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Difficult = Profitable

by theIMgeek
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I'm reading "The Dip" by Seth Godin"The Dip" by Seth Godin . It's all about quitting. It can be summed up simply:

The point just past where most people give up is where the rewards are found.

It seemed particularly relevant to much of the discussion around here. People looking for the easiest way to profit online. If it wasn't for difficulty, then everybody would be doing it, and there would be no market potential.

Overcoming the difficulty is what makes your business unique. The harder it was to do what you do, the more profitable it likely is. (think of the Doctor with 10 years of expensive schooling)

So remember that. If the journey is easy, the destination is probably not worth visiting.

-Ryan <-- currently feeling the Dip

P.S. The other important point of the book is that quitting is a good thing as soon as you realize you're on the wrong path. Also very relevant for IM business.
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  • Profile picture of the author isha
    Originally Posted by RJP View Post

    I'm reading "The Dip" by Seth Godin. It's all about quitting. It can be summed up simply:

    The point just past where most people give up is where the rewards are found.

    It seemed particularly relevant to much of the discussion around here. People looking for the easiest way to profit online. If it wasn't for difficulty, then everybody would be doing it, and there would be no market potential.

    Overcoming the difficulty is what makes your business unique. The harder it was to do what you do, the more profitable it likely is. (think of the Doctor with 10 years of expensive schooling)

    So remember that. If the journey is easy, the destination is probably not worth visiting.

    -Ryan <-- currently feeling the Dip

    P.S. The other important point of the book is that quitting is a good thing as soon as you realize you're on the wrong path. Also very relevant for IM business.

    Really awesome post there. Thanks for sharing that ..! motivation is vital for me, personally!
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  • Profile picture of the author Kenster
    Yeo, most people quit right before they would have hit it big. This inspires me to be the most persistent stubborn son of (**& and never quit!
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    • Profile picture of the author CurtisN
      Originally Posted by Kenster View Post

      Yeo, most people quit right before they would have hit it big. This inspires me to be the most persistent stubborn son of (**& and never quit!
      The Dip actually tells you that it is wrong to never quit. Let's say you're going in the wrong direction - would you continue going the wrong way, or would you quit?

      If you were stuck in a dead-end job, would you quit?

      What Seth Godin is saying in the book is that you continue doing the "good" things and quit doing the "bad" things.
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  • Profile picture of the author fasteasysuccess
    Thats so true and what's amazing is that most times the biggest success comes from one single action or moment. It may be a long list of things you did or tried but sometimes just one more action or retweek of something can be the difference between a flop and success.
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  • Profile picture of the author summerm
    This doesn't seem to me to be particularly helpful. "Know when to quit"... "Know when to persist". How are you supposed to know? No dead end path is ever labeled "WARNING: DEAD END". No dip ever has a signpost "FINISH LINE AHEAD".

    In fact, the kind of success that most people want is so elusive, so serendipitous, it's hard to come up with any patterns that will make it likely you get there.

    Obviously you push through the self doubts, you trust your intuition, you try to make traction, etc. etc. But for people without wisdom, without good judgment (and does anyone really know if he is that type? aren't we all, in some ways?) such tactics won't get you any closer to success.
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  • Profile picture of the author Barry Unruh
    Originally Posted by RJP View Post

    Overcoming the difficulty is what makes your business unique. The harder it was to do what you do, the more profitable it likely is. (think of the Doctor with 10 years of expensive schooling)

    So remember that. If the journey is easy, the destination is probably not worth visiting.
    This comes back to the one thing all of us get trapped in too often. When a method is HARD, and takes lots of TIME to get it going we start looking for a new and easy way.

    The really successful people here on the Warrior Forum all seem to have one trait. They put their heads down, they worked like crazy, and they kept moving forward.

    Instead of thinking 1 to 3 articles per day were enough, they wrote 10 to 15 per day. Instead of making 1 YouTube video per day, they knocked out 5 to 10. Instead of building 5 back links, they did 20 to 50 back links.

    I'm going to need to look for that book over here in the Philippines, sounds like a great read.
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  • Profile picture of the author theIMgeek
    One idea in the book comes from a marathon runner... Decide when you're going to quit before you start. What conditions would initiate a retreat?

    If you can think about these things under calm circumstances rather that in the heat of the moment (when you are at your weakest), you will make wiser decisions.

    -Ryan

    P.S. I must admit I chuckled when I saw that "fasteasysuccess" was agreeing to the importance of difficult work! )
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    • Profile picture of the author summerm
      Originally Posted by RJP View Post

      One idea in the book comes from a marathon runner... Decide when you're going to quit before you start. What conditions would initiate a retreat?
      I love that!!
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      • Profile picture of the author socomplete
        Great post, this is the exact reason why I'm sticking to IM, it is so easy to get caught in all of the hype.
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  • Profile picture of the author xmanny
    Ryan-

    Excellent post. Just like you cannot quit on article marketing after one day because it is not resulting in instant sales.

    It actually takes a lot more work than the fancy salesletters lead you to believe.

    But once you do dig in and do the work, you can enjoy the fruits of your labor.

    -Adam
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