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Blogging and Online Business Motivation

Post Updated: 15/03/2017 By Andrew 2 Comments

Quite often we talk about starting an online business and how to do it correctly on this website. But today I wanted to cover the subject of maintaining your online business. It’s very easy to get started these days with an online business but it’s another story when it comes to maintaining that online presence. Small business motivation is something that can be hard to find sometimes. The fact is, we all go through tough times in our businesses at some stage and getting past those phases can be really hard.

Has the excitement started to disappear? Need some motivation?

In my experience over at Wealthy Affiliate I come across people that tend to be highly motivated in the beginning and that’s great! To finally make the big decision to start your own business can be a big leap. But for us bloggers and affiliate marketers it can be a really lonely task running an online business from day to day with little or no reward to show for it. So it’s no wonder that for a lot of people, the pressure starts to build up over time.

Today I wanted to share a bit of my experience with you in the hope that you might get a little small business motivation from it. If you are new to this website, my name is Andrew and I have been working online for several years. I started off with an interest in affiliate marketing and so also learned how to use WordPress and a few other blogging platforms. Like many people I simply saw affiliate marketing as a great way to make some extra money. That was enough to give me my initial inspiration. [Read more…]

The Wall Experiment

Post Updated: 14/04/2019 By Andrew 10 Comments

The Wall Experiment

The Wall Experiment – Overcoming self doubt

The Wall Experiment - Overcoming self doubts

Today I was reminded of just how difficult it can be to start your own online business, sometimes even before you actually get started something stops you. Like many people out there one of the things that I had to overcome was self doubt. I had doubts that I could build a website in the beginning, I had doubts that I could make money running a business. That was years ago and over that time I have overcome so many obstacles. We all have our doubts and fears to overcome but sometimes they can really hold us back from doing the things that could potentially make us successful.

Today I was contacted by someone who wanted to become a successful online business owner. They wanted to write their own blog and had a lot of ideas that they wanted to share. However they had doubts that were holding them back from getting actually started. When I asked why they had doubts, the response I got was all too familiar and one that I see evidence of all the time. They said that they had been looking at other blogs and websites like ours. Rather than getting inspiration and ideas from these sites they got fear and doubt. Fear that they could never build a blog like the ones they had looked at and doubt as to if they should even try.

If you can relate to this story then I would ask you to watch this video…

How does this wall make you feel? – The Social Experiment

The Only Thing Standing In Your Way Is The Belief That You Can’t!

There is a tendency to believe that most of the people that we look to for inspiration and those that appear to be successful never have any self-doubts. This often couldn’t be further from the truth. We all have our strengths and weaknesses, we possess limitations within ourselves and we all have challenges. Some hold us back more than others and some people are better at finding ways to break through the doubts, but we all have them.

Overcoming Self Doubt When Starting An Online business

Here are seven tips for overcoming self-doubt when working on your online business or even if you are thinking of starting one. Follow the advice here and in time you will be the one that others are looking to for support.

Concentrate on your own success rather than other peoples. It’s ok to check out what your competition is doing and it’s ok to take inspiration from anywhere that you can. But don’t fall into the trap of thinking that you will never be good enough to reach their level. Remember, they started in the same place and probably with the same feelings that you have.
Don’t believe for one minute that an online business can be created overnight. Don’t take any notice of the stories and hype that you hear online about people being turned into millionaires, most of the time progression is very slow at first. It takes time to learn the necessary skills to become a successful online business owner, you need you learn before you can take action.
It’s easy to let doubt set in when mistakes happen. But running an online business is like anything else in life and mistakes will happen. Learn from your mistakes and move on, rather than letting doubt take over.
Distract yourself when things start getting you down. There are points in all of our lives when it seems that we just can’t come up the answer or make the right decision. Sometimes the best thing to do is to walk away and take a break for a short time. Often by taking a little time-out, things can seem a lot clearer when you return.
Don’t let other people rule your head. There will always be some people that are all too willing to give a negative opinion. You may find that these people are often the ones that are closest to you, they may even think that they are doing you a favor. If you have a passion that you want to transform into a business, just try it and don’t let others stop you. You have very little to lose in trying anything and a lot to gain once you become successful.
Surround yourself with others that will support and guide you. One of the greatest things that you can ever do even before you start an online business is to surround yourself with like-minded people that will help you and give you advice. Everybody needs a little support, especially in the beginning. In time you will get the chance to repay the favor by supporting others with the same dreams.
Eliminate self-doubt by evaluating the situation. When self doubt starts to set in, ask yourself what’s the worst thing that could happen? We all have doubts, its just a case of dealing with them and learning over time how to process them. Weighing up the pro’s and con’s of a situation can often be a simple solution. But the key here is not to let doubt take over again, but to take action on the decision that we have made.

