Discipline is a key component of a successful life. Whether its working out every day, losing weight on a diet, or finding the time and energy to write a daily blog.

It starts with setting a goal: I’m going to make blog to fund my passive income snowball. This will grow over time and generate income via the magic of the internet in the day and age of “influencers” and “youtube stars”. This is a pseudo fallacy, only rarely can a viral explosion bring someone overnight success. Many creators take countless hours creating their content and engaging with their communities. If you don’t produce entertainment or value you won’t have an audience.

The key to motivation is that sometimes it will lapse. You need a cheerleader, a friend, a parent, or a spouse that will tell you keep going, you can do it. I hope I can be a cheerleader for readers here. Budget your Groceries, Learn a skill, Finish that emergency fund, or Invest $5 you were going to spend at Starbucks into a brokerage.

When motivation slacks, discipline must take over, resolve to do the thing you’re doing even when the results aren’t immediately visible. Even when views drop, portfolios dip, or the ice cream made the scale go back up.

Seeing website traffic to you’re pet project hit a pretty steady pace the first week it was live, when google searches couldn’t even find it, but then on week two getting one or two visitors in a day, is extremely demotivating. But here’s the trick. It only fails if you stop working. Stop posting, stop dieting, stop investing. When you steel yourself from the negative and push through the tough parts, you will see progress. Growth and success will come.

My posts have been getting long as people ask for guides, or recommendations so its nice to write something short… and I don’t even need to spam “like, comment, subscribe,” but feel free to join the newsletter so you can get motivated every time I post!

~~Miniwing~~