Don't let past mistakes limit future success!
People have a tendancy to let a setback or previous failure permanantly change their thinking about a subject. It's very hard to recondition your mind to new possibilities when it has a predispositioned way of thinking.
For example, I signed up for Google Adsense about 14 months ago and come payday they disabled my account for invalid clicks. I appealed to them twice and to no avail. So that one bad experience has tainted me forever about online money making ideas. I see all kinds of opportunities come my way and veto them automatically because of the bad experience I had.
Like I got a guy whom I believe is pretty reputable trying to sell me this google nemesis program where the guy was making 1500 a day. Is it real? It costs 67 dollars a month to use the program and then you are having to buy adwords ads to drive traffic to your site to get referrals. I know the whole affiliate marketing thing works, but I'm still skeptical and tainted from my previous experience with Google.
Another example is investing in games. After investing millions into Gore and losing it all in the dot com crash, I'm scared shitless to invest into my own products. I have a hard time even investing time! I mean its free. Why can't I get excited to work on Gore Special Edition or the AMP II engine that I own? These projects both have a lot of potential. I think its because I'm results driven. I am completly compelled to work by results. Maybe I'm scared to fail again? Is it because the products are not selling right now?
I think one reason is that its difficult to get excited about projects that have failed. Yet I didn't build 17.5" arms and a 48" chest and a 315 for 4 reps bench press by quitting. Maybe that was because when I was at 16" arms I felt like I was 80% to my goal. Being close to reaching a goal makes it easier to keep working towards that goal. So when I want to make a hundred thousand dollars on a software project and it hasn't made its first 5k yet, maybe I get a little disappointed.
I don't mean to sound all negative. Certainly some things in my life are going very well for me. In fact, I'm the one man machine right now. Joel Huenink Enterprises is doing very well. 4D Rulers on the otherhand, couldn't afford to hire a part time floor sweeper. That disturbs me. So should Joel Huenink Enterprises pump money into 4D Rulers? I think that 4D Rulers should grow on its own time and dime. Its sucked enough money and energy out of me personally for many lifetimes.
I think that its natural to gravitate towards what is working. Yet I'm stubborn and don't like to give up on ideas I find interesting. Like I would love to have 20 + guys working with me on our projects again, and I would love to make money online doing ad sense or whatever the trends have going. To me those things get me excited. Yet without action there is no reaction, and my past negative experiences are sometimes keeping me from taking action. Its a vicious circle I'm doing my best to break out of.
For example, I signed up for Google Adsense about 14 months ago and come payday they disabled my account for invalid clicks. I appealed to them twice and to no avail. So that one bad experience has tainted me forever about online money making ideas. I see all kinds of opportunities come my way and veto them automatically because of the bad experience I had.
Like I got a guy whom I believe is pretty reputable trying to sell me this google nemesis program where the guy was making 1500 a day. Is it real? It costs 67 dollars a month to use the program and then you are having to buy adwords ads to drive traffic to your site to get referrals. I know the whole affiliate marketing thing works, but I'm still skeptical and tainted from my previous experience with Google.
Another example is investing in games. After investing millions into Gore and losing it all in the dot com crash, I'm scared shitless to invest into my own products. I have a hard time even investing time! I mean its free. Why can't I get excited to work on Gore Special Edition or the AMP II engine that I own? These projects both have a lot of potential. I think its because I'm results driven. I am completly compelled to work by results. Maybe I'm scared to fail again? Is it because the products are not selling right now?
I think one reason is that its difficult to get excited about projects that have failed. Yet I didn't build 17.5" arms and a 48" chest and a 315 for 4 reps bench press by quitting. Maybe that was because when I was at 16" arms I felt like I was 80% to my goal. Being close to reaching a goal makes it easier to keep working towards that goal. So when I want to make a hundred thousand dollars on a software project and it hasn't made its first 5k yet, maybe I get a little disappointed.
I don't mean to sound all negative. Certainly some things in my life are going very well for me. In fact, I'm the one man machine right now. Joel Huenink Enterprises is doing very well. 4D Rulers on the otherhand, couldn't afford to hire a part time floor sweeper. That disturbs me. So should Joel Huenink Enterprises pump money into 4D Rulers? I think that 4D Rulers should grow on its own time and dime. Its sucked enough money and energy out of me personally for many lifetimes.
I think that its natural to gravitate towards what is working. Yet I'm stubborn and don't like to give up on ideas I find interesting. Like I would love to have 20 + guys working with me on our projects again, and I would love to make money online doing ad sense or whatever the trends have going. To me those things get me excited. Yet without action there is no reaction, and my past negative experiences are sometimes keeping me from taking action. Its a vicious circle I'm doing my best to break out of.
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