Why is it that people don't see the bigger picture?

I think this is just newbie behaviour and will always happen to be honest with you.

your absolutely right there. I think its because people get scared that there not having success with the few things they have done right. They don't see that if they did those things consistently day in day out they would actually see results in the long term. Sometimes results can come even after just 3 months, but even that is scary when your starting out. I cant remember who said this on the warrior forum but they basically said that building a business (specifically online) is like planting a tiny seed and expecting to see a massive tree the next day. Or they water it and treat it good for a few days and then they dig it out after a few days to see if anything is happening. Never looking at the bigger picture!

So ultimately I think its patience (lack of patience) and fear combined that causes this.

It doesnt means the bigger picture, newbies always look for the shortcut. But the sheer works is what makes us to earn. Atleast for me. I did 8 months of research on ranking sites earning a very little working hard every day and night.

That does mean i learnt a lot of 100 variations on ranking. I would not have learnt that much if i got a shortcut tutorial on how to rank easily. So my best advice is "there is no short cut to success" - but you can work smart, but that too you can get only by experience.

The problem arises due to all of the moronic marketers pushing Simple Push-Button ATM Systems! and the like, which leads to a general theory among many new industry entrants that making money is easy. There are, indeed, easy ways to make money; the majority, though, especially the long-term methods, do require time, focus, energy, and more than a few late nights and early mornings.

The secret to making easy money? Working hard, then outsourcing.

GRM

That's how average people think, they focus too much on results in the beginning and eventually give up. Sure some newbies are doing this and they have probably seen those fake IMers guaranteeing that they will make $10,000 in their first month and stuff like that. What I'm trying to say is that most people don't realize success takes time.

Good post, my forum is on a ten year plan. Partly because I'm learning as I go, but I also understand longevity is much more important than being a flash in the pan.

Because frankly, internet marketing is built around get rich quick schemes. Compare how often you see "I did this one weird trick and made $1,000,000 in a hour!" compared to "I built up a good, solid and trusted brand with loyal customers over a number of years and now make $5,000 a month".

As soon as people learn it isnt going to be as quick and easy as throwing up a Wordpress site, plastering a few advertisements all over it and then kicking back whilst the cash rolls in, they lose interest and move on to the next shiny thing.

as a newbie I have to agree that it's kinda scary and intimidating when you first come into the market. How do I start? how long will it take? When can i QUIT my job?

it's the people that don't like the true answers to those questions that will end up not going very far. Hopefully I stay out of that mind set

Because the sad truth is that most people don't want to build, sustain and grow a BUSINESS (nor they have the smarts to do it) and everything is means: hard work, risks, uncertainty, etc. They're simply after a mindless quick buck.

Thank you all for your response. Its nice to see others understand where im comong from. As I look back to when I started out I was skeptical about making online but thought I would like to try. So I set myself a year to make enough dollers to put a deposit down on 3 week stay visiting the USA.

As Steve said we live in the world where we can have most things or most things on demand but making money isnt one of them. To any newbie who reading this... when you see these flashy videos of people claiming to make you rich by this top secret method that they apparently stumbled on..... Run away, tell them no thanks, stay strong and resist the temptation. You will be wasting tour money.

Anyway six months into my 1 year plan I have paid for the holiday in full.... This was achieved by having clariry, working hard and understanding that all my hard work would pays off eventually. I look forward to the nrxt 6 months.

so newbies.... just to clarify there is NO GET RICH QUICK METHOD. Have an idea, asks some questions, pperfect the method, accept that you will make some mistakes, keep being consistent and finally accept that this is not a sprint but a marathon. Thats the key to success. Building a brand and business takes time.

Thanks once again

People don't see the bigger picture because they are stuck on GET RICH QUICK mode.

They try something for a few days, possibly a few months, and they don't see results so they quit.

The true key to success is to never quit, and to keep going and to keep your eyes on the prize!

People in general are impatient. We have been told over and over that we can have results NOW, and when it doesn't come NOW, we get distracted, then discouraged, then skeptical and begin to doubt whether it will ever happen. It's already been said that building a business takes time and during that time period we have to find motivation from within. We have to know where we are and where we are headed with our businesses. All of that together will allow an individual to see the big picture. But if any one of those pieces is missing, then we tend to lose sight of it!

Human nature. Programmed for the instant quick reward rather than going for the bigger reward but will take more time/effort etc. You can't change human nature.

People are happy to be comfortable. Pay the bills, enough money to go out drinking,eating, etc and that's about them done. Most....

Think about it if there was such a method don't you think everyone would doing it? No to Surprisingly not. Most successful businesses require learning, wisdom, constant effort to grow, conviction, relationship growing and nuturing, guts to stick with it during the lean times, a vision etc. How many people in civy street do you know that have these traits? Very few. They might dabble here and there in some get rich quick scheme, make a few $$'s, drop it. Buy another etc. But that's hardly running a business.

Just create a WSO and get over it.

And if you want a more specific answer - it is a normal mental bias not to see the actual process behind an outcome and only the outcome.

People don't see the 8 hours a day training / 350 days a year of the basketball player. The only see the $5.000.000 bonus and the "talent".

I guess people don't like to work hard to build a brand because the brand ITSELF doesn't bring in any cash, and that's what people really want, as fast as possible.

You are absolutely right!!!

I think there are 2 people you can serve in our industry... the ones that want to see fast results with spending little money or no money at all and the serious people who are willing to bruise their ass to build a brand and become successful.

I have now set up my sales funnel and position myself in a way that attracts people that understand they need to put in the hard work to get results. At the end of the day I am in network marketing which means I depend on residual income to increase my monthly income - I therefore only want to work with serious people who want to see results.

The people who want to see success overnight are people I would definitely not want to work with in my business -

One of the reasons why people can't see the bigger picture is because of all the hyped-up sales letters and ads that are placed all over the internet. "Grandma makes $10,000 in 5 days", " 12 year old makes $25,0000 in 7 days".

So, when you see claims like those, you begin to wonder if there is some secret that the gurus are hiding. After you spend a couple months or years online and you meet genuine people who tell you about all the hard work, and obstacles they had to overcome to get to where they're financially, you realize that those hypey sales letters, are only used to grab the attention of people who don't see the big picture.

The sad part is that I could show someone how to make $10k in their first month and they still don't have the fortitude to do it.. much less do the 2 years of leg work to build something up to the point to even accommodate giving someone an opportunity to achieve that kind of feat.

The problem is that people have this "get rich quick" mentality. Earning money with the Internet is VERY possible and in my opinion is much more rewarding than a 9-5 job.

But...

It's not easy! You actually need to work hard and spend time and effort. The more you treat online business as a REAL business the more results you will see!

People have been bombarded with so much marketing about instant results with zero effort and no understanding of anything. People assume that this is the way things really should be, if only they can find the "right magic formula".

Hard work is not trendy these days for most areas of society. Also, the attitude of "entitlement" (other people should give me whatever I want, without me having to work for it or be responsible for it) fits with this, in that people feel that success is a "right" rather than requiring specific actions.

Chris