Resistance To Change

I find it easier to sell on Ebay than to sit down and work at internet marketing.   They are both basically the same thing. Researching a product (keyword) and writing up an auction (article).  Why is one harder than the other?  I think it is resistance to change. 

We are who we are based on years of practice being us.  When we try to change we run into resistance.  Our inner workings, our subconscious mind, says, "That is not you" and it resists any change.  Even if we consciously want the change and the change would be good for us our subconscious does not cooperate.

Richard Butler, the success coach I have talked about, reminded me of the saying, "You eat an elephant one bite at a time".  You also make changes one step at a time.  Change in small increments are more easily accomplished than trying to make a huge change all at once.

My $10,000 challenge is not going how I envisioned it would.  I am having a hard time getting it going. However, I am still attracting more cash than I normally earn.  The thing I know, Ebay, is working. The thing I do not really know, internet marekting, is not working. 

Our minds work with knows and unknowns.  Knowns are safe and we accept them.  They represent pleasure in our life. We can easily deal with and work with knowns.  Unknowns are pain and we block them from happening if at all possible. 

I believe my problem getting my internet marketing challenge going falls into knowns equal pleasure, Ebay sales and unknowns equal pain, internet marketing.

I know I can make a living with Ebay and I resist the unknown of making a living with internet marketing, all on a subconscious level.

Breaking through resistance and turning an unknown into a know is simple taking one bite of the elephant at a time.  Doing one small thing at a time.

I think this is why I really like Dennis Becker's "5 Bucks A Day" system to earning money on the internet.  He breaks it all down into bite sized pieces.  Take a look at what Dennis offers at "5 Bucks A Day" .  If you are in need of a system, a plan of action, I think Dennis has a great answer. 

$3682 More Income Than Normal

My $10,000 in 90 day challenge assumed I was going to make this money in internet marketing.  On Ebay I have earned $ 4381.79 in the last seven days. This is $3682 more than I normally make on Ebay in a week.

When you focus on something it often becomes your reality.  I am focusing on $10,000 and maybe it is coming my way, but not in the manner I thought it would.

So far, I have a "new" car (1984) that was given to me and is worth about $1800 if I sell it.  My Ebay income has shot up to levels I have only dreamed about.  AND my internet marketing income is still at the same level it was when I started this challenge.

Ebay is selling on the internet.  I suppose that is considered internet marketing, but that was not what this challenge was about.  Does this cash influx count?  I am not sure how to answer that. 

Based on what I thought my $10,000 challenge is, it shouldn't count. At the end of 3 months is I have $10,000 more than I normally would in the same time period, does it count? 

Every month I have to hustle to pay the warehouse rent ($2300) which is due on the 7th of the month. I started my lease on the 7th and that is rent due day.  This month I was really worried about paying the rent on time.  I hustled and came out way ahead in my Ebay sales. Way above normal.  Much more than I would have expected.

This is the same inventory that has been in this warehouse for over two years. We are living off of old inventory.  Big mistake, but we never get ahead enough to bid on new inventory.  We have a lot of stuff here, but it is all obsolete computers and electronics.

I am not getting anywhere with my planned websites, Bum Marketing and other internet marketing efforts, but my income has jumped.

I Cheated! I Earned $2200

My Business rent is due on the 7th of each month. This is based on when I signed the lease.  About this time every month I really have to hustle to pay all the bills that come due plus the rent. 

This month was worse than most.  We got a free car that I spent time and money trying to get going. It still runs rough.  I got involved in a $10,000 challenge and spent time trying to get that going. All of this at the expense of my full time business, selling on Ebay.

I really got behind and was wondering if I would be able to pay the rent on time.  I do not have internet marketing in place making enough money to even talk about. Last month I made under $150 in IM

Sharon, my wife, and I brainstormed what to do.  We searched for items that would sell for more than our average $10 to $20 sales.  We found them. 

We will pay the rent on time.  So far sales have netted $2200.  I have more that will close and make another $500 or more by the 7th. 

OK, my $10,000 challenge in 90 days is to earn $10,000 with internet marketing other than Ebay.  I have been so busy earning a living I have not had time to pursue the challenge.  I had started a couple things, but when I looked at my checkbook I quickly dropped the IM and concentrated on Ebay.