Why My Yamaha R1 is like an Internet Business
Hey there, my second post since I decided to restart my journey on starting an Internet Business.
And you are probably thinking why I titled this about a motorbike….
Well this is why….
Damn, I decided to take my motorbike out yesterday…..
You see my big bike…the Yamaha R1 which I love to bits and I spent quite a bit of money fixing it up caused me some trouble yesterday.
To be honest it pissed me off a lot.
After fixing it up it was running like a baby…better than ever since I bought it from a friend a few years ago.
So…Yesterday I decided to take it out and go see my friends in town.
Yeah…I admit…Wanted to show it off a bit….but
A couple of km down the road it started coughing and spluttering and eventually cut out.
Man…was I pissed off. To cut a long story short I had to get it back home and take my wife’s scooter into town to meet my friends.
So why is this like an Internet Business you may ask ?
Well…..
When I eventually got into town to meet my friends (a lot later than we had agreed to meet up) and I explained to then what happened…
One of them who understands more about big bikes than I do, explained to me that big performance bikes like mine need to be run regularly.
Leaving them sitting at the back of your house (like I had done for 4 weeks) causes the fuel to get sticky and everything seizes up.
I had been away and neglected it so it gotten to the point it didn’t run properly anymore.
He told me that I need to take it out and run it at least once a week for an hour or so to keep it running smoothly.
I still haven’t managed to start it properly but it also got me thinking …..
It’s exactly the same as running and Internet Business….If you leave it standing for 3 – 4 weeks it starts to have problems and will eventually stop working.
To put it in 1 word it is CONSISTENCY.
And I realized tonight that , that is exactly what I have been lacking in all my Internet Marketing efforts.
I have started many projects but never stuck with the long enough.
I have made some money but never stuck with it.
So you may be asking now….What has happened with your coaching with Andy, Donal ???
Well, I had my first call with Andy last week and we chatted for 2 hours about many things.
This is what we agreed (And I knew this already but never did it). He told me to make a free offer and set up and a squeeze page (landing page).
I realized this is something I had already done but never followed through on (PERSISTENCE).
The gold nugget from our conversation was this…..
Make it a course and not a simple PDF because nobody cares about a PDF anymore.
So I am now working on a free course and a course that adds real value to my customers.
Watch this space and I will let you know as soon as the course is available.
Bear in mind also that you are effectively watching a live case study as it happens, so you will see if it works or not and what I do with whatever happens (Feeling scared now).
Another thing I spoke about a lot with Andy was Mindset and Time Management and that is something I am working on a lot myself at the moment.
I will talk about this a lot more in a future post, but here is one thing I know for sure and have learnt over the years and that is…..
MINDSET IS 80% of the key to success in starting your own Internet business.
MINDSET, FOCUS (I will deal with in another post) and PERSISTENCE which I mentioned already and will also talk about in a later post.
Why do I know these things you may ask?…. I will tell you why …Because I have lacked all of them, but am getting better and some of them I am still working on.
I look forward to telling you how I have improved each of them and am still working on all of them.
Let me leave you with a question….
Have you already bought courses and know what you should be doing but haven’t done it?
Have you started doing it but got distracted on the way ?
Are you still trying to figure out what you should really be doing?
If so, then yes, I have been there too for many years.
Hell, if I implemented half of what I know I should have a 6 figure business already but I was all over the place and confused.
But now finally I have a plan and working towards that plan.
Another HUGE part of getting to where you want to be is being made ACCOUNTABLE and that is another thing I will address in an up and coming post.
We all think we can make ourselves ACCOUNTABLE to ourselves, I did too… but we can make excuses to ourselves and agree with those excuses and let ourselves off when it suits us.
I am working on something (Free) for people who REALLY want accountability and will let you know as soon as it is in place.
Peace, Love and Success,
Donal
And I realized tonight that , that is exactly what I have been lacking in all my Internet Marketing efforts.
I have started many projects but never stuck with the long enough.
I have made some money but never stuck with it.
So you may be asking now….What has happened with your coaching with Andy, Donal ???
Well, I had my first call with Andy last week and we chatted for 2 hours about many things.
This is what we agreed (And I knew this already but never did it). He told me to make a free offer and set up and a squeeze page (landing page).
I realized this is something I had already done but never followed through on (PERSISTENCE).
The gold nugget from our conversation was this…..
Make it a course and not a simple PDF because nobody cares about a PDF anymore.
So I am now working on a free course and a course that adds real value to my customers.
Watch this space and I will let you know as soon as the course is available.
Bear in mind also that you are effectively watching a live case study as it happens, so you will see if it works or not and what I do with whatever happens (Feeling scared now).
Another thing I spoke about a lot with Andy was Mindset and Time Management and that is something I am working on a lot myself at the moment.
I will talk about this a lot more in a future post, but here is one thing I know for sure and have learnt over the years and that is…..
MINDSET IS 80% of the key to success in starting your own Internet business.
MINDSET, FOCUS (I will deal with in another post) and PERSISTENCE which I mentioned already and will also talk about in a later post.
Why do I know these things you may ask?…. I will tell you why …Because I have lacked all of them, but am getting better and some of them I am still working on.
I look forward to telling you how I have improved each of them and am still working on all of them.
Let me leave you with a question….
Have you already bought courses and know what you should be doing but haven’t done it?
Have you started doing it but got distracted on the way ?
Are you still trying to figure out what you should really be doing?
If so, then yes, I have been there too for many years.
Hell, if I implemented half of what I know I should have a 6 figure business already but I was all over the place and confused.
But now finally I have a plan and working towards that plan.
Another HUGE part of getting to where you want to be is being made ACCOUNTABLE and that is another thing I will address in an up and coming post.
We all think we can make ourselves ACCOUNTABLE to ourselves, I did too… but we can make excuses to ourselves and agree with those excuses and let ourselves off when it suits us.
I am working on something (Free) for people who REALLY want accountability and will let you know as soon as it is in place.
Peace, Love and Success,
Donal
