I was hanging out in Traffic Exchange Live today and Justin said something that blew me away and when I think about it, it’s amazing to know that even a high school drop out like yours truly, can build a business online, love what he does and show up every day fueled ONLY with passion!

Here’s the scoop, I’m not that talented. I can’t program. I can’t design. Sometimes my people skills leave a lot to be desired. But I wake up, every day with something that kicks me in my arse each and every morning…And that is passion! A desire to build a better business, and be the best I can be every day.

Passion folks! That’s all it takes. Everything else seemed to fall into place in my life years ago when I fell in love with traffic exchanges. I fell in love with the community and the huge potential these programs had. Nothing even registered into my head, other than spending time in them, surfing them and being a part of them.

Skills and talent? Ummm nope, didn’t have much of either of them. Sure I knew business and because of my self-education was learning every day about branding, marketing and advertising but the fact is, I was a C student at best in high school. I dropped out more than once. I hung out with the ‘wrong crowd’ at times and just like every teenager, I was sure the world was out to get me.

Nothing unique! Except my passion!

Love what you do, crush it each and every day and if you do not LOVE this business with every ounce of your being, be sure that find something that you do love. Because with passion, you can do anything!

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O.K., the headline was supposed to make you laugh at first…But then give you one of the biggest ‘tips’ you will ever get in online business. Plain and simple, 99.9999999% of the people that come online, will give up! Yup, I’ve been in this business for 13 years plus and it’s the only constant thing that seems to happen…Year after year.

People come online, they either put in zero effort and blame the ‘gurus’…Or they come in, guns blazing, spend hundreds if not thousands on their first month…See zero profit after 37 days and then poof….Gone.

Here’s a little tip Justin Ledvina has been talking about a lot recently in TE Live…Once you get in line, stay in line!

Let’s look at this for a second and I’ll give you my example to show you how this has worked for a lot of people online but specifically, yours truly. Years ago, when I first started I was SCARED! I didn’t speak up in seminars, I wasn’t making any money and essentially I was the king of slot machine marketing, joining every ‘opportunity’ I could…

And even though I never made a penny, I still kept going. I found MPAM (for all you old school marketers) and was adopted by it’s community. I took part in the training, I took initiative and showed up everyday. I did the ‘fundamentals’ day in and day out for years…And did it pay off right away? Absolutely not!

But I stayed the course…

The owner, became so busy with his other endeavors that one of his web properties started to suffer and he decided it was time for one of the ‘dedicated’ people in his community to get a chance to shine…That person was me and the property was a little site called I Love Hits.

Case in point, because I showed up, everyday, did the work every day and was a part of the community…An opportunity presented itself.

I wasn’t looking for it, I wasn’t expecting it…I just knew I had to stick with it and not give up!

That’s my story LOL Hope you enjoyed it but more importantly….I hope you see that you can NEVER give up and make sure no matter what…You stay the course!

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