You know what is the worst thing that can happen when working on the Net? That people quit before they even really get started! That people don’t give themselves a fair chance to realize their own potential!

Maybe it’s because people expect way too much from the Internet way too early. How many ‘overnight’ successes can you count?

Probably none…and that’s because most of those ‘overnight’ success stories took time to happen.

A good question to ask is: why are we all in such a hurry that any sense of patience seems ridiculous?

I think I can answer that one. We’ve been programmed to believe that everything should happen instantaneously. We ignore the fact that Rome wasn’t built in a day. We refuse to buy-in to the truth that most successes are built on blood, sweat and some occasional tears.

We want it all RIGHT NOW and somehow think we are entitled to it. Let me gives you some names to consider: Ford, Rockefeller, Kennedy, Trump. Do you think they started off with everything? Do you truly believe that somebody didn’t have to pay some dues before they got to where they were?

Do you really think they didn’t have some dark days, bitter disappointments, etc., before the sun came shining through? Somebody had to start somewhere and BUILD UP!

Well, my friends, somebody did decide to build up. They didn’t cave in because of a minor set-back. They forged ahead – just as anyone on the path to success does. They took the lemons and turned them into lemonade!

If you came to the Internet expecting instant riches you did yourself a grave disservice. Just like anything else worth working for, you have to give it the time and the effort and the patience to make it your own. On the Internet, it’s business as usual – just as it is in the brick and mortar world.

You have to be willing to put in the labor that produces success. Sometimes, you also have to spend a few dollars. But mostly, you have to believe in what you do and believe it’ll pay you back. The second worst mistake you can ever make is coming aboard the Internet believing you can coast because there are so many millions of others wanting and needing what you offer.

The competition is thick and it is solid and is more than willing to show people how wrong you are and how better they are. The Internet has made A LOT of money for A LOT of people and you CAN be one of them. But for the vast majority of people it is a work-in-progress.

Don’t be fooled or disappointed if it doesn’t happen overnight. Very few things in life that happen overnight LAST! Hang in there, go with the ebbs & flows and make your success something that not only happens but continues on into the millennium! It happens.

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