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Project Life Mastery: Mistakes I Made When I Got Started With Internet Marketing


everyone this is Stefan James from
Project life mastery and today I want to
share with you some of the mistakes that
I made when I first got into building an
online business when I first discovered
this world of internet marketing and
trying to figure out how to make money
online there's a lot of mistakes that I
made and there's a lot of things that
I've learned and failures that I had
that I've learned from that by hopefully
doing a video like this I can help you
avoid and I can help steer you down the
right path the right direction of
building a business the right way
building a business that you're proud of
building a business that you love and
you have a passion for building a
business is making an impact in this
world and yes also providing the income
and the lifestyle that you want and know
many of you that might be watching this
right now you might be at the beginning
stages where all of this is new it's
like you entered this new universe of
possibilities of building an online
business and making money online you
might be where I was 12 years ago when I
got into this where you're trying to
navigate the waters and you're trying to
find which opportunity is the right one
for you and if you're not careful and
you can go down the wrong path the dark
path as I did for a period when I got
into this because there's temptations
out there of ways you can make money and
even though you can make money doing
certain things out there online it
doesn't mean that it's ethical and in
high integrity and honest and you can
get sucked into that and I want to help
you avoid that but being on the other
side today twelve years later we're a
built project life mastery over the last
eight years I've learned I've grown and
matured I'm a much different and better
person today than I've ever been and I'm
making an impact in the world I believe
in a huge way and doing what I love and
living my purpose my mission in life and
so for me part of this is I want to
right or wrong and you know share and be
vulnerable about mistakes I made to help
you guys avoid those mistakes and
ultimately help you build a great
business and make a great impact in this
world now I got into this when I was 21
years old and it's about twelve twelve
years ago when I got into this my first
discovered internet marketing you can
make money online and at that stage of
my life I didn't have much money I was
broke from 21 to 23 there's a stage
where I was fifteen thousand dollars
credit-card debt and I was living on my
friend's couch which I was incredibly
embarrassed by and I was desperate I was
in a dark place in my life and I hated
myself and I hate in my life and I hated
other people I didn't you know when I
got into this I didn't care about doing
what I loved I didn't care about my
passions I didn't care about even
helping anyone I just wanted to get out
of pain you know and I was willing to do
anything to get out of pain and to
figure out ways that I could make money
and what happened was I got involved
with the wrong people
and learning from the wrong people
because there's many people out there
that can teach you how to make money and
ways that you can make money maybe
faster and easier than other ways but
doesn't mean that it's right and for me
I part of it when I look back the
desperation I think a lot of people
might be able to relate to being that
state because I do know a lot of people
they watch videos out there and they've
come across opportunities and they're in
a state of desperation and you think
that an online business is going to save
you and be the answer to it and that
stated desperation and also having the
mentality that I had at the time of just
trying to get rich quick that's a very
dangerous mentality to be in because
often when you are in that space you
might compromise your values in order to
make money but compromising what's right
compromising was ethical and honest and
that's what happened to me so I got
involved in a dark a dark side of this
business I did some things that were
unethical that were black hat and were
dishonest and thankfully it never lasted
and never I made some money but it never
created my success or wealth you know
often I was in the my instead of looking
for gimmicks and loopholes and tricks
and the short term tactics that can work
for the moment but they don't lead to
any sustainable or long-term success and
so thankfully a lot of what I was doing
then it did you know it didn't translate
to any success and it wasn't until I
really shifted my mindset when I when I
started project life mastery over eight
years ago the mindset of what I shifted
and how I grew was instead of trying
focus on making money my mindset is how
to serve how to give how to contribute
and realizing that money is the
byproduct of that and that was a ship
which is kind of counterintuitive but
when I stepped into that because I got
to a point of frustration as doing all
these things to try to manipulate and
ways to make money for example I
remember I was doing a lot of search
engine optimization back then and where
I built a bunch of blogs I was trying to
rank for certain keywords and the search
engines and Google and I was looking for
the black hat techniques you know
there's white hat strategies there's
kind of things that are kind of grey hat
and then there's the black hat and I was
kind of looking at the black hat stuff
because I wanted to shortcut the process
and I was doing some of that stuff and
when you do it you it works for a bit
you know I remember I you know was able
to get some traffic and make some sales
from that but sure enough you know the
search engines change the algorithms and
you get punished for it and you're
starting from scratch and that was just
