What are you running from?

This is a topic that I’ve been really paying a lot of attention to lately. In fact, it’s really all I have been paying attention to. I’m not talking about what I’m running from, because I’m not… I’m talking about Mindset.

Mindset is important. It’s the single biggest factor to your success online yet people spend little time working on it or really thinking about it.

The fact is…people want to become online marketers because they see and hear about these great success stories. People making millions of dollars a year online.

Those that aren’t succeeding, that aren’t achieving their goals, are likely running from something. They are running from their current job, they are running from debt, they are running from their current life. There lies the problem.

Over the past several months I’ve reflected on what I’ve achieved in my life, both online and offline. While I was working on my online business, I never felt the need to quit my job or to escape my family. I’m not in debt, although I have been and I distinctly remember the feeling.

The truth is, when I started working on my online business, I was always running to something. I was looking forward to the income, the checks. I envisioned how easy it was going to be. I knew that if others had done it, so could I, and it just happened. I didn’t do anything magical. I didn’t look for a shortcut.  Like Nike, I knew to ‘Just Do it’.

Step 1 for success, stop running away, and begin running toward your goal.

What is Mindset?

Mindset means different things to different people. I’m probably one of the few people that hadn’t read The Secret until recently. It’s amazing that what I read in that book I had been practicing for some time. And as I began to look around and remember all of the recent training, coaching, seminars and people I’ve spoken with, books I’ve read, etc.. there was a recurring theme. You change your beliefs, adjust your mindset, think success and you will achieve it.

Here are a few examples. In April I was in San Diego attending Mass Control 2. Frank Kern had the group do quite a few exercises… ranging from envisioning your perfect life, to writing exactly what you will accomplish in one year. Again, not envisioning what you want, envision what you can have. Act as if you already have it.

A few months later I attended Launch Tree Live in Vegas. Again, Frank Kern spoke, but this time, it was Marshall Sylver’s presentation that overlapped. You must act and believe that you have already achieved success and it will follow.

Finally and most recently, the videos that Tony Robbins just put together with John Reese and Frank Kern contained much of the same content. Changing your beliefs will allow you to succeed.

Step 2 for success, believe you will be successful and eventually you will be.

Excuses and Negativity

I thoroughly enjoy my work(if you can call it that). I enjoy communicating with my members and subscribers. Occasionally, I’ll have some people unsubscribe from my list…and when they do, they feel compelled to leave a comment or reason. I love that… and I encourage it. It allows me to grow and adapt.

The excuses I often see are things like, “This stuff doesn’t work”, “I can’t afford to do this”, “These ideas take too long, I need money now”. It are those people that will continue to subscribe and unsubscribe from others lists, spending countless hours online looking for one secret that will give them their success.

It amazes me that people can spend so much time complaining, but aren’t willing to take the time to be positive and make a difference for themselves.

Step 3 for success, focus on being positive and grateful. A little positive energy goes a long way.

Failure is an Option

I want to make something perfectly clear… it’s OK to fail. It’s perfectly fine for you to not have an immediate success. It is NOT Ok to give up, blame someone else and create excuses for the failure. It happens. Be realistic about the failure, course correct and move on. I’ve had several failed business ventures and many of the industry “gurus” have openly admitted their failures. Had they given up, they wouldn’t have achieved their guru status or the big bank accounts and success they have today.

What Are You Going To Do Right Now?

Seriously. Right now at this very second. Right after you read this. What are you going to do? Are you going to go on, wasting time(not saying reading this is wasting time by any means), checking the news, reading other blogs, picking through sales pages… OR are you going to make a plan for yourself. Are you going to change your beliefs, your mindset and begin each day being grateful for what you know, what you are about to accomplish and they things you are about to have because of your change in mindset?

Take action, move forward.