Trying to stay motivated...

JahRuhle

JahRuhle

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Gentlemen,

I am Really looking for some solid advice here. Started doing some AM about 3 months ago, and for the first two months was working/studying/doing everything like 12 hours a day... also losing lots of money on really dumb ideas, but still constantly learning from every mistake. Ive finally been having some success, and basically made back all the money I lost and some, but now I can barely force myself to work for more than an hour. I am still always reading and learning, I am just too lazy to start some more campaigns and start monetizing my old campaigns that are dieing out. I used to wake up at 10 am every day and work on this stuff non-stop(whenever I didnt have school or work) Now when I have the day off I sleep in until 3pm, and than play video games for a few hours til my girl comes over and probably get about 2 hours of real PPC/SEO work/week.

Just wondering how you guys stay motivated. Ive always been the type of guy that once I start seeing a little success in something I just kind of lose interest.... :-(
 


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I have the same problem. Except its getting started, once Im started I keep on going for a good couple hours.

So what can we do?

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Kinda odd that you lose interest after you start profiting, I always lose interest before, or once i start losing money...and then once I lose money i'm scared to start up a new campaign to lose more...not have a big budget (basically no budget) is really tough to start out with for me.
 
If being on the cusp of breaking even and moving onto profitability doesn't motivate you nothing we will be able to say will either. There's no shame if you don't enjoy AM and want to do something else, you tried it you learned, you moved on. There's no barriers to entry and if you decide to pick it up again in 6 months or a year it's not like you lose all the experience you built up.
 
JahRuhle said:
Gentlemen,

I am just too lazy to start some more campaigns and start monetizing my old campaigns that are dieing out. I used to wake up at 10 am every day and work on this stuff non-stop(whenever I didnt have school or work) Now when I have the day off I sleep in until 3pm, and than play video games for a few hours til my girl comes over and probably get about 2 hours of real PPC/SEO work/week.
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1. Wake up eariler.. 10am? Just because you read that some dudes wake up at 10 and go over campaigns (on some blogs) doesn't mean you have to follow that route.

2. When you have the day off don't play fucking video games - DO WORK, SON!!

3. Disregard females, acquire currency. (you can still get laid, just tell her what's up)

4. 3 months? We've all been there. Keep at it.

5. You can make money and then lose it?? - well, you know how to get conversions right? Figure out how you're losing money and weed it out of your business. Slowly but surely you'll see what your mistakes are.

6. 2 hours of "real" ppc/seo work per week? What's important to you?? Playing video games and hanging out with your girl - or growing your business? I get it, women are great - but I want to be a provider. Being lazy won't get you there.

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justo_tx said:
If being on the cusp of breaking even and moving onto profitability doesn't motivate you nothing we will be able to say will either. There's no shame if you don't enjoy AM and want to do something else, you tried it you learned, you moved on. There's no barriers to entry and if you decide to pick it up again in 6 months or a year it's not like you lose all the experience you built up.
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^ This. I can't bold and yellow it enough.
 
You're looking for motivation? It's all about that split second decision when you make up your mind whether you should get started with building something, or plant your lazy ass on the couch. That single split second when you wake up.

Your lazy brain tells you, "uuuuggggggghhh I'm sooooo lazy dude, and your lazy ass agrees with me, totally, so it's 2 against 1, let's play videogames for an hour and then maybeeeeee we'll think about the other thing". It's no surprise that your lazy brain is arguing in such a sophisticated manner because, naturally, vegging out on the couch is the definition of lazy, which your lazy brain connects with quite well.

Lazy and lazy go well together. Actually sitting down and building something is the opposite of lazy. Your brain has been trained throughout many many videogame sessions to take up this attitude.

The thing is, once you've sat down and gotten started, it will only take your brain 5 minutes to overcome that laziness because deep down, all those lazy little cells of yours like being challenged. Especially if their bros in the other half of your brain get all excited over something like a conversion or two or three. If you can get three of those, maybe you can get 300? Just imagine how much excitement that will entail in your formerly lazy brain. And what about 3000? 300,000? Wow. There's a taste of success, baby.

