For years I've wondered if I had what it took to become a full time internet marketer. I would surf the internet for hours, looking at the websites, landing pages and squeeze pages and all the time wondering if I could ever make my own website! Well, I learned that having the ability to make my own website has just as much to do with having the right mindset as it does learning a new set of skills.

You see, in order to achieve online success, you must be careful not to get caught up in the hype of making fast money without hard, long work. Internet marking is a business and only those who treat it as a real business will see true success! Too many sites promise fast money without hard work if you just follow this proven 3 step system...That's absolute garbage! Internet marketing rarely works that way. To become a tried and true internet marketer you really have to learn a new set of skills and consistently apply them on a daily basis in order to realize true success. Many people don't realize that internet marketing is a business with a high failure rate - A staggering 95% of people who try their hand at online bliss never make it. Only a meager 5% of individuals go on to become self sustaining online marketers. That's huge!

In order to attain true online success, you have to have a consistent program of personal development...You must strengthen your mental faculties to have the right attitude regarding failure. You will fall many times. You'll question yourself...You'll ask yourself if you really have what it takes to become a real internet marketer. Personal development gives you the bulletproofing you need to make it through the difficult times...the times when you absolutely want to quit! it is what will drive you to try even harder, to learn from your mistakes. It's just as the famous author Ralph Waldo Emerson said: "Our greatest glory consists not in never falling... but in rising every time we fall. "

Also, a mentor is absolutely invaluable as an individual learns how to become a successful internet marketer. A mentor can shorten the learning curve and help a person avoid obvious pitfalls associated with learning a new skill. Find a mentor that is encouraging, patient, and overdelivers in their commitment to your success. And when you do, don't try to reinvent the wheel! Follow directions, and you'll be amazed at the speed at which you make progress.

Following through on these few but critical suggestions will propel you among the 5% of successful online marketers who truly live life on their terms, not on someone else's! Always remember, singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one's aim!