Have you ever been imprisoned?
The vast majority are fortunate enough to avoid the experience of having their liberty taken away from them, but lets imagine for a moment that you are in prison right now.
How are you feeling about yourself, your life? What about your future, what do you have to look forward to as an ex-convict?
Even in the safe confines of your imagination, those thoughts can conjure up some uncomfortable feelings, and with good reason. It takes somebody with a healthy dose of self belief to come out of an experience like that as a stronger, better person, determined to get their life back on track.
We have all heard of rags to riches stories. Well this one is a riches to rags, back to riches story, and the best part is, it is all true and unfolding as you read this.
The subject of our story is an Englishman named Mark, who, not so very long ago enjoyed a high standard of living as a very successful online affiliate marketer, earning around two million dollars a year, at a time when the internet was still in its infancy.
Everything was going well in Mark's world, until he made a risky move in taking on the very people who were paying him affiliate commissions. He formed his own company to rival them, and was sued and lost the case.
Mark was now burdened with large legal fees, a loyal but expensive staff, no income and was understandably feeling just a little desperate about his situation.
Desperate times call for desperate measures, and Mark chose to pursue an alternative income through illegal means in order to keep his head above water.
Unfortunately for Mark and his staff, the law caught up with him, and he eventually found himself sentenced to four years imprisonment, of which he served two.
Having come out of jail a bankrupt, but owing his caring friends and family a huge amount of money, Mark estimated that his total debts were in the region of $450000.00, some of which had been raised by his parents against their house. Imagine being responsible for your parents losing the family home!
To many people, this might have been a breaking point, but it is at this most unlikely of times the Mark decided that he would set himself a goal, of not only repaying his considerable debts to his family and friends, but to become a millionaire once more. Maybe this was the point that he first conceived Millionaire Profit Secrets, his first major product in the internet marketing arena.
Create Your Own Reality
How many people dream of becoming a millionaire?
Do you?
How many of those people go on to achieve their dream?
We all know the answer to that one, but why do so many people fail, and what of the ones who succeed, what are they doing differently?
Set Your Mind to The Task
This is where the mental strength Mark displayed in serving a custodial sentence and emerging with the drive to re-establish himself as a law abiding and wealth creating member of society is best examined.
The word 'mindset' can be used to encapsulate a number of the qualities necessary to become successful in any field, let alone the highly competitive world of Internet Marketing.
These attributes are what separates Mark, who, on being freed, was handicapped by having to catch up on two years of technological advancement, over people who spent those same years at liberty to make fortunes online - and yet didn't.
Those qualities are as follows:-
A Strong Work Ethic - Having the discipline to work at your online business, rather than merely calling all that time spent messing around on YouTube and Facebook 'work'.
Ambition and Drive - What gets you up in the morning? Do you leap out of bed excited about your current project? Do you wish there were more hours in the day? Or are you going through the motions?
'Bouncebackability' - OK, that's a made up word (I am not claiming to have invented it - see Tim Lovejoy on Wikipedia). It's another word for resilience, being about to take the inevitable setbacks on the chin, dust yourself down, and carry on with renewed determination.
Passion It is important to be passionate about your business, otherwise it is just work, and therefore will not inspire you to greatness.
Sacrifice What are you willing to do in order to achieve your aims? Give up watching TV? Cut back on recreational activities? The extent to which you are willing to put pastimes on hold in pursuit of success is a good indicator of your likely success.
Persistence Many people find it easy enough to build up enough excitement about a project, only to see the enthusiasm evaporate days or weeks down the line. Any endeavour worth doing requires a high level of commitment. It that something you possess?
In the four months since being released from prison, Mark had achieved two of his five goals. The story goes on, and its going to be a thrilling ride, as Mark continues in his quest to go from 'Despair to Internet Millionaire'.
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