Why 2% of Affiliates Rake in 95% of the Profits…Part III
August 6th, 2007 by 
Amit
Today I’m going to talk about the next part in the series “Why 2% of Affiliates Rake in 95% of the Profits.”
I want to talk about something that may be hindering your efforts to become a super affiliate and you don’t even know it…
BELIEFS
Do you know anyone who has the midas touch, whatever they do seems to work out, whatever business they start seems to become successful, as if by magic?
On the other hand, do you know somebody who seems to encounter one calamity, one stroke of bad luck after another. They’re always short of money, always running late, can’t hold a job for more than 2 months?? It’s as if a dark cloud is hovering over that person.
Now the casual observer would say the first person is ‘lucky’ and the second person is ‘unlucky.’ There’s only one problem with that, statistically, no one can is consistently ‘lucky’ or consistently ‘unlucky’, assuming luck is something that happens by complete chance.
Now most people don’t have the midas touch and most people don’t attract disaster to them at every turn. Most of people are in the middle.
So what determines whether you’ve got the midas touch or the mature touch (where everything goes wrong all the time) or if you’re somewhere in the middle??
It all has to do with your beliefs!
Many of you know exactly what I’m talking about, especially if you’re into self development and personal growth as I am.
Let look at some common beliefs about money you may have been exposed to:
Money is the root of all evil.
You have to get lucky to become rich.
You have to have the right connections to become rich.
Do you know what side of the tracks you were born on? You’ll never be rich.
We may be poor, but a least we’re honest (implying rich people are crooks).
Money doesn’t come easy, you have to work hard and sweat to make it. (trading hours for dollars)
Chances are that you’ve heard one of more of the above growing up. Can you imagine a dad telling his 5 year old son : “We may be poor, but at least we’re honest.” Can you imagine the impact if he hears stuff like that, over and over again, from his parents all throughout his childhood.
Now at that age statements like that are going to have a huge impact on that boy. Twenty years later he starts his affiliate marketing business with the belief that ‘rich people are crooks’ embedded deep in his subconscious mind.
He’s going to have a hard time succeeding and becoming a super affiliate.
Everytime he makes good money with an affiliate offer, he’ll have a little voice in his head that says, “You’d better stop this because if you keep going you’ll become one of those evil mean nasty rich guys!?!”
Is it any wonder 98% of affiliates never succeed at affiliate marketing? Most people are programmed with negative beliefs about money and success from all over, frequently it’s friends and family that have a these beliefs. Have your friends or family ever told you to “give up that crazy affiliate marketing idea because no one makes any money doing that”??
I’ve had people tell me I’m crazy for years for even attempting to get rich and build residual income.
They laughed at me. They ridiculed me.
They don’t laugh anymore.
Don’t take it personally or let them effect you, they’re just projecting their beliefs onto you.
Here’s some other beliefs that a lot of people are running around with:
The first two years of marriage are a honeymoon period, it’s all downhill after that.
Starting your own business is very risky, it’s better to have a ’safe secure’ job.
Life’s a bitch and then you die.
Etc, etc, etc.
These are all BELIEFS. Your beliefs determine your thoughts and your actions and determine your reality. You have to ask yourself : are your beliefs serving your greatest good (and the greatest good for those around you) or are they HOLDING YOU BACK ?
So what’s the difference between someone who constantly attracts disaster in their lives vs someone who has the midas touch?
We’ll here’s what the beliefs that someone who’s manifesting a disaster pattern may look like:
No one likes me. Whatever I do something goes wrong. The world is out to screw me over at every turn. I’m always a day late and a dollar short.
Here’s what the beliefs of someone who has the midas touch may look like:
I easily make friends and have healthy relationships. Money comes easily to me. Whatever I do I figure out a way to make it work or learn something valuable I can apply to something else. The world is abundant and full of opportunities for me to act upon.
Now you can see how having either of these two sets of beliefs is going to effect how you view the world, how you think, how you interact with other people. You can guess what the results are going to be if you believe “That the world is out to screw you.” OR on the other hand you believe “The world is abundant and full of opportunities.”
One of my friends has nicknamed me “Midas Man,” and several of my friends and family have commented : “You know Amit, whatever you touch turns to gold!”
It wasn’t always like that, I struggled for years, in many areas of my life I was on a disaster pattern attracting one negative outcome after another. My relationships were a mess, I had very few friends, in fact most of my friendships lasted only a few days or a few months.
I started various business, and failed year, after year, after year! 
What’s worst I was unhappy, really unhappy.
When I started on the road of personal growth and self development my life began to change, I read books such as “As a Man Thinketh” by James Allen, “Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill, and “The Magic of Thinking Big” by David Schwartz.
I got really excited when I found out that it wasn’t the world that was against me, that I had been manifesting all the shit that was happening to me. I discovered I could changed my circumstances my changing my thoughts, and ultimately changing my beliefs.
Now don’t get me wrong I didn’t go from the mature touch to the Midas touch overnight, it took me years of painful self reflection, and self development, etc etc. But don’t let that discourage you, I was really messed up, and had a poor self image, so it understandable took me a while.
My life changed in DIRECT proportion to the degree I changed my thoughts and beliefs.
My life is just incredible now, I’m married to the most wonderful woman in the world. I have a striving affiliate marketing business that continues to grow by leaps and bounds.
I attract friends easily now. I have and maintain healthy relationships easily.
I have more time and more money than I ever dreamed of. I live in the great city of Boston. I’m in perfect health and most importantly I’m excited about life and what the future brings! 
