I have no idea what I\’m doing.
I know, I\’m supposed to be the expert, right? I\’m the guy who wrote a best-selling book on earning money with AdSense, and another top-seller on Twitter. I\’ve built a gaming site that was sold to Yahoo! and put together content sites that each deliver five-figure incomes in advertising revenue.
If I don\’t know what I\’m doing, who does?
Sure, I know how to make AdSense work for me. I know how to use Twitter to build and maintain a community, and I\’ve figured out all sorts of different ways to make the Internet go Ka-Ching.
But I\’ve never felt that I know everything. There\’s always more to learn, more to discover and more to figure out.
I can still remember the moment when I sat down and created my first website. I had no clue what to do, how to do it, or what I was supposed to do after I\’d done it. It was a scary moment – but it was an exciting one too. I knew that I was on the verge of something big, and while it might take me time and effort to reach the point when creating a website and pulling money out of it feels like second nature, figuring out how to get there was going to be a ride.
I\’m still enjoying that ride. Each time I set a new goal for my business, I know that I\’m going to have to overcome challenges, figure things out again and test out different approaches to see which work the best.
Of course, I get to draw on the knowledge I\’ve built up from the years I\’ve been on the Web. I now have a team of talented people around me who can contribute their own ideas and shorten the time it takes to reach our goal. But every new start and every change to a business is still a little bit scary — and very exciting.
Whether you\’re now building your first website or in the process of growing an established business, those butterflies in your tummy – and yes, the confusion in your head — are something to treasure. They tell you you\’re about to learn something new and something valuable.
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