After a day of Skype calls with other internet entrepreneurs, people who are looking at SFM/DEA - learning internet marketing in general and people who have just started

 I took some time to reflect.

I’ve realised over time, and am reminded during these calls, that it’s only by focusing on the big picture (not the details - the sometimes difficult steps) that we get what we want. 

I had my guitar on as I thought about this. I was idly running through scales, riffs and strumming some fancy chord progressions.

And as I watched my hands do this - with almost no conscious effort - I reflected on the process involved: 

The tedious classical lessons my folks made me take as a kid in return for buying me my first guitar

Sitting around in draughty town halls with a bunch of “squares” learning chords for songs like “Mr Tambourine man”, or “Leaving on a jet plane” 

The sore fingers and frustration!

When all the time I was dreaming of shredding it on a big stage like Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix or Ritchie Blackmore 

But now I realise how worth it all that learning actually was - that my guitar heroes had all gone through a similar process to get where they got to. 

Obviously I never quite reached their level but I did get to shred it on stage with a number of bands, on stages all over Europe.

Better still through doing that - chasing my dream - I met the love of my life. 

And its been the same for anything I’ve done that’s been life changing 

Deciding to start an online business is a great example too.   

Like with the guitar thing - I’ve focussed on what escaping from the 9-5 can bring me 

That’s kept me committed to learning the boring and sometimes challenging stuff - understanding how advertising works online, how to write blogs, build websites, shoot videos and all the rest of it.

Thats how I’m able to sit strumming my guitar on a Tuesday afternoon in one of the most beautiful parts of my Country - where I now live.

Of course I’ve benefited from - no - invested in - some of the best education on the planet as far as building a lifestyle online business goes. 

It’s a bit like climbing a mountain - which I also do from time to time:

You don’t think about the thousands of strenuous uphill steps involved -

you think about the spectacular view from the top.

Cheers