Fall Forward Fast
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So I was sitting in my office looking through my bookshelf that contains part of my library of marketing books and courses. I started paging through one of the manuals that came with a course I bought over a year ago.
While paging through one of the chapters I stumbled across a statement that not so long ago got me through some tough times while building my success.
That statement was “fall forward fast”!
Think about that statement for a minute…
What does that mean to you?
I am going to get into what that statement means in just a minute but first I want to set you up for the answer.
When starting a business from home or online, you may find yourself overwhelmed with “the best business ever” and the “buy this and it will help you” type of offers.
I know that I find my inbox flooded with hundreds of these offers every week.
It is hard to distinguish between them all and what you feel is important to read, or what you want to proceed with.
It can be frustrating at times but it doesn’t have to be…
What you need to do is “fall forward fast”!
Most people who start a home based business start it under the impression that all they are going to have to do is talk to a few of their friends, help their friends talk to a few friends and they are going to be rich. Or place a few ads to go to a website and you are going to make a ton of money.
Which in fact working from home is just like running any other business. If you were to start let’s say a pizza franchise you wouldn’t just sit around and hope you make money would you?
You would do what it takes, advertise, learn everything there is to know about running a successful pizza franchise. Right?
Same thing goes for running a business from home. It takes patience and determination to run a successful business from home no matter what it is that you may have been told.
Working from home takes the same types of determination as if you were to run a successful pizza franchise.
You need to learn everything you need to know in order to run a successful home business.
I always say, if you don’t know how to do something… Buy a book that tells you how.
You see too many people in this industry start because they think it is going to be their way out of the rat race and finally live the life they deserve. When they aren’t instantly handed a big check they think they have been burned in some way. Which in fact it is their own fault they didn’t make any money, they didn’t do what it takes to be successful.
You do get out of it what you put in. If you only work the bare minimum you are going to get the bare minimum out of it. In fact you can make an above average income by working from home, but you need to do what it takes to get there.
That is where “fall forward fast” comes into the picture. You see don’t say to yourself “will this course or book work for me”! Of course it will.
Remember, if you don’t know how to do something… Buy a book that tells you how.
I buy tons of books and courses in order to learn things that will benefit my business. I never think I have wasted money by buying a course or book. I think of it as an investment in my business.
The main thing to remember is to find something you want to learn and do it. Learn everything you can about that particular area of your business you want to be better at.
A good thing to think about is that you don’t want to try and be great at everything. You don’t need to be great at everything you just need to be great at one thing and good at the rest.
The point of “fall forward fast” is don’t question if it works for you or if it will help you and just do it.
Just sitting back and thinking about doing something isn’t going to make you any money. Any money spent in this industry on education is money well spent.
If you want to be good at prospecting, advertising, web design, or anything else that pertains to building a successful business learn how by learning from someone who is good at it.
But the main point is to do like Nike says and “Just Do It”. Falling forward fast is learning as you go and falling forward fast in learning what it is that you want to learn and getting good at it. Trying to do something with the help of books and courses will be your best bet, if you don’t try it you will never know if it works for your business.
Like for instance…
You want to get some results by using pay per click advertising but you don’t know how to do it. You will need to buy a book to help you start your process. But you won’t get anything out of the book unless you implement the contents of the book to see how it will work.
The book or course enhances you in your quest of mastering pay per click. But you won’t have any idea unless you dive in a see first hand.
Use the course to help you and cut down your learning curve. But you must ACT on what you learned.
See what I mean?
So don’t just sit back and do the bare minimum in order to “hope” you find success. It takes some determination.
The next time you see an offer for some kind of product or course out there that you think can help you. Chances are better than not that it will. So buy the course because I am sure it will help you. At least you will get one idea or read something that will spark a great idea.
We have done our absolute best that we can here at the Texas Wealth Club to put the pieces together for you, step by step. All you will have to do is take action.
No need to buy a ton of training courses.
I am going to leave you with that… Tell us what you think by leaving a comment.
To your success,
Justin Christianson
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Categories marketing | Tags: learn fast, learn from mistakes, making mistake, marketing
15 Comments to Fall Forward Fast
by Jay Tumble
On January 24, 2010 at 8:33 am
Thanks Justin – this was really what I needed to hear today. I hope to find out more about what you are up to. Best,
Jay
by Robby Ferguson
On April 19, 2010 at 12:44 pm
Yes, Yes, Yes…..you only get out of what you put into anything. If folks are given a proven blueprint that has been proven to work then it will work for them but, only if you are determined to work at it.
