I've said this many times to
my friends and family; in order to achieve anything worthwhile in
this life, it's going to take a lot of practice, patience, and hard
work. You will not succeed until you actually start. While I would be
happy to show others how to get ahead, I can't do the work for them.
If they want to create income streams, then they have to actually
start working towards that goal. With effort comes rewards and
success. I give them the tools, show them the opportunities, it's up
to them to use them.
When I look at the things that
we can accomplish as a group and individually, from the bottom up,
they look huge and scary. I see the opportunities. I see what I can
do. I see millions of ways to create revenue streams, but it's a lot
of hard work, too much for one person to handle alone. I do what I
can in the moment so as to not be too overwhelmed. Because everything
looks so mammoth, it's hard to know where and when to start. I think
that is the reason so many make excuses and procrastinate on
starting; there is a level of self-doubt because they don't think
they can achieve success. It's that I'm not good enough mentality
that destroys their willingness to try. Even I face those challenges.
There is a world of critics awaiting us and not everyone is going to
agree with or like the things I create. I think self-doubt keeps us
from realizing our true potential as human beings. It holds us back.
It's only when we tear the layers of negative thinking away that we
begin to see what we are truly capable of achieving.
Writing is a process. For me,
I start the process by
writing down what it is that I want to accomplish. I write
down the ideas that sit in my head. I write down the things I know,
and the things I can easily talk about. By doing this I begin to see
my thoughts take shape, the ideas form, and by seeing them take form,
I'm motivated to keep that thought process going. The more I create,
the more momentum I gain. Even if you start by making a list of ideas
and tackle the smaller, easier, more manageable ideas, you'll have
something in front of you to work with. From there you can build.
Once you start working on the ideas from your list, you'll start to
feel as if the load that you're carrying is getting lighter and that
the light at the end of the tunnel is getting brighter. You'll start
to feel accomplished. Each step you take towards completing your
objective gives you strength and courage to keep on going. It's like
exercising: the more time you spend working out, the stronger,
healthier, and more clear minded you become. Writing, like exercise,
is a slow going process, but the rewards are worth the time and
effort spent. If you want to make a living on-line, it's going to be
through content, and writing is the most important part of that
content. Google indexes words, not pictures.
The book I am currently writing is a monstrous undertaking. Thirty days to write a novel is a pressurized task. Doing it without editing, and knowing I have to go back and rework plot holes, find all spelling and grammar mistakes, find a way to create cover art so that I can turn around and publish the material, is going to be a daunting task in itself. They say a writer has to set their work aside for a while, and revisit it when their mind is fresh in order to catch glaring errors because the writer is too close to their own work, and is often focused on the writing and not the mistakes that are sitting right in front of them. The idea of having to set my work aside makes me feel a little sick because I am anxious to publish. But, I have to ask myself, do I want to publish a book before it goes through the editing process and risk turning readers off to reading my book, thereby destroying my credibility as a writer?