NEVER GIVE UP. Never, Never, Never EVER Give Up. (20)
Affiliate marketing is not easy.
Everyone faces difficulties, and even the superaffiliates and thought leaders on STM who are doing several million ALL spent countless sleepless nights of self doubt, depression, and questioning about whether they should just give up.
But they did not.
They kept on going.
Just like affiliate marketing, life is not easy.
Everyone who has every achieved anything great in life also ALL spent countless sleepless nights of self doubt, depression, and questioning about whether they should just give up.
But they did not.
They kept on going.
In affiliate marketing and in life, NEVER GIVE UP. Never, never, never EVER give up.
And NEVER FORGET that that you have an entire family of fellow STMers around the world behind you, cheering for you, and who know you have the inner strength and courage to make it.
You are so right.
All people have ups and downs... The big failure is when you spend too much time focusing on negative things - because by doing so you are kind of giving more power to negative thoughts.
One of the greatest things you can learn is to focus on positive things (in all aspects of life).
I am not there yet, where i can leave all worries and self doubt i a closet and lock it up... But I am very aware of what those thoughts do to me and how they damage my creativity and productivity.
I don't think you should just ignore negative thoughts, but you should always try to find the other side of a story (find another angle 
). "Nothing so bad, as not to be good for something".
Have a great weekend guys.
/Jakob
Starting out in this and with pretty much any business is always tough. Motivation & mindset is key, the people who "kind of" want to make it I find will just slowly fade away, but the people who do not take no for an answer and are determined to make this work for them will more often than not enjoy success.
For me my biggest motivation was freedom and financial security. I also knew when times were rough that if I quit now I'd be throwing all the knowledge of this space I've learnt away having wasted my time for a long time, and end up probably working a 9-5 for the rest of my life.
A simple quote sums it up for me well:
Originally Posted by Jim Rohn
I just cried a bit 
Don't FUCKING Quit!
Best advice hands down
I watched a Jim Rohn video yesterday coincidently and he made valid and obvious point.
"Nothing will change unless you do."
On a separate note, this story impressed me today:
Former electrician, 60, finally gets job after five years of trying and 547 failed applications
He said: 'My story shows you should never give up - keep plugging away because there's always something round the corner.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz3GP7nv2m9
This works in AM or in the gym!
cmdeal I totally agree although from me opinion knowing when to give up is tricky thing,
Knowing when to giveup on traffic source or specific vertical is not easy call..
When I started IM if I know when to give up my success will be much more faster,
Giving up on finding the shiny object.. the one weird trick..
You should give up being perfect, and especially give up doing the same things and expect different resutls..
I had to giveup on my partner so faster - its very to change people and if they don't behave seriously and just talk its very hard to change it..
I gave up being a professional soccer player because I started too late..
I gave up being Chief of General Staff because I felt the chances too low..
giving up on unrealistic goals is good to my opinion, sometimes working hard is not enough..
There are million senarios when you also should give up,
Not just because its unrealistic goals it might be because you want to gain extra focus, or want more extra space
The decision to have office I gave up on part of my freedom..
In negotiation the side who is willing to give up has so much power..
Giving up on old friend who is dragging you down..
From my own expirence the master give up on the right things while the begginer give up on the wrong stuff..
However that what I like in this game, having success in IM is realistic + 99% of people can do it + you don't need to be extra smart, average joe can be enough + no need to be computer savy + no need to have big capital
You should not give up on being successful IM, but in the road to get there you will have to giveup on many things..
About your point that even the successful IM are struggle, is so true, I think those struggle become even harder and can really break you, so beware..
In general I found the whole idea when to giveup and when not didn't gave enough attention it deserve..
Originally Posted by delash
I see things slightly differently.
I believe there is a big difference between giving up and letting go.
Most people do not know the difference.
Giving up means selling yourself short. It means allowing fear and struggle and difficulty to limit your opportunities and push you back and hold you down.
Letting go, on the other hand, means freeing yourself from something that is blocking you from moving forward.
There is nothing wrong with letting go of your pack a day smoking habit or "friends" who want to bring you down.
But there is something wrong with giving up and abandoning your journey to growth just because the path starts to become difficult.
Great quote, dextrous!
I will never go back to working a 9-5 in a cubicle, kissing my boss's ass for a 5% annual pay increase. There is no giving up.
Prior to IM, I ran a mobile game startup as a side business for 2 years, and then after a layoff, purely off my savings for 2 years. We failed spectacularly but I learned a ton and branched out from being an Engineer which I was completely burned out of.
Then, I found myself unemployable. The corporate world doesn't respect risk. They respect someone that fits into their little box of being a corporate puppet. "Thanks for the 90 hours weeks this past year, we don't have any budget to give you a raise or bonus, but have an extra 3 days off".
Before my startup, getting interviews and offers was doable. But the lack of success of my startup led to companies considering me essentially unemployed for 2 years and me unable to get a job.
Well, my options are to go back to school, or try something new. And here we are with IM.
My favorite motivation is the classic stories of a commander landing in hostile territory and burning his army's boats so that they have two choices. Conquer or be killed. The army fights twice as hard because they know there is no retreat.
Everybody here is doing IM for a reason. Financial independence, dislike of the corporate world, re-invigorating their life with something new and exciting. Keep that reason in mind, and push through those seemingly endless days of negative ROI campaigns and confusion about why things aren't working. Push through it and learn from your mistakes, and you will get there.
to giveup on traffic source or specific vertical
to giveup on unrealistic goals
to giveup finding the shiny trick that will make you $$$$$$
cmdeal to your opinion - those giveup or letting go? (or something else)
Originally Posted by delash
There is a quote I read somewhere once, and it went something like this:
Giving up is imprisoning. Letting go is liberation.
Giving up is self-defeat. Letting go is self-understanding.
One thing that really helped me through a couple of tough spots was coming across Seth Godin's concept of "The Dip" - similar to the runner's idea of "The wall".
The book "The Dip" wasn't that good, but the central idea's pretty powerful - http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Dip-extr.../dp/0749928301
Originally Posted by nt2000
Few gems from "The Dip":
"Quitters never win and winners never quit." Bad advice~. "Winners quit all the time
they just quit the right stuff at the right time."
"In fact, it's okay to quit often. "
"We fail when we get distracted by tasks we don't have the guts to quit. "
"Average Is for Losers
Quitting at the right time is difficult. Most of us don't have
the guts to quit. Worst, when faced with the Dip, sometimes
we don't quit. Instead, we get mediocre. The most common response to the Dip is to play it safe. "
"When people quit, they are often focused on the short-term
benefits. In other words, "If it hurts; stop!" Short-term pain has more impact on most people than
long-term benefits do, which is why it's so important for you
to amplify the long-term benefits"
"Three Questions to Ask Before Quitting
QUESTION 1; AM I PANICKING?
QUESTION 2: WHO AM I TRYING TO INFLUENCE?
QUESTION 3: WHAT SORT OF MEASURABLE PROGRESS AM I MAKING?"
You should never giveup
but you should let things go and quit much often, confused?
well life is not easy
Originally Posted by blofeld
@blofeld
"My favorite motivation is the classic stories of a commander landing in hostile territory and burning his army's boats so that they have two choices. Conquer or be killed. The army fights twice as hard because they know there is no retreat."
Love that.
I don't know why people half-commit to entrepreneurship/AM. A lot of friends of mine give it a couple of weeks to a month TOPS till they give up. The commitment needs to be like the first few years in your working career. You put in years of 8-5 action-orientated hard work and as time goes on get better and better till you start to become awesome at whatever you do.
Nice post!
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