What makes me persevere? Three things.
First, I joined SFI to secure a comfortable retirement. Being self-employed for most of the last 25 years, I do not have a company pension to rely on, and I have no desire to rely on the state pension available in my country. In SFI, I saw an opportunity to build a residual income that would not stop coming in when I slow down. That goal has not changed.
Secondly, if you open a 'bricks and mortar' business, you need to invest a lot of time and money getting things right. Yet most businesses like that take 2-3 years before they show a profit (assuming the business survives that long, and 50% of them don't). If you give up (or the bank shuts you down) before you reach that milestone, every penny and every minute you have invested is gone forever. SFI and TripleClicks between them can put you in profit a lot faster than that, and don't require a huge financial investment up front. That means you don't have to persevere for as long before you see a return on your time investment.
Thirdly, and perhaps more importantly, I believe that if you are going to try something, you need to give yourself a reasonable chance to succeed before walking away. If not, why even start? Nobody who decides to run a marathon lines up at the start saying to themselves 'I think I will try this for a couple of miles and see how I feel about it then'!
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What makes me persevere? Three things.
First, I joined SFI to secure a comfortable retirement. Being self-employed for most of the last 25 years, I do not have a company pension to rely on, and I have no desire to rely on the state pension available in my country. In SFI, I saw an opportunity to build a residual income that would not stop coming in when I slow down. That goal has not changed.
Secondly, if you open a 'bricks and mortar' business, you need to invest a lot of
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