The risk of failure was one of my biggest fears to overcome. When taking the plunge and putting up some big dollars to get started I was worried if anyone would purchase what I was selling. Three months later I was breaking even and six months later making a pretty good profit. If only I can get the blog to take off now

Well done!

I often wish that the day had more hours so I could do even more, but that would be silly really as we’d only drag tasks out longer.

A perfect example is this: yesterday I had to run one of my birds to the vet which required driving for 1 hour and then sitting at the vets for another two hours. Luckily he was alright in the end. Due to the nature of my business I had deadlines that needed fulfilling. Because I missed out on valuable work time in the day I had to work back until 2.30AM.

Was it easy, no way. I was tired and wanted to sleep but had to get it done and those are the kind of things entrepreneurs do if they are serious about their work.

Having said that, even that takes time.

My post was generally aimed at entrepreneurs of all kind, not Internet marketing as an entity. As a freelance writer it would be very hard to automate my business. That is one reason why I became Court’s student for his personal mentoring. What I have learned from Court will help me to build residual income so that in the future I can automate my business partially with that side.

You also made a good observation concerning blogs and their outsourcing. Blogs are most often used as personal or business voices, therefore outsourcing them wouldn’t work so well in my eyes. (I mean totally outsourcing). Unless we are an insider into a blog owners life or business, it would be very hard to write in their own unique voice. I think it depends on the industry and the message of the blog owner.

So yes, I’m all for automation myself, but sometimes it just isn’t possible.

You know, we find is so easy to be disciplined for an employer, governed by the clock and wages but when we go into business ourselves this all but disappears because we don’t see instant gratification. (Uh I can feel a post idea coming on).

I look forward to the day when I can work 4 hours a day and earn my own little fortune while traveling the world and helping others achieve the same. Until then, it is knuckling down, long hours and many cups of herbal tea, plus work - work - work.

The problem with people daydreaming about their unrealistic possibilities is that most of us are lazy. It takes general effort to make an effort if that makes sense at all. Not many people are natural go getters and I’m certainly not one myself. While I have massive dreams I have to work hard to build toward them every day. The lure of “easy” beckons all the time. I guess what helps me is that I’m tough and since I smelled success it isn’t hard to keep doing what I love.

Which brings me to a key point; it helps if we are passionate and happy about what we do.

Then the alternative of having a boss and slagging my days away in a hot and stinky kitchen is keeping me on track above all else.

Millionaires certainly put in the hard work before they can enjoy a lavish lifestyle. Interestingly enough, many millionaires choose to keep working while building their empires even more.