I Just Feel Like Quiting

The fastest way to cash in is to offer web design services. You can make a killing with it. Charge around $300-$1000. Do what you can do best. I'm sure you can offer services here.

By the way I'm in a similar position. Very similar to say the least. But it's too personal so I'm not going to share it with the world.

Hi James, thanks for your honesty.

While I admire your determination, I wonder if one step back might get you better equipped to take three steps forward.

Can you take a step back that relieves the urgent financial pressure?

Does "the countryside" have part-time jobs available? Could you rent out a room? Sell stuff on eBay to cover the mortgage? Rent out the entire country place for six months at a time and get a city job for a while, just to have a basic financial foundation?

This would not be giving up forever, but with the goal of succeeding in part-time IM. Your goal could be that after six months, you can tell the tenants you won't renew the lease because you're headed back to the country yourself.

I recommend that even if you stay with it full time, you put some boundaries around your risks as you start your business. Don't spend another dime on any information or services beyond your domain name registration, hosting account, aWeber, and ISP. Decide that you'll use the abundance of free information - especially here - to create a new plan within a week, then you'll use only free tools to make more money. Choose a time limit on each thing you do, such as here's my action plan for ten days and if this thing doesn't give me X results in ten days I'm not doing more of it right now.

You're right in the middle of "the E Myth" as Michael Gerber calls it: the myth that because you can do the work as a job, you should be able to make a business out of doing the work. Remember that technical skill is not the same as marketing and sales savvy, nor is expertise with computer systems a substitute for knowing what you're doing with business systems.

I agree with Katya that you might well be able to do some freelance outsource gigs - even from the country - for some quick cash. This is not a sustainable autopilot money maker, but it could keep you from needing another day job.

Also look at the comments people provided Katya. As she said, your situations are similar and some of those comments might help you too.

You've obviously got some ability to take action on a plan, but is your plan a good one? I think your best use of the forum is to discuss your strategy & plan. Get help making your plan a solid one before you do a lot more activity.

Chris

I definitely think taking a step back is a great idea. Possibly working part-time to earn some money and be able to clear your mind and relive some stress. If you've done the research, I think buying a whiteboard and writing down the things your setting out to accomplish is a great idea. There are some quick money making methods that can be used to ease your financial situation short term. If you know some of them, developing an action plan should be your first step.

In the words of a friend's mom:

"Pressure sucks. Important consideration: how much will it matter tomorrow, next week, next month, next year, next decade? That's the hierarchy - prioritize that against how long the health manifestations will last. If worrying about it might produce and ulcer or other ongoing health problems in you, make a decision and move on. Your health (physical and emotional) is your main priority, unless someone else is likely to be more strongly affected. Most of the time, that is not the case. Sounds kinda harsh when put that way, but that's really what matters."

It's times like these when you have to ask yourself WHY you do what you do. I know I've been there.

Take my case for example: even though I'm not at the virtual autopilot stage yet, or anywhere near close to comfortably replacing a day job, I've made considerably more cash in a few month's time than some people do in YEARS. I made $90 out of nowhere on Clickbank because I spent minimal effort promoting my site the WRONG way. It hasn't been easy. I put all my eggs in one basket last summer, only to have it brutally ripped out of my hands at the last second. Sure, if that hadn't happened, I might be making more money, but as a result, I took a different avenue, built new relationships with people I otherwise may have never met, and learned a LOT about myself physically, spiritually and emotionally.

It hasn't been easy, and sometimes it's been downright stressful. I NEVER get sick, but now I've gotten sick twice in two months. I've had to ask myself, why AM I doing this? In my heart, I know I'm doing this because I have a strong desire for financial freedom as well as my own personal success. In order to achieve that, though, I have to take yet a different route.

Your health is more important than all the money in the world. Do whatever you have to take care of that FIRST. Even if that means doing a lot of deep digging, and making sacrifices. It may suck, a lot, at first - but in the long run it will be worth it.

Go back to doing your shady methods. Now. If they were on the verge of getting you put into jail, well that is one thing -- obviously stop. If your black hat methods were just that -- black hat, get back at it full speed and earn some money in order to push back the financial problems that you may encounter in the future.

This is not time to debate ethics or morality in your case. You can get a conscience later.

