Resuming Focus

There are several reasons why I haven't been posting to this blog. I have spent the last few months working as a ghostwriter around a full-time job. I'm feeling pretty good about making a steady income from home as a writer, but I'm still pretty far from my goal to make at least $75,000 a year. So I've been thinking about how to change my strategy.



Napoleon Hill in Think and Grow Rich lays out clear instructions on how to manifest your desires. He writes:



"Write out a clear, concise statement of the amount of money you intent to acquire, name the time limit for its acquisition, state what you intend to give in return for the money, and describe clearly the plan through which you intend to accumulate it."



My plan involves resuming focus on two paths which I already started. I believe writing is my destiny, and so far the only path that has convinced me I can make six figures as a writer is as a copywriter. I have been particularly inspired by Marcella's story, as I described at Make Six Figures from Home. I enrolled in AWAI a while back, and I admit I haven't stayed focused. I need to work to correct that, because copywriting is definitely where the money is.



There is another path I have veered from, and that is SBI. My site is through Site Build It, and they have a very clearly laid out path to success. I've cut some corners along the way and the result is that I am not as wildly successful as some other SBI owners I know. Part of my lack of focus has been my own tendency to get overwhelmed with life in light of my husband's illness and financial difficulties that have happened because of it. Recently my own health took an unexpected nosedive, and I'm still not sure what the end result of that will be.



Maybe I'm making excuses. The only thing I know for sure is I've met several very successful SBIers who have made it to the top 3% of all websites. Visit this page for some examples.

In the intro to the Action Guide, it says "Decide to win no matter what."

And that's what I've decided today. SBI promises that if I trust in the process and follow the directions as they are laid out I will attain success. I am sure that my lack of meeting my potential is my own fault and no one else's. I'm going back to the beginning of SBI and figure out what is different between what I've done and what the successful SBIers have done. I'm going to turn things around.

My focus resumes today.