I think everyone reading "Crank" knows that I am a membership website owner. We also own several other websites too where we sell products, information and offer affiliate links, along with other ways of making a living.
If you read yesterdays post, you may have noticed I was a bit cranky.
I wasn't going to say this, but just have to get it off my chest! What I didn't say yesterday has been bothering me and I'm just going to lay it out here.
The couple I was working with yesterday "get it". They understand that owning your own business requires you learn to wear a lot of different hats and that you work your "buts" off to make it succeed. I'm not talking about the thing you sit on! I am talking about the "buts" that people bring into the conversation when talking about starting their own business.
"But I didn't know I'd have to learn all this stuff"
"But that's a LOT of work!"
"But I don't have that software - that'll cost a lot of money."
"But I don't have the time."
When someone has asked me for help, then bring their "but" into the conversation, I smile and say "Yeah, it's a lot of work" and I stop wasting my time on showing them how to build their own business. People with big "buts" won't do anything! That's okay because it's their choice how they live their life, just don't try to waste my time!
It's about the bottom line. Or three bottom lines, and here they are...
Personal Freedom. We can come and go as we choose. We move south for the winter and come back to Illinois when the snow is gone. Not many employers will let their employees do that.
Financial Freedom. We don't have a boss deciding how much money we can have this year. And by extension, the person that decides that also decides what town a person can live in, what house they can buy, what car they can drive, etc.
Time Freedom. There is no time-clock in my office. I work a lot of hours, but I can also decide to take some time off and do nothing any day I want to. Where I used to work, they took a dim view of that sort of thing.
I know personally many, many membership website owners that are making 6 figure incomes! I know several personally that are making 7 figure incomes! I also know there are millions that make almost nothing.
If you split these website owners into two groups... those with big buts and those that work their but off... then look at their bottom lines, it's no surprise that the big bucks go to those with small buts.
Those that choose to work their buts off can build a membership website with a huge income. Don't let your buts get in the way of having the personal freedom that drew you to this business to start with.
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