. Either way, it can be incredibly frustrating if you’re not earning yet. It can feel like you never will… Like you’ll never become like the successful online marketers you want to be so much.

You’re reading this right now, so that’s the first bit of good news. Your hunger for this information signals that you are ready to change things. You’re serious about your own success and you’re ready to take what is yours.

I’m going to detail 7 possible reasons you’re not earning money online yet (or not earning as much as you want to earn). Not only that, I’m going to tell you exactly what you can do about it so you can start earning sooner rather than later.

No matter what, I want you to know that it is possible for you to earn money online. It doesn’t matter who you are or where you come from, it can absolutely happen for you. Look deep inside yourself and be honest about how these 7 reasons apply to you. You might find that one or two of them resonate or that they all do. When one of the reasons stands out or evokes a strong emotional response, take note of it. More importantly, take note of what you can do to move past it.

Reason #1: You Have No Idea What You’re Doing

Let’s start here. If you don’t have the right knowledge or skills, it’s going to be hard to earn money online. Of course, there are any number of different ways to build your business. It could be that you’re not focusing on the right things or really dedicating yourself to learning what it takes to succeed. If you’re new, then it’s very easy to get overwhelmed by all the information that’s out there– it’s not for lack of trying. It can feel impossible to pull out the most important information so you can take action with it.

If you’re experienced, then it’s very possible you’re confused. You have no clear path and your head is filled with the advice and directions of so many different people and so many different products that you have no clue what to do next.

What to Do About It

Don’t just accept the lack of knowledge or skill. Depending on your business model, it really shouldn’t take that much to get you going and earning money online. It’s a matter of finding the best information, the best teachers, and following through with what you learn. It’s a process of trial and error and taking action. Focus on one business model and one way of following through with that business model if you’re at all confused or overwhelmed. It’s often the case that you’re trying to focus on too much – you’re spreading yourself too thin when what you really need to do to earn money online is focus.

Reason #2: You Don’t Want It Bad Enough

Many people decide to look into ways to earn money online because it seems like it will be a lot of fun. It absolutely can be a lot of fun. On the other hand, you have to treat it like a real business or it will never become one.

It could be that you’re just treating earning money online as a hobby. You’re wasting time reading about the success of others without really thinking about how to make your own success a reality. Do you really want to earn extra money online? Do you want to earn life-changing money online? Or, is it just sort of fun to read about all of these different business models without ever actually making use of them yourself? Be honest.

What to Do About It

It’s time to decide why you’re really doing this. Look deep inside yourself. Do you actually want this? Is the online lifestyle right for you? As much as I love running an online business, I fully realize that this lifestyle and these online business models are not for everyone. Not everyone wants to write as much as you might have to write for an online business. Not everyone wants to deal with the technical hassles. Not everyone wants to try to recruit affiliates, set up product funnels, network, and so on.

If it is worth it for you to earn from home, then it’s time to figure out your reason why. Yes, earning money online can be a lot of fun. But it’s much more than that. You have to look deep inside yourself and figure out why you want to do this. Maybe it’s that you want to clear away debts, quit your job, and change your life and the lives of your family members. You have to want it bad enough or you won’t have the strength to keep pushing forward even when the going gets tough. People who don’t want it bad enough and haven’t figured out their reason why tend to give up before they actually earn money. They tend to slip from one project to another.

Reason #3: You’ve Been Led Astray

Before I go too deep into this point, I want you to know that this is usually not the reason people don’t earn money online. Most people get in their own way, rather than having someone else get in their way.

With that said, there are certainly bad teachers and scammers out there. There are people who just want to sell you on methods and theories or pull the wool over your eyes to get you to hand over your credit card.

Are you learning from the right people? There are many more reputable, helpful online marketers and teachers than there are scammers and bad ones. But you have to be diligent and make sure you’re learning from the right people. If you’re following bad strategies and focusing on those who will only lead you astray, then it will absolutely hold you back and prevent you from making real money online. It’s a draining and scary problem to have.

What to Do About It

It’s time to reevaluate who you’re learning from, which products you buy, and who you admire. Really think about which online teachers and marketers really resonate with you the most. Network with those you admire. Find learners just like yourself (that’s one reason I started my free Facebook group, which you are welcome to join). Get to know people in the Internet marketing space. You can learn from one another – even people who are on the same “level” you’re on.

