You know, creating a website can be daunting task. No, actually. It's more like, creating a website that actually helps people, and that earns income for myself, is a daunting task.
Cause it's not just about quality content. No.
It's about consistency. It's about web pages that make sense. It's about optimization. It's about promotion and advertisement. It's about making it work. It's about nobody caring. It's about figuring out what to say and post. It's about not really know if things are going to work.
My deepest intention with this website is for my success to be made available to people who are looking to better their lives.
For example, when I am a successful forex trader one day, I want my road to success to be made available for the person who is just starting.
When I am physically fit, I want my success to be made available.
When I am emotionally fit, same deal.
When I buy my first apartment, same deal.
When I create my first business, same thing.
THING IS, I am not those things, just yet. Meaning, my level of success is far from the results that most people are looking to create.
Setting Realistic Expectations
If Kobe is a master basketball player, then I'm just a grasshopper. However, I don't think that discounts my level of success, it's just that more people are likely to seek out someone who has a higher level of success than that. Not necessarily Kobe level, but somewhere on the spectrum closer to Kobe than closer to me.
So with that, the expectation, or rather the desire, to make money of the site and help a lot of people is pretty limited. Meaning, to think that 1,000,000 people are going to find this site and actually want to buy stuff from it, is really not...likely. Not cause it's not possible, but logistically it just doesn't equate.
What IS realistic? Probably 10-20 followers, most of them family and friends who are just curious, VAGUELY curious, and maybe 1 follower who is interested, but is waiting for me to produce more content.
And that's really...like, SURE, 1 follower doesn't sound like a lot, but in terms of IMPACT, I do have a lot of power and responsibility that I can own up to. Meaning, currently I find myself not owning up to any responsibility.
For example, Oprah can tell herself "you have millions of people depending on you to be you." I don't have millions. But I can still say "I have 3 people depending on me to be me." Is a million more people than three? Yes. Is the impact that I have on each INDIVIDUAL person, any different? NO!
Make sense?
Moving Forward
There's some saying, or concept, that goes "you can only lead people as far as you've led yourself." Something like that. Something like, the cap at which I can lead people is set at the level of which I am at currently.
So it would make complete sense that the followers of Kobe would not find their way to this website. They COULD find their way, but they wouldn't stay long, much less buy from it.
I think I'm just going to do me, and just post the way I naturally post, along with some SEO and hacks to get more visibility.
But I think focusing on just doling out consistent, quality, authentic content that I can truly speak on, is worth it.
No need to be pretend that I am more successful than I actually am.
And I think there's a level of entertainment that simply comes with reading and following someone's journey.
So yea, I think I'll stick with that for now.
Next Chapter Incoming!!!