Failing Forward

It’s funny how things work out sometimes.  Readers of http://www.heathmullikin.com know that I signed up with a MLM/network marketing company about 6 months ago.  John Maxwell has a book entitled, “Failing Forward”, and that pretty much sums up my experience.  When I joined that company I spent hours researching how to build my business online instead of the more traditional “ask everyone I know to join” approach.  Those hours did not go to waste as my mind and life were opened to whole new world of possibilities.  6 months ago, I didn’t know the difference between wordpress.com and wordpress.org.  I had never heard of Clickbank, SEO, Adsense, PPC, affiliate marketing, e-books, or SocialOomph.  I didn’t even have a Twitter account at the time.  Gasp!  I didn’t know who David Risley, John Chow, Ty Tribble, or Bill Crosby were.  There came a point of intersection sometime in August when what I had learned online the last 6 months met who I was created to be.  “What am I gonna do?” became chaseyourlion.com.  The education wasn’t always free and the people I learned from weren’t always believers.  They are all lion chasers in their own way, though.  What started out as a quest to make some extra money on the side has become something far more significant.  I will be getting into more detail about all of this in future posts.  And remember, don’t complain about where you are in life because it ain’t ever gonna change until you decide where you’re going.