Don't Get Bitten By The P Virus!

jaggiegill · 07-26-07, 11:34 PM

So I was looking over some of the forum posts here and in a few other marketing forums and I found something really interesting in the WF (as always). Some of you guys here are poisoning your chances working at home or on the net because of one thing....... PROCRASTINATION.

The P in Procrastination stands for

Poverty.

But for some reason, it's so much "easier"to do pretty much ANYTHING else than to accomplish goals and experience wild success.

And it's strange, because both take the exact same amount of effort. It might not seem like it, but it's true.

I often find myself frustrated at times because of how "long" things take. But if I were to document my every activity throughout the day over the period of a week, I would begin to see that it wasn't the "things" that were taking so long...

Almost all of us struggle with procrastination - and yet it's probably the number one killer of most "work from home" businesses.

So why am I saying all this?

Tonight, at a gas station, I was reminded of how lucrative online business truly is, and how it really does represent a huge financial opportunity for thousands of people that wouldn't have had it otherwise.

Up here in Canada we have these "vacation for life" lotto tickets, where if you win, you get $1000 a week for 25 years.

I immediately thought - "give me 2 months, and I could set up some niche affiliate site to pull that off EASY..."

And it's true - it's THAT easy, it really is. It's just a matter of actually DOING it.

But then I asked myself - "so why the hell don't I just do it!"

An extra $4000 a month sure couldn't hurt. I could lease a Ferrari, or make a weekly trip to Honolulu just for kicks.

But what I'm really getting at is that for some reason it's MORE appealing to just watch a movie or read another ebook or waste time online than it is to build a thrilling life beyond your wildest dreams.

I know that alot of you can relate to what I'm saying.

So let's turn things around.

Think about how to beat procrastination - and give it some active thought. If you catch yourself "killing time", think of it as "stealing from yourself and your family".

Then restart, refocus and...

"Get 'er done!"

- Chris Rempel

P.S. The "P" in Persistense stands for Prosper.

drew8882 · 07-31-07, 03:03 AM

You are absolutely right! Most people don't succeed at home because they don't push themselves and they don't have someone pushing them like they did at work. They easily get distracted with other things. They find it easy to waste time doing things that won't bring in the money.

Calypso · 07-31-07, 09:54 PM

I frequently get bitten by the "P" bug myself. Thanks for the reminder that it's a killer.