how many hours

Real simple. Quit reading ebook after ebook. Pick a method, stick with it, and follow through with it.

Next, stop following links. And quit making excuses and blaming other reasons. YOU are the one following the links. No one is clicking them for you.

From now on, learn only what you need to learn, as you need to learn it.

And quit putting chatting with your friends above your studies and your site(s) that you should ALREADY be working on. That's kiddie crap.

If you don't have self-discipline, and your not grown-up, I would highly suggest finding something else besides IM. Otherwise, you won't get far, you'll get bored again, you'll move on to something else, and you'll have wasted x amount of months or years doing absolutely nothing. And that doesn't account for the fact that I and many others like me have now wasted our time, as well, writing posts like this for nothing.

And you know what? You'll be just one more of the people on the forum complaining that IM doesn't work, when the real reason is YOU didn't work. You were too busy reading ebooks, clicking links and chatting with your buddies.

If you need someone to look over your shoulder and hold your hand all the time, try getting a J.O.B. and working for someone else.

Too many people think that IM is an easy as pie job where you'll automatically make millions of dollars doing next to nothing. Wrong. It's not like at all, especially when you're just starting out.

Sorry if that sounds harsh, but that's how it is.