There are really countless reasons why people just can't make money online... Through this article, I'm going to share the two most prominent reasons and simultaneously show you the other side of the coin.
1) Mindset. The mind is very powerful. It can be used to make you a success or a failure. Yes, it's all in the mind! A weak mind is easily frustrated, cannot view difficulties as doors of opportunities and is easily swayed.
The mindset which determines how focused, positive and strong in action... a person is, is the main reason why many people (we might know some) are failing in their online endeavours.
The truth is, you can't help most people who ask you for help, but who also keep showing you that they don't believe in succeeding in the first place! I'm sure we have met people like that from all walks of life. How do we identify them? They'll tell us things like: "Don't mind me being blunt, but because I experienced this or that..." or "I'm a skeptic, unless I see proof, I won't believe it can really deliver, so can you help me..." ... Scripturally speaking, they are those with very little faith.
Yes, there are many scammers online. Those who are extremely successful online usually have experienced being scammed many times. Yes, it may seem like to be successful online, one has to go through hell first, and indeed that's true for the very successful who earn new money big time. There's a price to pay, but some pay more while very few pay less.
Hopefully, after reading this article, many will realise what it takes to make a good living online.
The truth is very ironical. Even if you show someone how much exactly you earn, they will not join you to become successful! No kidding! You can ask any online marketer who has earned big pay cheques, and they would agree! Some I call blunt or tactless people will pop this annoying question occasionally: "How much are you earning?"
If you've been asked this the first time, you might think that this person will join you if he/she knows that you're earning big time, so why not let him/her know? Then he/she can be helped too! But no! That's a big NO! Just let the person answer that question for himself/herself. He/she just does not have the right mindset.
If you answer it, whatever your intentions may be, you'll lead the person into a path of comparison, and that can be damaging for him/her if he/she eventually limits his/her mindset further through repetitive comparison. It's far from helping anyone. If you want someone to fail online so that you can succeed at the expense of him/her, go ahead... show him exactly how much you earn...
From my experience, these are the exact people who constantly fail in online programs, no matter how idiot-proof a program may be! 100% of the time, when we answer their silly question, they still will not seem to budge. Yes, even if many people who join the program earn $10000 a month, they somehow can't register. And when they finally join, they fail yet again.
This perplex fact really set me thinking... What's wrong with these people? Are you thinking too? Are you one of them? Hopefully not! If you are, (be honest with yourself here okay...) know that you need a new mindset! Yes, stop comparing yourself especially with someone who has achieved more. Having more does not at all equate to being more successful.
You'll be surprised how your mindset can change your life! My friend, Success In Life Begins From Within.
Now, we all have a past we're either proud of or not exactly proud of. Mine's pretty interesting actually... think I can write a book on it, and it should be a bestseller =) A rich man's mindset is not affected by his past. What's past is past! We must always move on and live life!
I know that if you're a Christian, you'll probably be quite confused about wealth and poverty. I know many are, even those who have given their entire lives to serve God! God has meant for us to be rich, PERIOD. I'll not go into a religious discussion here, but if you're interested, we can discuss further somewhere else.
Okay, let's just touch a little of the surface on poverty for the benefit of some Christians who may be reading this and feeling a suspense within that can't be quenched immediately unless I address them... (Non-Christians, just take this as a good read and bear with me a little, ok! Thanks!)
A poor man in the Scriptures does not simply refer to someone with little or no worldly properties or possessions... A poor man who does not know deep within himself his need for God in his life or who blames God for his poverty is not in tune with God! Yeah right, who says God only favours the poor?! Do you think God favours a poor but arrogant man? Or will he favour a rich yet humble man more?
Anyway, a rich man in this world may not be someone who is loaded with cash in his pockets! True wealth is not measured by what you have, but by who you are.
A rich man lives a rich life, a life that God has willed or intended for him to live. However, being rich may not necessarily make the person closer to God (most rich people feel totally secure about their lives and have forgotten the real Giver). Imagine God looking into a rich man's heart, and find that the wealth freely given to this person has totally replaced God's place... That wealth has then become the rich man's God... No man can serve two Masters! Making sense to you? Read that again if you can't catch it... the words shouldn't disappear unless there's a virus on your system! LOL
So, a rich man who is full of his worldly riches in his heart, does not find favour in God's eyes. Where your treasures are, there too is your heart. So, God searches the hearts and BINGO! Usually, the very rich people in this world are the ones who find it harder to enter into the Kingdom of Heaven as compared to the poorer people! God did not mean to have everyone poor in order to enter His Kingdom. So, Christians who knowingly or unknowingly think in this manner, please start to realise that God meant for You to be Rich!
