Thanks for the encouragement and putting this content out there. Sometimes it’s just being in the right place at the right time with the right mindset that makes all the difference.

Looking forward to persisitently going over, through, around, and blasting obstacles that are in my way internally and externally, because of you, Lynn, Deb, and other ‘dreamers and doers’ who adjust as we learn together.

Best,
Mary

Yeah! Power to the Newbies! I’m also glad to have Lynn on our side.

I’m just blown away by all the EXCELLENT free content available on her sites. If only I’d found her 2 1/2 years ago, who knows where I’d be today? But “if only” doesn’t put bread on the table, so I’m just grateful I found the teacher when I was ready for her.

I’ve started another cross-blog conversation, which you can see at http://debgallardo.com/virtuoso/120, plus it should show up on another post in this blog of Lynn’s.

Great webinar yesterday, right?

(A little background on me) I have a day job which I make a pretty decent living. It’s very flexible as far as time. I would venture to say that lots of folk would consider me really lucky. I do consider myself very blessed. . However I’m in no way compliance with just having a job. I started a company out of college in a totally unrelated field. Though the compensation was not major, the thrill I received from owning my company has stayed with me since.

I’ve made attempts to start other companies, but like Deb did not have enough passion to follow through with them. I’m finally found something that I really want to start. Funny, I can’t recall how I found out about internet marketing, however glad I did. I guess my greatest fear is will I keep the passion to make it work. Time will tell I guess.

Reading this series of post has given me new found hope. I’ve realize that the issues were not the material purchase but myself. I’m realizing that there’s not a magic bullets to success other then a good mindset, having the willingness to work, and an undeniable will to persist onward. Lynn’s point “But I have learned from personal experience that the breakthrough is usually just after the quitting point. ” Really hit the core of my being. So often we stop at the point where we are just one step away from breaking stride. I appreciate this reminder. I’m also reminded of an analogy I heard somewhere that starting anything is like a rocket ship taking off. It takes tremendous power to lift off and get into orbit. However once in orbit you become weightless and everything is practically effortless.

So to all the newbies , myself included, get your rocket ship engines ready to launch. Don’t forget to fuel your engine with plenty of “Newbie fuel” which is a mixture of knowledge, work, and persistence.

“POWER TO THE NEWBIES”, I’m glad we have a veteran like Lynn that is truly willing to help. I have joined her forum as an elite member and already have found it to be very helpful.

Thank you, thank you, thank you! You will NEVER know how much encouragement you’ve given me. As I said in my post, I felt like I was close to making it, but I just couldn’t tell since it seems so often that I’m operating in the dark.

And your forum sounds just like what I need. In fact, with my late-in-the-year income tax refund which should be arriving soon (I filed for an extension in April… umm, did I mention procrastination was also a problem?) I have earmarked a portion to pay for a year’s elite membership. It was business deductions that provided the refund, so it’s only fitting to reinvest some of it.

Your suggestion to Google my stumbling blocks is so practical and SIMPLE, that I’m thwacking myself in the forehead, saying, “Duh, why didn’t I think of that?!”

I don’t, unfortunately, plow on through when I hit a wall. I’ve hit so many, you see, and maybe I’ve got brain damage from banging my head against brick so often. LOL

I’m actually quite proud of the work I’ve done this year, albeit too slow for my liking. But I have made huge strides in reaching needed business milestones. Getting the ebook done was amazing. I’m still not sure how it came about.

One day I was thinking about what I’m good at and could write about (singing and acting and teaching are pretty tricky to do without “nicheing” them down and I haven’t been able to figure that out yet). Then in one of those moments of clarity that come all too seldom, I thought, “I could write about how to find story ideas.” I’d bought a little product online called “Open Your Daily Newspaper and Make Money.”

This reminded me that I’d gotten the idea for a published short story from the classified section of the paper, and from there, the ideas flowed so fast that sometimes I couldn’t type fast enough. It was as though my fingers and the keyboard were just channels for what was pouring out of me with a life of its own.

As for refocusing my blog, that was almost the same situation. I’ve been blocked from writing for a number of years. Not writer’s block per se. Long, boring story. Suffice it to say that this year I broke through whatever psychological or emotional barriers I’d erected or allowed to spring up, and this summer I redid my blog. I just started writing one day and the words were there. Finally.

I also search writing blogs for appropriate content to excerpt and I peruse ezinearticles.com and goarticles.com for free content to publish as well. Otherwise I’d just be on a permanent guilt trip about not writing enough. But I’m finding that it’s getting easier by the day to write articles. Personally, I think it’s because I actually have something to say. (I feel another “Duh…” coming on.)

Thanks again, Lynn! I think I’ve got enough steam now to get me through the next roadblocks. Look out, folks! Deb’s on a roll now!

I will say that coming here and to Self Starters has given me more motivation and inspiration in probably the past six months than most “experts” out there in the past 2-3 years.