Patience, The Missing Ingredient To Success

Patience, The Missing Ingredient To Success
By Jenean Matthews

Somewhere online someone gave out the impression
that because we can click on a link and be
transported to a site in an instant, that starting
an online business would be the same way. Unfortunately,
starting an online business, or any business, does not
move as fast as DSL. It takes time.

If you were to bake a cake from scratch, you wouldn't
expect to mix all the ingredients together, put the
cake in the oven and 30 seconds later take it out and
presto, it is done. It takes time.

NEWSFLASH: Time is not a four-letter word.

Most things that you have accomplished in life have taken
time. It took time for you to learn how to walk, talk,
and eat by yourself. It took time to get through school
and get a J.O.B. It's going to take some time to get
your business going. If you haven't arrived at success
yet, it's ok.

I've read a lot of the articles, books and tips on starting
an online business. I've put most of them to use in my
business. Those strategies make up most of the ingredients
to your online success. You submitted your site to the
search engines, submitted to FFAs for link popularity,
placed free and paid classified ads, used banner ads and
other suggestions offered. These ingredients to your
success should be used on a consistent and persistent basis.
But if you leave out patience your success is liable to come out flat.

What does patient really mean. One of the definitions of
patient in the dictionary is one who is capable of bearing delay
and waiting for the right moment. Notice the definition says there
is a delay. Success will happen it's just delayed. Why is it delayed,
it's waiting for the right moment.

So how do you remain patience while waiting on your success?

1. Keep consistently and persistently utilizing all the ingredients
to your success.
2. Don't compare yourself to others. You measure your
success against your own personal goals and not against
the rate or speed someone else seems to be accomplishing
their own goals.
3. Set a long-term goal, then set short-term goals that
you can accomplish quickly and easily. This will keep you
motivated.
4. Visualize your success.
5. Speak words of encouragement to yourself daily.
6. And remember the Words of God: "But let patience have its
perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking
nothing." (James 1:4 NKJV)

Patience, The Missing Ingredient To Success Copyright 2000
Jenean Matthews is a businesswoman who believes
in encouraging and helping others to accomplish their
dreams. She believes people can overcome obstacles, rise
to any occasion, and accomplish their entire dream with enough
faith. She can be found accomplishing her dream at
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