I face self doubt every single day...

Surround yourself with inspiring people.

You can read more as 13 entrepreneurs talk about overcoming self doubt by clicking here.

Want to surround yourself with people that will support you?

If you would like to start your own online business then I highly suggest that you surround yourself with like-minded individuals that will help and support you throughout your journey. My top suggestion would be to join Wealthy Affiliate as a free member so that you can experience this amazing online community of entrepreneurs.

What is it that's holding you back?

You can do it! Don’t let anyone convince you that you can’t.

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Coping With Online Business Naysayers – How to cope with negative opinions within an online business. Getting negative opinions from people about your online business ambitions? Check out this post and join the conversation.

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What To Do When You Hate Your Job

Post Updated: 15/03/2017 By Andrew 18 Comments

What to do when you hate your job. Is frustration just ahead?

I have been asked many times over the years, what to do when you hate your job? And although I can only give you my opinion and the solution that I found from my own point of view, let me tell you, I do understand your pain. Hating a job that you need to go to every day can be the worst feeling in the world. Of course what makes things even worse is the fact that you can’t quit because you relay on the money to look after your family and no doubt keep a roof over your head.

Why do so many people hate their jobs?

I hate my job!

There are lots of reasons that you might hate your job. One of the biggest that I have come across is that people simply aren’t appreciated within the workplace any more. Do you feel frustrated? No career progression, low pay or are you simply treated badly? There are fewer jobs these days that offer the balance of being able to go to work and feel like you have done a good job whilst making a difference and getting that feeling of fulfillment. The feeling of belonging and of having a purpose within our job is really important, but it would seem that this is a very rare thing indeed!

There are a multitude of reasons why people hate their jobs and I would encourage you to use this page to post your stories and let others know why you hate your job so much! There is a comments section at the bottom of this article, feel free to express your feelings whilst not swearing or giving away any personal details, we don’t want your boss to find out what you’ve been saying!

What to do when you hate your job – My experience

In my own experience, I found like many people that I did my first job for quite a long time (10 years!) and I felt as though I was almost “locked in” after that length of time. It’s quite common to not know what you want to do with your career and as a result you simply look for any job that will pay the bills and keep you in a home.

I decided that I had to make a move into a different career after doing the same thing for ten years, and it wasn’t easy because I still didn’t really know what I wanted to do with my life! I took the brave move of jumping from one thing that I had become bored of and ended up doing something totally different. In my case, I then found that the job that I went to wasn’t for me either and as a result I ended up jumping from one job to another, in an attempt to find something more suitable. Unfortunately, I never managed to find a job where I felt truly satisfied with my career choice. For that reason I started looking into ways of starting my own online businesses and concentrating on the things that really interested me as an individual.

Reasons For Hating Your Job:

Let me know in the comments section if you can relate to anything here:

You hate your boss.
Your boss appears to hate you!
Your job simply sucks!
Your job is boring! (Yawn!)
You hate your surroundings at work.
Nobody appreciates your efforts within the workplace.
You have poor or no facilities in the workplace.
You have no chance to progress within your job.
You get not sense of fulfillment from your job.
You are tired of the monotony of going to work.
The people that you work with are total morons!

Can you relate to any of these? Yes, it’s a fact that jobs are not created with the intention of making us happy as employees most of the time. It’s obviously a fact that the aim of most jobs is to make a business money by performing your daily duties. However what a lot of businesses fail to realize is the fact that it generally takes a lot of workers to make a successful business and whilst people are unhappy within their job, they will never do their best for the company.

What To Do When You Hate Your Job – Taking Action

What to do when you hate your job? Start taking action!

So you want to know what to do when you hate your job? What steps should you take to make your life better? Let’s look at some solutions and then I will tell you how I changed my life for the better and how you can do the same.

You have a few basic choices in my opinion. The first choice that you need to make is simply do you stay or do you leave your job? You can start taking action to change things, but only when you have truly decided which direction to go in. Staying in the job that you hate is safe, it pays the bills and like we have already said it no doubt keeps you in a home. But can you really go through life wishing that things were better and never actually doing anything about it? Changing things for the better involves either changing the way that you look at your job or making the decision to find a new job.

