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I recently joined up to the DigitalPoint forum. If you read one of my earlier threads, you would have known that I was very interested in Jason Fladlien‘s products. Well, I did end up purchasing one, “How To Become a $40 An Hour Ghostwriter In Less Than 7 Days“. That isn’t an affiliate link, by the way, though it would be something that I would whole-heartedly promote. I watched the entire course yesterday and am pretty happy with it. In the process of waiting for my first few clients. I found out that putting up your services on the Warrior Forum costs $20 USD. Ugh. Will keep it in mind for next time.

Basically, I just need a job. Summer holidays are fast approaching and, well, I want a car by Christmas time. Somewhat ambitious, I know, but still. I don’t intend to find a “real” job, since I know there is a high demand for article writers online. I want to try out this ghostwriting gig for a week or so and see where it takes me. It’s a fallback, basically. There’s been… reasons for me of recent to find a job. I’ve had to step up and become more of a man. It’s not about supporting myself anymore, but being able to support someone else.

Anyway, I’m rambling again. God I have a habit of doing that. Sorry. Anyway yes back to the topic of the post. You know sometimes when you’re on Internet Marketing forums and you find posts where someone “effortlessly” made $500 overnight or something? I dunno about you, but the first thing I feel is jealousy. envy. Whatever you want to call it. Of course it’s unjustified. I don’t do nearly enough work online as I should to make myself a proper income, whereas they most likely put in the hard yards to do so.

That’s what makes you want to jump from fad to fad. Whether we like it or not, we’re inherently a species of immediate gratification. We want fast results with little effort. In Internet Marketing, we call that “leveraging”. Really, the best way to succeed online is to find a system that works for you and to just stick with it. Have faith in it. When there are all those new crazes and products going around, turn a blind eye and patiently plug away at whatever you’re doing. If you’re doing it right, you will reap rewards and see dividends to the time you’ve invested.

Ever since I’ve found Jason Fladlien, I’ve also found a new outlook on competitors. As long as you see them as competitors, you are always going to make less money. I’m sure a lot of you are familiar with this mindset but I’ll reiterate it anyway. They’re not competitors, they’re people that you can work with to make more money. It’s about leveraging what they have (there’s that word again) and synergising and co-operating.

I know why I’m not succeeding online. I’m not going to let it limit the success I find in the next 3 months. Do you know what’s holding you back?

This post is pretty over due. My birthday was 8 days ago and I was meaning to chuck it up on the actual day but oh well.

So I’m 2o now. For some reason, I was massively dreading it all year. The year zoomed by crazy fast and I was counting down the months in my head til the day.

It hit and I was just like, “meh.” No biggie really. I guess I didn’t make it a biggie myself even though in my head it seemed big to me.

It’s just like  everyone says I guess. You’re not a teen anymore, etc. But to me, it’s a big deal because it’s another step forward to being more of a responsible adult. More of an upstanding gentleman in society, capable of looking after those he loves and cares for.

A lot of stuff has happened recently, especially in terms of relationships. People have been hurt needlessly, and, even though I told myself it won’t happen again, I find myself regretting my actions.

Shit happens. The mark of a true man is someone who can move on despite whatever shit’s happened to them. It’s about turning a bad situation into a good one. I’ve yet to be able to convert some of my bad decisions into something good.

This blog’s different in the sense that even though I meant for it to be my blog on Affiliate Marketing, it’s also a personal blog where I ramble about stuff. I like rambling.

In terms of Affiliate Marketing, a lot of you don’t know that it’s something I plan to make it big in. Only a few people know. I’m a dreamer, what can I say… but yeah. It’s going to be different in the sense that it’ll be about a regular guy who doesn’t have money exploding into his commission accounts. Quite the opposite really. I guess it’ll be more relatable to in that sense.

The main purpose of this post was to write down a list of things that I’d learnt in my final year of as a teen. I guess a list of things I should take into the next big phase of my life. I want to write down 10 things, but we’ll see how many there will be:

1. Think twice before you do something and three times before you say something.

2. Just do it. If you’re scared, by doing it, it’ll be less scary next time. Do it, kill indecisiveness and live with the consequences.

3. Don’t worry so much. If it’s out of your control, just move on.

4. Honesty is the best policy. However, this doesn’t mean that you have to tell everyone what’s going through your mind at the moment.

5. Everything is perception-based. You control you. No one else does.

6. Sometimes it’s not about being sure. A lot of the questions in the world don’t have clear cut answers. Only half answers. Just live it out, and wait for an answer to arise. Don’t turn it into a problem.

7. Women want certainty. So don’t say anything until you’re certain.

8. The meaning of life is family and friends. Because they make you who you are. They define your character. You live out your interactions with them every day.

Hm. Eight’s not bad. There’s quite a bit of overlap there. But yeah. I just wanted to add a new post before I put the link for this up on my Facebook Page.