Google the teachers you’re learning from. Look at the reviews. Look at the chatter surrounding certain products and marketers on marketing forums. Follow those who are truly successful and who have your best interests at heart.

Reason #4: You Haven’t Set Goals

I fully realize that this is not a very sexy topic, but it’s really important. In fact, the majority of my products stress the importance of setting goals. If you want to earn money online, then you have to know what you’re aiming for. You can’t just decide that you want to earn “more” money and expect to succeed. You need to know how much money you want to earn, and by when. Set very strong, very specific goals and you’ll be a lot more likely to earn money online. It gives your brain something to work toward and it helps you take the right kinds of actions so you can achieve your goals.

What to Do About It

Sit down and write down every goal you can think of related to your online business. Don’t edit yourself right now – just get these words down on paper. Set your timer for 10 minutes or so and don’t stop until the timer has gone off.

Then, examine your list and narrow things down to your top goals. Focus on goals for now as well as goals for the future. Next, consider whether those goals are specific enough. You want to use exact time frames, dollar amounts, and very detailed, very vivid goals.

Once you have your top goals and have made them very specific, close your eyes and imagine yourself achieving these goals. Do this every so often. When you plan your day to day activities related to your business, visit your goals first to get your mindset on the right track.

Reason #5: You Jump Around On Projects

If I had to bet money on it, I’d say that this is the #1 reason people tend not to succeed online. This is a problem I’ve personally dealt with and that just about every online marketer I’ve ever spoken to has dealt with. There are so many wonderful ways to make money online that it’s easy to jump from one thing to another. Not to mention that when you’re learning from marketers, they have a way of making you think that the things they’re promoting are the answer for you. When your inbox is flooded with these “answers” day after day, it’s hard not to jump around. It’s damaging to your mindset, your focus, and your ability to make money online.

The problem isn’t relying on different business models or having more than one iron in the fire. The problem is if you jump around from product to project before you succeed with any of them. If you never follow through and finish anything, then you’ll never make money online. It’s as simple as that.

What to Do About It

Right here and now, I want you to decide which business model you are pulled toward the most. Put everything else on the back burner. Focus your learning, strategies, goals, mindset, and actions around this one specific business model. If it’s Kindle marketing, great. If it’s offline marketing, great. If it’s Amazon FBA, great. If it’s affiliate marketing, great. Whatever it is, focus on it and only it. You are going to focus on this business model, start a project that will earn you money, and follow it through to completion. Only then will you consider other projects and other business models.

Reason #6: You Haven’t Given It Enough Time

Sometimes, online marketing is more like the tortoise than the hare. You do the work now, and it seems like the fruits of your labor will never come. But it could be that you just have to keep pushing. So many people start projects they are really excited about that they give up on when they don’t earn money right away. Really, they should’ve just pushed a little while longer and they would’ve found success.

Success could be just around the corner for you. Give it some time. Make sure you’re doing everything you can to take action and implement the right kind of strategies. If you’re doing that, and if you’re following a winning business model, there’s no reason why you won’t succeed… It will just take time.

What to Do About It

Try to find the success stories of those who’ve been successful with the business model you’ve chosen. Many online blogs are dedicated to charting the success of a particular project or business model for a marketer from start to finish. People post their Kindle success stories (here’s a Kindle case study example), affiliate marketing success stories (here’s an Amazon affiliate marketing case study), Amazon FBA success stories (here’s a blog charting a journey toward becoming full time with FBA), and so on.

Make sure you’re not getting swayed by those who paint a glossy picture. It’s easy for someone to say they were an overnight success story, but what you don’t see are the ups and downs that came before that “overnight success.” Success doesn’t happen in a straight line!

Keep moving forward, keep taking action, and success will come to you.

Reason #7: You’re Not Passionate About It

Are you truly passionate about making money online? If you’re not passionate, then it’s time to think about why you’re doing this, and what you really hope to get out of it. Find your passion and you’ll find the money.