I need to get my car washed because it is dirty right, I could just run it through the Robo or I could make it really shine by simply doing what I was taught as a young age, buy some turtle wax and put forth the extra effort to make it really shine. One thing for sure, it’s not going to shine itself.
Great stuff, thanks Justin…!
by Anatoly
On April 19, 2010 at 3:00 pm
Hi,Justin,
so many people are selling BS online using similar sales letters.
My Inbox is full of them.I would trust everything you are talking, but have no idea who you are,what you are doing and why I have to trust you.
Probably, you are the most honest Guy on the entire Planet and everything above is not about you.But it could be an opposite, right?
Let’s see what you will do later.
Now all the sellers online have Zero credibility. It is not your fault. It is fault of greedy guys who were doing the wrong things and cheated millions of people for years.Somebody has to pay the price!
by Frances
On April 19, 2010 at 3:33 pm
I agree with taking action and purchasing information. I have been doing this and falling forward a lot. When I get stuck I am not always able to contact someone live to walk me thru the tech stuff. The ideas and concepts are just great, but I think we often get stuck on the tech part. However, still need to go forward and work at what you can till you can get the tech stuff resolved.
Thanks for the encouragement to keep going!
Frances Y
by Admin
On April 19, 2010 at 4:11 pm
@Anatoly
You are completely right! 100%. Why should you trust me? You don’t know me. I’m not a “Guru”, because I have been behind the scenes making money. I didn’t care about sharing before. But I was tired of the crap out there. That is our job at Texas Wealth Club to let you get to know me and my partners and trust us.
I have been through the trenches and failed for years. My partners and I have joined forces to change all the BS out there. We want a place that is fun, interactive, full of step by step information, and honest. Transparency is the key. We aren’t here to hide, or give you false information or for that fact, incomplete information. We wanted a place that we could share literally everything we know about marketing online. How we do it from day to day. What we would do if we started all over. How we built our businesses in the first place.
And everything in this article is about me and is 100% true. Every line of it.
All I can say is that my partners Jack, and Eric, we have all made a bunch of money online.
We are not here to pray on people. We truly want to help people. My inbox is full of the next best thing everyday. We just want to see people succeed.
But no matter what information is out there, it all comes down to taking action. you could have the best training on the planet but if you don’t do anything with it you still have nothing.
I could have one of my high priced coaching clients give me a bunch of money but if they don’t take the steps that I lay out for them and put them into action they still have nothing.
So again, we are on a mission to change the crap out there and actually give the information that is needed all in one place. As you can see we don’t fill your inbox with a different offer everyday. We will only tell you about something if we have used it, or think it is the best way to teach you something.
We aren’t like that. We want you to follow one system and that is the one each of us has used to make it happen online.
It is up to you from that point to make it happen and take action. And we even do stuff along the way to help you and answer your questions.
Take care,
Justin
by Admin
On April 19, 2010 at 4:14 pm
Yes technology is always a downfall. It is for me still. Tough to find good help.
But that is why we are here. Our members get their questions answered regularly and get resources that we know are proven to make it happen, including step by step on how to use most of it.
So keep going. It only gets better, but takes a learning curve.
Justin
by Admin
On April 19, 2010 at 4:17 pm
You are correct Robby,
Working from home still requires work. I work harder now than when i had a “JOB” but it is fun, I work from home, and can take off when I want. But it still requires work. There are no Get Rich Quick options.
It takes time and determination to make it happen.
We give all the steps needed all you have to do is put it to work and do it. Whether that be starting out with just 1 or 2 hours per day, that is what I did when I was an electrician and didn’t have that much time.
But I was determined to make it work and it did.
Thanks for your comment.
Justin
by Jon G
On April 20, 2010 at 9:49 am
Good advice. I just joined this past weekend and I am anxious to get started. What is the next step?
by Admin
On April 20, 2010 at 10:15 am
Go through the various videos back there and join us on our webinars. Start with the mindset portion and go through all the content there.
Glad to have you on board Jon!
Justin
by Glen Wayne
On April 23, 2010 at 7:15 am
I must say I work harder from home than when I had a JOB but it is so worth it. I love the statement “Fall Forward Fast” it makes me think of football. Yes, you do get tackled but most of the time you can control the fact that you fall forward and “gain yardage.” (Get closer to your goal in all that you do.)
by Admin
On April 26, 2010 at 7:50 am
Thanks Glen,
Yes it does remind me of football too. Most people spin their wheels and don’t take action.
You have to take action that is the key.
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