Let’s look at those options…

Play it safe. Stick with the job that you hate. It pays my bills. (low risk, low return)
Rethink why you hate your job and take steps to alter this. (Low risk, medium return)
Find a new job or create your own path. (Higher risk, maximum return)

Play it safe, stay miserable

We all know what you can expect from keeping everything the same! If you don’t change anything in your life and continue doing the same old thing, day in, day out, then don’t expect anything to miraculously happen by itself. Winning the lottery is highly unlikely so if you want change, you better be prepared to make a change! Baring that in mind, let’s take a look at our first option. Is it possible to rethink why you hate your job so much and make changes to rectify the way that you think?

Think about this:

Surround yourself with people that are positive.

By saying that you hate your job might in itself make you feel less worth. By admitting that you hate your job is almost like saying that you didn’t successfully find the right job. In declaring that you really dislike your job is the first step to less productivity within the workplace. Adapting a positive attitude if at all possible can help you to move forward in leaps and bounds, although I am all too aware that this is not always possible!

Generally speaking, Job haters have lots of company in the work place as there tends to be a lot of people that hate their job. Think about it, do you really hate your job or are you being influenced by the opinions of others?

What are the reasons that you hate your job? Realistically, are there any steps that you could take within the workplace that could make your life better? Do you hate the fact that you are poorly paid for instance? Can you take steps to improve your position and increase your pay?

Sometimes it simply takes a little positive attitude to make things seem a little better and this is a low risk strategy that could make things seem a little better in the short term.

What if you are out of options? What if you really NEED to change!

Option 3 is slightly higher risk in my opinion but is a risk that sometimes needs to be taken in order to progress. If you really can’t find any other way to beat the frustration of how you feel about your job, then eventually you need to come up with a plan. Fortunately for me, I already had part of a plan, I just needed some direction.

If you really can’t see no other way to move forward then you seriously need to do some searching within yourself, in order to discover what would make you happy. For myself, I always knew that I would like to start my own internet based, home business. It’s quite amazing how it can make you feel to just start building something that you love doing rather than hating. For me, starting my own online business wasn’t something that just happened over night. It was a process of learning and building over time. But that process was enough to make the day to day hatred of my day job seem more bearable.

I am now part of an internet business community that finds lots of people that start their own online businesses for many reasons. Either they are not very well paid, they hate their job or they simply want to create a better lifestyle for themselves.

What to do when you hate your job – My advice

If you really hate your job as so many people do, then my advice would be to firstly try to alter the way that you look at your job. A positive attitude can go a long way! Don’t just quit your job that will only leave you in a worse position. Search within yourself and ask yourself what it is that you think would really make you happy? Look for the one thing in life that you are really passionate about. Can you turn your passion into a new job or even your own business?

What to do when you hate your job – Create Your Own Job

What to do when you hate your job? Create your own?

I have never been able to find the perfect job! I left school not really knowing what job I wanted to do. I jumped from one thing to another without ever finding any real direction or fulfillment. That was until I realized that my best bet would be to start my own home based business, talking about things that I was interested in.

There are many benefits to starting your own business and it can be very rewarding. If you really hate your job and you simply can’t find a solution then perhaps the best solution would be to create your own job. Could you start your own business? Perhaps you have an interest or passion that could be turned into an online business? Did you know that it’s possible to make money online from just about any interest, passion or niche that you could possibly imagine?

What to do when you hate your job – Start your own online business

If you are interested in starting an online business based on any interest or passion that you may have, then I can help and guide you. The process for getting started and learning more, costs you nothing and you can speak to me about it for free too! I don’t bite!

The online community that I am now part of is called Wealthy Affiliate and it’s full of people just like you, that want to make their lives better for various reasons.

If you are interested then please take a look at our Wealthy Affiliate Review. By joining the free membership through this website, you get my full support and guidance.

Just want a rant, a moan or do you need to vent your anger?

As I said earlier, you are free to say what you like on this page regarding jobs and how much you hate them. So go right ahead, have a really good rant! Tell us why you hate your job, what’s so bad about it and what you intend to do. Do you hate your boss? Tell us about it! Feel free to ask for advice, we can only give an opinion but I will try to help!

Coping With Online Business Naysayers

Post Updated: 15/03/2017 By Andrew 56 Comments

Coping with online business naysayers. A black cloud looms over your internet business world. But how do we deal with this big black cloud that's been created by these people?