What to Do About It

It’s time to do some self-evaluation. Have you chosen the right business model? If you’ve chosen a business model that seemed great because it would help you earn money, but doesn’t really suit your personality or what you want to do, then it’s time to face that now. If you don’t have passion for your business, then you’re not truly free. You want to earn money online because of the freedom it can offer you. Find a business model you can be passionate about and then you’ll be much more likely to follow it through to completion and really start earning money online. The money is there, you just have to have the passion and the follow through to get it.

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Every now and then I do a survey of my email subscribers, and I was just reviewing a few of them.

In one survey I asked how many people had a “why”, in other words, why do they want to succeed as an Internet marketer, and I was surprised that 97.2% said that they indeed do have a why.

It surprised me because in my experience, very few have one, at least a good one that drives them to succeed.

Personally I never had a strong one during the 3 years when I was puttering around, with no focus and no success, and it wasn’t until I really sat down and come up with a strong one that things took off for me.

In another survey I asked how much experience people had in the “make money online” niche, and 30.5% said 5 years or more.

Another question asked how much they were currently earning, and only 16% said $500 or more, and just 4.7% said $2000/month or more.

That’s disturbingly low, and I didn’t expect to hear that. It’s especially low to hear that only 4.7% make $2000+ and 30.5% have been trying for over 5 years.

Wow, that gives me some incentive to get my coaching/mentoring program going, you know?

And in another survey, I asked about the major causes of frustration. #1 was overwhelm, #2 was focus, and #3 was misinformation being delivered. That last one really shocked me.

Now… I don’t want anyone to get frustrated and give up because of what I just told you, but I do want to rant a little today.

First of all, the “why” factor…

In our Facebook group, a couple of months ago I had a daily topic asking what people’s why actually was (and I gave mine, nothing to hide).

There were some nice responses, but all in all, most people didn’t have one, certainly nowhere in the range of 97.2% (or even 9.2%), and that’s more along the lines of what I expected in the original survey.

Just saying “I want to make more money so that I can quit my job” isn’t a why. Why do you want to quit your job? When? What will you do instead? How will your life change if you do? What will your spouse or friends or family think? Just a few things to think about.

Do you want to quit your job so that you can be a work at home mom or dad and your young children aren’t dumped at a daycare center or a babysitter every morning? Is your daily commute exhausting you? Do you detest your boss, but you can’t get another job?

There can be a thousand or a million different why’s that you might come up with, but my advice: come up with one, a strong one, one that takes you more than a few minutes to put into words, that you’re passionate about, that is starting to drive you.

Drive you where? Read on…

I asked recently as our Facebook group’s daily topic what amount of money it would take for people to reach a level of happiness.

Very few could provide a number… shockingly few.

So what I want to talk about today is this.

Think of your mind, or your subconscious mind, as a GPS device.

Today I drove my wife to a store where they serviced sewing machines. She had bought one that had broken early in life, and it was the closest repair facility under the warranty. She told me that we had to be there by 5 p.m. because that’s when they closed. Plus she was pretty desperate to get it fixed because she had something that needed to be done that she couldn’t do without it. So desperate that she didn’t want to waste time mailing it to them.

So we got in the car, set the GPS for the address, and off we drove, and arrived there, 30 or so miles away, in a reasonable time. There were several turns, and at one point I missed one, but the GPS calmly recalculated and told me how to get back on track.

Simple stuff, really.

Now compare that to your income goals… and your why.

If you don’t have a why (like my wife’s desire to get her machine fixed), and if you don’t have a destination, how do you expect to get there?  And if you don’t know when you want to arrive, what’s the chance that you’ll just say, I’ll start tomorrow… and tomorrow… and tomorrow… and tomorrow never comes.

A why is very powerful. Without one, you’re likely to fuss around for half a lifetime, and at some point you’ll wonder how unlucky you are because (for example) you had this great idea that you thought would make you famous and rich, and someone beat you to market with it.

Or nobody needs it anymore. Gosh, good thing you didn’t spend time on it 18 months ago, right? When everyone was hot for that type of product but now they’re not. Right?

Not… money loves speed.

Going from point A to point B is pretty simple, but if you don’t know where point B is, or if you don’t plug it into your mental GPS (your subconscious), what are the chances that you’ll arrive anytime soon?

