Diary of an Online Business – Tenacity Breeds Success
Yesterday, in Australia was Mother’s Day. My daughter told me that she was in a group of people who were asked to describe their mother in one word. Guess what word she used to describe me? Tenacious. She said there were a few people in the group who new me and agreed with her. I laughingly described myself as a bulldog holding onto someone’s ankle and refusing to let go.
I thought alot about this conversation that afternoon and decided that I actually liked this description of myself. But at this point you may be wondering what it has to do with online business success?
I have heard of some people who have made it big online quickly. They were in the right spot at the right time with the right product. I have met many more who are more like me – hard working, making lots of mistakes and passionate about what they do.
Some of these people have given up. Unlike the bulldog, they decided that it was just too hard. You know what, sometimes, that is exactly as I have felt but there is a difference between feeling a certain way and giving in to those feelings.
So what exactly, is tenacity and why is this quality so important to the success of an online business? One online dictionary describes it as – “persistent determination – the quality of being determined to do or achieve something”. Other words used by the Thesaurus are: doggedness, perseverance, determination, purpose and persistence.
Yes, you need: technical knowledge (if not your own then at least someone else’s), a good product, customers, marketing but if you do not have tenacity you simply won’t kick the ball through the goal posts. You will become fatigued long before that and simply give in.
Someone challenged me last week to get off the comfy couch and get doing – learning, working, connecting, experimenting.
I’d like to pass this same challenge on to you. If you are serious about an online business, then you will have to keep at it. You will have to learn and grow from your mistakes and failures. You will have to be the bulldog hanging on for your strength and one day you will start to see the trickles and then the floodgates coming rushing in.
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Until next time
Julie
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