Hello everybody!
I’m sorry that I haven’t updated my blog for almost a month! A few weeks ago I took a couple of days off and traveled to Krabi (one of the most beautiful islands I’ve seen), visited a grandparent at Sukhothai, the historical province, and conducted my first time coaching session. Also, my PPV campaigns had some problems and I needed to spend time to take my earnings back. It was a busy month for me. Anyway, things are already back to normal now, so now it is time for writing.
My working desk at a coffee shop
It’s been about a year since I decided to leave my job and create my own destiny. I worked on a salary for a month though. I really like what I’m doing, although the result from the past year is quite far from I expected. What I did in the previous year was promote many various products and services with PPV and email marketing, write eBooks, develop a piece of software as a service, create mobile applications, take photos, and be a coach. That’s a lot of stuff, huh?
Most of the things I have accomplished were not successful at the beginning. I met many failures and did many things wrong. My first eBook sold less than 20 copies in the first launch. I sent a message to more than a hundred people asking for JV but there were just two people who replied my message. My PPV campaigns went down from booming to non-existent in just one night. I spent lots of time creating software as a service, but nobody was interested. I had many problems with my first freelancer. I invested more than a thousand dollars in mobile games but they generated less than a hundred for me in the first few months. My photos were rejected from many stock photo sites. You see a pattern here? There are many failures along the way.
Anyway, there are many things I learned from those failures. I realize the mistakes and I’ve tried to do everything to not let them happen again. Lack of focus is one of the main problems I need to solve. As you see, I have done many things in the past few months and I don’t think it’s optimal to constantly switch from one task to another. I understand how to manage my projects and I try to focus on one thing at a time. Every time obstacles get in the way of my progress, I always have more power to move on. The fear of failure is truly what makes me move forward.
Your friend,
– Bank
