I know some of you are reading my lifestyle posts and getting angry.
I know how you feel.
I was angry and frustrated for a long time. I saw other people who were successful, had time and money, and everything, it seemed! I wanted badly to be successful too, and of course have the incredible lifestyle that went with it.
The problem was I was completely wrapped up in fear and doubt. I had to learn not to be so attached, I had to learn to just let go and get excited about the journey.
You see, success is a journey and not a destination.
I recently had lunch with a good friend of mine and fellow super affiliate, Jeff Roth. We’ve been friends for years, and in business together in the past. We failed for years, and surprisingly enough we had our big successes around the same time.
I love just talking to Jeff about all the crap we went through, all the years we failed, all the crazy stories! It was exciting, because even though we couldn’t see the results, we know we were doing what 99% of people were unwilling to do. We knew if we kept doing it we would live like 99% can only dream of living.
And NOW WE DO! 
Get excited about the journey, and stop worrying about the results.
If you ever studied Hindu philosophy, you understand that the key to success is taking action without being attached to the results.
This is easier said than done.
Set your goals, write out a game plan, and then execute your game plan and forget the goals.
Enjoy everyday, know that even if your next campaign fails that you’re that much closer to finding a winner. Know that with every campaign that fails you’ve learned something that will help you succeed in the future.
Every failure is a stepping stone to success, if you learn from it.
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Rachelle,
Check out Jeff Palmer’s “High Performance Affiliate Marketing”
Excellant stuff!!
Rachelle,
I agree with Ron, get Jeremy Palmer’s ebook. QuitYourDayJob.com is where you will find it.
Amit,
Great blog I look forward to encouraging comments
But one question, what the hell do you sell? except mugs
and teddy bears
Jim Novak
wireless-home-computer.com
still struggling w/adsense
Thanks for all of the input..I’ve read so much that it must mean that it is time to do. And then I will continue to learn by trial and error. That’s what I like about this blog and that is what it seems that Amit is trying to get people to do. I’m going for it all the way!!! Thanks again and I’ll continue to check in.
Must be a lot of affiliates with time on their hands to keep posting in this thread…
Why not spend the time to improve your campaigns or take a nice nap?
Hi Amit,
I just started in Affiliate Marketing a month or so ago. I love your blog. I like that you value self-improvement and positive attitude. Your Bermuda posts are inspiring. Great to know people really can be successful at this stuff!
Well, the thing is, people will find out sooner or later what you do! At lease all the affiliate managers and the network know exactly what you do. And will copy your business mode – if you keep on bragging.
I don’t even know how to respond to that last
comment from frank.
Haha… neither did I. I wanted to though…
Frank:
Your AM and network doesn’t need to read your blog to copy your campaigns, they just look at your earnings.
Repeating your results by copying your campaigns is just like saying you can drive like Schumacher by watching his tapes a bunch of times.
Fortunately, there’s a whole lot more than just putting a bunch of words on a landing page and managing your bid prices…