Then one day it all went very wrong, yes doing voluenteer work, trying to rid a section of a channel of mountains of old fishing line so the Turtles didn’t get caught and drown. Anyway an accident entering the water tore my shoulder apart, now 9 months later there is still no chance of me ever going back to my old profession, since if I swing on some scaffolding, it could easily rip the shoulder apart all over again.

Didn’t leave me too many choices, but that little LCD screen has at least given me hope and a chance to believe I can rebuild lost income so I can once again support my family.

I see many others now losing jobs, retrenchment et al, if they see a chance to do something with the assistance of people like Marc, what right have we to put a downer on it.

Life is tenuous, and the way a mighty Wall St few have stuffed it for the rest of the world, leaves many desperate for a little something that can offer a glimmer of hope, what else do they have? The chance to make even $10 a day, can be that significant difference, that will make them push through, yes, they have to spot and pass beyond the gurus that will screw every last buck out of them, then walk away, so I feel it is beholden of us who have passed those hurdles to offer some guidance and hope, not embroil them in even more mediocrity.

Your choices are yours and I respect that, I also most sincerely hope you have the fortune to keep fit and well and nothing untoward happens that turns your life on its head, like it did mine.

Yes IM takes work, anything worthwhile does, but then after many months of plugging away, you suddenly find yourself in #4 & 5 on the big G after only 3 days using Marks tools, it sure makes mediocrity seem like a waste of a potential talent.

Take care, keep healthy

Hugh

This is my first visit to your blog – I had an email from the PLR pro guys to check out the post and they were right – it was inspiring.

Too many people in this world are out to make tons of money in the mistaken belief it will make them happy – you on the other hand come across as somebody who is very happy with their lifestyle. I am not saying that you dont earn huge amounts of money – I dont know you so havent a clue how much you earn but your post suggests that you could make more online but have decided to put your family first. How many kids these days have Dads (or mums) that spend time playing ball or whatever with them – too many of us are in the proverbial rat race.

I think the gist of Marks post was missed – what Marc is saying (I think!) is that he too made a conscious decision – for him it was to leave the “security” of his day job to follow a career online. This decision gave him freedom to have control over his life and the time spent with his family. And he (and Daniel) run a quality business (no affiliate link – how many online/offline businesses actually value their clients so much the head guys respond personally to their clients? The guys at WA are similar)

At the end of the day, we as parents decided to bring our kids into the world (they didnt decide to be born) so it is nice to see people making choices which put the kids real needs first i.e. the majority of kids just want their parents time – despite the marketing industry spending billions trying to convince us otherwise.

The only other comment I have is dont let location confuse the issue. At the end of the day, there are millions and millions of scam artists offline – it is not solely online. A business based on solid business practice is a business -the location of that business i.e. off line or online is purely the address!

Night folks and take care

Rach

“…I love PLR. I hate PLR. For every single piece of PLR I have bought or received I have felt the need to rewrite it. Every single one. The grammar is atrocious. The lack of research is astoundingly bad. The fluff and filler is enough to gag on. The only thing that I can say positive about PLR is that it gives me a place to start for building my sites. Even if it was no big deal to publish PLR articles straight up without rewrites without fear of duplicate content concerns, I simply wouldn’t do it. I couldn’t do it.

When I look at a batch of PLR I think, “OK, I will simply rewrite the title, the first paragraph, the last and sprinkle in my keywords I want to spam Google with.” It freakin’ never works out like that. The middle portions are typically so void of sense that I end up rewriting the whole damn thing. Even if I try to convince myself not to care about retarded niche topics like “candle wax puppets” or “concrete tires”, I still find myself rewriting the crap. I wish I could simply post what was provided…..”

Just wanted to comment on your comment – “I feel no shame at all in my mediocrity.”

Mediocre you are NOT!

So few people make conscious choices about their lives and live the one they really want to. So many believe that “if only they had more money they”d be happy”.

Hats off to you to sticking with what you truly value.

In my opinion that makes you GREAT not mediocre

Gillian

I’m pleased I’m not the only one in the IM world who has never wanted to give up the day job.

I posted yesterday on my blog about the Internet stealing your soul.

http://newbie-network.com/blog/from-kim/is-your-internet-business-taking-over-your-soul

It sounds to me as though you have your priorities exactly right.

Regards
Kim

Hey Marc even when I was a “pusser” I didn’t have to wait 10-15 years for a promotion and accompanying pay rise – did you?
Same applies when I was in the “corporate” world.

Cheers ,

NH