Why Most People Fail In Their Online Business
In 1993 I went back home to get married.
My mother and father were there, as were two of my brothers, so I figured it was right to get married there.
It was the first time I’d been back in over twenty years.
A lot had changed, not that that would have mattered as I was only seven when I came over to the UK, so I didn’t have much of an idea of what had or had not changed.
Anyway, that’s not the point of this post, so, on with it.
After about a week or two of arriving, and getting all the mayhem over with, I decided I was going to go out and do a little seeing… and maybe a little shopping along the way (I was coming back and you have to pick up bits and pieces for friends and family, don’t you?).
Before I proceeded to walk out the door, my mother and brother ensured that I realised one thing above all else while I was in the market place — everything is negotiable.
Don’t give them the asking price was what they told me… always haggle.
So I did.
I’m pretty good at taking instructions, me.
I haggled here, and I haggled there.
And I made sure I got a discount on everything I bought.
I remember one thing in particular which I really had a tough time with the shop-keeper — audio cassettes (it was the early 90’s and in Asia, after all).
The guy refused, point blank.
And I refused to accept his refusal.
To cut a long story short, I told him I was buying a large number of cassettes and if he didn’t give me a discount, I’m not buying.
So he did.
And I was happy.
I took my cassettes, and everything else I had bought, and went home.
“You don’t haggle over audio cassettes!” exclaimed both my mother and brother, or words to that effect.
But, I pointed out, they had told me — everything is negotiable.
And I accepted that… I didn’t know any better.
And, as a result, I proved that, indeed, EVERYTHING was negotiable.
Now, this morning I received an email from Kevin Halbert, son of the late Gary Halbert.
In his email, Kevin pointed to an early newsletter his fathered had written.
And, in this newsletter, the first thing Gary had written were these words…
“Nothing is impossible for someone who doesn’t know it can’t be done.”
Now, I don’t know about you, but I’d say that pretty much about sums up what happened to me.
Wouldn’t you say?
Oh, would urge you take a look at that particular newsletter — you can see it here… Mindset
Now, while on the subject of Gary Halbert, I’d like to point to something his good friend and colleague, John Carlton, pointed out to me in his radio rant forum.
Basically, a little while back, I asked this question on this very same forum…
“What, in your opinion is the best marketing program out there, and what is the best start-up program for info marketing, or otherwise? It doesn’t just have to be information, either…”
As you can imagine, I received quite a few replies to this question from several people.
John Carlton also answered this in a somewhat lengthy reply, which is a little too long for this post (join the radio rant, otherwise you’re missing loads of solid info).
But, one thing which really stuck out for me in John’s reply was this part…
“…I’m a tad astonished that Rezbi doesn’t feel he has found the basics he needs from the info I’ve offered.”
So, I took this point and started a new thread.
And this is what I wrote…
“I’ve realised it’s not that I haven’t found the info, but that, like most people, I always assumed there’s more.
And today, I really do mean today, alarm bells have been ringing, hence my latest blog post.
I do know the basics, and much, much more.
I just haven’t realised, until today, that it’s all I need to know to get going without constantly whinging about what I can or can’t do.”
You can read the blog post I’m referring to here…Boo Hoo… It’s All Their Fault
The fact is, there are is no magic formula.
There are no pills, potions or anything else to it.
And the grass certainly is not greener on the other side.
The plain and simple truth is, it takes work.
There isn’t anything else and anyone who says there is, is only trying to sell their latest product to the gullible masses.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying all products are a waste of time cuz, as with all things in life, you learn something, and then you learn the more advanced something.
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