Time Waits For No One…

Who hasn’t heard that saying “Time Waits For No One”? Now, to be honest, and I’ll be aging myself here, hopefully many aren’t thinking about Rolling Stones or Freddy Mercury singing the title song written by Dave Clark but I’m talking about the quote everyone understands as “better get moving…time isn’t standing still”….

I had put myself a goal of being financially independent by the time I was 50…. I’ll be hitting 57 in May 2024. The big question I’m sure you’re asking is “are you there yet?” The quick answer is no – and if I’m really honest, not even close. But there’s more to it than that.

If you’ve read any of my previous posts, you’ll figure out that I’ve been running towards that elusive internet success for quite a while now.

I’ve spent quite a few dollars in trying to get there and, although I’ve not been financially secure through those endeavours, I can tell you one thing: I know more about Affiliate Marketing, online sales and everything in between because of all the courses I’ve taken but more importantly, having listened to and grasped the information provided.

The only thing that has been consistent was always being able to find a mentor who would bring me closer to my goals. Dean Holland is one of those mentors.

Changing the Game – For The Better

Reading his book The Iceberg Effect was not only a game-changer, but it totally changed my thought process of what I needed to do to get financially secure. But I’m getting ahead of myself here.

I didn’t want to start this weeks entry on a negative point but there’s a reality that struck my wife and I this week: a very good friend of mine – same age – received notice from his physician that the cancer he thought he had beat, has now metastasized to a different part of his body. He’s now at home and, like he pointed to me, is “waiting for death to knock on his door”.

Worst part is that once he had talked to his family about his upcoming unfortunate demise, his father had a heart attack, killing him on the spot.

Now, I’m not here to tell you about this sad part of my life – I’m here to tell you about living your life to the fullest. As I mentioned in a previous post, we all have 24 hours in a day; it’s how you use your 24 hours that will make a difference in your life.

When everybody is telling you that you should plan for the future and your retirement or even put a lot of money away for that “rainy day”, I’m here to tell you that that is important but that you never know when that rainy day becomes a torrent with a close “end date” at hand!

When you have those around you saying that what you’re trying to work at with Affiliate Marketing and Internet Profits won’t work and you’re putting time and money into something that won’t give you a dime; don’t believe them. Focus on what the team at IP and Dean Holland through his book, The Iceberg Effect provide and work the program. If you’re not a student yet, follow the link, pay for the shipping, get the book and just do it!

I won’t try to sugarcoat it; it’s been a very hard week. I’m a retired Army Officer and truthfully, it’s now as if I’m living with survivors guilt as if I was still in the Army.

Sitting down with my friend, he told me one thing: don’t wait! Don’t wait for that perfect timing. Don’t wait for when you’ll have more money in the bank. Don’t wait for that great opportunity that you think or know will present itself. Time waits for no one.

It’s not the first time that I’m going to lose someone close to me to cancer and I’m sure that many of you reading me or listening to me here have also gone through that horrible part of life, but it’s the first time that it’s someone my age, with pretty much the same dreams of traveling the world and taking advantage of what life has to offer. To his point, he’d trade all the money he has for that extra time.

 Success Takes Time… and Focus

Our mentor, Dean Holland, mentions it several times in his book The Iceberg Effect, you need to take the time to focus and work at it to get there. When you have too many distractions, you lose focus and you can easily be caught doing the “squirrel!” look when you least expect it.

Dean also makes it very clear that when you break it down and keep what you have to do to the most simple of tasks, it’s easier to see the success that it generates. It will give you the extra edge or push to continue on your journey without becoming discouraged. We all know that the success we are looking for won’t come overnight, it does take time.

If you have the patience and focus to go through the process of learning what you have to learn to get your Affiliate Marketing business up and running, you will achieve that success. It’s not rocket science and it’s been proven several times to work – just look at Dean and read his book; you’ll see it’s very feasible – feasible because a great mentor like Dean is behind your success.

My family and friends have always doubted my success when it came to anything on the internet. I don’t blame them, but how can I listen to someone who has no idea what it takes to make it online? Same thing as what I’ve said above, why should you listen to anyone who tells you that you can’t be successful online? Prove them wrong, order Deans book The Iceberg Effect and let’s work together to make it all happen.

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To your success…to our success!