Success is a matter of figuring out where point B is, deciding why you want to get there, and taking off on the journey. Step by step, uile by mile, recalculating along the route if necessary, you’re bound to make it.

Think about that (today), and I’d love to read your comments.

By the way, if you’d like to join our Facebook group (no charge), you can request to join here:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/theiminsidetrack/

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Imagine you woke up today, walked outside to pick up the newspaper,
and it was dark, and cold, and rainy.

Ever have a day start like that? I know I have.

Imagine that every day was like that… dark, cold, rainy,
depressing.

No fun, right?

Let’s talk today about something that would be more fun.

Imagine that you can bring light and warmth and happiness into
someone’s day or someone’s life.

That you can make a difference to them, whether just briefly or for
long term.

You probably do already, to your family, your (if you have them)
spouse and children.

But imagine if you can make that difference to people you’ve never
even met, maybe don’t even know.

Lots of people can do that… teachers, doctors and nurses, first
responders, religious leaders, writers and performers, and…

I know I’m probably leaving out a bunch of groups, and no offense
intended, but one group you might not think of is…

Internet marketers

Yes, us. You and me.

We have the ability to even go beyond some of the others in what we
can do.

We can change lives permanently, more than just for an hour or a
day or a week.

I don’t consider myself special, but people have told me that
something I’ve done or something I’ve written or something I’ve
organized has changed their life, helped them bring more income
into their world, helped them rid themselves of the suffocating
debt like I used to have, even just by giving them hope.

Even just by showing them that someone that had been struggling and
failing for so long could eventually figure it out.

It’s a good feeling, for sure, to think that I’ve helped a few folks.

How often do you get that feeling?

Imagine if you made a difference in just one different person’s
life every year of your adult life.

That would be around 50 people or so, actually 50 families or so.

Imagine if you made a difference in just one person’s life every
month.

Wow.

Lots of Internet marketers do that, you know, and most don’t even
realize it.

I’ve had mentors that didn’t know at the time they were my mentors,
that influenced me, that helped me get out of that suffocating
debt, find hope, find success.

You never know when it will happen either.

You might be writing a blog post or a forum post and you’re “in the
zone” and you say something that just seems natural to you, but it
provides an “ah ha” moment to someone else, and inspires them, and
changes them.

I write often about the power of writing, and making forum friends,
and all that, and if you haven’t read this (I wrote it years ago),
I encourage you to read it, or read it again:

http://www.earn1kaday.com/307justwriteit94.pdf

And feel free to pass it on.

Some people have told me that little report changed their life. I
have hope that some of those people took my advice and started
influencing others from that point on.

But how about you?

Be sure to appreciate yourself, appreciate your power to inspire
and influence people for the better, to do a little bit to change
the world, and to help to positively influence someone else this
year, this month, this week, today.

You can do it. Start today.

I appreciate you already.

Have a spectacular day.

Dennis Becker, the 5 Buck Guy

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How To Conquer FEAR In Internet Marketing

One of the most common reasons people don’t find the success they want in internet marketing is fear. They don’t always realize this, or may not want to admit it to themselves, but when they dig down deep and are really honest about why they’re not as successful as they’d like, the reasons are all fear-based.

They might be afraid of having their products or ideas criticized, they might not know how to do something technical and are afraid they’ll make a mistake, or their self-confidence may not be very high.

Whatever the reason, that fear will continue to hold them back until they confront it and find a way to overcome it. In this report, we’re going to look at some ways to conquer those fears and become more successful.

What Is Fear?

There are lots of acronyms for the word FEAR:

 False Expectations Appearing Real
 Finding Excuses And Reasons
 Frantic Effort to Avoid Reality
 Forget Everything And Run

They pretty much all have something to do with finding excuses or creating a mental image of some negative outcome that may not even come to pass.

If you study how to overcome fear, you’ll see a lot of platitudes. Just get over it. Work through it. Don’t let it stop you.

Those things are all easy to say for someone who has already overcome the fear that you’re facing, but they don’t give you any practical way to actually implement them. I’m sure anyone who has faced their fear has thought to themselves “This is crazy, just get over it.”

