2 Simple Strategies For Online Business Success

Recently I was reading an article that shared some advice Billionaire H.L. Hunt gave to many people in his circle of influence, and it's certainly worth sharing. Bunker was born into a farming community, he worked hard for many years to try to make something of himself, but ended up bankrupt for his trouble. But after getting his act together and applying the two secrets you are about to learn, he became very successful.

His advice for anybody who feels like their life isn't currently going in the direction they would like it to be is amazingly simple. Simple, but sometimes very difficult to follow at the same time.

So what was his advice?

1) Put the goals you want to achieve in writing

2) Pay in advance

For most of us, our brains respond best to written commands. When you write down the goals you'd like to achieve, whether they are for today, next week or 3 years from now, somehow your brain picks up the vibes and goes to work on helping you to achieve them. You've no doubt seen this in your own life. When you set up your day in your diary and plan what you want to get done, you tend to accomplish a lot more than on days where you just bumble along without any sort of plan to follow. Writing out your goals is absolutely crucial to your long term success.

It stands to reason that this would be so. The huge majority of the world's population never sees the need to write their goals on paper. And the fact is the majority of the worlds population is not what you'd call financially well off, even many of the people who live in the wealthiest countries, where opportunity abounds and getting ahead should be relatively easy.

Many people set goals in their heads and think that this will be enough. But a goal in your head is like an idea that comes and then is gone. Don't risk it. Committing your goals to paper and reviewing them regularly ensures that they will be at the top of your thoughts as you go through your day. But written goals are only part of the story - then of course, you have to pay in advance.

So what do I mean by paying in advance?

You've no doubt seen a farmer planting a crop. He has no idea if his crop will actually grow, or if he will receive enough rain, or if a plague of locusts will destroy his hard work. He has little control over the price he will receive when he takes his produce to market, or who will end up buying it from him. Yet he pays for his seed in advance, plants the crop, and tends to it as it matures. And when that seed grows into a beautiful, lush crop, he takes the results of his hard work to market and is rewarded because he paid for his seed and did the work in advance.

As online business owners, we need to do the same thing as our farmer. Building a successful online business comes with a price. You have to pay in advance. You have to be studying, learning and investing in your education all the time, to become what you want to be in the future.

There's simply no way around it, you have to learn before you can earn :-). When you pay in advance, another important thing happens. You are motivated to get things done because you've invested in yourself and you want to see the results from your investment. Bottom line? Success ultimately comes from two simple factors...

1) Put your life's goals in writing

2) Pay In Advance

I know from personal experience that this works. I never thought it was necessary to write down my goals, I always just 'knew' what they were in my head. And I never really got anywhere. On the other hand, an old friend has always set comprehensive, written goals in every area of his life, but particularly financial goals because that's how he liked to keep score. He lived through many hard times while he was paying in advance, he studied everything he could, found a mentor and learned some more... and he became a multi millionaire...

Now I set written goals and things are really starting to move for me as well :-)

And when I see would be online millionaires who don't invest in information and tools to move forward and make it to the next level...and when I hear them complain when they're asked to spend money on their education. Or when I hear them saying how expensive things are and how they 'can't afford it', then I know in my heart that unfortunately those people will probably never make have a profitable online business.

Information gives us the chance to make giant steps forward in our lives. It's that simple. I've invested heavily in information products over the last 3 years (when I couldn't really afford it) and like the farmer, continue to reap the profits. I can only give you the advice based on my own knowledge and what I've seen others do. And I'll tell you this. Write down your goals and pay in advance. Learn what you have to. Pay the price now, and you'll be rewarded in ways you can't even imagine at the moment.