Sweet Spot?

It's that one thing you would rather be doing than anything else.

What is that exactly? Most of us gravitate to our sweet spot without giving it much thought. Another way of putting it is doing what comes naturally. Life sometimes gets in the way of staying in our sweet spot. We have to pay the bills. We have to tend to another's needs. Or, we have been misdirected and side-tracked all by ourselves. Sometimes we need to find ourselves, and that's okay.

I know a person's "sweet spot" is a relative thing. What is "sweet" to me can be something else to another person. It has to do with your individual talents, your exposure, and your deep down mission in life.

What are you here for? What is your purpose? What makes your heart sing?

I know one thing for sure. You'll never be completely happy if you ignore the very thing that fulfills you... the very thing that completes you.

Let's ask ourselves a few questions. Would you be happy doing something that makes you a lot of money but feels like work? In other words, performing a task that doesn't involve you emotionally? It may even bore you. Would just the money be enough? Of course I know that money is very important.

How important is it to you to wake up in the morning feeling super charged with energy and joy, bouncing out of bed, in anticipation of the day to begin?  You know that feeling of "I can't wait to get to it."

Well, you deserve that feeling. It's from that place of genuine joy that we can perform at genius level. Yes we all possess genius at something. You cannot perform at genius level if you are not in that state of joy. Call it what you will, inspiration, exhilaration, enthusiasm, passion. All the same energy. Ask yourself if you're having fun. You'll be amazed at your own answer.

I've been reading posts from many of the newbies at WA, asking for help in choosing the right niche.

When people decide to earn their living online, they start out a blank slate, totally innocent. IM is a new experience for everybody in the beginning. That's why so many of us get duped by bogus programs early on. We're looking for tangible truth to help us get things rolling. We expect to find the truth. Unfortunately, we meet up with exploitation from gurus, and marketers who are only interested in selling books and programs. That's tough on a newbie. It's tough on anybody. It's exactly what makes people want to quit, that sense of futility that ensues.

Newbies come in looking for a product to sell. I think they should come in with an idea or product that excites them, then find out how to make a business around it. It can be as abstract as just a concept that excites them. Start with the idea. You have to put the horse before the cart. You will never be able to sustain the effort required if your emotions are not involved. Emotion propels you.

My advice to newbies: start with the idea. It's fine to research the idea and find a tight low competition niche whereby you can profit from your idea. Bumping around looking for what will make you rich, especially if it has nothing to do with "you" is my idea of hell.

Join in guys. What do you think? What advice can you offer newbies?