Other people would tell me that they were already working on achieving results that they were striving for. My business opportunity did not offer types of results that they wanted to accomplish. And others would simply take opportunity since they had no other vehicle to take them to their desired results.

In general, I did not meet two people with same aspirations. Everyone wanted to be successful in his or her own unique way -- successful in regards to other people and successful in regards to themselves.

So, question I would like to ask you is: "Why do you want to achieve online success and what are you doing it for?"

Is there something you desire to have as a result of you becoming successful online? It’s very important to define your desired outcome – crisp and clear – as a result of you becoming a successful online entrepreneur. That would become your map. That would give you a direction to follow.

What do you want to have and who do you want to become as a result of you becoming successful with your online venture?

By having that fact defined, your success journey would then consist of finding right sources to get you there as opposed to jumping onto every train that passes by with a hope that one of them would take you to your success.

You could use your list of defined results that you want to accomplish as an evaluation method when looking at different business opportunities or products. Ask yourself, could business opportunity or even a product under your consideration, deliver most or all of your desired results?

In today's environment of ever changing technology and evolving life complexity, we don't have much time in our hands. Do we?

The “time” is slowly but surely becoming one of most valuable commodities. The fact of knowing what you want to accomplish with your online venture would help you grasp success you seek in shortest time possible and help you understand purpose of your mission.

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Also keep this in mind: First impressions die hard. Once we've been tagged as patsies, it can be awfully hard to shake label. The more firmly entrenched we get in role of a patsy, harder it becomes for us to break out and stand up for ourselves.

Negotiating Ethically But Firmly Will Not Injure A Relationship

Donald at newspaper stopped himself from negotiating with Jeanne because he was afraid of upsetting applecart. He had a good rapport with his boss, and he was afraid he'd really disrupt it if he suddenly changed his style and began asserting his own needs. For her part, Jeanne probably reinforced his fear by continuously talking about "team effort" and how wonderful it was that "we're just one big happy family."

If you find yourself in a like predicament, try to step back and put it all in perspective. Are you really out to wreck this person's world? No. Do you really want to upset whole applecart? No. All you want are apples you deserve. The other person, of course, may try to "guilt-peddle" you into thinking that you are upsetting whole applecart, hoping to make you retreat from your position. Don't pay any mind. Stand firm. Once you clearly establish that you're not backing off, other person will have to negotiate with you. The nature of your relationship may change as they realize you're no longer a pushover, but change will be a positive one. The end result will be a relationship based on mutual respect, not one-sided manipulation.

Fear of Being The Bad Guy

If Paul could've brought himself to say, "That's a little more than I was looking to pay for a car," Bill surely would've come down from $1,300. Why did Paul leave himself no chance of shaving some bucks off price? He was afraid of switching hats, that is, of exchanging nice white hat of friendly banter for what he saw as black hat of give-and-take bargaining.

Nonsense. Bill was expecting a negotiation. Of course, it is a really good idea to build a positive relationship at start of any negotiation. Once that is done, however, it is normal to move into hard bargaining. Hard bargaining can and should be conducted in a friendly manner but it is still hard bargaining and it is fully appropriate.

So Lets Negotiate - Only Good Things Will Happen If You Do

When we play a game like tennis or chess, we play to win, and if we succeed, we don't make an enemy in process. The same is true of negotiation. We're out to meet our needs and we give it all we've got, but when it's over, that's it. As long as we keep it friendly and don't pull out any dirty tricks, there's no reason in world that a negotiation should engender any bad feelings or result in any ongoing enmity. So go for it. You're merely attempting to fulfill your own legitimate needs.

(c) Michael Schatzki - 2004. All rights reserved.