A while back, when I just started to learn Internet Marketing, my head was a traffic jam,  like a major freeway at rush hour: chaotic, frenzied, clarity obscured by too much data. Information was being lobbed at me faster than I could see it, farless absorb it, and from every direction at once, all the while, feeling this helplessness, when you are so used to CONTROL. Sound familiar?

This is a three ring circus that is way beyond the three ring circus of our childhoods. Actually, for me, it was like nothing I'd ever experienced before. I've had many victories before, but IM is different. Remember when the circus came to town? There was an air of excitement and breathless anticipation. You were finally in that tent, but inside,  you didn't know where to look first? With IM, my direction was every direction. It was fun and frustrating at the same time. I didn't want to miss one trick, not one solitary trick, which resulted in total confusion.

It ain't easy being green, if green means new, or if green means different. Or if it means both, as in this case.

Now that the "green" feeling is pretty much behind me, and behind many of you as well, I have to say, IM is one of the most rewarding things I have ever done. Why? Because I have learned so much. Not just how to make an income online. That's the by product. It's much bigger than that. For me, it was like jumping in water over my head not knowing how to swim and figuring out how to survive. It's scary at first, but what a sense of accomplishment when you get a glimpse of that light at the end of the tunnel, that ray of hope!

This is another big thing that learning IM has taught me. NO ONE  DOES IT ALONE!!! Acknowledge and be grateful to the people who have helped you. We complain a lot about the big sales pitch, the ever present new programs that seem to grow in our inboxes. Even that is part of our education. Being able to tell the difference between real and spurious is part of our education.

You reach certain plateaus in this business, and on each plateau, at each level, you gain insight. One of my insights is a recognition of the value in simplicity. "Keep it simple stupid" has taken on more meaning. I think it's important to learn from everyone and to learn as much as you can. Then I think it comes down to a time when you just take it back and make it your own.