But here's the thing: you, you're not even getting to that point. You will never get to that point. You will never in your life get to the point where your whole brain and body jump up and say "YES! I DID IT!". Why not?

Because you can't even manage to take control over that tiny little single split second in which your lazy-ass mind makes itself up for you.

Seize the second and you seize the day.
 
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REAL TALK THOUGH. IF THIS DOESN'T MOTIVATE YOU - YOU ARE FUCKING GAY. IT'S A PROVEN FACT WHEN YOU MAKE MONEY YOU GAIN CONFIDENCE AND WHEN YOU GAIN CONFIDENCE WOMEN NOTICE AND WHEN WOMEN NOTICE YOU GET PUSSY. KNOW WHERE TO DRAW YOUR BOUNDARIES THOUGH OR THEY WILL DISREGARD YOU AFTER THEY HAVE MILKED YOU.
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bobsoap said:
You're looking for motivation? It's all about that split second decision when you make your mind up whether you should get started with building something, or plant your lazy ass on the couch. That single split second when you wake up.

Your lazy brain tells you, "uuuuggggggghhh I'm sooooo lazy dude, and your lazy ass agrees with me, totally, so it's 2 against 1, let's play videogames for an hour and then maybeeeeee we'll think about the other thing". It's no surprise that your lazy brain is arguing in such a sophisticated manner because, naturally, vegging out on the couch is the definition of lazy, which your lazy brain connects with quite well.

Lazy and lazy go well together. Actually sitting down and building something is the opposite of lazy. Your brain has been trained throughout many many videogame sessions to take up this attitude.

The thing is, once you've sat down and gotten started, it will only take your brain 5 minutes to overcome that laziness because deep down, all those lazy little cells of yours like being challenged. Especially if their bros in the other half of your brain get all excited over something like a conversion or two or three. If you can get three of those, maybe you can get 300? Just imagine how much excitement that will entail in your formerly lazy brain. And what about 3000? 300,000? Wow. There's a taste of success, baby.

But here's the thing: you, you're not even getting to that point. You will never get to that point. You will never in your life get to the point where your whole brain and body jump up and say "YES! I DID IT!". Why not?

Because you can't even manage to take control over that tiny little single split second in which your lazy-ass mind makes itself up for you.

Seize the second and you seize the day.
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After reading that I want to go run laps, write a blog post, work on a campaign, and clean my house all at once now.
 
bobsoap said:
You're looking for motivation? It's all about that split second decision when you make your mind up whether you should get started with building something, or plant your lazy ass on the couch. That single split second when you wake up.

Your lazy brain tells you, "uuuuggggggghhh I'm sooooo lazy dude, and your lazy ass agrees with me, totally, so it's 2 against 1, let's play videogames for an hour and then maybeeeeee we'll think about the other thing". It's no surprise that your lazy brain is arguing in such a sophisticated manner because, naturally, vegging out on the couch is the definition of lazy, which your lazy brain connects with quite well.

Lazy and lazy go well together. Actually sitting down and building something is the opposite of lazy. Your brain has been trained throughout many many videogame sessions to take up this attitude.

The thing is, once you've sat down and gotten started, it will only take your brain 5 minutes to overcome that laziness because deep down, all those lazy little cells of yours like being challenged. Especially if their bros in the other half of your brain get all excited over something like a conversion or two or three. If you can get three of those, maybe you can get 300? Just imagine how much excitement that will entail in your formerly lazy brain. And what about 3000? 300,000? Wow. There's a taste of success, baby.

But here's the thing: you, you're not even getting to that point. You will never get to that point. You will never in your life get to the point where your whole brain and body jump up and say "YES! I DID IT!". Why not?

Because you can't even manage to take control over that tiny little single split second in which your lazy-ass mind makes itself up for you.

Seize the second and you seize the day.
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dude... you spittin' for reals right there!
 
