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The best business advice I ever got came from two resources, and had I listened as soon as I heard it, I would have made a lot more money online than I did. This year I finally did listen, and now I’m making more money online, I’m doing what I really feel passionate about, and I have more time to do other things besides write or work.

For those of you who have been with me for awhile, you know that in 2005, all three of my daughters got pregnant. None of them were married, which doesn’t seem to be a prerequisite for that kind of thing these days.

Now, don’t get me wrong. I don’t tell others how to live their lives. However, we’re talking about my daughters here, and needless to say, I was somewhat disappointed in them. (This is an understatement.)

A baby is always a welcome addition to our family though, and so I came around, and I was the excited grandma.

On May 25, 2005, we were blessed with Ava Marie Ratliff. (She was born to my middle daughter, Danielle.) Ava was born at about 22 - 27 weeks, and she was very premature. She did very well at first, but around August, she took a turn for the worst and died August 15. She died of a staph infection.

I accepted this. I will never understand why it happened, and I miss her, but I accepted it.

Five weeks later, my oldest daughter, Ashley, gave birth to Brayden William Copeland. (September 21). He was born, and then died the same day.

I was devastated. I’ve never considered suicide the way I did that day. Brayden got a blood clot in his umbilical cord, and it killed him. It’s taken a long time for me to find peace on this and finally talk about it. The reason I am telling you this now is that no matter where you are at in your business or life, or what has happened to you, you can do it. You really have to want it, and you will have to overcome any, and all obstacles that stand in your way.

For the next few months after this, I sweated. On April 5, 2006, Amelia Faye Smith, my third grandchild was born to my youngest daughter Alex and her husband. She is a very beautiful and healthy, and active! little girl, and I now take care of her full time while her mother works.

I’ve found peace in my life, and with the changes to my business, as well as the changes I’ve made to my life, it’s all pretty good now.

Now, about the advice I got:

Chris Ellington, the owner of Article Marketer, told me that I needed more focus in my business. Find that one thing I loved and stick with it. For me, that’s blogging and writing, and now that I’m applying what he told me, it’s paying off. (He told me this in November 2005).

So, find that one thing you love to do and do it. Focus all of your attention on it, and don’t quit until you get to where you need to be. Your gifts, and what you have to offer the world, are tied together. Find and make that connection.

I really think this is the number one reason people fail online: lack of focus. They also often don’t know how to get to where they want to go, or they don’t know what they want.

Which lead me to the other advice I got:

Although I signed up for the Simpleology Course when it first came out, I really didn’t do anything with it until this year. (It’s taken me a long time to really commit to what I want to do, and I’ve gone through a lot to get there.)

What this course did for me was to give me focus. It helped to me decide what it really was I wanted to do to make money and then do it. Simpleology 101 is free. Don’t you owe it to yourself?

That’s the best business advice I’ve gotten right there. In a nutshell. It’s taken me a long time to apply it, but now I’m glad I did.

So what’s your challenge today? What do you need to do, or overcome, to reach your goals? Answer that, and you’re halfway to where you need to be to having everything you want.