For Those Frustrated and Disappointed Ready To Throw in The Towel

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I wanted to take a couple of minutes to share a little about my personal beliefs based on my own experience, hopefully to inspire others who feel they're ready to give up.

Many IMs start from wanting to make more $ and gain more freedom, but the deeper they dig they realize the immense amount of tasks needed to implement different strategies and models, the information overflow makes your brain hurt and feels like it could blow up any time.

You start asking yourself..."What the heck, how is it that others have succeeded or even just started to see results at least, yet here I am all burnt out, broke, and lost."

You become discouraged and frustrated but no one tells you about the missing key to success.

Now success has slightly different meanings form person to person but I can reasonably assume that most of us look for more money and freedom as I mentioned as one of the main things.

The key to success and what led me to begin to see results for myself and may be for you was this: It's all about developing yourself and your mindset! The understanding and conditioning of yourself and mind make all the difference. I cannot stress how important investing more in yourself, taking action and less on the so called "push button" strategies is.

I believe things work out better when you work inside out, rather than outside in. We also need to realize that failure is part of the game! How can we learn and grow if we don't try and fail?

We are all in this world to grow and be the best we can be, struggle and a little suffering make us grow but the successes are not from the struggles and sufferings but overcoming them! That's when everything changes.

It is why I so much associated myself with "positive thinking" as the dominant part of my mind because if you think about it...How does beating yourself up or thinking negative really help you?

Change the mindset, and ideas will flow to you almost "magically"
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  • Profile picture of the author NezNezAt5
    Great sharing!!

    At times, I have to constantly remind myself to be positive, as it is so easy to dwell on things that are negative. And more bad things happened. Your post is a great reminder for me to stay uplifted at all times.
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  • Profile picture of the author hyonglin
    Thanks for sharing!

    And yes, stop getting trapped by our tricky mind and exercise control over it. That's the pre-requisite for success.
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    • A friend of mine made another, very insightful observation about positive thinking:

      Positive thinking is not about believing that situations will magically workout for you. Positive thinking is about knowing that everything is going to fly off the rails at some point and having an unshakable faith in yourself that - no matter what - you will be able to take action, get things back under control, and get moving in the right direction again.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kragsig
    Your mindset are so important and you need develop your way of working. Everything is a learning curve and IM is no exception. I have failed bad with lot's of things and I still do when I'm trying to learn something new. You're not born world champion, but with some work maybe you will be it someday!
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  • Profile picture of the author kaanb1
    Quitting a day job to start your own business in order to have less worries, less stress and less things to care about is like saying "Honey we need more free time! Let's make another baby!" lol

    As for maintaining a healthy mindset for success (which is of utmost importance in any freelance business and especially IM) I eat my own dog food, I use my Neuroengine - Antivirus Software For Your Mind to flash myself with hundreds of empowering messages suggestions and images while I work...

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  • Profile picture of the author ofpeb
    I agree!

    Addditionally Push button software that makes you millions is a scam. Plain and simple. Wishing you God's best!
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    Opportunities are usually disguised as hardship and difficulties that we tend to avoid, but if we can face it, it might be a good chance of success.
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  • Profile picture of the author ValdemarG
    Very great insights everyone. One of the main things in IM is to focus...making sure you understood and tried something good and not applied it half way. Many people try too many different things and not focus on one or two things. I believe it is better to go deep rather than sideways especially at the beginning. Go sideways once you have more resources to do so. There is a combination of trying a model that resonates with you and focusing on it. It's the reason why one model may work for one person but not another.

    We all have to think and ask ourselves...What do we want and what do we value most? Consider your family and all the good things around you, then decide what the main goal and purpose is. That will give better shape to your beliefs, motivation, and actions you need to take to make your purpose have purpose.
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    • Profile picture of the author josh123
      Couldn't agree more. I spent a LONG time online jumping from one get rich quick scheme to another without seeing any results. Every time I saw a sales letter promising instant results, I had to buy in.

      Needless to say, I wasted $1,000s without seeing much in return. Like anything else in life, the main key to being successful with internet marketing is hard work and determination.

      As Solomon says in Ecclesiastes 11:1, Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again. Any strategy will take time and effort, but the results will come eventually.
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  • Profile picture of the author Michael hetzz
    good post
    for me the key to success are effort, if there is a failure then it becomes equipped to deal with future problems
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  • Profile picture of the author KickAss Marketing
    Originally Posted by ValdemarG View Post

    I believe things work out better when you work inside out, rather than outside in. We also need to realize that failure is part of the game! How can we learn and grow if we don't try and fail?

    We are all in this world to grow and be the best we can be, struggle and a little suffering make us grow but the successes are not from the struggles and sufferings but overcoming them! That's when everything changes.

    It is why I so much associated myself with "positive thinking" as the dominant part of my mind because if you think about it...How does beating yourself up or thinking negative really help you?

    Change the mindset, and ideas will flow to you almost "magically"
    This is true, i really believe that sometimes we need to fail but that doesn't mean that we will stop from there. Instead, we should all learn from our mistakes and bad experiences. And from there we should all move forward and avoid doing the same mistake that we made not to be disappointed and frustrated in life.
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  • Profile picture of the author speedbird
    Yes, in life we learn by trial and error. The pathway to success is littered with many obstacles and challenges. I believe these obstacles and challenges are there for us to grow and come out from our comfort zones.
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    • Profile picture of the author ValdemarG
      Originally Posted by speedbird View Post

      Yes, in life we learn by trial and error. The pathway to success is littered with many obstacles and challenges. I believe these obstacles and challenges are there for us to grow and come out from our comfort zones.
      I very much agree, we need to step out of our comfort zones as we cannot continue to grow being locked up inside a shell.
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  • Profile picture of the author ValdemarG
    It is worth adding that our attitude makes a huge difference as well. Everything seems to flow so much better if we keep motivated and go through the stumbling blocks with a high degree of optimism and enthusiasm.
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  • Profile picture of the author jvyzsy
    Positive thinking is really important but you shouldn't "overdo" it. Just be slightly positive always and focus on the next goal.

    Thanks for sharing this.
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  • Profile picture of the author codylyles
    We have to wait and work harder until it knocks the word success!
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