You’re the easy target — If you want to make money online.
The easy-peasy cheating.
James (a well-known author on the internet) wrote a book on “How to earn $100,000 in a month”.
He worked a lot on advertising and promoting it. Everywhere. To everyone.
He pitched it like it was a secret that God gave him.
He sounded so confident. He acted like a millionaire.
He even showed the proof of $100,000 in his bank account to everyone skeptical.
His story is so much motivating. It gave hope to everyone who was looking for a way to earn some money — easily and quickly.
The book looks so promising. The cover, the title everything.
John bought that book for $100.
Here’s the summary of it.
Write something you know. Compile it as a book. Pick a title like “How to earn X amount in Y time”. Put it out on the market. Promote it as much as you can. Finally, get your $100,000.
If 1000 John does that, 1 John will turn into James.
There are 1000s of James’s (now read the first line of this story). And millions of John’s (99% failed) in this world — in every field.
So also on the internet.
Most money are made out of people who want to make more money
The oldest scam: How to make money easily and quickly.
The newest scam: How to make money easily and quickly.
The scam is always on the top. Happens at all levels. In all domains.
And still, there are plenty of people who’ll fall for it — even today — multiple times.
I am not against the Gurus, Coaches, Experts.
I am against the people who think, that if you follow their path, you will be successful like them.
I am against the people who give their blueprint of success when no one is alike them.
No one has the same experience, mindset, opportunities, and other infinite attributes for them to succeed by following another.
The world is made of infinite moving parts. One thing that worked for one person will work for others.
There may be a success formula. But the variables change from one person to the other.
If someone sells the formula prefilled, then that equation may not equate to your success.
Without considerable failures, I have never seen a success (that lasts long).
Your failures are your James. Learn from them. Block the other so many James.
Your fear of missing out keeps you coming again and again to those cheating James. You keep on falling to them because
- You are not doing, what you’re supposed to do
- You’re always looking for shortcuts
- You’re not seeing some progress (which you feel motivating)
- You want to learn everything before you start
- You always want to know all the tricks of doing what you wish to do
- You couldn’t get sober (of success stories). Because you get high by reading other’s success stories (dreaming that you’re in his place) rather than on your tiny success.
and so on.
Dear friend. All the above are not the traits of truly successful people.
If you’re lured into this article after seeing the title, you need to work a lot towards changing your mindset.
Irony… If there’s truly something like that (making $100,000/month) I would be making it now — instead of writing about that on Medium.
If you read this far, I promise another rather demotivating story for you.