It’s an amazing way to live! And it all started when I CHANGED THE WAY I THINK.
If you’re struggling in affiliate marketing or in any business or area of your life for that matter. I would strongly recommend that you start on the road to personal development.
Here’s one of my favorite personal growth books, I STRONGLY recommend that everyone read this book read : “Being Happy!” by Andrew Matthews (NOT an affiliate link).
andrew matthews being happy belief systems
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Great post Amit.
I beg to differ for this statement
“Let look at some common beliefs about money you may have been exposed to:
……
Money doesn’t come easy, you have to work hard and sweat to make it.”
Don’t you think this statment is true for making money and success? I am sure it took hard work and sweat for you to reach where you are today. We all need to work hard at initial stage of business, until we have a running system, then only we can afford to be ‘lazy’, so to speak.
just my two cents.
CY
Another inspirational post. It’s definately true that if you don’t feel like a winner you never actually win!
Loved the “midas” bit. Funny you said that as one of my affiliate pals calls me “Midas McCubbin”. That label really made me feel blessed.
“I’m marriaged to the most wonderful women in the world.”
I believe you’re only married to 1 woman right? Sorry for being nitpicky..
Anyway, you are truly inspirational and helpful. Just by reading your posts, i have gained a lot of understanding of affiliate marketing.
And i support your belief that we need to inculcate the right values to our kids from young. I could relate to what you’re writing cuz i was brought up in such a way. Now in my early 30s I’ve started to change.
There are so many people out there who will find so many reasons and excuses for their failures. True entrepreneurs like Amit will never stop working for their goals.
When I quit my full time job 2 years ago, many of my friends and family members tried to stop me. I have followed my dreams, and now I have a team of 10 staff and offices in 2 continents.
I still work around 18 hrs/day but it’s very normal for a young entrepreneur. The most important part is to create a system when you start to have employees. When your company gets more organized, you can enjoy less business hours with a working system which you don’t have to think about 24/7. We’re getting close to that
Anyway, I wanted to say hi also. I have found out your blog yesterday, and read every single post since then Amit.
Thanks for great inspirational posts, and keep up the good work.
Kirtok
Amit,
This is a very good post, I’ve really enjoyed this series of blog posts as I found them to be very inspiring. I’ll definitely have to check out that book as well.
I agree with everything in your post except one thing and I think if you knew how it really went you would change your mind.
you said Money is the root of all evil. Which comes from the Bible as I’m sure most of you know, however, the scripture actually reads
The LOVE of Money is the root of all evil.
Which I’m sure in that context you would agree as you have talked over and over about how you should live your life and let your work come second and plan your work around your day and not your day around your work.
The Love of Money causes you to work 12 - 14 hours a day to try and make that extra dollar. Instead of living a great life and spending time with your family, friends, and other loved ones.
Cy: When I was discussing the common belief :
“Money doesn’t come easy, you have to work hard and sweat to make it.”
I need to clarify, I meant to say that the common belief is that it is necessary to trade hours for dollars to make living (you work for money, instead of money working for you). Which is of course total BS.
Derek: I said a COMMON belief is “Money is the root of all evil.” I don’t actually belief this! And this is, of course, not the actual bible verse. But it’s taken out of context all the time.
Hi Amit,
Good post and I think T.Harv Eker’s http://www.peakpotentials.com has had a huge impact on your thought process.
Whoa Amit !
What a post.
Boy you gave light to a waning spirit .
Great post Amit. I have seen this in my own life. Another great tip I think, is to remember that sunk costs are sunk costs. Previously i spent hours agonizing over wasted money, or failed ventures after spending months of my limited free time. Now I realize that the money and time spent was not wasted, but rather a learning experience.
Nothing is more valuable than knowledge. Invest in books, surround your self with smart people, challenge everything, understand everything, and you will succeed.
Teach others. Only when you can teach something do you truly understand it. Educate others around you, and encourage them to educate you.
To truly be successful in todays economy, you need to be able to diversify, if you can only succeed with one business, and you really think you only have one try, go back to your desk job.
Great post, love it
Thanks Amit for the inspiration. I can completely relate to having friends and family tell me to give up and quit. Everyone I have talked to has told me to quit and that I am nuts and that it will never work! How wrong they are! I have been building a site and campaigns using precisely what I have learned from this blog. The results are frickin spectacular! I have absolutey no issues whatsoever with Adwords quality score, something I have stuggled with for some time. Sending 2 cent clicks to a 21 cent EPC offer is just incredible! Thank you so much!
Ahh I understand now Amit
I just thought you misquoted it, but you are right it is misquoted all the time and people believe that. I see Christian’s all the time saying that money is the root to all evil and that if you have alot money like you said that your a bad, evil, or whatever person. When in fact the problem is when you love money more than other stuff, including but not limited to family, friends, loved ones, etc.
Derek,
Isn’t funny that people that say that are the ones that really put the love of money over friends and family. They are the ones who work 40-80 hours week and their whole life is revolved around making money and keeping it while if you have a lot of money you don’t have to worry as much about making and keeping it you can focus on the important things in life.
Well said, well said.
The greatest confidence comes from within. Great people overcome great odds before they even achieve success. Let’s achieve our goals in 2008
Thanks for this inspiring post!
“I’ve had people tell me I’m crazy for years for even attempting to get rich and build residual income.”
I don’t even tell people anymore that I’m trying to build a residual income through affiliate marketing because they laugh at me a called me crazy but I’m here to make it happen.
Thanks.