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Reality smacks me in the face - hard
By Lee Ann | December 15, 2008
OUCH!! File this under - Reality Check.
There I was yesterday, all full of myself. David Wilkinson, teen genius and successful internet marketer was going to be a presenter on a video online seminar. I called my son into the room.
“See, this is what you can do if you don’t spend so much time playing COD 5 or Halo.” I told him. My son grudgingly sat down and watched about ten minutes of his presentation. Granted, David talks fast and he was using a lot of internet speak, so the content really went over my son’s head. But, the meaning didn’t. My son grasped immediately that David was making money on the internet. My son also knows that I’ve been studying making money on the internet for a few months now. And, if you’re sensitive, turn away,
CAUSE THIS IS WHERE IT GETS UGLY AND BLOODY.
My boy, turns to me and asks me “So, how come David is more successful than you, if he’s only 14?”
OUCH!! YEOWWWZZZA. SHAZAM!!!
The words slammed into my gut. I have learned enough about personal development that I know I have to take 100% responsibility for my actions.
I was busted. I knew the reason why. I was holding back. Perhaps it was from fear of what happened to me from my last business venture (otherwise known as Lee Ann’s folly) or perhaps it was negative self-talk. But, my son made me realize that the modest successes I was achieving were so much less than what I could be capable of.
When does change happen? When you decide.
So, thanks to that experience yesterday, I have now decided to plunge forward and play a MUCH bigger game than what I’ve been playing. If you’re going to get in the ring you should go for the gold -
right?
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