Read Patric Chan’s latest ‘You Chan Do It’ blog post titled ” Sunday Email – Part 3″.


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Sunday Email – Part 3

I can still remember my dad said…

“Why don’t he gets a real job?”

He was referring to me at that time. It was year 2003 when I was “self-employed” — doing my own stuff which my dad doesn’t really have a clue what EXACTLY I’m doing.

“Do you know what he’s doing?” Asked my dad to my mum.

Mum doesn’t have much clue as well but she believes in me. More of that later on.

You see, I can’t blame Dad to think like that at all. Dad’s been driving taxi for over 10 years now.

He’s a hard-working blue collar worker ““ Wakes up in the morning, have a good breakfast at home and off he goes driving to bring back the money for the family. Every single day he works… 7 days a week. There’s no such thing as an off day unless the family is having some sort of outing or, if he’s sick.

Driving taxi may looks easy to most people. But have you try driving for 8 hours a day… 365 days — multiply that by 10 years?

And you don’t get to meet nice passengers everyday, my friend.

I respect my Dad.

Guess you can tell… Dad’s income is hard-earned money. Man, the sacrifices he have done for the family, I don’t think words alone can describe them.

Each trip, he’ll earn a few bucks. He’ll have to collect those to reach a few thousands a month so that he can provide his family a better life, so to speak. And Dad’s a frugal person too. Not because he is a cheapskate, but because money was not easily accumulated by him.

I mean, if you start to earn a few dollars each time you completed a task, I bet that you’ll see money differently. I know I would.

Like any parents, I think Dad’s ideal hope was that his children will have good education and end up with a good job. I mean, career.

I get good education at school, no doubt about that. But unfortunately, I wasn’t cut to be one of those smart kids.

Smart kids in school will give a kind of look … You know, the look that goes,

“Look at that bummer. Wonder what he’s gonna end up doing after the school days.”

I flunked.

I was not accepted to go to any public Universities to further my education.

The next choice was private college.

But if you were me… will you take your Dad’s hard-earned money gained from driving in the hot sun to pay the darn college fee?

That’s tough.

Mum wanted to give me her saving if I need money to go for college. She’s a housewife and doesn’t have an income.

Forget it.

So I have to work ““ But the problem is, I can’t get a good job because I’m not qualifed, academically.

You see, in order for me to be qualified for most of the jobs that I want, I wouldn’t be able to pass the first stage because most companies will look at the damn paper first to evaluate me. No diploma or degree. Not even a certificate. Better luck next time, bucko.

You can tell that getting a job wasn’t easy then.

So I end up as a salesperson. I get paid when I sell.

That’s it.

The harder I sell, the more money I’ll make.

That’s my JOB.

To cut the story short, I was in the sales line for almost two years before I stepped out to do my own stuff. The products I’ve sold ranges from door-to-door greeting cards to electronic components for corporate clients.

Then one fine day, I felt like quiting my job.

I’ve had it.

It’ll take at least “10 Sunday Emails” to write how in the world I end up doing my own stuff.

In a nutshell, I started doing my own entrepreneurial stuff, alone.

The only thing backing me up that time was… me.

Don’t laugh when I say this, I just have this strong desire to achieve more in life. If you read this post completely, I’ll tell you the reason, ok?

Imagine, being alone and running like a madman to make money.

Mum and Dad weren’t all excited. I mean, how could them be?

My relationship with Dad wasn’t all colorful for a long period of time since the day I quited my “good” job. I think, he was dissapointed and confused of how stupid I was.

Even my ex-girlfriend’s parents were surprised at that time. They think their daughter’s future is going to be a deep struggle coz I don’t have a job anymore. Most of my friends (Except for the super close ones) start to avoid me because they don’t see any benefits mixing with a ‘loser’.

I don’t have much support after that.

And they are all RIGHT.

I messed up.

Should have stick with a good job.

And all of these having nothing to do with Internet businesses yet. I was just trying to do my own stuff like multi-level marketing business, printing business, marketing seminars, etc.

Like usual, things are good in the beginning and it started to fell off apart as time goes by without proper planning.

That is when I turned to the internet to sort out my financial disaster.

Gosh.. Just by remembering myself in that shoe still gives me the chill. No money left in the bank and full of credit card debts. I can tell you that it wasn’t fun.

Lucky for me, Mum was there to support me financially. I don’t know whether it’s a mother’s instinct or she simply believes in me.

What the heck. Took it to pay off my debts first.

The sad part was… I can’t share my problem with most people because they’ll go,

“I told you so.”

As my money keep draining out each day, I spent more time to understand how to make money online.

You’ll think I lied if I told you what kind of sacrifices I’ve done to learn how to make money online.

At that time, internet broadband wasn’t even existed yet in the area where I live.

I have rented an office at that time.

So after work, I’ll go back home to have a quick dinner and a nice shower. That would be about 9.00 PM. Then I’ll rushed back to the office to learn all I can about internet marketing and start building it. I can still remember I was the only person in the whole office block. Not in the office, but the WHOLE OFFICE BLOCK.

Can’t be surprised because I’ll normally be up until 2.00 AM in the morning.

Until to a stage, the security guard of the office block knows me personally and we became friends.

And did you think I made money after all of these sacrifices?

Nope.

I’m just banging my head on the wall.

It took me at least 6 months to get my first sale.

It was tiring.

But I strived with a reason.

