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One thing that is really cool when I look back is nearly everything I started has profited. I have a site that I spent $2000 developing in around 2002, and it basically just sat there, but reached profitability by about 2006. Now it has made me about $12,000, and it is still just sitting there. I probably put $100 into it in the last 5 years.

I think people get so caught up in profiting this year or this month or even this week.

But I am planting seeds that will make money over the years today. Like the example above, I have many other sites like this, as well as some projects that are half started, and with a little push can see an increase in revenue.

In the early years I thought I was spreading myself too thin. I had a few dozen open projects/domains. I would jump around, and even forget about important projects. Then I would come back a year later and say "Oh, yea! That one!".
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  • Profile picture of the author charlesburke
    I couldn't agree more, DV.

    It's good to have more projects in the pipeline, but they should definitely be on the backburner till you get the current one working right. Focus and intensity are impossible when every project on your calendar is of equal weight.

    Experts say to take massive action. But that doesn't mean to massively scatter your energies in every direction. When I started out, I always felt like a hunting dog that'd been dropped into the middle of a field of rabbits. I was lurching off in all directions at once, but never catching anything.

    Once I learned to stop the "do everything first" silliness I was finally able to start making some headway.

    Important lesson learned the hard way.

    Cheers from warm and smiling Thailand,
    Charles
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  • Profile picture of the author dvduval
    I think it can be healthy to have a somewhat "scattered" approach when you are learning. For me, certain challenges made this necessary. I would get excited about something, only to have a programmer or designer take 3 weeks longer than expected, or worse, drop off. While I was waiting for something to get done, I would start right into something else.

    You don't know what is going to go smoothly and what won't. You certainly shouldn't give up on things too quickly, but getting the site up with some adsense making $5-10/month, and then coming back in 6 months can be effective.
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  • Profile picture of the author rising_sun
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    That's really sounds amazing
    carry on bro....
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