It doesn’t really help though, does it? The fear is still there, and it still stops you from reaching that level of success that you want so badly.

In this report, we’re going to go a little further than the usual “just get over it” type of advice. We’re going to create a new acronym – one that will hopefully help you bust through your fear and, in the immortal words of Nike, Just Do It:

F – Find a support group
E – Expand your reach
A – Aim for the next level
R – Repeat your successes

Find A Support Group

The main reason that most internet marketers let fear hold them back – whether they do it consciously or not – is because they create these images in their mind of all the bad things that could happen as a result of taking action.

If they’re creating a product of their own to sell, they worry about things like:

 Will people like it?
 Are they going to get complaints on forums or other public places?
 What if people want a refund?

If they’re building websites to promote affiliate products they might worry about other things:

 What if someone complains about a product they promoted?
 What if the affiliate program closes their account after putting all the work into setting up their site?

Even methods with little or no personal interaction required, such as building Adsense sites, have fear attached to them:

 What if Google shuts down their Adsense account?
 What if Google slaps their site in some algorithm update?

Most of the time these fears are based on stuff they’ve read in some internet marketing forum or another. Someone had a problem of some sort and posted about it, and a bunch of other people posted responses commiserating with them, saying how they had the same thing happen.

Suddenly these totally random occurrences seem like they’re happening a lot, and that just fuels the fear.

The best way to overcome this problem is to find a good “support group” that you can bounce ideas off of and even do some test marketing to.

If you’re launching a new product, you can turn to this group for feedback. Either offer them a review copy for free to get some feedback, or offer it at a great price that they would be crazy to pass up.

If you’re building affiliate or Adsense sites, get some people to give you some feedback on them.

Your support group can come in several forms. It could be a group of like-minded marketers who work together to help one another with things like this. Or you might join a forum, usually a paid forum where the people tend to be more serious about helping one another than they are in free forums.

It’s amazing how far a little positive feedback goes towards quelling the fear that you have about how people are going to react to what you’re offering. And even if you get some criticism, if you’re dealing with a supportive group of people it will be delivered constructively, not with guns blazing the way you sometimes see on public forums where most people are relatively anonymous.

Expand Your Reach

Once you do some test marketing to your support group, or get some feedback from them about what you’re planning to do, you can start to expand your reach beyond the confines of that group.

The feedback you get from the first stage of this process will help build your confidence and make it easier to step out into the “great unknown.” At this point, you can choose to take smaller steps, widening your reach a little bit at a time, or you can jump in with both feet.

In many cases, your support group can help you with this stage as well.

For example, let’s say you were launching a new product and everyone who bought it during your “test marketing” stage thought it was really good. They gave you some suggestions for improvements and you had implemented those ideas into it.

Some of those people who helped you with the test marketing might be interested in promoting your product in exchange for an affiliate commission. You could set up a Joint Venture (JV) arrangement with a couple of them to promote your offer to their email lists (or even just a sub-set of their lists).

This would let you widen your reach a little bit without completely putting your neck on the line by launching it more publicly.

If you’re still struggling to get over the fear of getting started, this might sound pretty overwhelming. But the fact is, when you’re working with a supportive group of people, they are a lot more likely to help each other out. It’s not always just about how much money they can make, they also remember what it was like when they were just getting started (and the fact is, some of them are probably still fighting the fear themselves).

Asking them for help isn’t like approaching potential JV partners “cold” – with no prior relationship and not a lot you can offer in return.

And launching a product of your own isn’t the only example where you can use this same basic strategy.

If your fear is based around the technical side of things – setting up your website, installing scripts, etc. – you can ask your support group questions and if they don’t know the answer, it’s quite possible they will know someone who does.

Or maybe you’re worried about Google shutting down your Adsense account. You could ask your support group to take a look at your website and give you feedback about any “red flags” that they see. If they’ve got more experience with that particular topic, it’s pretty likely that they’ll be able to give you some helpful insights.

The key is to find people who have more experience than you do, but aren’t so far beyond the point you’re at that they’re pretty much unreachable.

Which brings us to our next stage…

Aim For The Next Level

As you expand your marketing and step outside your comfort zone a little more, you need to continue to take those steps.

