If you’ve been following my rants about resistance, then the image below really wont need a long drawn out explaination.
If I’ve sent you here because you don’t quite understand that “obstacles” only make way for success, remember… I weigh 130kg. Sometimes walking is an obstacle for me.
If neither – grab a copy of Steven Pressfields “The War Of Art” and it will change your world. 
It’s natural to work your butt off if the results are worth the time spent on the task. We all do it, whether it is working from home, running your own business, or working for someone else. We all work hard to get an end result, and that’s cool.
So, if I think back to why it is that we create businesses, and/or the ability to be able to work from somewhere of our own choosing, be it our home, the local cafe, or our own office building… does it not defeat the purpose of going our own way in the world if we do nothing but work 18 hour days, only to sleep for 6, get up rinse and repeat 7 days of the week?
Three days ago, I resigned from a job that I accepted working for a large insurance company here in Melbourne, Australia. It didn’t feel good. It should have, but I didn’t enjoy it like most of you surely would. Not one bit.
The reason that it felt bad was because through my own mind, and the path that I had planned for myself, I truly believed that the idea of taking up part time work three months ago was not just the best thing for me, but the best possible thing for my own business.
With the extra cash, I could hire an article writer or two, I could pay for extra accounts that I needed and other memberships that I wanted. I could make use of several of the paid services that I have been wanting to use for some time. Money, at the time, meant that I could take my business to the next level, even with me involved in it 70% or so less.
Now, this is going to take a little bit of digging, but I’m pretty sure it was early 2009 when I started buying domains. I think. Cheap dot info domains too, because I was way too cheap to spend a whopping ten bucks on a domain. Why buy one when I can buy ten, right? Ha! I totally had the “smarts”. I had also discovered the Wordpress platform (which I still proudly use today), and blinded by the the thousands of opportunities that were in front of me, all I knew was that in some way shape or form, websites meant money, and lots of it. Or, something like that…
So lets fast forward to 2011. Sadly, I didn’t earn my millions. Not yet, anyway. I’m not going to lie to you for the sake of building false trust – I ain’t a high earner by no means. Yes, I teach people how to do what it is that I do (because I have had my successes), but do I earn millions? Nope. Here’s what I do…
Here’s a prime example of small business productivity in action. It’s Sunday today, although knowing how slow I tend to work, this post will more than likely see the light of day on a Monday or Tuesday (Looks like Tuesday won the battle.). Now, is that because I take that long to post content, refine it and so on? Not at all… It’s because I have a greater plan, one that I work on every single Sunday without fail, and implement throughout the week.
Sounds like I’m planning to take over the world, I know, but the bottom line is that the most structured day of the week for me is Sunday, even if I do spend the majority of the day watching TV, cleaning, and doing other lazy “man stuff” that is not even slightly related to this blog or my network of affiliate blogs. In fact, I generally only spend around an hour on this task, and most of the time, my Macbook is switched off!
You know, it is so incredibly easy for someone like me to tell you that creating a 5 figure blog is an easy task that can be done by just about anyone, and ultimately, potentially sold for enough to make the idea of finally leaving your job sound like a real possibility.
The truth here is that as much as I may pass the idea that this is quite easy, it comes with some seriously hard work! And you know, when we have a great idea, much of the time we just stare at the sheer size of the task and struggle to get momentum because it is just too much work.
The other day on Facebook, I had an interesting conversation with one of my followers, and I must admit, it got me thinking…
The question involved teaching a skill – in particular, teaching step by step, and eliminating the need to go through the “trials and tribulations” that is generally associated with being an upstart.
So… In response, I thought I’d tell you a story.
The day that I decided that I wanted to start working online, I remember it vividly. Oh, and I am using the term “working online” very loosely here by the way, I had no idea what I wanted to do, all I knew was that I had just created a website, and I could put ads on that website, which in turn meant that I was about to become insanely rich!. Apparently. I didnt know how much traffic I was getting, nor did I have any idea that the massively overkill dedicated server that I had set up for that one site was way more than what was needed.
I’m in the process of quitting cigarettes finally! So, I’ve been quitting with the aid of some medication to ease cravings and withdrawls, however the side effects have been downright brutal, withdrawls were immense, I actually ended up bedridden for two days with a combination of traditional withdrawl symptoms, plus a few others that I wont bore you with. So… with me being my grumpy self (not a pretty sight, I can assure you!), I ended up watching some Mt Everest documentaries to keep me occupied and calm.
Now… for those of you who dont know me personally (which I assume is many of you!), I have had this uncanny love afair with mountains since I was a little boy. I have climbed nearly every notable peak in the lower half of Australia, plus have trekked a large portion of the Tasmanian Wilderness, which is both nightmarish and incredible at the same time.
Back in 2009, I remember chasing up my buddy David Jenyns, and told him about these three websites that I owned that I really didn’t have any future plans for. They were good websites, dont get me wrong, they just werent making me any kind of money at all.
Anyway, I popped the question that changed it all. I asked Dave if he had any experience selling websites, to which he replied, “No, but I do hear that they are doing good things over at Flippa”.
The big problem with that was that it cost money to start an auction on Flippa, which I did not have at the time. So, I listed the auction on Digital Point after summoning the courage in Feb 2010. You can see the original auction that…