the constant state that I was in when I
was in that mode is I was never building
anything sustainable it's never building
something that would actually allow me
to quit my job and live off of and grow
and and actually lead to wealth and
abundance and the only way you create
that that I learned is through
contribution money is just a byproduct
of finding people's needs and finding
ways to serve them and over-deliver for
them and that's how I built my brand
that's how I built project life mastery
which led to my life and who I am in the
success that I have today is shifting
from trying to take and get and just all
about me the selfish self-absorbed
mentality to one of stepping outside of
myself and creating something bigger
than myself and sincerely trying to care
and love and give and support other
people and by doing that it led to being
rewarded and building something great so
my warning for you is to avoid the path
of least resistance the path of
temptation that exists that still does
exist and to really get clear on who you
are their values I think you know part
of it for me can I I look back and I'm
embarrassed of that and not proud and I
regret it in some ways I look back and
I'm you know grateful in some ways
because I wouldn't be Who I am
and given what I've given today I today
you know I pride myself and what I've
given to this world not even with my
business but through philanthropy and
building schools and houses and the
volunteer trips that I've done in Kenya
and Ethiopia and Nicaragua and El
Salvador and things that I've shared
with you guys I don't know if I'd be in
this cut more conscious place today if I
didn't go through that and so some ways
I can relate and I think connect with
people that are suffering and in that
state today and because I've been
through that and made it past that and
I'm on the other side hopefully I can
help people avoid that because I get it
I get it you know there's definitely
those temptations that do exist but when
I look back of where I got lost it was
not having a sense of identity and
values that were important that I was
not willing not being willing to
compromise that no matter what no matter
how easier tempting it might be to make
money and I've done a lot of work on
myself you know over the last many years
and actually one thing that I did over a
number of years ago now with my business
project life mastery is I actually wrote
out and I'd love to share with you guys
in this video I wrote out my values I'm
I wrote out my values of what's
important to me and how I want to live
my life and operate my business and part
of the reason why I really got clear on
this too is that I wanted to hire people
and recruit people to join project life
mastery you know as I have I've got a
great team and staff that supports me
now but I wanted to attract people that
were in alignment with these values and
I think that's a really important piece
so I want to share with you some of
these values cuz I think this can really
help and support you guys getting clear
on this getting clear I got my computer
here it get clear on your values and
making sure that you don't compromise
those values that you're living an
authentic life that's in integrity with
what's important to you and what's right
and the good news is you know when I
look back and I you know today I help
other people build businesses and
whatnot it's not it's not necessary to
go down the path that I was because
there's many opportunities that exist
and what I try to teach and have over
the last eight years I'm ways to
building a business the right way around
or
passion of what you love and that's what
something is gonna be sustainable you
have to get out of that short-term
get-rich-quick mindset and step into a
long-term thinking of actually building
something the right way that's
sustainable and I think doing what I'm
gonna share if you hear it can really
help support you guys with that so I
have a Google Doc here this is actually
something that is internal with my
company I've never shared this before
just with my staff we actually do
quarterly meetings every three months
and every person on my team we go
through the values of the business we
have ten of them it's actually kind of a
bit more than that but we actually rein
ourselves on a scale scale from one to
ten how much we feel that we're living
that value right and we're not perfect
I'm not perfect by any means but it's
something that we strive to to be able
to uphold so first I actually wrote out
the vision and the mission statement so
the ultimate vision for project life
mastery is to be a world-renowned brand
that positively impacts millions of
people's lives around the world with
world-class content products services
events and coaching in all areas of life
including health fitness emotions
productivity success motivation business
marketing finances relationships and
spirituality our mission is to
transparent ly passionately and
powerfully be a positive example of the
unlimited possibilities that Life offers
for those that are truly committed to
mastery we provide and deliver the
highest quality content products and
resources that truly change lives
creating raving fan customers and
followers now that's the mission
statement and I recommend everybody get
clear on that when you're getting into a
business get clear and what that vision
and what that mission is because that's
gonna what's going to really guide the
direction that you go in your business
your your values also help the decisions
that you make because decisions you make
in your life in your business are based
on what's important to you the values
that you hold and this is something that
I think if you get very clear with can
help ensure that you're moving in the
right direction and building your
business based on fundamental values
