WARNING: This post is going to hit you squarely in the gut, with no pulling of the punches at all. If you are easily offended, or cannot look at yourself in the mirror to get to the root of your internet business problems, then just go do one of the other hundred unfocused activities you would like to do right now. Ignore this post until you are ready to make real changes to your internet marketing success.
Note: Before reading…I will preface that I have personally made each of the mistakes identified in this post (and many more). The difference is I learned from them, and quit blaming others for my failures.
Will/Have you, starting right this minute?
Let’s get started with your “look in the mirror”…
How many of these statements can you apply, in one form or another, to your internet business?
* “If Mary would have just gotten me that website in time, this project would have launched better!”
* “That bank should have approved me for that small business loan, then I would be able to get this business going!”
* “I’ll just get to that later, after the dust settles on this fire I have to put out.”
* “The reason my sales are down is because that guru didn’t do a Joint Venture with me.”
Etc… Etc…
It’s easy to find someone, a set of circumstances, or something to blame for your failures, isn’t it? Guess what, there is actually only one person to blame for all of your internet business failures…
You.
No one else but you.
“If Mary would have just gotten me that website in time, this project would have launched better!”
You are the reason that website didn’t get done in time…you could have interviewed the person for the job better, or you could have stopped putting all of your eggs in one basket, or put incentives in place for finishing early. What? Paying more for the right to be a little pickier, and to get your project done on time or ahead of schedule? Making the freelancer feel appreciated and actually creating the atmosphere for them to pay a little more attention to your project? Hmmm.
“That bank should have approved me for that small business loan, then I would be able to get this business going!”
Why didn’t the bank approve you for that loan? Your credit? Your crappy business plan and lack of clear direction for your internet marketing venture? Your lack of ability to sell yourself and your business to the loan officer? Could be a combination of elements…but all of those elements point back to one person, you.
“I’ll just get to that later, after the dust settles on this fire I have to put out.”
Why can’t you get to it now? Are you so unfocused in doing 100’s of tasks that you are not putting a simple daily/weekly/monthly/yearly plan together and sticking to it? When will “later” arrive if you genuinely can’t do it now? You might not have the time right this second…but you can most certainly attach a date and time to complete the task if it is important enough right? If not, the task probably isn’t important enough to even consider allowing yourself to think about it, even for a second.
“The reason my sales are down is because that guru didn’t do a Joint Venture with me.”
That guru (I hate that term) didn’t do a Joint Venture with you because of you…and they are not to blame for your success or failure. If this has ever described an actual case in your internet business, shame on you for blaming someone else for your business failures. There are a number of reasons that guru’s will not do Joint Ventures with someone…but I have written on this topic several times…
Now, I have not even scratched the scratch of the scratch of the surface when it comes to the number of different scenarios that exist where it is easy for you to blame others for your failures online.
What I will ask you to do today is make a major change to your mindset:
OWN BOTH YOUR SUCCESS AND YOUR FAILURES.
That’s it. Quit whining and wasting valuable time, energy, and trying to find a reason or another person for your internet business failures. Instead look to what you can do better yourself next time.
Until the next time we look in the mirror together.
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Joseph Ratliff is a direct response copywriter, internet business growth strategist, and author of The Profitable Business Edge 2 located at http://josephratliff.name
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