"It's ok for you......" Reality Check.
What I'm talking about is when people say "what makes you successful?" or "how should I start out in my new business?" and I reply with something that includes a comment like...
"Make sure you start as you mean to go on and with your end goal in mind. So create your business in a way you'll enjoy when it takes a lot of your time and work with the sort of people who can inspire and motivate you aswell as make you money".
Then I get all sorts of excuses why people think they can't create a business that they enjoy, or they think they have to work with people they don't like/respect if they're to make any decent money.
I've spoken to a lot of IMers that sell products of people they think are unethical, or they sell stuff they don't believe will help people - because they think that's what you have to do to make money.
Now, I'm not knocking people for doing whatever they think they need to in order to achieve their version of success - but when they say "it's ok for you - you can choose who you want to work with, but I don't have that luxury" - that's what gets to me.
The reality is - in MY situation my ethics and personal preferences have ALWAYS been the driver for my business - even when I had massive debts and personal problems.
These things haven't changed just since I started making good money online.
There seems to be a misconception in some people that you don't get to do business in the way you want until after you've been successful.
I believe that is backwards and that you will ultimately become successful because you are already doing business in the right way.
Many people come to this forum and won't say what they think because they're thinking they might upset someone who they want to sell their stuff later.
I know there are people who are making great money by lieing and cheating people out of their money and that might make it seem like that's what you have to do to milk the IM opportunity, and I certainly have left a lot of money on the table by not getting involved in some things that have made others good money.
I've also seen this in offline business where really nice people act like idiots at work because they've been trained that that's the way to get results.
So in some cases it might be that behaving badly is the only way to successfully exist in that system/company - but this is not the case online.
You CAN create a successful business doing what you love and only working with people you like and respect.
It's really not necessary to compromise on your ethics and standards in order to be successful and I would suggest that if you think this - you're probably using a warped version of what success means.
So - if you've started to get the impression that making money online is just a numbers game and you should just get busy selling whatever will make you money because you can change your model later to one that you enjoy - please think twice.
Most of my coaching clients have an element of this when they come to me and by realigning their goals to match their real aspirations and they immediately get more fired up and motivated because they suddenly see their business as something they can believe in and get behind with money being a natural outcome of them taking action they love.
It pains me to see people struggling when they've been misled into thinking that their business shouldn't be personal and are struggling to things that they don't really believe in just because they think it'll get them started.
You don't have to wait untilafter you're successful to run your business in the way that fills you will passion and expectation.
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Andy
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