The reason why the time investment is so key is ultimately you have to find those ideas and programs and actions that nobody else or few others are capitalizing on. That is when you will make the real money. If you just go along and follow what everyone else is doing, it is possible to scratch out some money with a lot of hardwork. However, the real time investment needs to be spent going outside the box looking for new opportunities. You may fail 20 times, 50 times, 100 times for every time you are succesful, but those successes can potentially be huge.
The secret to making tons of cash online
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I'm reviving this thread because I found it to be truly motivational.
What I've learned in these past few months is that at first you need to have a test site. You need to learn how to do something before you start spending 17hrs/day with repeating it. Once you have that down, you keep making more and more and it really shouldn't be that hard if you're dedicated to it.
And about being as successful as Bill Gates and all that crap... well I doubt that's any of our realistic goals here, not even one of the goals we set for ourselves because it'll help us get there faster. For me 50k/month would be a "ton of cash", more than I would ever know what to do with.
What I've learned in these past few months is that at first you need to have a test site. You need to learn how to do something before you start spending 17hrs/day with repeating it. Once you have that down, you keep making more and more and it really shouldn't be that hard if you're dedicated to it.
And about being as successful as Bill Gates and all that crap... well I doubt that's any of our realistic goals here, not even one of the goals we set for ourselves because it'll help us get there faster. For me 50k/month would be a "ton of cash", more than I would ever know what to do with.
Working hard and being diligent is extremely important. Always looking for more opportunities and keeping an open mind is critical. For me, being consistent with a work schedule is what I try to do. If I put in 8 hours in a day then that is good for me. Some days when I'm in total damage control mode or there is big opportunity or a crisis then I might work a lot more and that's fine too. I don't agree though that you need to abandon your life outside of your computer in order to be successful. Working 17 hours a day and forgetting about everything else might work in the short term, but if you keep up that kind of a work schedule you will likely burn out and become extremely unhealthy mentally and physically. I think that for the long term, finding a balance between work and play is best.
Exactly Buddies....Hard Work to the max level ...I call it sacrifice...When i was making a measly $ 50 a day, i wasnt doing any kind of saccrifice to reach the $ 1 K / day goal i always dreamed of.
So i changed my life, i uninstalled MSN messenger, threw away my cell phone, beat my procrastination, and finally saying myself that i have to fucking do things when they should be done. i was able to reach my $ 1 K /day goal in less than 3 months of 18 hours/day pure work.
And the goals keep getting incremented and incremented...and It pays off in the end. so hell yeah it was worth it.
And the rich get richer.
So i changed my life, i uninstalled MSN messenger, threw away my cell phone, beat my procrastination, and finally saying myself that i have to fucking do things when they should be done. i was able to reach my $ 1 K /day goal in less than 3 months of 18 hours/day pure work.
And the goals keep getting incremented and incremented...and It pays off in the end. so hell yeah it was worth it.
And the rich get richer.
I agree a lot on this point. Don't ever stay at home/office or in front of the PC without taking breaks or going out.
I refresh my head by going to the gym and pumping some iron.
Hmmm... I dunno. I'm a big fan of the "work smart not hard" mentality. I think the most important facet, for instance, is to spend a certain amount of time each day considering new ideas - and the best inspiration for new ideas oftentimes lies off your computer out in the real world. Friends shouldn't be considered a luxury of those that have the money to have them either. True friends should be your testing audience, your idea sparkers, your lunch and dinner meetings (if nothing else for an excuse to get out of the house).
Also, if you work 17hrs a day 7 days a week you insulate your mind against alternative ways to do things. Our brains are built on creative inspiration. One of the best things that I've done recently was returned to school to take classes at the local UC. Not only am I refreshing a lot of my marketing ideas, but I'm also learning new opportunities and marketing issues that companies face. Oh, plus I'm meeting new people with new ideas, and actually I've earned a new client out of it as well!
Work hard, yes, but work smart. A smart webmaster builds a site that needs little to no maintenance. A smart webmaster learns whatever programming techniques will make his sites more dynamic and create a better user experience. A smart webmaster knows what he is best at, and sources to outside providers what can be done for better and for less by other professionals. And most importantly, a smart webmaster doesn't turn aside his friends and the outside world for the joy of being one of Google's bitches. We're all in this for money - but the only reason we're after money is because of what it affords.
Also, if you work 17hrs a day 7 days a week you insulate your mind against alternative ways to do things. Our brains are built on creative inspiration. One of the best things that I've done recently was returned to school to take classes at the local UC. Not only am I refreshing a lot of my marketing ideas, but I'm also learning new opportunities and marketing issues that companies face. Oh, plus I'm meeting new people with new ideas, and actually I've earned a new client out of it as well!
Work hard, yes, but work smart. A smart webmaster builds a site that needs little to no maintenance. A smart webmaster learns whatever programming techniques will make his sites more dynamic and create a better user experience. A smart webmaster knows what he is best at, and sources to outside providers what can be done for better and for less by other professionals. And most importantly, a smart webmaster doesn't turn aside his friends and the outside world for the joy of being one of Google's bitches. We're all in this for money - but the only reason we're after money is because of what it affords.
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