Once you have a couple of JV promotions under your belt, you can start trying for some larger ones with marketers who have bigger email lists and larger networks.

Once you start getting some traffic to your Adsense site, you can start to implement some new methods of generating backlinks to increase your traffic even more.

The thing to remember is that Rome wasn’t built in a day, and your internet marketing business probably won’t be either.

When you’re looking for ways to grow your business, it’s a good idea to aim a level or two up from where you are currently. Don’t aim for the stars right out of the gate, or some of those fears that are holding you back could be a little more likely to come to pass.

After you’ve done a couple of JV deals on a smaller level, move up a level or two. Maybe some of the people in your support group are further along than others and you can approach them for help. Or maybe some of those people know marketers with bigger lists or networks and can connect you with them.

But don’t expect to land deals with the all-stars of your market too soon. For example, if you’re selling a product in the internet marketing niche it’s going to be tough to land a JV deal with the Frank Kerns and John Reeses when you’re still working at a lower level of the market.

The same thing applies to other business models, such as building Adsense sites. If your site reaches 100 visitors a day, the next step you should shoot for is 200-500 visitors a day, not 1,000 or more. Setting your expectations too high will leave you open to getting discouraged before you reach that point.

Take it a step at a time, and you’re a lot less likely to run into the kinds of problems that your fears are making you worry about.

Set Realistic Expectations

It’s easy to get caught up in all the hype that comes through your inbox, promising thousands of visitors to your website every day, a huge email list and commissions coming in faster than you can imagine.

Even if you don’t actually believe the hype, it can have a negative effect on what you’re doing in the way of fear or unrealistic expectations.

All those claims of success work together to create a sense of “Why haven’t I reached that success yet?” which just fuels the fear that is holding you back.

If you haven’t already done so, I highly recommend unsubscribing from as many email lists as you can, if they don’t provide value to you.

Some marketers do nothing but send offers, often without concern for your well being, while some give good content, honest reviews, and alert you to products that can give you great value for the money invested. Stick with those marketers, they’re looking out for you, and get rid of the rest.

This will give you several benefits:

 Less temptation to buy the latest “shiny object”
 Less time spent sorting through junk mail
 More time for the important stuff
 Lets you set your goals and expectations based on reality, not some unknown marketer’s (probably embellished) results

Repeat Your Success

The final stage of our plan for overcoming fear is to repeat your success. This is really the point where the fear starts to seem a lot less intimidating, because you’ve already tasted success in some form or another.

A big part of fear is worrying about the things that “could” happen – most of which never do. Or if they do, they’re not nearly as bad as you build them up to be ahead of time.

Once you’ve seen some success, you start to realize that this is the case and taking the next step is a lot less difficult than taking the first one.

An important part of this process is to document what you’re doing as you’re doing it. That way when something works well, you have a record of exactly how you did it and you can go back and repeat it again and again, without having to think about it too much.

Having a system to follow will also help reduce fear because you don’t have to think about what to do next – you just follow your system.

This is actually what drives a lot of people to keep buying products that teach them how to make money with internet marketing. They’re looking for a system they can follow so they don’t have to think about all the details themselves. This helps reduce their fear, because they’re not putting their own neck on the line – the author of the “how-to” product is the one they transfer all that pressure to.

If it doesn’t work, it’s not their fault – it’s the author’s.

Developing your own system to follow has this same effect to some degree. Yes, it’s still your own system that’s on the line but when it has already been proven to work, you can suspend the fear of whether it’s going to work the next time and just implement it.

Every time you repeat the process and are successful with it, you reinforce your confidence and gradually the fear becomes less overwhelming. It may never disappear completely (in fact it probably won’t) but you’ll find it easier to set it aside and do what you need to do.

What happens when something fails, you might be wondering?

The fact is you’re not going to be successful with every single product you release or project you take on. Some products won’t sell as well as you’d like (or maybe hardly at all). Some websites just won’t get traffic and clicks no matter how hard you work at it.

As strange as it sounds, these failures will also help you to overcome the fear that you feel. Sure, some of those fears might come to fruition when you face a failure – but you’ll also see that failure is hardly ever as bad in reality as you build it up to be in your mind.

