As you read this, an invisible clock is quietly tick, tick, ticking it's way towards that moment when your future will be decided.
If you're new to self employment, and/or to working on the Web, this could be an exciting time for you.
You've taken a big step, and have decided to reach out and grab a lifestyle that offers unprecedented freedom, and an income that is limited only by your own intelligence and willingness to work.
Good for you!
Westward Wagons!
You've begun your journey towards these new financial freedom horizons, like a pioneer settler crossing the old American west in a covered wagon.
As you set out on your travels, your own natural energies are fed by merchants you encounter along the trail. Their marketing messages skillfully add fuel to the fire of your inspiration.
The opportunity, your hope and courage, the marketplace. All these factors work together to create the motivation you'll need to start your own travels in this new landscape.
It's a wonderful beginning. An awakening. The smell of freedom, calling your name.
Take a moment. And enjoy it. You deserve this experience.
And then, having properly savored a memorable moment, you turn to face a deadline.
A Plain And Simple Truth
Early American pioneers migrating across the continent would start their joyful journey westward as soon as the spring thaw allowed. These plain and simple people knew a plain and simple truth.
They had to find their land and build a home before the winter winds returned, or they would perish on the prairie.
Self employment pioneers, new comers to the business side of the Web, face a similar deadly deadline.
A plain and simple truth on today's Internet frontier is that novice web publishers must reach some version of financial success before their inspiration capital evaporates in the relentless sun of competition.
If the inspiration runs out before enough money rolls in, these newcomers will quit, their dream of self employed independence will die, and the journey will be over.
No, we shouldn't expect instant success, in this field or any other.
But neither should we assume we have forever to convert an inspiring vision in to a fact, because the psychological reality is that time is not on our side.
The Moment Of Decision
We're all different, and this is new territory, so it's difficult to know when our personal deadline moment will come.
Some of us will turn back after a few weeks, others may soldier on bravely for months, perhaps years.
Even if we keep dutifully pushing forward through the knee deep snow of an early winter, spouses, family obligations, and financial reserves may give out first, and decide the question for us.
In the end, a moment will arrive for each of us when we will weigh our Net publishing income against the effort, and decide whether it's worth it to keep walking the long dusty trail on to the self employment frontier.
A New Awakening
The Doomsday Deadline is not a fun story to tell. And that's why it's a tale rarely told. And even more rarely read.
But a new awakening awaits anyone whose vision is large enough to include this plain and simple truth.
Those with the courage to face the deadline created by limits of their own inspiration will be rewarded with the miracle of focus.
And a much greater chance of success.
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