This morning as I took my morning walk where I take time to pray and prepare for the new day I realized that today is my Anniversary Day. No, not our wedding anniversary, that will be the end of November when we will have been married for 38 years.

Todays’ anniversary is my Anniversary of Freedom… freedom from my J.O.B. which I happily left on February 25th this year.

Today I celebrate not only the end of my first 6 months of being self-employed as an Internet Marketing Technology Consultant and online marketer, I celebrate the transformation that God has done in me and in my life to prepare me for this time.

As I walked around our neighborhood I thought about how many people that I have meet in the past couple years who also wanted this kind of freedom. Some had attained this freedom while others had not. I thought about what the difference is between them.

Why is it that some people start out to build their home based business using online marketing and the spend hundreds of dollars and hundreds of hours working at it and never even make their first $100?

Do people fail because the technical stuff is too hard to learn?

Do people fail because they can’t figure out what niche to be in or what product(s) to sell?

Do people fail because they just go from one “Newest and Best’ thing to the next without really working fully at any of them?

Do people fail because they just don’t have the money to run their businesses?

Or, do people fail because their character is lacking in some area?

Here is a definition of character from The Free Dictionary:

1. The combination of qualities or features that distinguishes one person, group, or thing from another. See Synonyms at disposition.

2. A distinguishing feature or attribute, as of an individual, group, or category. See Synonyms at quality.

3. Genetics A structure, function, or attribute determined by a gene or group of genes.

4. Moral or ethical strength.

5. A description of a person’s attributes, traits, or abilities.

Read the full definition Here.

I believe that failure to succeed in any area of life and specifically in building a business online or off-line is tied to all of the above but most importantly, success is dependent on a persons character. This is perhaps why people that come into a large sum of money from an inheritance or perhaps by winning the lottery often spend the money quickly and soon find themselves in the same place, or even worse off, then they were before the money came to them.

One of the very first books that I read back in 2005 that started me on my road to self employment and building my online business was, ” The Power of Focus” by Jack Canfield.

If you are trying to build your own online business and are not achieving the level of success that you wish for, you should get a copy of Jack’s book. I pull it out often to review and re-focus myself.

If you need help to overcome the technical aspects of online marketing, please use the Contact Henry link at the top of this page to get in touch with me.

I would be happy to schedule a free 20 minute review session with you to see what needs you have and if I can be of service to you.