Merry Christmas everybody! Another year have passed and another +1 on your age. Time goes by really fast doesn’t it? I’m writing right now, midnight of christmas 26th of december, because I can not sleep. I just thought that I might write something of things I learned this pass year. Maybe its not something that you’ll be interested in reading and its not about making money or affiliate marketing. So bear with me for this time around.

I wanted to point out things I learned this year. First thing first is about business.

Business

Have you watched the video about making money online? It’s one of the best video you can find about making money online. A lot better and true than John Chow’s blog and what he ate for dinner. The moral lesson here is to just do it. Solve a simple problem and you can make money out of it. It doesn’t have to be a big bang at your first launch. What you want to do is to focus on making it better and better in each iteration.

A nice read about iteration and online business was created by the people at 37signals, you might want to check them out here.

If you’re starting to have a business on your own. Be prepared of the consequences. Once you enter entrepreneurship its a whole new world. To summarize all of it, let me explain both sides. A worker and an entrepreneur.

Worker

• Have night outs and party
• Have vacation at least 1 week a year (paid)
• Have coworkers to hangout with
• Monthly income stable
• All in all — YOU HAVE A LIFE

Entrepreneur

• No night outs. No Party
• No vacation.
• No one to hang out with (if ever there’s free time. Friends are at work)
• Risky. Income NOT Stable
• Emotional rollercoaster and stress
• All in all — YOU HAVE NO LIFE

Its the freedom why some people choose to become entreprenuer.

Personal Life

I’m an entrepreneur, single and have no life. =) This year, I fell in love with guitars… Very much in love.

Questions I Would Like To Know The Answer

There are lots of questions I want to know the answer that came into my mind this 2009 but yet to know the answers. These are:

• What’s up with guys taking nursing degree? Nobody (especially men) wants to wake up in a hospital bed greeted by a guy.
• Why do Filipino TV shows suck?
• What makes life meaningful?
• Why nobody told me that guitars are awesome?

If you know the answers to some, please do share your wisdom with us.

Plans for Next Year

I plan to travel next year. Explore other places other than the four corners of my office. Meet new people, women and food. To where, not sure. I’ll post it here when time comes. I’m also learning forex trading and hope to benefit from it. Forex trading matches the style of work at home/online business. Giving me more free time to do things while my money doing the work for me.

Another plan is to double my company’s revenue next year.

Live and enjoy life to the fullest. Experience things that I’ve never experience before.

How about you? What did you learned this year and what are your plans for the next year?

So been hearing about InfoLinks and tried to test it.

$0.01 Per Click

I can make more money out there as a beggar than use infolinks. I’ll still test it until next week and see if it improve. Just to say upfront, I’m not happy with it.

The reviews out there may be good, bad, shady, hyped, paid or just wanting you to signup for their affiliate link. I don’t care. As for me… An honest review right from the bottom of my heart…

InfoLinks sucks!

snoob

Alright, it has been a while since I last posted. I’ve been away setting up my home network because I just bought a new mac. Hurray for me. No more windows. And I’m loving it.

Switching to Mac

I want to talk about the importance of having a goal. The most important thing to get ahead in life is to have a goal. Whatever it may be, looking for a job, prosperous business, gorgeous girlfriend, better car, more money on your paypal account, bigger checks, or better life. You must have a goal to be successful.

I want to state a simple scenario. For example you are applying for a job, and the boss asked you how much salary do you expect. One applicant says, “anything decent will do”. And the conversation will go as far like a game show that you can “haggle” your salary. Another applicant asked by the same question but stated the exact amount of salary he wants.

Who do you think will get hired?

If I were to bet my money, I will bet on the 2nd applicant. Because that guy has a goal set. Nobody wants a wishy washy, come what may person. Indecisiveness means lack of confidence which also means that when things got rough he’ll shit his pants and points his finger on other people.

Many people will want to get the least opportunity because they lack goals. An engineering graduate applying for a call center position just to get the money rolling for him after graduation is an indication that he lacks the goal and don’t have ambition. He might have dreams. But dreams are nothing but thoughts. If you don’t act upon those dreams you’re just satisfying your self approval that you’re doing enough.

Sure I understand, its hard to get a job these days and just take whatever come. I say, there’s nothing wrong with that and if you are really starving and needs any job today just to eat, then get it. But its always a belief of mine that the first career decision you make is crucial and it will be hard for you to stay away from as you grow older. The patterns you set when you are starting out will stick with you.

Let’s State Internet Marketing (Making Money Online) for Example

We all know adsense. How about having a goal of earning $1500 per month in adsense. Would that be good? Of course. Now, if we are to make a goal out of it, we can just say that on the first year you may want to focus your energy into earning money with adsense for just $300 per month. Not bad! $300 per month is just $10 per day. 2nd year, you want to focus earning $600 per month and so on. By your 5th year, you’ll have attained your $1500 per month on adsense. NOT THAT SHABBY!

Your Adsense Goal (5 Year Plan = $1500 per month)

1st Year: $300 / month
2nd Year: $600 / month
3rd Year: $900 / month
4th Year: $1200 / month
5th Year: $1500 / month

Having a goal rewards you. But you must work for it. How many people you know tried to make money on adsense but only to find out they gave up just on the 3rd month? Persistence, persistence, persistence. Persistence is such a great character trait. And it can be learned. Only by practice. If you have goals.. Procastination will always try to test your character and will want to kill Persistence. If you really want to be successful, 1 character trait to master is Persistence.

Why Have a Goal?

If you have a goal, your brain will ask “how”. And my friend, the best questions in the world are the questions that starts with “HOW?”. Because it stimulates the mind. Forcing you to think, to ask, and to make an action.

Based on our adsense example. If on my first year I only need to earn $300 per month, that’s $10 per day. I’ll go to my favorite web hosting provider, buy a hosting and make 10 sites that will earn me $1 per day and I’m on my way to clearing my first goal. Its not that hard when you think about it. You just need to act first and tell the “others” to shut up if they say it won’t work.

What is your goal?

“If you’re going through hell, keep going”

Winston Churchill