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Boy was I wrong...
It took over half a decade for me to learn this simple lesson.
I picked up the wrong mindset when I first started trying to make money online.
(& unfortunately it took me 5+ years too long to figure it out)
It wasn’t until after running through:
Reselling
Affiliate Marketing
Trading / Options / Forex
Crypto & NFT’s
Dropshipping
YouTube Automation
Etc., Etc., Etc. …
Then it finally hit me! I had been HOODWINKED…
MISGUIDED…
FINESSED…
& I know what you’re thinking, “Those damn ‘guRuS’ get everyone!!!”

You see, everyone has their own reason for creating. It’s your job to make sure they’re legitimate & not just selling pipe dreams.
If you still feel like you’re missing that one last piece, or looking for some secret sauce to hit your goals, think about this scenario in your head:
Take two people…
One extremely intelligent & determined (Person A), & the other very simple minded & determined (Person B).
Person A spends 6 months researching, watching countless YouTube videos, planning, analyzing, changing the plan (all before they’ve even tried anything).
And finally, after their brain is set 100 steps ahead, they finally take action.
Only now the fun part has worn off.
All the excitement has settled.
So they work for a few hours, maybe give it a month of solid action before always ending up back at the drawing board to get another dopamine hit…
(without making much progress)
The cycle repeats until the idea gets boring or analyzed out, then it picks up and repeats again with the next shiny object.
On the other hand Person B (the simple minded person) simply got started.
They worked…
& worked….
& worked…
Until they ran into an issue or had a question. Then they simply searched to solve their issue or answer their question.
(which led to more action…)
This cycle repeated consistently for 2-8+ hours per day for 6+ months…
Who do you think got a better outcome?
This is exactly why you see people who don’t seem to be any smarter than yourself getting 10x more results.
The truth is almost all of the business models you see are viable, given you actually follow through by taking consistent action.
You have to understand shiny object syndrome AKA analysis paralysis before getting hooked on the dopamine of learning new potential business ideas.
Had I found this out beforehand, I would have taken a lot more ACTION.
In turn getting a lot more RESULTS.
I didn’t see much real progress until I got clear with myself & realized analysis paralysis was blocking the path to simply taking action.
If you take something out of this, let it be this image: People less competent (& sometimes less deserving) are further ahead simply because they took ACTION.
P.S. Let me know if this hit home or if you’re feeling stuck, I’d be happy to listen or help you figure out a gameplan!! (I’ve definitely been there myself)