Hey it’s Coach Jon here again.

Nag negosyo ka na before?

Nalugi. Di kumita. Napagod ka. And deep inside you felt embarrassed?

Maybe napahiya ka sa friends mo, sa parents mo, or sa mga kapatid mo. People that you love the most.

Nobody wants to feel like a failure and it hurts.

Many aspiring entrepreneurs have been in those situations.

Oh well, guess what? You’re not alone. I’ve been there many times too. Lost millions of Pesos in the process.

And guess what? (Again.)

The most successful Entrepreneurs in the world have been there too. In fact, they’ve been there many times more than we are. They failed more than they succeed.

And guess what? (again), who are the richest people in the world? Entrepreneurs.

My point is this: It’s OK to fail. It’s part of the learning process. By making mistakes, you’re figuring out what’s working and what isn’t.

You’ll discover things that those people who gave up easily will never know.

They’ll think…”Minalas ako. Sinuwerte sya.”

Or…”Kapalaran ko to. Maging mahirap.” The victim mentality.

Hey, I know it’s a cliché but the saying “try and try until you succeed” still holds true.

But you can’t keep on trying what isn’t working. You have to try different approaches and see the results. If it’s not working, try a new approach and see the results. If it didn’t work still, try again a different approach.

Keep doing that over and over again.

When are you going to stop? Until you succeed.

My first attempt in business was back in early 2000. Did my business prosper on my first try? Of course not.

On second try? Nope.

Third try? Nope.

Fourth try? Nope. And I lost Millions and many sleepless nights.

After all those failures I realized that I need to be in a business where I can utilize my strengths, passion, skills, and natural ability.

Without all those, my chances are slim to none.

It’s like Lebron James trying to play a 3-pt shoot out against Steph Curry.

Or Steph playing low-post game against Lebron. That will not work either.

That’s why I keep telling Entrepreneurs, time and time again, you need to play where your likelihood of succeeding is higher.

One business that failed miserably in the past was a Pharmacy store or botika.

Why did I fail? Here some of the few reasons:

I have no experience in retail at all.

I don’t know anything about pharmacy.

I miscalculated the necessary capital. Akala ko sapat na. (Maraming namamatay sa akala.)

I don’t have a mentor or experienced coach to help me.

I’m neither passionate nor excited about selling Biogesic, Alaxan, Imodium, at ng Sanitary Napkins (with wings.)

There are a lot of reasons why I failed to say the least.

But that failure led me to pause, ponder, and really study how successful people did it. Asking myself…”What are their secrets?”

I read lots of books, attended seminars, and enrolled in many courses. All those investments I made in my education returned multiple times.

And most importantly I was able to start a business and have a lifestyle that most people can only dream of.

Do you know where I’m sitting right now?

I’m writing this email from a small coffee shop in Venice Italy and sipping hot cappuccino. This is the place where many coffees originated from.

Me in a coffeshop in Venice

(Had to ask an Italian to take a photo of me purely through sign language. LOL)

Best of all, it’s just few steps away from the world famous Grand Canal.

I’m saying this NOT to impress you but to impress upon you that a dream can come true if you’ll only persist.

Start a business where you have higher chance of succeeding.

Get started in business with this course..

There’s a better way to double or triple your income.

I shared this simple message to close to 700 IBMC students and that is…

“Your skills, knowledge, and experience are relative to your income.”

Meaning, kung ano man ang kinikita (sahod) mo ngayon, that’s primarily based sa skills, knowledge, and experience mo in your job or business.

Unfortunately, many people think that “working harder” is what they need to do to boost their income.

So they took a second job or overtime.

Well, it may increase your income but it will burn you out. Mapapagod ka agad.

And because you’ve been working hard, you tend to forget about your health, time with your family, and even social life.

Wala ka ng oras at nabubuhay ka lang para mag-trabaho. Zombie?

Look at our public and private school teachers.

They go to school early morning, stay late at school to finish some paper work, and bring their student’s quizzes and homework to check at home.

No disrespect to them pero ano to?

Unli-Work?

They stay up late and go to work early morning.

Listen, I don’t know what you do for a living. And yes having a job is better than no job…
…but if you’re not happy with your income, you have to pause and think…”tama pa ba itong ginagawa ko?”

“Is this the best way to make money?”

“What’s a better alternative?”

“What new knowledge and skills I can develop to help me start a business?”

Ask yourself.

If you’ll think about it, the greatest teachers in the world didn’t teach us a lot but they told us to ask a question.

John F. Kennedy said…”Don’t ask what your country can do for you. Ask instead what you can do for your country?”

Martin Luther King said…”Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, what are you doing for others?”

In my exclusive IBMC program, I help my students to ask questions intelligently.

The first question is “Why they want to succeed in their online business?”

Know your “BIG WHY” will motivate you to take action.

The next step is to teach them new knowledge and skills to will help them thrive in this new economy.

I teach them step by step how to create and package products that they can sell online.

Remember, we’re now in an information age. We’re moving so fast. There is a lot of new information every day.

If you’re not acquiring new knowledge and skills, don’t be surprised that your income isn’t increasing at all.

Again, your income is relative to your skills, knowledge, and experience.

The good news is, you can start studying and acquire new knowledge. Buy books, invest in seminars and programs, get a coach, and it doesn’t have to be me.

Take action and turn your new knowledge into skills.

Be consistent and you’re now gaining experience.