You were so excited when you found out it was possible to earn an income online. Unfortunately, that excitement may have slowly dwindled and you’re feeling pretty down about yourself. Maybe that excitement has dwindled recently or maybe you’ve been feeling down in the dumps for a while…just about ready to throw in the towel. If you don’t feel like you’re good enough to succeed in online business…
… you’re wrong!
People Are Succeeding All Around You! If You Hate What You’re Feeling Right Now
You see people succeeding around you, left and right. It seems like people who are even newer than you are far surpassing you when it comes to earning money online. It’s not fair.
You’re certainly working hard. You feel you like you must be doing something desperately wrong. You know you’re not as motivated as you could be. It’s so hard to figure out what’s stopping you from reaching success.
Believe me, I’ve been in your shoes if that’s how you feel. If you know my story, you know I struggled from 2002 through 2005, but refused to give up or give in.
You do know that you have the passion and the drive to succeed… or at least, you used to. You’re willing to work hard for the money you so desperately wish would come to you. You’re not one of those people that expects money to just fall from the sky and into your lap.
But somehow, deep down, you still don’t feel you’re good enough even if you work really hard. What are you going to do? How are you going to stop this feeling so you can get motivated again?
Do you know what the problem very well might be?
It’s The Fear Of Success
Maybe this is a new revelation for you. Maybe you clicked to read this because you saw the title of this blog post and for some reason it just resonated with you. It’s okay. You’re certainly not alone in this feeling. Many, many people deal with this every single day.
Probably at the heart of this matter is the fear of success. We all know and deal with the fear of failure, and often on a daily basis. We don’t want to fail. But we all want to succeed, or we think we do. What the world could it mean to have a fear of success?
Remember, I have always taught that failure is your friend, and not to fear it, but the fear of success can be more insidious and tougher to battle. After all, failure is more common, isn’t it, so we get used to it, and don’t fear it so much after a while.
But success? …
It might sound strange to have a fear of success, but if you really dig deep and consider it, you might find that this holds true for you. It probably does.
Do You Really Deserve This?
Consider this: do you think you deserve to achieve your dreams financially? Do you tend to work really hard and then kind of hold yourself back, starting and stopping? You might go through these periods where you’re really motivated and find a little bit of success but then put on the brakes. You stop yourself before you can really succeed and achieve. If this sounds like something that happens for you, then it’s very likely that you have a fear of success.
Start to think back to patterns in your childhood. How did your family treat and think about money? If you were taught that money doesn’t come easy, that it doesn’t grow on trees, that only “those people” (said with a touch of contempt) have been favored with money, or if your family always struggled for money, then these patterns might still have a hold on your life even today.
If you’ve always struggled for money or had a bitter relationship with money, then it’s very likely that you have a fear of success.
Consider how you feel about money right now. Also consider how you feel about yourself right now. Do you feel you deserve to have the kind of financial freedom and success you dream of having?
You are the only one who can answer these questions for yourself.
Is Your “Why” Strong Enough?
Another thing to consider is whether your “why” is strong enough. This is something I talk about all the time because it’s one of the most important concepts for an entrepreneur. Your “why” is the reason you are in online business in the first place. This is what motivates you and drives you. Maybe it’s that you want to create a better life for your family, get out of a dangerous or negative situation, or whatever the answer is for you. Do some soul-searching and brainstorming.
How to Feel More Than Good Enough to Succeed
It’s time to get out of those negative, old patterns. This can be difficult to do, especially if that fear of success stems from your childhood. But it is 100% possible– you’re going to make it happen.
One thing you can do is to seek out success stories from people just like you. These people may have started from an even more negative place and found success even so– that can be very inspiring. These people don’t have any more skills or talent than you do, but they still found success. Knowing that others have achieved before us can be very motivating. Do some simple searches in your area of interest or browse books on Amazon to find the stories that will inspire you.
You should also deal with anything that’s holding you back. If you know that something from your childhood or your present life is muddying your view of financial success and your ability to earn money or the fact that you deserve to have more money, it’s time to deal with that. Maybe you just need to give yourself permission to earn more money. Or, perhaps it’s time to seek outside help or simply talk to someone. You have to find the answer for you.
One thing that has helped a lot of people is to allow yourself to have small successes. This is something I talk a lot about in my 5 Bucks A Day book. With this strategy, I teach people to use a very simple online marketing method where the goal is to earn just $5 per day. Once you succeed with one simple $5 a day strategy, you move on to the next one. Soon enough, you’ll have two strategies each earning $5 a day, for $10 a day in total earnings. Then, you can add on another $5 a day earning strategy, for a total of $15 a day in earnings. You can stack these successes up from there to achieve a full time income.
It might not sound like much, but an extra $5 a day is an extra $1,825 per year, after all.
When you approach success from this angle, it’s easy to build yourself up. Small success can lead to much bigger success and it can really open your mind up to what is achievable. They say that earning that first dollar online is the most difficult and from there on out it is so much easier. If you’re struggling, this is what I recommend for you.
You have to know that you deserve to succeed. Here and now, give yourself that permission and decide that today is the day you are going to feel good enough to succeed in online business.
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