There are actually several reasons why some people fail and others rise to the top, but let’s just look at a few of them.

One of the things that really pisses me off is when friends or family will see what I have built for myself and say, “You are lucky” or “Man, you have always been in the right place at the right time”. I wouldn’t call working countless hours for years, or assuming financial risks that would give most people a coronary “luck”. I have always been very strong willed and try not to let myself get complacent in my financial goals. Likwise I have always been a hustler.

Often times I hear people talking about how they hate their jobs or can’t stand something in their life…… well here’s a solution……CHANGE IT! If you don’t like working in a cubicle making $45K a year, then do something about it.

Failure - Any super affiliate you ask will tell you that they have had more failures than they have had successes throughout their affiliate career. Most are not bullshitting you. Expect to fail, expect to lose money, and expect to do some really dumb shit your first year. The difference however with successful affiliates is that they are not afraid to fail and actually expect it most of the time. I have seen so many new affiliates come into the industry, and after experiencing one failure or one site that was a dud just vanish.

Expectancy - Now, let’s talk about the term expectancy. You should expect good things to happen in your affiliate business, versus simply “hoping” good things will happen. If you remember one thing from this blog post, remember this; You can only rise to the level of your expectations. Fuck, with that said, why not expect to be at the right place at the right time, expect doors to open, expect good things to transpire in your business and personal life. How many people in the world sit and day dream about what it would be like to make the big magic number per year……wait…….hear we go…… SIX FIGURES!!!! Like it’s rocket science. In this day and age making $100K a year is pretty damn easy. Regardless of what figure you want to make, you need to raise your level of expectancy. If you are working a $40K a year job and “hoping” for a promotion making $50K….bad news…….sorry dude, you’re not going to make $100K any time soon.

Vision - Although everyone will claim to have a vision of how they see their business going, how much money they want to make, or what goals they have; how many people have a constant reminder? A vision is not the same as day dreaming. Hell I could daydream all day about strippers working in my office, massaging my back, and serving me bottles of Cristal …..but that will never come true. However my vision will. In fact in my office on the wall behind my monitor I have a piece of paper with a $ figure written on it. This is how much I want to be making per month in the next 6 months. All day long I am forced to see it and it makes me work harder and smarter towards my goal. Everyone should also have their goals written down, or some sort of constant reminder of what they are working towards.  Write yourself a 30-day webmaster goal and stick to it!

Laziness - I had to include this in here because I cannot even begin to describe how lazy many people in the affiliate business are. I mean it is borderline ridiculous. Most of being successful in this business is simply just doing the work and putting in the hours. I see so many people put up sites or blogs and then never do any work on them. Mind you we all deserve a few lazy days, but laziness runs rampant in the affiliate industry. Especially with poker affiliates who are also aspiring professional poker players…… they are the worst. Allow me to rant for a second, because I have had several bad experiences working with affiliates who are more interested in pissing their affiliate revenue away at the tables. If you stay up until six in the morning playing online poker and have a losing session, the odds are you won’t be worth a shit in the morning. <———-Laziness. Trust me and every other super affiliate, there are bucket loads more money to be made promoting online poker than there is playing it. Bottom line though is that any affiliate reading this can attest that we work in a lazy industry.

It All Starts In The Morning - Regardless of what happened the night or day before, you need to wake up every morning with a good attitude. The first thing I do when I get out of bed in the morning is think to myself “It’s going to be a great day“. Then I have my coffee and walk out to my office to be smacked in the face with my goals. How you start out the first couple hours of your day will have a direct impact on your entire day.

If you want to be a super affiliate, you need to have a warrior mentality. You have to want it so bad that you’re willing to lose sleep and work countless hours in order to get to that level. If you’ve had past failures, forget about them, who cares, nobody is keeping score. Every day is a new day and today could be the day that you have that one great idea, the right door opens up, or something really good will happen in your business or personal life. EXPECT IT TO.

In the words of Ben Affleck from Boiler Room —–”That Is All”

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