You MUST go around obstacles to reach rewards and, larger reward, larger obstacle you will encounter. EVERYONE encounters obstacles, and you will probably encounter a multitude of obstacles in your lifetime.

Surprising Fact: Persons who earn $20,000 and more each month have down times too -- times when they feel their businesses are failing...no kidding! So, IGNORE your emotions and obstacles in your path. Focus on completing tasks that generate results, and NEVER GIVE UP!

3. Patience

As much as we all would like to be able to start a business and begin raking in a huge profit a couple of months later, that is just not how life works. Building a stable and profitable business takes time and patience.

A traditional business takes 3 to 5 years to get into profit. A network marketing business usually takes 1 to 2 years. Whatever type of business you are building, for first several months it will feel like you are wasting your time and money because you won't see any noticeable results. This is NORMAL!

No matter what type of business you build, it takes a while to build momentum...to build a customer or prospect base, to build product recognition and trust, and to train your employees or associates so they can add to growing momentum. To be a success in business, you must also be realistic about what to expect.

Yes, you can build a profitable business that can make you wealthy beyond your wildest dreams, but don't expect to make a million in your first year. Would you really be disappointed if it took you 10 years before you earned your first million?

Yes, there are many people earning $10,000 a month or more and you can too...but not after only working for 2 to 3 months. Give yourself a few years to reach that point.

No matter how long it takes you to make big money, it will probably take you much less time to make much more money with your own business than with a regular job. So, BE PATIENT!

My recommendation is to pick 1 affiliate program and stick with it for a few months. If it's not working out for you, choose another. If that one's not working, choose another, and so on.

*Free Auction Profits has a great 50% affiliate program at http://www.freeauctionprofits.com/affiliates.html hint, hint :)

Where do you find these affiliate programs to join?

My favorite are: eBooks from Clickbank.com: http://www.freeauctionprofits.com/cgi-bin racker.cgi?cbanknews

Drop Ship Source Directory: http://www.freeauctionprofits.com/cgi-bin racker.cgi?dsnews

Commission Junction: http://www.cj.com

These are all free to join, and there's tons of money to be made with them. I'll share more of my favorite affiliate programs in future. For now, this should be enough for you to experiment with.

One last recommendation I have on affiliate programs: I don't promote anything I haven't purchased and benefited from myself. You might want to do same so you know you're promoting a quality product.

Until next time,

Karol Gajda

***************************************************************** Karol Gajda is an eBay fanatic. His eBook Free Auction Profits, which is available at http://www.freeauctionprofits.com, shows simple ways to obtain free merchandise to sell on eBay. To subscribe to his newsletter "Auction Profits" send a blank e-mail to: mailto:list@freeauctionprofits.com *****************************************************************