If you follow my articles regularly, you’ll probably notice that this is the first one I’ve written in well over a week. Yes, that should sound surprising as I usually write one or two a day. In this particular article, I’m going to explain why it’s been so long in between and why you sometimes need to take a step back from your everyday marketing activities.

About two weeks or so ago, I noticed something…I was getting burnt out. It doesn’t happen often, but I was definitely on the verge of taking my computer and tossing it through a wall or a window…whichever was closer. This isn’t because my business was suffering or anything like that. It was simply because I was getting tired of the whole grind. Hey…I’m human.

For a while, I started to think that maybe it was time for me to retire. After all, the money is secondary these days. I’d much rather play video games, magic cards and write some songs…or so I thought. But after I took a step back from things and stopped my regular activities, I realized that the problem was that I was in a rut. I wasn’t being challenged and I didn’t really feel like I was getting through to anybody. I felt like I was just wasting my time.

So I stopped everything and sat down and thought to myself…”What am I really trying to accomplish here? Is it JUST to make a buck? If that’s the case, there are a heck of a lot easier ways to do it.” That’s when I realized that I just wanted to make a real difference and I wasn’t doing what I SHOULD be doing in order to make that happen.

Ultimately, I decided to open up a limited coaching program to just a few people at a ridiculously low price. Needless to say, it sold out in less than a day. Suddenly…I was excited again. I was setting up a membership site for these people to get their materials, setting up affiliate tools, providing them with instruction and flat out having a blast.

Internet marketing was fun again. I’m back to working full time days like I did many years ago and loving every minute of it. This isn’t work for me…not when I’m doing something I really love. And it shouldn’t be work for you either. If it is, maybe it’s time for you to take a step back and think about what you’re doing.

Is it REALLY what you want to do?

You might discover that it’s not and that you’d rather be doing something else. That’s okay. Not everybody is cut out for this Internet marketing stuff.

But if it IS what you want to do, then find what it is that excites you and do THAT. Don’t let yourself get distracted by the mundane. Let somebody else do the tedious stuff.

It’s time to have fun again.

To YOUR Success,

Steven Wagenheim

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