Write down what you'd like your wikipedia article to say 20 years from now and any time you deviate from what it takes to get you to the various benchmarks--1 year, 5 years, 10, 20, etc--ask yourself why. I'm in the process of doing exactly that, and it's really clarifying some things.
 
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bobsoap said:
You're looking for motivation? It's all about that split second decision when you make up your mind whether you should get started with building something, or plant your lazy ass on the couch. That single split second when you wake up.

Your lazy brain tells you, "uuuuggggggghhh I'm sooooo lazy dude, and your lazy ass agrees with me, totally, so it's 2 against 1, let's play videogames for an hour and then maybeeeeee we'll think about the other thing". It's no surprise that your lazy brain is arguing in such a sophisticated manner because, naturally, vegging out on the couch is the definition of lazy, which your lazy brain connects with quite well.

Lazy and lazy go well together. Actually sitting down and building something is the opposite of lazy. Your brain has been trained throughout many many videogame sessions to take up this attitude.

The thing is, once you've sat down and gotten started, it will only take your brain 5 minutes to overcome that laziness because deep down, all those lazy little cells of yours like being challenged. Especially if their bros in the other half of your brain get all excited over something like a conversion or two or three. If you can get three of those, maybe you can get 300? Just imagine how much excitement that will entail in your formerly lazy brain. And what about 3000? 300,000? Wow. There's a taste of success, baby.

But here's the thing: you, you're not even getting to that point. You will never get to that point. You will never in your life get to the point where your whole brain and body jump up and say "YES! I DID IT!". Why not?

Because you can't even manage to take control over that tiny little single split second in which your lazy-ass mind makes itself up for you.

Seize the second and you seize the day.
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dude I got burned out on some shit I was doing before even it was breaking even, I played video games for 4 months, got fucking tired of it and started working again! Motivation is back
 
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bobsoap said:
You're looking for motivation? It's all about that split second decision when you make up your mind whether you should get started with building something, or plant your lazy ass on the couch. That single split second when you wake up.

Your lazy brain tells you, "uuuuggggggghhh I'm sooooo lazy dude, and your lazy ass agrees with me, totally, so it's 2 against 1, let's play videogames for an hour and then maybeeeeee we'll think about the other thing". It's no surprise that your lazy brain is arguing in such a sophisticated manner because, naturally, vegging out on the couch is the definition of lazy, which your lazy brain connects with quite well.

Lazy and lazy go well together. Actually sitting down and building something is the opposite of lazy. Your brain has been trained throughout many many videogame sessions to take up this attitude.

The thing is, once you've sat down and gotten started, it will only take your brain 5 minutes to overcome that laziness because deep down, all those lazy little cells of yours like being challenged. Especially if their bros in the other half of your brain get all excited over something like a conversion or two or three. If you can get three of those, maybe you can get 300? Just imagine how much excitement that will entail in your formerly lazy brain. And what about 3000? 300,000? Wow. There's a taste of success, baby.

But here's the thing: you, you're not even getting to that point. You will never get to that point. You will never in your life get to the point where your whole brain and body jump up and say "YES! I DID IT!". Why not?

Because you can't even manage to take control over that tiny little single split second in which your lazy-ass mind makes itself up for you.

Seize the second and you seize the day.
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HEAVY, thanks.
 
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PhillipMarlow said:
Write down what you'd like your wikipedia article to say 20 years from now and any time you deviate from what it takes to get you to the various benchmarks--1 year, 5 years, 10, 20, etc--ask yourself why. I'm in the process of doing exactly that, and it's really clarifying some things.
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I'm going to try this, thanks for the idea brah.

Also, nice avatar.
 
PhillipMarlow said:
Write down what you'd like your wikipedia article to say 20 years from now and any time you deviate from what it takes to get you to the various benchmarks--1 year, 5 years, 10, 20, etc--ask yourself why. I'm in the process of doing exactly that, and it's really clarifying some things.
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Amazing idea. I read this in Steven Covey's book but the Wikipedia angle is awesome.
 
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