What A Jerk!!!

As my business has grown it's been a tough lesson learning to turn down new opportunities but even more difficult to learn to turn down the people behind the opportunities.

I'm sure many of you can relate.

As you grow in experience in web development for example you'll notice many family and friends that NEED to have a website for this or that. The problem is most people want you to help them and give you nothing in return - or very little.

It's funny to this day I still have people come up to me and say something to the effect of them needing a website for this or that but don't have much money. To those people I smile and suggest talking to the people who are much nicer than I am and will take on these type of projects.

Part of business is learning what you need to turn down. Projects like this are essentially leaching off time that could be used to make profitable ventures.

Once I learned to turn things down, my productivity and revenues began to soar.

This also applies to affiliate marketing and internet marketing.

If you're anything like me, you'll have thought of 10+ new ways to make money online every month. Learning which to pursue and which to give up on is part of the business and what separates many people from success and failure. This can be especially hard if you've spent time and money on a project.

In my next couple posts I will be describing some of the more recent failures that I have had to cut in order to keep growing profitably.