If the shady things were producing money, go back to it and AT THE SAME TIME keep going with your white hat / legit stuff. A heroin addict should not quit cold turkey, but slowly lower the dosage until he no longer needs the drug...

Same thing in your case. Shoot up again and lower the dosage! Make your money, but each month shift more towards legit stuff.

Obviously, not making any money is frustrating. But, you have to go where your talents lay right now. If that means the black arts, then do it.

Hi James, I'm sure things will be alright for you, Just believe it

It's clear from your post that you got enough experience --- Just offer it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm sure you have many answers within you -- just pull up your socks and you'll find your ways. Make the best mate !

'Most of life's failure's are people who quit without ever realizing how close they were to success' I guess it was Thomas Edison who said it.
This quote has stuck with me for the past 9 years and that's when I first read it somewhere.

Thanks for sharing James. Life is awesome isn't it. I tell you something funny and interesting. All my life I've consciously noticed this happen. Every time I quit doing something bad and go towards something good and try to straighten my path. Life goes upside down, nothing works, what worked before for me stops working, people start accusing me of stuff I USED to do which they never knew I was even involved with, or I get CAUGHT for doing something I don't do no more.

And when I looked more closely, this was the case almost everywhere. May that be internet marketing black hat methods, a real life thief, a heroin addict or whatever. Whenever you start going away from anything evil and bad, Sh*t happens

Now is that for you to go back to the bad ways, or a final nudge right before you succeed just trying to test you how persistent are you, I don't know. All I know is it will pay off. Hard work Always pays off [though smart work pays more]

I'm no expert James, In fact, sometimes I hate the fact that I love life so much despite it being F***d up. I'd share my screwed up story some other day but I wanna tell you something... If you think your life is bad, Give me a call on my skype lmao

Na seriously man, don't ever ever give up. Things will work out. you can start by spending $37 on war room membership and just stop buying anything at all.

Most of the wso's and Real stuff that WORKS is free inside and some of the strategies only take a week to implement and reap the results. I'm working on 1 right now which I picked from there yesterday, but like you said you don't want 'make money' advise so I'll stop there but I truly hope my posts helps and I wish you all the best from my heart.

Maddi.

Ive said this before but hopefully it stil inspires you...


At Yaniks Underground last year, GoDaddys CEO Bob Parsons said something that relates to you and still reonates with me. He said something along the lines of...

"The more you feel like quitting, the closer you are to succeeding"

He then went on to explain that when the urge to quit is greatest, thats normally the turning point in peoples businesses. Youve heard many entrepreneurs say it as well...right when things were at there worst, thats when that special something happened and when business took off.

Keep forging on and force yourself to not quit and not even think about quitting.

I wish you the best on your online, offline, and personal endeavors

James. This reply is not going to be like the others on here. Not that they're not any good. Some are great. But what I'm going to do is offer you something very different.

I'm soon launching a new site. It's something that I've worked on for a very long time.
I now feel quite qualified to talk, not so much about success, but about the benefits of failure. Yes, that's right, FAILURE.

It's not as bad as it seems and, I believe, is absolutely integral to your personal survival in business and in life.

But here's the big news:
You, like all of us, have two immune systems.

There's the one looks after the physical body. That's the one that you're probably familiar with. The other one looks after your... THINKING.

Fact is, awhile from now (maybe a couple weeks, a month, or a year) you will feel better even if you do nothing much about it at all.

That's because your "mindset immunity" will eventually have some reversal effect all on it's own.

Just one problem with it though. It's painfully slow. So slow in fact that it appears
to not even be working at all. The longer it takes to get back on track the more beatings you'll have to endure.

You could spend many years feeling crappy about something that got to you and it could ruin your life. Failure,and a nasty learning curve, are often necessary but painful rungs on the success ladder. To survive them you just you need a natural buffer against them.



Mindset immunity is that buffer.

As far as I know I'm the only one that has recognized that the phenomenon of mindset immunity even exists.

So here's what I've done about it:

I built a special type of 'search engine' that is easy for you to use to isolate certain aspects of your own forgotten personal success history. This searching locates the drive that has backed every one of the past success events that you've ever had.