like this so I'll share with you what
they are the first value is contribution
always adding value in creating raving
fans and I have a description
each of these values we inspire we
motivate we transform and change lives
this is the essence of what we do
through high quality content products
services and resources that we provide
number two high quality and excellence
go above and beyond the project life
mastery brand is all about mastery
mastery represents the highest quality
and excellence which we always aim to
uphold quality and excellence in our
content products services design
communication and ultimately with how we
present ourselves this requires extra
attention to detail ensuring that
nothing gets published or delivered and
tell us met our highest quality of
highest standards of quality number
three is mastery constant improvement
and growth we practice and live by the
concept of Kaizen which is constant
never-ending improvement we're always
looking for ways to improve ourselves
our processes our systems our work and
ultimately project life mastery this
requires constant learning and growth
whether that be reading books online
resources training or events we never
stay stagnant and stop growing as the
moment you do you start you start dying
number four
effective communication open honest and
clear we consistently openly honestly
and effectively communicate with one
another to ensure that we're on the same
page and able to achieve our outcomes we
aren't afraid to ask for help we openly
communicate challenges problems and
feedback so that we can help one another
resolve them projects and tasks are
communicated amongst one another clearly
and effectively and if something isn't
clear then we communicate and ask for
clarification we openly share goals
visions ideas thoughts win successes
challenges problems and anything else to
ensure we maintain a close culture close
culture based on trust and family spirit
number five accountability taking
responsibility and open to feedback we
hold ourselves and each other
accountable ensuring that we're
performing at the highest possible
standard we ensure we're performing our
tasks effectively meeting deadlines and
achieving results we're each responsible
for our role tasks and what we commit to
therefore we always take responsibility
for our actions and results mistakes and
errors will occur but when they do we
don't hesitate to take ownership of it
and make it right we learn from our
mistakes and others we're open to
feedback from others
as it's always an opportunity
opportunity to learn and improve
number-6 positivity caring and love we
are positive uplifting and supportive we
have zero tolerance for negativity hate
abuse or complaining we're always open
to constructive feedback as long as the
intent is positive we are caring
committed individuals we we care about
others on the team or customers as well
as our followers we treat others with
care respect and love we go out of our
way to show that we care creatively
doing the little things for our team
customers and followers number seven
resourcefulness problem solvers we are
resourceful we are problem solvers if we
don't know the answer to something we
figure it out we search online we ask
for help we learn we change our approach
take new actions we find the way or make
the way if challenges or problems arise
we are equipped to respond and resolve
it we work smart and efficiently not
just working hard our creativity and
resourcefulness is one of our greatest
strengths number eight honesty and
integrity we're honest open ethical
transparent and fair project life
mastery has built on has been built on
trust and transparency from the very
beginning by openly sharing and
providing value online we always strive
to be honest with one another including
our customers and followers number nine
raving fan culture and customers we are
obsessed with creating raving fans
amongst our customers followers and team
to do this we must provide incredible
service we recognize and don't take for
granted the value of a customer as we
know that it's so much more expensive to
get a new customer than it is to take
care of the ones that we already have we
create raving fans by understanding
anticipating and consistently fulfilling
the deepest needs of our customers and
followers this requires love worship
carrying understanding and empathy this
ultimately creates loyalty as well as a
relationship culture and impact that
we're proud of and the last one number
10 is leadership innovation and
creativity we all take on the
responsibility and identity as leaders
as leaders were always innovating
learning coming up with new ideas
sharing them amongst one another and
initiating progress we don't just
perform tasks mindlessly but we actually
think about what we're doing and how we
can
or do it better this requires learning
and creativity and openly sharing
amongst one another as leaders we don't
act passive and just wait to be told
what to do we initiate new ideas and
actions with the intent of growing
project life mastery if we notice
something as small as a spelling mistake
a link not working an error or something
at a place we take the initiative to fix
it or to get help to resolve it we're
taking initiative to improve ourselves
our processes and project life mastery
so those are the values now it's
actually more than ten because I kind of
combined the words together and whatnot
but getting very clear on that that's
what I'm about that's what project life
mastery is about that's what my team is
about and that's what our mission is
about and I'm not perfect with this
there's times where I make mistakes
there's times where I'm out of integrity
there's times where I'm not fully in
alignment but I do my best to have self
awareness of that and to correct myself
to get on the right path and that's why
we review this every quarter in my