Maybe you spent several days or even weeks creating a new product and it fell flat when you launched it. You probably aren’t getting lambasted all over the forums in your market and you’re probably not getting angry phone calls all hours of the day and night, complaining about how bad it was.

Maybe you learned that you need to do some smaller scale testing before investing too much time in a new product. And at the very least, you’ve got a product that you can use as a bonus for another product you create, or maybe for an affiliate promotion of some type.

Or it might be a new Adsense website that just falls flat. You might have learned that you should start small before writing several hundred pages of content, to test the niche first. And you’ve got a site that will age over time and you can use for other purposes – selling ads, linking to other sites you build, etc.

There is always something positive to take from a failure, and the fear you feel about it before it actually happens is almost always a lot worse than reality.

Conclusion

Overcoming fear is a difficult thing for most internet marketers, and it’s probably the biggest thing holding most people back from the success they want. Most of the excuses you come up with – I don’t know enough about topic xyz, I can’t pick a good niche, etc. – all come down to fear, when you get to the root of it.

Much of what you read about overcoming fear is really little more than platitudes, and while it may help some people there are lots more that are looking for a practical plan to implement.

If that’s you, hopefully the plan we’ve discussed in this report is going to set you on the path to overcoming that fear. I look forward to hearing your success story!

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Hey guys!

Just wanted to share a couple books I’ve been LOVING lately. If any of them resonate with you, I totally recommend them!

1. Man’s Search For Meaning by Viktor Frankl – This book is INCREDIBLE. It’s not a business book per say, but you can use the lessons from it in business.

It’s one of the most inspirational, life-changing books I’ve ever come across.

I plan on writing an entire blog post about this soon (I have PAGES full of notes)… but for now, a quick overview:

Viktor was a Holocaust survivor. He went through some of the most horrifying things known to mankind.

Some of the stories he shared shook me to the core.

But the way that  he went through and survived through things…. how he used his mind to get past things… amazing.

For example, he talked about one day how he was having a particularly bad day. He let his mind go to a lot of “smaller” things he ordinarily wouldn’t have worried about – like what he was going to do with his daily bread ration, if he should exchange it for a cigarette, how to avoid a certain guard, etc… and he was just getting very cranky about everything.

Instead of continuing to stress about the small things he couldn’t control, he took a mental picture of his reality that day, and kind of put it into a “movie screen” in his mind. He looked at the big picture. He saw himself lecturing to a crowd of people one day… in a well-lit room, with people sitting on padded chairs. He saw himself sharing his stories and helping people.

All of a sudden, his mind shifted.

He was able to get through the day and he was in a much better mindset.

And maybe it sounds like a small thing, but this was incredibly powerful to me. It showed how a quick perspective change could shift everything.

To put it into business terms… maybe you’re getting frustrated by some annoying technical work or something. If you make a perspective change – look at how this is going to help you build an empire, or see it as the temporary frustration eventually helping you support the people you love… it totally erases the annoyance.

I FREAKING LOVE THIS BOOK.

2. The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson – I love this book too. Dennis bought it for me a few months ago, and it’s just great. It basically talks about how a lot of us want instant gratification… but by making small progress every day, the compounding effect is huge.

I really learned this the other day with my 5 gallon water jugs.

Last time I tried to lift one of these things:

…I dropped it in the driveway and broke the container open. 5 gallons of water spilled everywhere.

But I’ve been doing a minute of planks every day now, and the other night, I was able to fill up 2 of them (50 pounds apiece)…. bring them into my house… AND turn them around and onto the stand, without spilling anything!  In fact, I barely felt a thing.

The minute of planks hasn’t taken much from my day… but the gains in my strength have been HUGE.

So in business terms… this could look like writing a Facebook post every day, or a blog post a few times a week… maybe it doesn’t seem like a huge deal at the time, but the compounding effect is huge.

I’d definitely recommend this book too. The author lays things out really intelligently and definitely motivates you to make magic happen.

And there you have it!

What Do YOU Think?

Have you read either of these books? Or have any book recommendations of your own? I’d love to hear them!

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Hey guys,

Rachel here!