The benefit is an almost immediate renewing of your own sense of personal competency through an unparalleled rise of self-confidence. You will actually feel physically the energy that pushed you on when you thought you we're completely done. I know how to make it stick around too.

My Offer:
I call this 'search engine' the H.E.R.O. Discover eMachine. Although for years H.E.R.O. worked fine in hotel conference rooms I've had to spend a lot of time getting this to work completely in an on-line environment and I still have some tweaking to do yet. It takes about a morning and part of an afternoon for each user to work through the system to its end but it's often very worth it. Because results are organically reached (this is NOT counseling or a therapy) they remain permanent which means you never have to do the work ever again.

I have used it on a few people on this forum 2 years ago then laid it aside to get more done on it. Now it's ready to wheel out for another road test.

(I'm right at this time working on a video that lays out my theory in words and pictures so I'm trying to make this post as short as I can but I'm probably failing at that too.)

I'll give you a free pass to use H.E.R.O. for yourself. It'll provide you with a much faster rate of mindset immunity. Results in a day instead of a year.

I must tell you that although Mindset Immunity is important it's just the first half of a two-part equation. Stage two is physical immune system support. That is done with a steady supply of high-grade supplementation products the cost of which I don't control. (Hey, how good is thinking well if you end up getting the flu.) This part though is always optional. I just felt you should know.

H.E.R.O. It is not something that is fully automated. I don't ever want it that way either. But since every usage of it needs to be assisted in real time by a live guide, who's only job it is to make sure you use it correctly, means that we will have as much time involvement in the session as you would.

Time is money usually.

However, if I can assist you I will.



All I need in return is an honest testimonial that I can use on my site (picture and voice would be nice) and perhaps a little technical help from you if you're able.

PM me and let me know how you feel about it.

Hi james,

Its hard to read posts like this.

You have made money in the past (even though it may have been a blackhat technique you used), but this fact means that you have potential to make money in the future.

You just need time and patience. I know this is easier said than done, especially where a mortgage payment is due, but all i can say is keep concentrating on IM and you luck will turn.

Best of luck!

Hi James

Don't give up yet. I think you have a mind set problem at the moment.
I am presuming you have found a niche that interests you or you have some familiarity and knowledge of.
Also you have knowledge of website and software building so you are way ahead of me begin with!!
I am by no means an IM Guru but I do make money on the internet now after making a fair few mistakes and my advise to you is this:

• Use the WSO to see which products are currently attracting the most interests. Read the posts and get a feel for what people are looking for.
• Choose 1 niche, 1 product and 1 method of marketing whether it be article writing,PLR, Affiliate marketing etc and become a 'MASTER' of that marketing method before you get distracted with the next.
• When your chosen product & method of marketing starts to produce sales - find another product & duplicate your methods.
• Build your business slowly & methodically, maybe writing up a daily list of tasks you need to do to reach your goal.Cross each item off your list as you go. This is a good way of seeing how productive you have been and will give you encouragement to move on down the list
• Don't waste time wandering from one method to the next & Don't get bogged down with information overload. If you have joined up to numerous mailing lists for information etc then choose 1 or 2 who send you relevant, interesting & helpful info and unsubscribe from the rest.
• Don't sign up to any more emails linking you to a page with a guy in designer sunglasses standing next to his Ferrari outside his Malibu beach house promising you over night wealth. It's not gona happen ( Yet anyway )You know what they say " From little acorns, mighty Oaks do grow"

• Don't set your sights too far to begin with as you are less likely too succeed and more likely to throw in the towel Its a similar mind set to anyone whos been on a diet and tried to loose 20lbs in 2 weeks. Get to day 4, only lost 5lb, whats the point,give up & eat cake!
• Decide on a realistic amount of money you want to make in a realistic amount of time and go for it and if you make more it's a bonus.
• Another thing that I advise you to do and which I found the best thing for me to get me up and running was to get a 'Reputable mentor'.I found a very good mentor who was recommended to me and who I still go back to often times. I joined up for their course which was sent to me weekly and which I followed religiously and without it It would have taken me much longer to get up and running. I had to pay for this course (it was very reasonable) but sometimes paying for something makes you appreciate it more and use it properly.If you decide to go down this route then do your research carefully so you don't just get fed a load of reguritated, out of date therefore useless info.

