that sucks, working your ass off for pennies, article
writing and publishing, creating content, ditch digging,
ignoring your kids, drug dealing, peddling crack, lacking
faith in your ability, or any of the other things you talked
about.
John -
My post has nothing to do with a lack of work
ethic. I’m a life-long overachiever and I don’t
hesitate the least to say that my “cruise mode”
outdoes the average person’s bust ass mode.
The point I intended to make in my post
is that hard work, in and of itself, is NOT the
cause of success.
Take this as an example: When I was a teen
I was skinny. I wanted nothing more than to be a
great athlete. I worked out SIX hours per day -
that included weight training, a conditioning
class with one of the top wrestling teams in my
state, two hours of swim practice and then more
weight training.
I was in phenomenal shape – but peaked at 147lbs
and made no progress towards my goal of being
a stacked stud.
Today, the latest trends in body building seem to
advocate working out 3-4 times per week for 30
minutes of INTENSE training doing fewer exercise,
but more efficient exercises.
(If a bunch of muscle heads can figure that out,
then why is the concept so difficult to grasp
here?)
Work ethic has not been questioned here – but
instead the perceived path to the desired result
that many still believe is the 16-hour work day.
I got off on the article/authority site tangent,
not because that’s what you referenced, but
because that’s what a lot of people on this
forum are doing to try to become successful
at IM.
I work a fraction of the hours today that I
did when I began online – and my income has
increased proportionally. I started with that
same basic model because it was “free”.
It’s a shit model and I don’t mind writing that
for anyone to read.
The original post in this thread says that the
4-Hour Work Week is a load of crap.
I’m saying that the paradigm many here have
been sold and bought into is the load of crap.
Did I need to work 12-16 hour days the first
4-5 years I was online? Since I made little
money doing that it’s at least fair to say that
had NO direct impact on financial results.
Maybe – MAYBE – that’s what needed to
occur to get it through my thick head what
I should be doing – I wasn’t blessed with the
awareness of “how to” products then.
But more likely, my lack of knowledge was
why I had to work hard – there is NO lack of
available knowledge now if one knows where
to find it (AND what to believe).
2-3 INTENSE hours of work per day is plenty
to have a good financial life if you utilize the
leverage available. The rest of the day you
work on other areas of life that are of equal
or greater importance.
When I see people working 12-16 hours per
day, and proclaiming that proudly,
I think “What a fool I WAS and what a fool
you ARE.”
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