Internet marketing motivation learnt from a beggar!

[passingby]

Well actually , its more like a drug addict or something.
I park my vehicle at a parking area and this drug addict came and asked for money to buy lunch , me wife gave 1 buck to him.
Then he went to other vehicle to get some money , more like above 10 vehicle but everyone just ignored him even scold him but he kept on asking for money.

The key motivation here is of course not to be a drug addict but the key motivation is "never give up".
Even if you see there's dead end ahead of you.
Hopes this motivates you.

[SEO_AM]

Just a comment that things are not necessarily as you see them... For example, on the tv show 60 Minutes, several years ago, they did a piece on the most successful beggar in Manhattan, New York. He, the beggar, would not disclose how much he was making per year asking people for a $1 because he was hungry, BUT he did disclose that he had a stock broker and his portfolio was in the six figures. 60 Minutes estimated that this "street person" was earning over $100,000 per year begging for that $1 because he was hungry.

[Wit]

I don't think I could become a successful beggar if I were to fail at SEO.
So ...umm... does this mean I should never quit my day job?

[AppleVenus]

I kind of agree with the sentiment of never giving up, but at the same time you need to know you're beat, no point is there?

Wow $100,000 from begging

[Sorvoja]

Originally Posted by AppleVenus

Wow $100,000 from begging

If you beg 10 hours a day 365 day a year. Then you have 3650 hours of solid begging. If you are able to on average ask 2 persons per minute for a dollar. Then you will after a year have asked for money 438000 times. So the average income per beg if he really made 100.000 dollars is 23 cents. I find it hard to believe. Even if he once in a while got 50$ from someone, or if he managed to ask 3 persons per minute or he spent 16 hours a day begging, I find it hard to believe.

[rmccarley]

I generally don't give money to beggars. I know too many are scamming and too many have bigger problems that I won't enable. That said, on the rare occasion I do see someone needs a hand up, I usually give them more than a dollar.

You also have to figure a pro that begs for 10 hours per day every day has mastered his craft and knows how to approach different types of people for better ROI. You also have to figure that not only would such a person get turned down less often, he would also get bigger payouts than "just a dollar" on average.

Working 10 hours per day, 300 days per year it breaks down to $33.33 per hour. Totally doable.

Hijack...

Sounds a bit like MFA to me

[A.N.Onym]

IMHO, what we can learn from beggars is to realize that we can earn money on any job and actually start doing something we love. I honestly doubt most beggars can't perform the work they like. More likely, they just don't want to bother about it.

So, no, beggars never motivate me. Quite the reverse, really.

[rickypointing]

Having motivation is good but begging is bad.... we can have a confidence and motivation like that beggar to which he had... then we can come up in life in our career....

[Lionaa]

why you think like that you are not sucessful beggaer, you would becme if you mske trying effort

[rubsync]

after reading this post.. it motivates me to work hard.. I am afraid to become a beggar and will always asked money to other people just to buy lunch...