Why I Work How I Want And When I want.

I really couldn't shut my brain off today. I just couldn't stop thinking.

"What motivated me to work online?"

How did I decide that THIS is what I'm going to do?

What clicked in me that made me go from a physical trainer that made over $1500 a week, and a single father at that, to an online entrepreneur?

What was the motivation to work online...it must have been dementia.

Surely.

In reality, I was fed up.

I grew sick and tired of not being able to have a healthy night's sleep.

I got sick of the 5am training sessions that, although enjoyable due to my very select clientele ( fortunately I loved the people I trained like family), drained me of the little energy I did have to better MYSELF!

I couldn't train in the sport that I loved and wanted to pursue because it was either time or money.

Never quite enough of either.

I napped in my car when I could, usually unsuccessfully.

I had to spend more time in the gym due to my stretched out schedule than I did at home.

People called me a gym rat and it stung, because I felt like a slave.

When I could see my son, I was miserable. I loved being with him, but the fact that he had already taken his first steps without me, and cried for his mother when he was cranky broke my heart.

I was done.

I decided to inform my clientele that I was done with Personal Training; that I had a month left and that was it.

What was bound to happen was going to happen, but I was determined to see my child grow up.

Fear lost its hold on me.

Everyone thought I was out of my mind, and I knew how little they believed in me, but that's what people do.

I didn't expect any less from them.

Fortunately for me, I've always believed in me when nobody else did, so that didn't deter me one bit.

From a young age as a little chubby kid, I learned that listening the bullies doesn't help you any. It just makes you want to eat more pie.

I listened to the few people that told me to, "See what happens," and to, "Treat it like a business." One of those friends is a guy that started off selling hosting from his apartment, and turned that into a million dollar a year business. His black card was proof enough.

I definitely had less energy for that first month.

It was difficult.

And at that point I had to see my son less often.

After that first dollar in my account though, that first day, I realized that this was real.

I got past the wall, so to speak, in online business.

My way of thinking.

Making money was now real,and fact. I had made something I could literally spend.

It was real, and I was doing what I was supposed to do.

Now, it's two years later, and I'm making a few years worth of salary and sleeping in as long as I want.

I still work just as hard as ever, but only after a night's sleep, and only because I want to.

So, what is my motivation for working online?

My motivation for working online is myself, and it should be the same for you.

It wasn't the outside forces that caused me to decide enough was enough.

None of that had changed. That situation was as stale and exhausting as it had always been.

What changed was the way I saw my own potential, and how I was wasting it away.

I thought about how many people told me I couldn't, and decided to tell them otherwise.

I was in charge of my life, and I would fail or succeed on my own terms.

Surprisingly, I proved them wrong on their terms as well.

I recommend a book called "The New Psycho-Cybernetics." You can get it at any bookstore.

It also comes in a CD set if you'd rather listen.

I've read everything, or close to, and this book is the forefather, and the best, of all of the material I've read. I promise it will inspire you if I haven't already.

Even if you don't buy it, make sure to take from my example, and trust in your ability especially when no one else does.

You're the only thing you're sure of anyway.

Until we meet again, keep the pie off your face.

Tags: Mental Health