business to make sure that we are
consistent with these and things that
I've done in the past I don't do anymore
I'm not involved with I don't profit
from I don't own I'm not no matter what
other people say I'm not involved with
that in any way shape or form but
looking back this is what my path has
been and what's led me to who I am and
where I am today so I hope that I can be
a role model I hope that I can be an
example and not try to be this perfect
person that you know doesn't exist I
know people you know the world that we
live in today
you know people judge other people and
they criticize people and they have high
expectations and standards for them and
and rightly so you know and I do my best
to live up to that and I can't control
the past you know no one can it's what
happens and what I can control is what I
can do today and what I'm going to
continue to do and what I want to do is
actually teach people and inspire people
the right way to build a business and to
show them ways that they can build a
business that is honest and is for the
Huayra good which is really you know
what this is all about because I believe
it's not what you get it's about who you
become and along this journey you know
we're all going to make mistakes and
fail I've got many more failures that
maybe we'll go into different stages
whatnot but I think the most important
thing is that you learn from it that
your past doesn't define you but if you
learn from it there can be incredible
value from it and as long as you don't
repeat those mistakes and you grow and
you step into a higher level of
consciousness and I think that's that's
the right direction and that's what I
aim to uphold in the direction of what I
want to go into in the leader that I
want to become to this world because I
don't take for granted the
responsibility that I have and I'm I
feel very privileged and humbled to even
have a form of influence online I never
thought that project life mastery would
be where it is today and that I'd have
this opportunity to communicate with so
many people and there's a lot that I've
learned from that so hopefully this
video can share with you I guess I you
know different a different side of
business and marketing and kind of helps
you see where I was at one point and
where I am today and ultimately can add
a lot of value that's really what I hope
that this video can do is to add a lot
of value and if you're in a place where
I was you know I get that I get that the
desperation the temptations that exist
but make sure you get clear on your
values my friends because at the end of
the day it's it's not whether or not
anyone else knows because that doesn't
matter you know we all do things that
are stupid and private no one else knows
about we hope nobody knows about but
really what matters is that you know
right and you got to look yourself in
the mirror each day you've got to have
that shadow that follows you around and
I know that you know for me when you're
doing those things that are wrong you
often know deep down in your heart
what's right and wrong and even though
we find we used to justify these actions
it's not right and you have to be able
to correct yourself or maybe have
someone like the right role models I
believe I think that if I had the right
role models I could have maybe avoided
that from the first place and just try
to avoid people that were teaching
things that that weren't right and just
try to make sure with the right values
on finding people that I can learn from
that are in alignment with my values and
it can teach me the right ways of
building a business that are sustainable
so it you know I think part of the
awareness is is finding the right people
to learn from finding people that have
high integrity I think there's a lot of
people out there that can teach you how
to make money
and I know a lot of them and sometimes
you've got to avoid some of that because
yes you might make money from it but
again is it making money in the right
way and that's the direction that I you
know I go in my life
and what I want to inspire and teach
other people to do so thank you so much
for being here and watching this hope
you enjoy this video and can benefit
from it and I can guide you on that
right path and if you want to learn more
about building a business I've got a lot
more content here on project life
mastery that you can subscribe to you
and check out I share a lot about the
mind sex I think the mindsets really
important there's a lot of strategies of
course of making money and building a
business but without the right mindset
that's the foundation of everything and
for me that was what was lacking was the
mindset and it wasn't till I shifted the
mindset and I grew and evolved that
everything shifted for me and I think
really having making sure that as you're
building your business you have a
practice of self development and
spirituality as well because I that is
like another area in my life that I
really stepped into a lot of the last
few years is my spiritual well-being and
you know I believe in God and I believe
in you know as a Christian there's
certain values and things that I tried
it my best to live up to and for me that
that has been an important part of
filtering the decisions I make because I
know ultimately God is the one that
judges me and I want to make sure that
I'm in alignment with my relationship
with God and I'm doing what's right so
only you know that but I can promise you
it's worth it building a business the
right way your self-esteem your
confidence and who you are will be so
much greater and that's really what
matters the most so thank you my friends
I love you and appreciate you if you
enjoyed this give this a thumbs up and I
look forward to talking again soon god
bless and take care
you

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