If You’re Motivated & Excited By Money… You’re in Luck.
Posted by Chad Hamzeh in Motivation 10 commentsLet me ask you something.
To buy a bunch of cool stuff?
The reason I’m asking you all this is because it’s a very easy trap to fall into, once you start hitting certain degrees of success.
That’s why I say that those who are motivated purely by “more money”, are lucky in a way.
Because they’ll always be motivated. You can always hit higher scores… but if this is your only motivation, you might have a hard time feeling fulfilled.
For the rest, myself included, it’s a bit different.
And if you’re like me, then regardless where you are with your bank account right now, I recommend working on something even once a week that actually excites you.
Now, ideally that one thing is targeting a specific market that you can monetize.
But often, the type of work I’m talking about is found in a hobby or something you’re involved in outside of
work, and you can take the skills you’ve learned doing IM/CPA stuff to really accelerate and dominate that market you are in on the consumer side.
I talk a lot about being more of a producer than a consumer.
However, our experience as consumers allows us to see certain market gaps, and things that we can do better.
This is how you find that type of work where the money you make is simply an awesome side effect of conquering a market you’re actually interested in.
So maybe right now you’re launching CPA and traffic campaigns, and you’re not overly motivated outside of the fact that you can make some quick cash.
Understand you’re learning the skills of traffic and conversion, the 2 skills that can help you write your own checks forever.
And, understand that these 2 skills can probably be transferred into a market you’re already a consumer of.
How can you shift yourself to a producer in that market, and dominate it while having fun?
That’s how you wake up every morn without an alarm clock, because you’re excited as hell to get to “work”… which feels more like play at that point.
So keep your eyes open, these types of breakthroughs are often in plain sight.
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Chad thats a really good post! i am working on your traffic blackbook and for the last 2years or so I’m living in phuket thailand and at 63 yrs its a bit daunting to enter that arena. my financial needs are getting quite pressing but i really don’t want to go back to england. your post resonates with me as music is my passion and i blow the cobwebs away with it. and with techie confidence would like the deep satisfaction of the passion with the biz so to speak.
As for MMA -well sometimes you have to
Hi Chad
From experience, it’s crucial to gain some level of fulfillment from the work you do, beyond purely more money.
I sold my business a few years ago, and attempted to semi-retire in southern Spain – great climate, relaxed lifestyle, etc.
This lasted all of 6 months! I realised that it’s crucial to be active and engaged in a business/project/cause or mission that you really enjoy.
And for those of you who think that happiness comes from a (passive) high income – you’ll realise that the reality is rather different…
Good post, Chad.
The problem with having enough money and internet marketing is that sometimes it drops off the priority list . I noticed the other day that I really need a self actualizing project to keep me happy.
@mark.. phuket is great isnt it. I lived in Chalong out there, loved it.
@Des… Ya I anticipate that’s what I would be like after a few months of doing nothing and such. I’ve never been one to just go party and be happy with that, I need to take on something and get engaged as you said. Don’t get me wrong, a passive high income is still better than your traditional 9-5, imo.
@Lana… I hear ya there, something you can really get behind is key.
Great post Chad. I really agree with what you said about money not being a motivation for everyone.
We’ve all heard that money cannot buy happiness. Well I believe that money cannot buy lasting happiness.
We are wired to feel a sense of purpose and so we must do something to fill that void.
For some people a good hobby or trade will do and others belief in or worship a higher power fills the void.
My goal is to learn the traffic and conversion skills needed to make money on demand and to travel with my family and enjoy a better quality of life and help others as well.
Thanks again for the post!
Some excellent food for thought brotha, seeing how it seems to be the norm in our industry to keep grinding and hustling and working for a “greater high score”.
Hi Chad just read the post, Love the idea, but I’m far from the passive high income and ready to join the club!
Where should I get started? I see you have had a few different products, which one should I get? (sounds like Traffic Black Book is the way to go?)
What I’m looking to gain from it is… the financial freedom to get bored,lol and to only “work” on projects because I want to.
I have a whole list of things I want to spend my life doing, but guess what, they all take money!
Just hoping I found the right place to take care of the money problem and truly live my life!
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2-3 yr’s ago a mentor of mine James Schramko who i’m in mastermind group with told me this
“Become a producer rather than a consumer” – that advice really helped shift thing’s.
Another mentor advised – Master traffic & conversions and you’ll never have to worry about money.
It’s worked out well
GREAT POST Chad!
You rock!
Shaq
PS. we should catch up sometime over skype budd.
Charlie you might like our sixmonthsfromtoday.com forum, since its coaching and on going. Traffic Blackbook is a great primer.
Shaq whats up man? Ya I like James stuff.
Yes we definitely should catch up, swap notes and all that, I’m doing some interesting things right now.
Talk soon.