As I write this, we’re still in the beginning of 2012.

Dennis and I just had a call where we discussed our goals. We’ve had plenty of ideas, but the one theme that really resounded:

We want 2012 to be the year where your dreams come true.

And we want to do everything we can to help.

And to start you off, I’ve decided to create a list of 5 ways you can make sure that happens.

5.  Reverse-engineer your outcome.

What do you want to create this year?

If you want to create an income stream that earns you $10k/month, for example…. reverse engineer how you can make that happen.

Usually I love to use a 3-subject notebook. On the last section of my notebook, I list out all my yearly goals (such as earning $10k/month).

On the second section, I break down how I can achieve those goals in 3-6 month increments (like having 500 people pay $20/month).

The first section is daily to-do items where I break down the second section even more. This helps me keep my eye on the end goal.

It’s astoundingly easy to complete most goals once you have a clear picture of what you want and a plan to get there.

4. Get OFF The Email Lists.

Holy moley! I signed up for a donation WSO a month or so ago. My assistant had to sign up to a ton of lists in order to get the products.

Seeing all the emails that came through on a daily basis was freakin’ CRAZY!

Because I’d unsubscribed from most lists years ago, I forgot how distracting all those emails could be!

One after another, another email would drop in, promoting some product.

Disgusting!

We promptly unsubscribed from most of them.

If a marketer is NOT giving you content in their emails, I suggest you do one of two things:

a) Unsubscribe with a quickness…

b) Create a different email address where most marketer stuff goes, and only get the important ones to your email inbox.

That’s what I do. I’m subscribed to like 4 or 5 lists on my personal email, and everything else goes to another email address that I only check if I’m looking for something specific.

(By the way, I’m not worried about telling you this. I know *I* put content in every email I put out. Even if I am promoting something you opt not to buy, I still feel good knowing you’re getting value from my emails.

I also know I reply when people write to me. It’s not about fast-cash and I DO care about helping people. So if you choose to unsubscribe, I’m not going to take it personally… I know I’m doing everything I can to make a difference.)

3. Stay FOCUSED On Your Goal.

Everyone loves to say that people don’t succeed because they don’t “take action”.

I call BS on that.

Many people write to me, nearly every day, asking for help around certain things. They’re frustrated because they’re not making enough money (if any).

They ARE taking action…

It’s just that they’re taking UNFOCUSED action.

They haphazardly try one thing for a month or two, it doesn’t work out, then they move to something else.

Or they become afraid they won’t reach their goals, so they move on to something else so they don’t have to admit failure.

If you have a goal, stay focused on it. Be OK with failure.

Realize you’re going to HAVE to fall a few times if you want to reach your goal.

It’s basic math. The more shots you take, the more odds you’ll miss some of them.

The more odds you’ll also make some though.

(Side note: The War Of Art is a phenomenal book. I recommend you skim the description and if it resonates with you, buy it. )

(Another side note… this doesn’t mean you have to stay focused on one thing forever. I personally love coming up with tons of ideas. But I systemize the first ones first.)

2. STOP Buying Products.

I tell this story a lot… but when I first started making money online, I was making $500-$800 a day from the very beginning.

When I got on a bunch of lists, and had all these “better ideas”, my income TANKED.

Now I ONLY buy products if they’re relevant to my goals.

So I’m not anti-purchases… I think they’re very important and I am happy to invest money in my goals…

But I will ONLY buy them when they’re going to help me with my outcome.

1. Get Off The Computer.

For the love of all that is holy! We’re not meant to be sitting on the computer for tons of hours per day.

Getting off the computer will help you actually feel alive

If you want to make a “business” reason for it… getting offline will help you bring in more perspective, which will help you bring in more ideas.

You’ll also feel happier to spend time with people in person, and then bring your BEST when you sit down to work.

…and that wraps this up. I wish you a PHENOMENAL 2012 and really hope this is the best year of your life so far.

With love,
Rachel

P.S. If you’re interested in something that ties all of these top 5 together, I recommend Product Drop. (And especially soon, because the price is going up on Wednesday.)

(If you think my saying that is hypocritical after the post I just made, you can find a list of reasons why I recommend it here.)

With love,
Rachel

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