Beneath the sugary sweet exterior of Hannah Montana superstar Miley Cyrus, arguably lies one of the smartest business minds of all time. Although Disney has helped her achieve countless millions, Miley obviously knows how hard it is to chase after success. Otherwise she wouldn’t have written this song (or had someone write it for her).
On a more serious note – I find this song inspirational and very relevant to the process of building an online business from scratch.
There is something quite unnerving about taking a different route to most people you know, and this is especially true with affiliate marketing if you are hoping to make a living out of it. Your state of mind reverts back to that of a child (or is that just me?) when you try to dream big and realise there are really no boundaries to what you can achieve. Especially in cyberspace.
It can also take a while to realise that even when you have a somewhat passive income stream in place, you should never sit back for too long and admire the view. Instead you should appreciate what you are achieving, but have backup strategies, new affiliate campaigns and other streams of revenue that you put into place – just incase something slides.
That said though, when you truly love what you do for work, so much so that going to bed at night after setting up a new PPC campaign feels like you’re a 5 year old waiting for Santa to arrive on Christmas morning – then it is definately all worthwhile. The climb is a lot of fun if you can put aside your fear. And the view from each mountain top is just breathtaking. Anyway, now you have an excuse to enjoy the wisdom of Miley!
