If it's working, don't fix it.

Some of the most important things can only be learned in the process of doing them. You do something and you get feedback - About what works and what doesn’t. If you don’t do anything for fear of doing it wrong, poorly, or badly, you never get any feedback, and therefore you never get to learn and improve.

Experience your fear and take action anyway.

As you move forward on your journey from where you are to where you want to be, you are going to have to confront your fears. Fear is natural. Whenever you start a new project, take on a new venture, or put yourself out there, there is usually fear. Unfortunately, most people let fear stop them from taking the necessary steps to achieve their dreams. Successful people, on the other hand, feel the fear along with the rest of us but don’t let it keep them from doing anything they want to do- or have to do. They understand that fear is something to be acknowledged, experienced, and taken along for the ride.

You have to be willing to feel the fear.

Most of the good stuff requires taking a risk. And the nature of risk is that it doesn’t always work out.

Your job is to do everything you can to create your desired outcomes, and then you let go.

Sometimes you don’t get the intended result by the date you want. That is life. You just keep moving in the direction of your goal until you get there. Sometimes the universe has other plans, and often they are better than the ones you had in mind.

Be willing to pay the price.

“If people knew how hard I had to work to gain my mastery, it wouldn’t seem wonderful at all.” - Michelangelo

Behind every great achievement is a story of education, training, practice, discipline, and sacrifice. You have to be willing to pay the price.

Maybe that price is pursuing one single activity while putting everything else in your life on hold. Maybe it’s investing all your own personal wealth or savings. Maybe it’s the willingness to walk away from the safety of your current situation.

But though many things are typically required to reach a successful outcome, the willingness to do what’s required adds that extra dimension to the mix that helps you persevere in the face of overwhelming challenges, setbacks, pain, and even personal injury.

“The big secret in life is that there is no secret. Whatever is your goal, you can get there if you are willing to work.” - Oprah Winfrey

Update for Sof 11/18/2024

I got distracted and started working on something that wasn’t making me money. Now I am down in sales and have to re-start the momentum I was finally gaining in sales.

Sof… if it ain’t broken, don’t fix it.

I am back to creating emails for re-activation and figuring out how to incorporate financing into the ads and removing the fancy membership system.

Lesson. Learned. The. Hard. Way.