How Do You Overcome Your Frustrations And Challenges?

Does it ever feel like pushing rope uphill?

I wrote this post to get your feedback on what you had to overcome and the mindset you had to have to push through to become a successful marketer.

I've been around the internet marketing game for quite some time. For the past two years I've sold creatively financed real estate using internet marketing techniques. Over those two years I have had many challenges:

- Purchased Infusionsoft for $5k set up and $300/mo and couldn't get my buyer agents to use it. After 6 months I realized the business model was wrong and Infusionsoft was not what I needed. A $7500 lesson (Cdn dollars)

- I changed my business model 4 times to get it right.

- I was struggling with the time it took to do some basic marketing online so I outsourced. I had a client who was a single mom, had a sick son and needed help so I thought it would be a win/win. I financed the down payment on her house, got her into a really nice place and gave her a job doing some of the basic marketing tasks. I found out after 9 months she was over charging me by over 300% , she trashed the house and defaulted on the loan. $12,000 lesson.

- I hired a programmer to make a WP site that would reflect my new business model. I took the advice of a well known "outsourcer guru's" and hired a person full time. I had to terminate them and start all over because everything he programmed was basically junk. $600 lesson and 2 months wasted.

- I finally found a custom WP theme I thought would work for me, hired a new programmer to make a large number of custom changes and after 2 months we conclude that certain critical components are not compatible with custom programming on the theme. Now my programmer suggests starting over and building a PHP site from scratch to have the same look and functionality as the WP theme we thought would work for us. $1,000 lesson and 3months time wasted.

- Technology has been a constant uphill battle. I know far more on the marketing side than I can possibly implement through technology and it's very frustrating.

I'm not looking for pity or criticism. I only state "some" of my challenges so you have an idea of my journey. My business plan should easily produce a $1,000,000/yr net once it's finally rolled out. I do my best to stay focused on the end goal. I believe in myself, in my abilities and I have a good support system. I will realize my business goal.

I want to know your journey because no one reading this post can truly appreciate your victory unless they know your challenges. I want this post to empower those who read it. For those of you who are successful (making a full time income online)

What were the struggles you had to overcome to get where you are?

What stopped you from packing it in when you faced challenge after challenge?

What was your mindset as you went through each challenge and overcame?

What is your lifestyle like now that you are making a full time income online?

What would you say to someone who is being tested by challenge after challenge knowing what you know now?

Thanks in advance