Here's the thing that is making so many people fail

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Ok guys it has been many years since I have been here but i am back, I have taken time out for personal reasons, which I may explain.

Over all this time I was thinking why do people fail online?
Could it be lack of knowledge?
Could it be lack of funds?
Could it lack of motivation?

The list goes on.

I have seen people who were big on the scene just fade away never to heard of again. So what is the reason? Or at least what is one of the main reasons?

For me the reason is a failure to plan. Yes that's it. There are more people out there that have a huge knowledge of what to do and how to do it. Heck there are people on this very forum who are fountains of knowledge. So most people don't fail due fail for that reason.

They know what they have to do but sometimes they do it!

The fail to plan - simply put.

I am guilty of this, over the years I have had a lot of successes but failed to document my process. I received commissions here, I got sales there, but then I asked myself where did they come from? How can I repeat this? And I did not have an answer!

So here's my advice to you. Make a plan, in fact make many plans. A yearly plan, a 6 month plan, a monthly plan, a weekly plan and a daily plan. Thus you can see what you have been doing and then change course if you need to.

Everything starts with a plan
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  • Profile picture of the author wbauer
    Great advise. I am still guilty of this despite knowing better!
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    • Profile picture of the author thesuccesscoach
      Thanks man and yeah I think we all our guilty of this
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  • Profile picture of the author Yosheena
    I don't think anyone starts an online business without a plan. Just my 2 cents.
    In my opinion, they fail because they are moving too fast and fail to build a good reputation. Be it online or offline. Just invest in yourself. Market yourself. Contribute to the world and the reward will follow.
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    • Profile picture of the author thesuccesscoach
      Originally Posted by Yosheena View Post

      I don't think anyone starts an online business without a plan. Just my 2 cents.
      In my opinion, they fail because they are moving too fast and fail to build a good reputation. Be it online or offline. Just invest in yourself. Market yourself. Contribute to the world and the reward will follow.
      I would tend to disagree, I think there are a high percentage of people who start without a plan, that is why so many fail.

      In fact interesting that you use the word online business, as many people don't see it as a business thus they just try different things.

      But I would love to hear more of your thoughts
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  • Profile picture of the author Odahh
    everyone fails at this..not just a few ..not just many..not just most ..everyone..

    the people who succeed have more failures than the rest .. they just do give up ..

    people have been trained and condition to be employees and avoid failures sense the wher 4 or 5 years old ..

    most people give up on internet marketing or business .. in the equivalent of finger painting in kindergartenbecause they treat it like it is a phd thesis .. or a final exam ..
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    • Profile picture of the author whatsaffiliate
      Yes, lack of knowledge could be one. But overwhelmed with too much can be another. Too many overnight success distractions as well. People have been scammed and do not know who to trust anymore.
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      • Profile picture of the author aniketsrivastava
        getting online with a quick rich mindset causes many to fail...
        when it comes to put in effort and be patient they get discouraged and give up...
        many successful IMers didnt have a plan on day one... they built one as they moved forward learning from their past and repeating what worked.
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  • Profile picture of the author thesuccesscoach
    Nicely said Aniket

    I think this is the problem they also come to the Internet looking for a quick fix and nothing more. They don't have a business building mindset or even a plan, they see every new thing as the next thing that will solve their problems

    I guess that's why some shady marketers make a killing online!
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  • Profile picture of the author Odahh
    i read from a wide range of topics

    and one of the best things i read..was by someone who wrote book on relationships and marriage ..but wasn't one of the gurus ..on relations who themselve seem to get married and divorced quite a bit ..those who make a lot of money teaching other to have great relatioships ..but suck at them themselves ..

    this guy was a researcher.. and the advice was .. you can learn a lot more about a good marriage by studying 100 people or 100 long term happy marriages.. than you can learn by studying thousands of failed marriages ..

    this applies to all areas ..

    what can you learn from the people who buy a book.. and never open it to read or never read beyond chapter one.. or read and never do the exercises ..

    the process of growing and becoming more successful can not be ignored .

    99 percent of people who watch a tv cheft cook ...will never come close to cooking something like that being cooked on tv ..the 1 percent who do .. are probably already decent cooks or chefts themselves ..who have leared how to cook at that level..

    most people want real life to be like the movie the matrix ..where you can download something in you brain and say i know karate ..without ever taking a lesson ..
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