Sebastian

How often do you give up facing adversity ?

People take difficulty as a sign to move on. They give up because there is "something wrong and not enough" : Maybe their idea wasn't so great after all, they don't have enough visitors, they don't convert.. In general, people use difficulty as a means to justify quitting. The result can be giving up on promising projects or quitting affiliating altogether.

But you give up a lot by quitting.

Every time you conceptualize a website idea, you fill your cup
Every time you create that website, you fill your cup
Every time you write content, you fill your cup
Every time you get backlinks, you fill your cup
Every time you read the PAL forums, you fill your cup

Don't spill everything and quit at the first signs of difficulty.

You think you are owed something right away for filling your cup. Because you have no short term results, you think you're not good enough... that it's not worth it.

But in this field you need the confidence and will power to keep filling your cup when the results aren't there. Perseverance is key like everything else in life.

My advice is to keep your cup full no mater the short term results, what people tell you, and outer circumstances. Stick to the plan and you will give yourself the best chance to succeed.

I'm not the smartest guy in the world, but my perseverance alone has allowed me to achieve some great goals. I went from rural France to receiving a Masters from Caltech, working for a start-up in California, getting acquired, and now being a project manager.

My next goal is to be a super affiliate one day, no matter how long it takes. The formula I will use to get there is : networking, persevering, and listening to better affiliates.

I'm not about to give up and you shouldn't too.

Sebastian