If you would like to know where to go for a mentor then please let me know and I will send you a link.

Hope I have been of some help James without waffling for too long or without sounding patronising.
Wishing you the best of luck.

Hi James
Don't give up yet. I think you have a mind set problem at the moment.
I am presuming you have found a niche that interests you or you have some familiarity and knowledge of.
Also you have knowledge of website and software building so you are way ahead of me begin with!!
I am by no means an IM Guru but I do make money on the internet now after making a fair few mistakes and my advise to you is this:

Use the WSO to see which products are currently attracting the most interests. Read the posts and get a feel for what people are looking for.

Choose 1 niche, 1 product and 1 method of marketing whether it be article writing,PLR, Affiliate marketing etc and become a 'MASTER' of that marketing method before you get distracted
with the next.

When your chosen product & method of marketing starts to produce sales - find another product & duplicate your methods.

Build your business slowly & methodically, maybe writing up a daily list of tasks you need to do to reach your goal.Cross each item off your list as you go. This is a good way of seeing how productive you have been and will give you encouragement to move on down the list

Don't waste time wandering from one method to the next & Don't get bogged down with information overload. If you have joined up to numerous mailing lists for information etc then choose 1 or 2 who send you relevant, interesting & helpful info and unsubscribe from the rest.

Don't sign up to any more emails linking you to a page with a guy in designer sunglasses standing next to his Ferrari outside his Malibu beach house promising you over night wealth. It's not gona happen ( Yet anyway )You know what they say " From little acorns, mighty Oaks do grow"

Don't set your sights too far to begin with as you are less likely too succeed and more likely to throw in the towel Its a similar mind set to anyone whos been on a diet and tried to loose 20lbs in 2 weeks. Get to day 4, only lost 5lb, whats the point,give up & eat cake!
Decide on a realistic amount of money you want to make in a realistic amount of time and go for it and if you make more it's a bonus.

Another thing that I advise you to do and which I found the best thing for me to get me up and running was to get a 'Reputable mentor'.I found a very good mentor who was recommended to me and who I still go back to often times. I joined up for their course which was sent to me weekly and which I followed religiously and without it It would have taken me much longer to get up and running. I had to pay for this course (it was very reasonable) but sometimes paying for something makes you appreciate it more and use it properly.If you decide to go down this route then do your research carefully so you don't just get fed a load of reguritated, out of date therefore useless info.

If you would like to know where to go for a mentor then please let me know and I will send you a link.

Hope I have been of some help James without waffling for too long or without sounding patronising.
Wishing you the best of luck.

This sounds really simplistic.. but, first things first.

Make a list of the money you need in the next 30 days.

Now revise the list and list the money you NEED in the next 30 days.

Revise the list and list the money you NEED NEED in the next 30 days.

Get my drift?

1. Mortgage
2. Electricity
3. Water
4. Phone
5. Food
6. Gas
7. Auto insurance
8. Health insurance

If you've not been late or aren't behind for electricity, you can probably delay payment and double up or divide it up between several months later. Same with phone. Same with water. Auto insurance is a bit different and so is health insurance.

Food= beans & potatoes & ramen. Don't laugh. You asked for help.
Drink: water

Figure out what the minimum you need is, take it a day at a time. Make a list of stuff you can do to get to that number. Go to elance. Go to odesk. Go to rentacoder.

You're lucky in that there are so many avenues to create some emergency cash. In the 80's, you'd have to sell your plasma

Chin up. It's just money. Really. That is for me to say, but really. Money. It's green. It's paper. And you can buy beans with it. You will have more. It's a law of physics

Warmly,

Brandi

Are you following anyone's methods to use senuke and bookmarking demon for clickbank? Could it be you're not doing it right? Please read the senuke forum thread by oadvantage.

If you need immediate cash, do like what some have advised here, put up a wso service - eg. senuke or bookmarking service or even get a part time job as you sort out your online biz.

I had a really tough time starting out too and took a few years to make more than pocket money.

Sucks man I hope some of these comments helped you out

Yeah a lot of the comment were really helpful. I was up really early this morning. Set up a new campaign last night so going to work hard for the next week promoting it.

Many thanks. It's time to put myself in gear and drive.