Taking Control of Your Life by Creating an Income Source
When you work for someone else, taking control of your life can seem impossible. You may be living paycheck to paycheck and feeling like you are at the mercy of someone else. I know. It wasn’t too long ago that I was living like that!Many people are worried about the economy and worry can only make things worse. What you focus on, you create more of. Many people are losing their jobs and therefore they are spending less, because they are worried about the economy –it’s a downward spiral and it isn’t pretty. What they don’t know is that this kind of lack mentality is keeping them poor. So if you are thinking there is not enough time or not enough money… you are creating more lack!Focus on allowing abundance into your life. In order to take control you need to let go of anxiety and worry and take a leap of faith. Don’t be jumping off cliffs or anything. I am just talking about stepping out of your comfort zone a little and starting a business. Taking control of your life means creating an income source that is under your control.Online marketing is the wave of the future. You may cringe when I mention marketing or even an online business. The truth is, many people are making a ton of money online. Wouldn’t you like to have a business that makes money no matter what the economy is doing?Many people don’t try marketing online because they don’t know where to start. They have heard so much about scams and schemes– they don’t know who to trust. They avoid Internet businesses like the plague. They are so afraid of being fooled that they won’t invest in their own future.Some people ‘dabble’ in Internet marketing or play with search engine optimization, hoping that something will work. Do they succeed? Some do. More don’t. Why is that?It’s not only a time factor – it’s a matter of not knowing what you don’t know. When you don’t know the steps it takes to get a job done, it is much more difficult to learn how to do something new. People who have mentors to show them the way progress much faster.Most people try to make it on their own. They become solo-entrepreneurs. They are learning and doing at the same time and frankly, there is not enough time in the day to learn everything and do everything yourself. Having a mentor to support you does not mean you give up control of your business.The entrepreneurs who learn to mastermind with people who are more successful then themselves reach their goals much quicker and easier. A mastermind group meets regularly and has a common goal. Each person in the group has individual goals, and the group has a goal –helping the members make more money in their individual businesses.You don’t need an enormous investment to market online-you just need a personal computer, an internet connection, and some critical and practical thinking. Good, creative ideas that people are looking for, but perhaps don’t know it yet are helpful, too.There are marketing strategies that are easier than Internet marketing, but there is none with greater reach. In this digital age, fewer people read the newspaper, watch commercials or watch TV than even a decade ago. Do you know why? Because they are surfing the Internet!Online marketers gather their income without the hassle of having a boss and you can also handle your own time, do what you want to do, when you want to do it. If you don’t like your job, give yourself a new one. You can do that because now you are the boss.There are gurus offering a free consultation and then their coaching can cost thousands of dollars. A better option is finding a mentor who is already doing what you want to do and follow their lead. Do what they do and do it with your own style. Work harder on yourself than you do on your business and you will never have to worry about the economy again.You have to know how to generate leads and if you don’t know how to talk to them, you’ll be dead in the water. You need to learn to be comfortable in your own skin. Above all, you should believe in yourself, your product, your company and your motive should be to help people. When your goal is to help other people… you will have unlimited success.Designing a pretty website is useless. You must have an effective site with good copy, a lead capture system and a back-end email system that follows up with people. This system should be designed and written to help people to get what they need.
Step one: Find something you love to do.
Step two: Do what you love while giving service to others.
Step three: Open yourself up to receiving what you have already earned.Too many people believe that money is traded for hours or even for jobs. Money comes from services rendered. As the quality of service goes up, you will find it easier and easier to make money.Many individuals are really suffering. Those who are taking control of their life by becoming their own boss, following a leader and becoming a leader by example…those are the people who do not need to worry about state of the economy.Your choices are endless. Even if you’re not an expert, you can still earn while you learn. When you take action correctly and strategically, success is inevitable!Whoever said it’s always darker before the dawn was brave enough to walk out of the dark and into the light. Every successful person went through a learning phase where it may seem hopeless and futile to keep working many hours for little return.The difference between successful people and failures is determination to continue… even when things seem impossible. The most successful people NEVER QUIT!
