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Non Internet Marketers Not Thinking Outside The Box Cannot See Huge Potential Of Internet

by entrepreneurjay
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Non Internet Marketers Not Thinking Outside The Box, Cannot See Huge Potential Of Internet. What is wrong with people unbelievable!

You ever try explaining what you do online? And the huge potential of operating your own online business to family, friends, and your normal everyday working class people?

Most of them just dont get it at all its quite funny to me. They think a normal 9 to 5 job working for the man is still the way to go its laughable.

Here are a few things I have learned talking to the masses. (The masses your normal blue collar workers out there)

1. Most do not think like you and I. They will be stuck in the rat race unfortunately till the day they die, unless they start changing their thinking patterns.

2. Being told what to do and when to do it. When to come to work, when to take vacation, how much you will get paid hourly yuck .... All to make the man Rich! Sounds like pure hell to me! Each day you are getting older and older till eventually what do you have left? Sure you paid your bills but at what price? Did you enjoy your life? How much did you save? Did you have the free time you wanted to spend with friends and family?

This is what the Internet offers us freedom from the 9 to 5 rat race. When their is a recession we have the other parts of the World to market too. We can work when we want, where we want. How powerful is that?

It will not be easy when you are first starting out it does take a lot of hard work. But it pays off over and over again. It can give you back your freedom, and your life where you call the shots.

No more working for the man anymore because you are the man! Or Woman lol. There is no feeling in the World like waking up in the morning and seeing hundreds, if not thousands of dollars in pure profit in your accounts.

Can you get that working for the man? I think not.... How come people just do not get this it baffles me. Are we different? I hope so, I am glad I have the mentality I do....

I just wish more people will follow suit and also realize this!

What are your thoughts on this?
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  • Profile picture of the author AndrewCavanagh
    This is not just internet marketing it's all business.

    The average person likes the illusion of security...they like to know their paycheck is coming at the end of the week as long as they turn up for work.

    Those same people will get very upset when they get retrenched or replaced or the business their working for goes broke.

    Many employees simply don't understand that their job security relies on the business they're working for staying profitable.

    When you own the business you really understand this because all the money you make is a result of the profits you create.

    It's really okay for people to be employees.

    Not everyone is cut out to run their own business.

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    • Profile picture of the author Lance K
      Originally Posted by AndrewCavanagh View Post


      It's really okay for people to be employees.

      Not everyone is cut out to run their own business.
      Exactly. There's no shame in the "honest days work" mentality. If someone is willing to trade their time for the going rate and provide for their family, far be it for me to judge them.

      Us entrepreneurs are just wired differently. No better, no worse. Just different.
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    • Profile picture of the author jan roos
      Originally Posted by AndrewCavanagh View Post

      This is not just internet marketing it's all business.

      The average person likes the illusion of security...they like to know their paycheck is coming at the end of the week as long as they turn up for work.

      Those same people will get very upset when they get retrenched or replaced or the business their working for goes broke.

      Many employees simply don't understand that their job security relies on the business they're working for staying profitable.

      When you own the business you really understand this because all the money you make is a result of the profits you create.

      It's really okay for people to be employees.

      Not everyone is cut out to run their own business.

      Kindest regards,
      Andrew Cavanagh
      Always nice to read your posts.

      Cheers
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  • Profile picture of the author havplenty
    The entrepreneurial route is inherently risky. Most people are risk averse and prefer the quasi-security that comes with having a job. They see that the boss (or the man) drives a nicer car, lives in a bigger house, gets to travel to exotic places with his family, but despite all this prefer to switch off the computer, leave the cubicle and head for the train platform at the end of their working day.

    Why would they not prefer the boss's lifestyle you may ask? It involves that word again - RISK. You see the boss has to deal with making sure the company is profitable, reporting to his company's stakeholders and a slew of things that quite frankly, most people would find stressful and not worth the 'risk'.

    To anyone who wants material success in the greed obsessed western world it's obvious that the only way to achieve it is through the grind of risk-taking. After all most of the worlds richest people are entrepreneurs. Sadly this fact will continue to escape the masses and it all comes down to the dynamics of group or herd thinking.

    There are many things that contribute to the way the masses think, but a big factor is how they are educated. By and large a western education prepares people to become 'workers'. Even people who pursue MBAs do so with the express desire to go and 'work' for someone.

    Just the way it is I am afraid. At least you've broken the mold.
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    • Profile picture of the author CDarklock
      Originally Posted by havplenty View Post

      By and large a western education prepares people to become 'workers'.
      Historically, the public education system exists for the express purpose of making farmers' children better suited to work in factories.
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  • Profile picture of the author entrepreneurjay
    Rich Dad Poor Dad is a good read that states the power of residual income and having multiple residual income streams to create wealth.

    Yeah you guys are right working for yourself is not for everyone. But I am glad it is for me, because I want more out of life that a typical 9 to 5 cannot provide.

    Entrepreneurs are the backbone of this World!
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    • Profile picture of the author havplenty
      Originally Posted by entrepreneurjay View Post

      Yeah you guys are right working for yourself
      Who said anything about 'working'.

