A Goal-Setting Secret For Struggling Internet Marketers
January 5, 2011 
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I’m going to tell you about a promise here. I have two but I’ll just share one for now.
The adventure behind this may help you map out the remainder of your life… like it did mine.
Ahem…
Promise #1:
“It’s too convoluted. You’ll never understand it.” — are pretty much the exact words that my now ex-husband said to me after my first 2 months of struggling to learn the ropes of the Internet Marketing game.
Those words are burned into my dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, because it had been the first time in my life that I had ever actually known what it felt like to have real passion. I had begun to nurture a small ember of actual hope and direction about my future, my husbands future, our future together. He wanted me to throw it all away like yesterdays garbage.
All I’d wanted from him was a smidgen of support. Maybe a little understanding. Or offer a few words of encouragement.
I was a humble house wife at the time. But I wanted to contribute financially so we could be free to do the things we dreamed of and I wanted to do it from the comfort of my home without having to respect the time of someone else’s watch.
And I was genuinely flabbergasted about the Internet. I’d never known a real Internet Marketer before, and was very curious in finding out more.
I thought a partner was someone who stood behind you through thick and thin. I suppose I would have squealed with joy if he had said, instead, something like “You’re smart, give it time and eventually you’ll get the hang of it.”
However, it was a HUGE blessing by him being such a pessimistic, doubtful individual.
As I looked up at him from my computer, trying to choke back the tears for having hoped he’s be more supportive then realizing he so brutally refused, I promised myself that I was going to be successful with or without him and nobody was going to decide what I wanted out of life and what direction I was going to take.
And I use that promise as incentive whenever I need some extra juice to keep moving forward.
Over time I met some really great people, some whom I even consider friends. I partnered up with someone who has the same goals and interests as I do. We work as a team now and because of my partners patience and guidance I’ve become closer to reaching my goals.
So I gotta give it to him. He did me good by sparking my up-to-that-point hibernating capability to follow my dreams. Literally with a purpose.
As far as I’ve come (with the help of my business partner) it has been done entirely on my own decisions. I took the Work Smarter Not Harder approach and ran with it…
… and 2.5 years later, I don’t regret a single moment of the journey. Granted, working online is not the easiest thing to figure out when you have no prior experience but with the right people, the right online marketing tools, and guidance it’s made success a possibility, even for someone like me… know that it can be done!
I have yet to accomplish all of my goals but I have to say a big THANK YOU for helping me realize what I really want out of my life.
No matter how soul-shakenly scary it can feel at times, you just have to hack your way through the online jungle of bewilderedness into the light.
Hey Angie, I had not heard your story before. I can truly say that I believe in you and your ability to acheive the success you dream of and deserve. You have what it takes my friend. God Bless
I feel for you Angie. Why? Because your situation as you explained is a mirror to my situation. My wife just hated me for getting involved in on line marketing or as she puts it playing on the computer. But I must say I really got my feet wet as they say and the storm is finally over. Its nice to hear about true success stories on the Internet from time to time and realize how much work it takes if you are doing it all yourself.
It’s amazing what you can use for fuel for motivation. I’m a beginner in the online marketing world and so far I’ve seen a lot of scammers and junk as far as business opps. But there are also quite a few honest, hard working people like yourself. Thank you Angie for doing what you do.
Chris Valverde
It feels liberating to share my story… there is more to come, in good time.
Thank you Grant for the comment!
Angie
Thanks Olson, Nobody said life would be easy… they just said it would be worth it!
May all your dreams come true
Angie
Angie, indeed we do encounter some varied and sundry obstacles along the journey of life. Some we handle more swiftly than others, but handle them we must. I have benefited greatly from you and what you have accomplished. I pray your continued safe journey on the road to fulfillment. Thanks for being a super mentor.
Wow, didn’t really know all that. Glad to have met you and become friends. Thanks for what you put into marketing and the inspiration to write articles and get me started in article marketing.
Great job,
Grant Blaylock