Posted on by Ike Paz

The Dog Ate My Profits

Growing up I never understood the difference between an “excuse” and a “reason”.

The only clear difference is one has a negative meaning and the other has a positive one.

I’ve made THOUSANDS of “reasons” why I couldn’t or wouldn’t do something..

But at the end of the day if I wanted to get something done, I’d have to do it myself.

This is not to say that I’ve always rose to the occasion, I’ve given up on many things.

Short List Of Failures

For example, I know for a fact that there is a 18 year old dusty harmonica in my mom’s house that I’ve never learned how to play.

There is a book on learning French circulating around my old university that I sold after I gave up on that dream.

On top of that, there are about 4 different profit-online courses I got years ago that did nothing but take up space on my computer.

You can look at those three different examples and call me a failure.

But we both know that the ‘human experience’ is not so clear cut.

Success, well, sort of…

Even though I never learned to play an instrument or to speak French.

I did eventually learn to speak Japanese and to profit online.

I also have other passions that require work and dedication, I play chess daily and practice Brazilian jujitsu two to three times a week.

Am I the strongest or smartest out of my peers?

Hell no, but I’m not the weakest, and I’m finally at a level where I can enjoy myself.

The small successes I’m experiencing now came out of consistent failure and patience.

​​​​​​​But that’s okay, because you and I both know that failure is the soil of success.


Sometimes nothing will grow but if we INSIST and keep a consistent work output (often boring and/or hard), then something you can be proud of will surely come out of the dirt.

So before you excuse yourself from your self-imposed promise, and invite ‘that’ dog to eat your homework, your profits and your life away.

Remember to kick it in the face and get back on the wagon.

You don’t have to do it ALL today.

But you do have to do it day by day.

Put your mouse to work,
Ike Paz

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