Tip #1: Stop Looking for Tricks
If you’re looking for the single trick that will let you “put your income on autopilot” or otherwise earn a lot from doing very little, you may as well stop right now.
Is it possible to earn a living while working just a few hours a week? Yes, probably. I don’t happen to know anyone who does that, but I wouldn’t doubt that people like that do exist. Do I think it’s possible to put yourself in that position in just a couple of months’ time? Not likely.
You’ll make things much easier for yourself if you start with the assumption that you’ll have to work hard to be successful in the New Economy. If you start out aiming to work just 4 hours a week, you’re setting yourself up for disappointment.
There are no tricks that will help you get rich quick, but there are thousands of people out there selling those tricks. That’s because it’s very tempting to believe that you just need to find the right “system” or “method” to propel you to the top. If you start down this path, you’ll spend many thousands of dollars and many months on these systems and methods only to end up with less money and time than you started with.
Look around at the people who have succeeded before you. Did they have to put forth a lot of effort to get where they are? Be aware that the people who try to sell you “instant riches” are using your desire to believe that such systems exist to make you part ways with your hard-earned money.
You should absolutely expect to have to learn a lot to get where you’re going, and you will probably even pay for high-quality resources in the process. Just realize that every story of overnight success probably took at least a few years.
This notion of overnight success is very misleading, and rather harmful. If you’re starting something new, expect a long journey. That’s no excuse to move slow though. To the contrary, you must move very fast, otherwise you will never arrive, because it’s a long journey!
Paul Buchheit, Overnight success takes a long time