      Entrepreneurs don't work; they simply employ and deploy resources in order to maximize profits.

      Of course, that definition is only in my very warped mind, so please don't give it any thought whatsoever.
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      • Profile picture of the author webpageguru
        The people I feel truly sorry for are the older workers. Everyone thinks that their pension fund, siperannuation or 401k is going to enable them to fund their retirement.

        WRONG.... just about every time.

        The internet is the ONE medium where older people who want a more sedentary life, dont wish to commute, can work from home. What a bonus. What a business.

        If they still choose to close their minds to the potential of the internet, well, its their loss.
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  • Profile picture of the author CurtisN
    I admit that it is tempting to try and "convert" friends and family so that they can see what glorious riches and freedom lie beyond "the box".

    But then I realize that we IMers/entrepreneurs/business owners often act chauvinistically. We think that we are somehow superior to "normal" folks who have jobs, but we forget that many people are genuinely happy with their day jobs.

    And like Andrew said above, some people just aren't cut out for this stuff, so why force them to think like we do?

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    • Profile picture of the author Votoshka
      Your post ABSOLUTELY resonates with me!

      BUT... the fact is, the world does need employees... If everyone went into business for themselves we'd all be stuffed...

      There would be no one to serve us in the supermarket... there would be no one to collect our garbage... there would be no one to help us with technical problems when our Internet stops working... and so on and so forth

      So, it's great that WE all get it. But it's also great that not everybody else gets it, or has the same mentality!

      Eventually, I came to understand that some people really do seem to be content in their 9 to 5 jobs... and they have no impetus or interest in getting out. Mind you, if I started earning 5x what they did they might sit up and take notice at least some of them might!
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      • Profile picture of the author entrepreneurjay
        Good reply thats dead on. I guess thats what separates us from the masses different mentality.

        Originally Posted by Votoshka View Post

        Your post ABSOLUTELY resonates with me!

        BUT... the fact is, the world does need employees... If everyone went into business for themselves we'd all be stuffed...

        There would be no one to serve us in the supermarket... there would be no one to collect our garbage... there would be no one to help us with technical problems when our Internet stops working... and so on and so forth

        So, it's great that WE all get it. But it's also great that not everybody else gets it, or has the same mentality!

        Eventually, I came to understand that some people really do seem to be content in their 9 to 5 jobs... and they have no impetus or interest in getting out. Mind you, if I started earning 5x what they did they might sit up and take notice at least some of them might!
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        • Profile picture of the author CurtisN
          Originally Posted by entrepreneurjay View Post

          Good reply thats dead on. I guess thats what separates us from the masses different mentality.
          Here's another way of putting it:

          The world would end if everyone thought like we did

          Here's yet another way of putting it:

          The world would end if there were too many or too little of certain types of people. Too many entrepreneurs and too few employees, or vice versa? There would either be too little innovation, or too little productivity.

          So we need them and they need us...kind of like the relationship between good and evil (not that being an employee is evil).
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  • Profile picture of the author Ernie Lo
    I dont bother trying to convert people to Internet Marketing as its just a waste of everyones time. Most people out there will never make it as they lack the right mindset and are not willing to sacrifice what they have been taugh/doing all their life.

    Heck 99% of people who do have the right mindset (well right enough to join this forum) fail at Internet Marketing, so I don't like any outsiders chance one little bit.

    Besides it just turns into frustration and name calling or stress because unfortunately you end up looking like the idiot to them and everyone else around you because they all have the same mindset.
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  • Profile picture of the author iSoftware
    It's wonderful to know others have experienced trying to "wake up"other people....it's like the matrix....blue pill, red pill...one awake, one in ignorant bliss...
    Actually one of the best sayings I've ever heard when it comes to understanding what it takes to really live well and control your own future (vs. the other way around) is this:

    "To have the things that most people don't have, you have to be willing to do the things most people won't DO..."

    I just think alot of people would like the results of being the "boss" but they aren't willing to put the work in....


    Also, most people don't realize that the work isn't as hard as a 9-5 when you are monetizing your core talents, i.e. doing exactly what you want to do....
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  • Profile picture of the author createyouwealth
    I have tried to get some associates to realize the potential of the internet, and they just don't get it. I guess it's the fact that thinking about making a lot of money from home is pretty wild. I have gotten to the point where I'm like, you know what I'm not going to force you to think the way I think. I am going to be even more successful no matter what others may say or think about me. So I will continue to do what I am doing and going above and beyond my goals, while helping the one's that want help. All the best.
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  • Profile picture of the author ivanadee
    hmm...
    there is a business for everyone.
    I am not so good in offline business but I am pretty good in online so I concentrate in IM.
    But there are many of my friends, are a good investor and offline entrepreneur.
    There is no difference as long as we get money and more time to have fun..
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  • Profile picture of the author Tovuti
    Many people fall into the myth of "job security" because that's the way it's been for so long. These days there is no security. If your boss doesn't like you, you're gone. At least with Internet Marketing, you'd have to piss off a lot of people to have it affect your bottom line.
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