Fired from work, I decided to focus on internet marketing

The competition on IM is pretty stiff, I'd suggest to keep looking for a job and do IM part time. Your uncle's words came in swiftly as an encouragement though. Draw power from your uncle and "use the force" within.

Your uncle faces a downhill battle with over-optimism and I don't see him recovering anytime soon from this inertia. Also your boss needs a poke in the eye for power-tripping.

Good luck on your journey man.

It's going to be hard. You will have to work extremely hard. But it's worth it.

Cheers,

C.G.

After reading your post, I remeber when I quit my job at an accounting firm. I asked my boss what he thought about me owning my own business. I was not prepared for his answer. He went on to tell me that someone is feeding me a cock and bull story and to forget about it cause you wouldn't make it. Imagine that! He was a business owner. I went back to my desk, wrote him a note and walked out of the joh.
I vowed that I would not work another job in my life. And I haven't. Since 1986. I was determined to use the Free Enterpriise System to my advantage. I started so many businesses I can't even count them all. Any type of commission type business or my own business.
The learning was invaluable.
My present business while I am leaning IM is teaching hula. Especially in Japan. I made over 7 figures a year, but it required me being present as the sole teacher. No teaching, no income. By Emyth standards, I had given myself a job, the one thing I vowed not to have.
So I started looking for another profession that would help me free up my time and make more money without physically having to work. So just like you, I dove in to learn all I can about IM and first, replace my income and then double that, and so on.
As for your Uncle. You are so lucky who had someone to encourage you. There are more people that would tell you real fast how it won't work than it will. Your Uncle is a godsend.
Expect Success.

I had personality clashes in my old job. Then I discovered personality type research (get your type at 16personalities.com). Now at job interviews I check for any potential personality clashes with the hiring team before I join a company. This stuff is complex though, and some people think it's complete rubbish.

As for IM, you need to be somebody with offline experience of a niche (like the guy I had lunch with today) or a programmer (like me) or somebody with enough leadership to be able to get other people to do stuff for them.

..you learned 1st hand what happens when you
put your financial future in another mans hands.

Now that you have it back, this is your chance
to take the same drive and work ethic you had
working for others into building your own empire
and financial future for your family.

This way you can leave something worth leaving
behind for your children if any, and what better
way to do that than your own online business?

Generally speaking, you're never going to make
what you WANT to make starting out, but far less.

The test will be if you can endure during the hard
times when you're making less so that you can
eventually earn much more than you originally
intended to make.

Yes, I too agree with what has been said here, but I also want to ad this:

If you have some skill as an internet marketer, you can market your services to other marketers. If you can get the word out effectively, you could make as much as, or more than your previous job (although I don't know what your salary was, so I can't say for sure).

Also, many people make money by selling a service, but instead of providing that service themselves, they hire an outsourcer on Fiverr or somewhere else for more money, and keep the difference. It's called arbitrage and it works. For instance, find someone on Fiverr who needs a logo designed and is willing to pay $100.00, find someone who will design the logo for $5.00, you keep the difference.

Again, this works, but it's time consuming matching these people up, and is hard work. There is software though that will match the people up.

These methods would potentially get you to the money faster, but still, a savings would help a lot.

Also keep in mind, to start, you WILL have to work hard at whatever you choose, but IMO, it is DEFINITELY worth it in the end.

I've worked for myself for over 20 years, and even though I've had my ups and downs financially, some years, doing fantasic, other years not so much, I could not go back to working for someone else. The freedom you feel is just fantasic!

Stay Strong! Stay Focused! Stay Motivated! I agree with others you should find another job to support your family until you start making a constant amout of money from internet marketing.

IM is not hard but it takes hard work and patience. There is no get quick rich plan unless you have a ton of money to invest and loss. Stick with it and steady build your capital. Pick a niche your passionate about to start with. Even if the niche doesn't make you a ton of cash you will find joy in working and it won't feel like work, which will allow you to put in tons and tons of hours.

Once you have build that foundation and steady income then you can invest in other niches. It's all about being constant and not hoping from one hot thing to the next.

Be positive and listen to positive affirmation 3 times a day.

Ignore the BS and Nay sayers!

Stick with it and record your postive results and learn from your mistakes don't let your mistakes get you down. Mistakes means your trying and learning.

Stay postive I said it twice because its extremly important!

Never stop learning, growing, and improving!

Good luck! Best of wishes and Blessing to you and your family!

don't limit yourself to just doing business online ..

a lot of buiness that dissapear ..actually do not fail..many get shut down by the owner ..as better opportunities show up..and other businesses done today can mirror employment and lead to getting other full time jobs ..

a lot of business depending on your skills may need people but not for 40 hours a week 50 weeks a year ..

if you liked oing what you where doing ..start a one man/person temp agency ..