Once up a time you had a dream, a dream of owning your very own internet based business. You research the idea and the dream got bigger and bigger. The idea of owning your online business seems realistic after your research and ideal in lots of ways. You start talking to your friends, family and colleagues about it. You simply can’t help but talk about it, because you’re excited by the prospect of building your very own online business and fulfilling your dream. Suddenly, a dark and dismal cloud appears over the world of your internet business as the onslaught of the online business naysayers begins…

Click this image for the definition of the word "Naysayer" — Naysayer definition.

A barrage of negativity or someone trying to be helpful?

After speaking with several people in the internet marketing and online business world, I know that I am not alone when I say that most internet business owners have encountered a barrage of negativity from either people they know within their family and friends or people that they work with. Most of the time, these people think they are being helpful by giving us a negative slant on things. But comments and criticisms, especially when you are just getting started can really affect how you feel about your business. Of course there are also those people that will try to side track you in any way possible, simply because they know that you are on to something and they don’t want the extra competition.

Have you had a totally ridiculous idea or is that someone else’s opinion?

Have you ever been told that your idea of building an online business was crazy, ridiculous, or that you didn’t have the intelligence to pull it off? Over the years, I’ve heard it all… “The internet is a scam”, “nobody can make money online, because Google keeps it all!”… Well, if you can relate to any of this then this article was written just for you!

Isn’t it funny how everyone can suddenly become an expert and have an opinion on building an online business even when you know for a fact that they have never done anything remotely like it in their lives? So do you listen to these people? Do you take their negative advice on board and let it eat away at you? Of course not, but negativity is hard to overcome sometimes.

Finding a positive outcome

Over the years, I have started several online businesses and web projects, some have been really successful whilst others have been less successful. But in every knock-back, setback or minor glitch in your journey to building your online business dream, you should always try to find something positive from it. Even if your idea fails to make any profit online, you need to find a positive outcome so that you can move forward towards your end goal again. So what if you didn’t make a lot of money the first time you tried to build a business, did you learn a new skill? Positivity in these situations is something that the online business naysayers can’t usually comprehend. In learning new skills and techniques we are growing within ourselves, perhaps we might get it totally wrong the first time, but what business ever gets it right immediately?

I know from experience that everyone has their own challenges when it comes to building their own online business and I also know that the answer isn’t always as straight forward as simply ignoring the comments of negative people.

Hateful and negative comments

I remember one of the first times that I encountered some really nasty and aggressive comments from one of the businesses that I was building at the time. The comments were so harsh that it actually stopped me in my tracks and my business was put on hold for several days. Looking back, I now know that I was actually getting hateful comments from people that were in competition with me. They knew that I was making money and starting to be successful, they didn’t like that. What really affected me the most was the fact that I was trying to genuinely help people with a service that I was providing and I didn’t expect to receive hateful and negative comments in return. Some people will stop at nothing to get a competitive edge.

Are you friends and family part of the online business naysayers clan?

On the other hand friends family and work colleagues can be almost as bad with negative comments and general opinions on how your online business won’t take off!

A very sleepy tiger. A tiger doesn't lose sleep over the opinions of sheep. Think about it, you you listening to those opinions?

I have been working online for quite a few years now and I know how the process works. I know to expect a bit of a wait whilst my business takes off too. However the naysayers will have you believe that you shouldn’t do anything unless you are getting paid right away, like in a conventional job!

So how do you go about keeping your dream alive and how do you cope with the online business naysayers that are hell-bent on ruining your plans?

Well I know it’s easy for me to say simply ignore the negative people of this world and continue to battle on to success, but that is the best way to deal with them. Aside from completely shutting off from the comments that drag you down, there is another really good solution for dealing with naysayers. I have found that its best to surround yourself with like-minded individuals that want to help rather than hinder you.

Defeat the online business naysayers. Do it for the people that want to see you fail!

If you can relate to anything that you have read here, I would love to hear from you. Please post your comments or examples of what you have had to overcome whilst building your online business. If you want to surround yourself with people that actually want to see you succeed, I can help you with that! Click here for our free training and access to the free wealthy affiliate training and community.

The Wealthy Affiliate community is the No.1 place online if you really want to meet genuine people that have a dream of building an online business, just like you! Surround yourself with people from all over the world, at all different levels of experience and talk to them live within the community. You can hook up and chat with me too, if you like! Whatever your hopes and dreams are, no matter if you don’t even have a clue about starting your online business. We can help you, it costs you nothing to start and it all begins right here.