But when you're rich, give of your wealth which is freely given to you. Share it with the needy. Do not forget the Giver of All Good Things. Don't ever become an ingrate or forget that you need God! Serve the people around you. Also, do not ever think you can trick God in Mathematics. If you earn $1M and give only $1 to the poor, even a 10-year-old can tell you how MUCH you've given =)
Okay, just a little more... Jesus mentioned that it is harder for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven than for a camel to pass through The Eye of A Needle [Matthew 19:24]. The camel in order to pass through this gate known as The Eye of A Needle, has to unload whatever it's carrying on its back. But for a rich man to unload his riches to move towards his Maker, it is more difficult. Think about this.
Thus, God blesses His people! Nah... not with poverty! Yet, there is truth in that it's harder for a rich man to enter His Kingdom. The poor are usually more receptive because there is much less to let go of before they can face and become their true self. Doesn't mean that all those who are poor are happy people, right?
Does a rich man necessarily become richer and a poor man poorer? It depends on one important factor: Wisdom, which starts from within.
A poor man has a great void that can never be satisfied, and so does a rich man! But the difference is that most poor men don't seek to fill the void with meaningful and purposeful endeavours. The rich and wise man usually does otherwise, while the rich and foolish man will tend to lose whatever wealth he has. So, the rich don't always become richer... It is the wise (doesn't matter whether he/she is rich or poor) who will become richer.
One common example of folly would be the buying of ebooks and software... after the purchase, many people do not spend any real quality time or effort to go through them... they busy themselves with other distractions and then complaining later that they have bought a lot of useless things online... Sounds familiar?
Why can some others make it big online after buying the same ebooks and software? Think about that. What sets them apart?
Yes, it is WISDOM! How to be wise? Education and the courage to apply what is learned is the Key! Let's just say, Courage is indeed required to get you moving in wisdom. Like what a wise man once said: Nobody lights a lamp and put it under a bowl. (No reward for guessing who the wise man is...)
Many who have failed online and offline will eventually find themselves succeeding when they open themselves to unlearning the folly taught by the many and learning the wisdom taught by the highly successful. The crucial key to breaking the vicious poverty cycle is found in an education that deals with the imparting of wisdom which embodies all proven success secrets.
Now, as the teaching of this wisdom could be found online, and can't be easily covered in an article, I would propose for those who seriously want to acquire this wisdom to check out my author resource box! Be wise and disallow procrastination, one of the success killers (much talked about worldwide online/offline), and start achieving the success in life that's meant for you. I encourage you to take courage and take action today.
2) Focus on Means & Expenditure instead of the Results. There are indeed many legitimate income opportunities on the Internet for us to work from the comfort of our home. Yes, the idea of working from home has led many to search the World Wide Web for home-based income opportunities and businesses. Some will look at affiliate programs to market other people's products for a good commission. Others will look for no-brainer programs usually involving once off or long-term investments. Still others around would scout to do some data-related work like typing and doing surveys. The list is endless.
However, one success stopper comes in the form of the focus on the amount of INITIAL/MARKETING CAPITAL required and/or the amount of PERIODIC CAPITAL (often in the form of monthly fees) and/or the amount of effort required to learn new things etc.
Many successful programs like the NPN and GDI require a monthly fees for their great products and services. They require time and commitment even if things don't seem to move successfully at the start. Many great marketing tools like autoresponders and domain hosting services would also require monthly fees. Now, to give everyone the benefit of doubt, many do try initially. They sign up, they try to market, and... they do not succeed the first month...
Some will try a little while longer before raising the white flag, but most will give up when they meet with little or no results. They will be the ones demanding for refunds and making a lot of noise, perpetuating and amplifying their failure all over the place... Their upline may not be able to help them usually due to their mindset, so they will be the ones who will cause some downline crumbling giving legitimate programs/businesses a bad reputation...
Ironically, they can spend hundreds of dollars per month on lotteries and the like! They want their dreams fulfilled and the voids in their lives filled... they then do foolish things and they look at any small startup capital as a magnified version of investment in their minds, unable to view it from the perspective that if they act wisely, their initial capital would be yielding much profit!
Other prominent reasons for online failures are procrastination, keeping your good intentions from your loved ones, misunderstanding or objections from loved ones, being uncoachable, lack of will power, inability to move on from the past (e.g. after being scammed once or more times), lack of purpose and vision, lack of planning, lack of focus, lack of discipline... lack of courage. There are as I said countless reasons, but I'm sure you can identify these common reasons.
I hope you'll find time to digest my simple article. Stop what you're doing for a while, find a quiet place to reflect and think about your current mindset (you'll be surprised you might discover some things on your own when you're quiet)... If you're enlightened, you should meet with Miss Success very soon! You need to find Sister Wisdom first, and you'll need Brother Courage to help you move through and across the rough rivers of life. It's a refreshing experience eventually, so I sincerely wish you success in BEGINNING THE JOURNEY and FINISHING IT!
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