During that time, no one knows the deep s#@t I’m in except for my mum. She’s always there for me, morally or financially. Sometimes, she’ll be worried about me because she’s afraid that I don’t know what to do with my life. Thanks, Mum.

Dad?

It’s sad but I can’t tell Dad. Dad will always have the thought…

“See? I told you so but you wouldn’t listen.”

Until today, Dad doesn’t really know what I do but he’s cool now because I’ve brought in results that he can see. House. Car. Watch. You know.

The struggle I’ve been through was not easy but I can tell you this — it’s WORTH IT.

Am I successful? Compared to a few years ago, yeah. But other thant that, I think I’m just scratching the surface only.

There are many messages I want to pass to you from my sharing today.

You’ll read all kind of salesletters online selling to you a “hope”. Marketers do that all of the time and I highly recommend you to do that as well when you’re selling something online one day (or now).

*Marketing tip: Sell the hope, not the product.

But if you’re not ready to be in a difficult situation, don’t bother to buy it. Please don’t for the benefits of you and the marketers.

I like to think all marketers are good people ““ Selling to you products so that you can improve yourself.

But hey, you gotta think for yourself that it’s gonna required your time and effort TO DO IT.

It’s going to require you to SACRIFICE. What are the sacrifices? I don’t know! It could be cutting down on your TV time everyday or lose playing with your kids.

I hate it when I need to throw in the cold water to you like this. It just doesn’t adds up more points for you to like me. But if I want to help you, I have no choice do it. I’m sorry. I don’t want to sell you a hope that cannot be achieved but hope that can come true.

If a marketer tells you to buy his course without doing anything and you’ll make money online, I think he’s a liar.

Lucky for him, he’ll probably get away with that because that’s what all people want to hear.

So this leads me the next million-dollar question…

“What is the thing that will moves you to do this?”

A purpose.

You might know that I’ve coached hundreds of students to make money online by now.

A student attended my internet marketing workshop with a passion.

So I asked him, “What’s your purpose to learn how to make money online?”

He told me that…

His mum is getting older every single day. He loves her a lot. I can see that in his eyes when he was sharing with me. But with his current job, there’s no way he can be at home with her while making money. I think he wanted to build an internet business because of a very powerful purpose ““ To stay at home with his mum and having the ability to decide what time he’ll work. Today, he’s making money online fulltime and quited his job.

Another story was a little bit interesting…

Let’s call this guy, A. A has a rich dad. But he’s sick and tired of being treaten like someone who gained respect because of his dad’s wealth.

Look, having a rich dad is a blessing. But, if everyone is treating you nicely because of your dad, that sucks.

There’s only one purpose why A wants to start an online business ““

And I doubt it’s because he needs money.

He has a strong purpose which is to proof to the world that HE CHAN DO IT. He doesn’t need his dad’s money or influence to be a successful person. And guess what… he made money online too. The last time I heard, he got 3 niches on the internet now and the best part is, I think he’s only 23 years old this year.

A, if you’re reading this, I want to tell you that I’m very impressed with your attitude to be on your own and proud of you.

For me, I have a purpose too. A desire to go all out and create my own wealth.

I want to be rich, yada, yada, yada. You know, the normal reasons why everyone in the world is putting effort to achieve what they want.

But I think, what really DRIVES me was “revenge”. Ok, revenge is too harsh to be used.

It’s a desire that I want to proof to those who looked down on me that I’m not capable of becoming successfully. I know, it sounds ‘evil’. But I don’t think it is if you’re seeing it from my point of view.

You see, during the schooling days, I just hate the feeling I get from the teachers and the other students that I’ll be a loser when I grow up.

Hate it. It’s hurtful.

Then, I wanted to show my other friends who have rich parents that I can be as good as they are. Or should I say, the same good life that they’re experiencing. If I don’t have rich parents, I’ll create my own wealth. I’ll still go vacation at places they went, drink the wine they can affort, etc.

How about Dad?

You got it. I want to proof to my Dad that I was doing the ‘right’ thing all of this while.

There are just so many other people that I want to proof. But I think, the most important person that I want to proof to was… ME.

I want to proof to myself that despite my background, I CHAN still do it.

I think that purpose is strong enough to move me to quit my job that time.

“So, what’s your purpose?”

You have to ask yourself why you’re doing this ““ trying to make money online. Trust me, without a good motivator like a purpose, you can’t go far.

Each time you get kick dirt in your face, just remember your purpose. Then, you’ll ‘fight’ back the whatever obtactles that comes along your way.

I think a stronger message I want to pass to you is..

“YOU NEED TO HAVE A COMPELLING REASON TO BE SUCCESSFUL ONLINE.”

There. You have it.

Is there any other lessons I’ve missed out?

I think there’s another one.

The internet is not bias. It doesn’t care how old you are, where you from, what’s your academic education level, who you mix with, what’s your race, etc. Anyone can make money online. So I think you should take advantage of this if you think that you have a “weakness” in the offline world now.

I’ve spent more than an hour to write this and the last thing I want to do is to throw a sales pitch for you to buy my product. All I want is that you get the lessons out of this post. But if you think you need a short cut to online success without going through what I’ve experienced, email to me at support@youchandoit.com for a product recommendation.

Lastly, if you have any comment and feedback, feel free to leave one at this end of this post. Or, if i’s private, shoot it to me at support@youchandoit.com with Subject: Sunday Email ““ Part III.

You “Chan” Do It!

Patric Chan

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