Have you ever thought about how making money online is very similar to the challanges we face in life? I have given it a lot of thought as I have built my online business over the last few years.
As the cliche goes, Life si not easy. Well neither is making money blogging.
However, as we have learned, it can be made easier with knowledge and hard work.
The circle of life can be broken down into a phases.
1. We are born. (we are learning the very basics of life)
2. We go to school to learn. (we continue learning the basics)
3. We go to college or we get a job (we are learning life lessons )
4. We get married (we definitely are learning ALL OVER AGAIN)
5. We have kids (we are still learning)
6. We grow old ( Our learning slows down but we are now teaching)
See a pattern here? Pretty simple stuff if it was not so danged hard.
In the first 2 3 steps, we are learning the very basics of life. In the next 2 steps things get more complicated but it is where we really begin to build the foundation for the rest of our lives. Some might say that going to college fits into the foundation catagory and I am sure for some that is true. For others, if they are like me, they went to college and had fun. It s not our parents world anymore. We don t work at the same place our whole lives. We move around and try to move ahead. We are able to do this because we are constantly educating ourselves and preparing for the next level of success or failure. However, we must remember that once we learn from failing we will be successful by not repeating the same mistakes.
Let s look at how the circle of life compares to the circle of making money blogging.
1. Our idea is born (we have a lot to learn just like a child)
2. We go to school by buying products from those before us( we are learning as we go)
3. We go to work by creating our first money blog( we continually learn,weak and try different things just like college or our first jobs)
4. Our marriage like event is that we are not making money so we have to change,grow and continue to learn(kind of like a real marriage)
5. We have more kids (create more blogs in our chosen niche markets and we are still learning how to raise them)
6. This step is different but similar to the one above. We don t grow old but we circle back to number 1 with our new idea, we are learning by either buying or trying as I call it, and we continue to market with articles and keyword research.
As you see, making money blogging is a lot like life. You have to get educated along the way and the education never ends. The bumps and bruises are the same. We have to just pick ourselves up and dust ourselves off a little and keep plowing ahead!
Author Resource:
Roby Robertson is the owner of numerous Google Sniper Blogs as well as Real Estate blogs all intended to market his businesses. He is an avid trainer and creative thinker. Check out his blog about making money blogging at http://www.blog-to-make-money.com .