Back in high school, I had a summer job as a corn detassler. (If you didn’t know, corn detassling involves taking the tassel out of a corn stock to create seed corn.) I would wake up earlier than I wanted to, eat a quick bite of breakfast, and then rush out the door to a stop where a bus would take me and the other workers out to the corn field just as the sun comes up. Maybe you haven’t had the privilege of going out into a corn field early in the morning. Let me tell you, it’s not a very good place to be. The corn is usually soaking wet from the morning dew. There are usually hundreds of insects hopping around, with the most common being a grasshopper. They’d often bounce onto us as we entered the field. Getting in was always the hardest, because I went from being warm and dry to being cold and wet and covered in bugs.
After working for a full day (often 10 hours) in the fields, I would make my way home and collapse exhausted until the next day, when we’d do it all over again.
Maybe you’re asking, “what does this have to do with selling on eBay?” Well the answer is that many people who want to start selling online expect everything to be easy. While I do believe that eBay is the quickest and easiest way to make money online, that doesn’t mean that you won’t be challenged by it. That’s why I started off by telling my story about corn detasseling. Yes it was hard work, and the first time I did it, I didn’t know what was happening. It was a slow process to learn. It was hard. Even when I did know what to do, it wasn’t easy to get going in the morning.
Soon, though, after I got my lazy butt out of bed and got into a routine, the job wasn’t that bad. In fact, I even began to enjoy it. I didn’t mind working a long day as much as I used to. I saw that I was doing a better job, becoming faster and more efficient. I also knew that I was making good money while I was doing it. I just kept pushing through my discomfort until I was way outside my comfort zone.
Remember what it was like to pushed or worked harder than you’ve ever had before. Maybe you tried something new for the first time. Maybe you competed in a sporting event. Remember what that feels like. Now, take that same feeling of being “in the zone” and apply that to opening up an eBay business. Of course you’ll have challenges along the way, as with any business. But in the long run, with the right attitude, starting an eBay business is one of the easier ways to get started.
You won’t have to go corn detassling like I did, fighting cold and wet fields. You won’t have to fight the heat of the day on a hot summer afternoon. All you’ll have to do is take the few steps that are necessary. Maybe the hardest thing you’ll have to to is to package something up and take it to the post office.
The conclusion? eBay isn’t hard work. Don’t make excuses. Have the right attitude and don’t let anything hold you back. If you work hard, you’ll see almost instant success with eBay.
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