Just under two weeks ago I flew out to San Diego and then on to Vegas shortly after celebrating a successful six figure launch for my latest product.

Over the last few days I have spent time networking and getting to know some of the top names in my industry. I have discussed business with people I have respected for years, spent time in VIP areas in the best places in Vegas and enjoyed the feeling of people coming up to me congratulating me on my product and hearing how it has helped their businesses already.

Its a new feeling having people knowing who I am and sometimes asking for pictures with me when I turn up at a conference, but I cant lie, it does feel cool. Mostly because of the great feedback people have given me about my latest product.

I have also got to spend alot of time with two very cool fellow marketers and great friends of mine, Matt Wolfe and Joe Fier (and their very cool wives) over the last few weeks. I have to say, its been great fun and being able to brainstorm business ideas together and create content for future projects at the same time is just awesome.

But, whilst all of this great stuff is happening, I cant shake a feeling that actually, none of this is fair.

Let me explain..

As marketers, entreprenuers and business owners, we get to reap the rewards of all of our hard work and efforts in creating products and services that sell. We get our users thanking us, people wanting to contact us and of course, we get the financial rewards too!

But, there is one thing that never gets mentioned..

Whilst we may put in the hard work, formulate ideas and take action to achieve our goals that give us financial rewards and recognition, we should always remember one important factor that makes all the difference.

Without this one thing, I never would of been able to achieve ANY of the successes in business that I have had so far and it is most likely the same for you.

Even though it is that powerful, I hardly EVER hear it talked about.

I am talking about our partners, wives and husbands who support us and sit behind the scenes, carry us forward, pick us up when we are down and provide the voice of reason to our many crazy ideas.

I know, without my wife, I never would of been able to have the six figure launch I had recently. But, she gets no praise, nobody comes to her and congratulates her on the product we ended up creating.

In the eyes of others, it ends up being my achievement. In realtiy, its our achievement.

That is what this blog post is about.

Sitting here in Vegas, a place where possibly this kind of sentiment is felt less than anywhere else in the world makes it hit home all the more powerfully for me.

To sum it up simply, I CANT do this without my wife and even more importantly, I probably wouldnt want to.

Someone said to me recently the “why” is more important than the “when” in business. The reason behind why you are trying to reach that next level is way more important than when you will. If you focus on the “why” and make it a powerful one then the “when” will happen alot sooner.

My personal “why” is my wife. I want to create a lifestyle for her and our future family that they deserve. I want her to get paid back for all those hard times, late nights, tears and upsets we have had to go through to reach where we are now.

She has picked me up when I stumbled more times than I can remember. If it wasnt for that support I would have given up long ago.

I dont feel that this is focused on enough by people. Without your loved ones and close partners, you couldnt have achieved any of what you have so far.

We should always remember this, take time to thank these people and remind ourselves, however urgent that email is, making sure they know we love and appreciate them is so much more important.

My friends Matt and Joe who I mentioned earlier are both also married and we have all talked about this over the past few days.

The emotional, financial and spiritual support that our wives give us have been THE reason we have been able to do ANYTHING in this business. I guess spending time without them reminds us of how much we value them.

So, thank you Louise. I love you, appreciate you and couldnt do any of this without you. Thank you for putting up with my long hours, sleepless nights, the times when I stress out for no reason and all the ups and downs over the years.

This post may seem corny to some of you but to be honest, I dont care.. Sometimes we need to say it like it is.

Some of you will also wonder why I am writing this post before I write an update about my recent successful launch. Surely, straight after such a successful launch I need to get the details out there, further my brand and thank all my customers. While thats very true, I felt this should be said first.

Take time to thank your loved ones who make this possible for you. Whatever level you are currently at, without their support and understanding, it would of taken you much longer to arrive where you are now, and to get where you are going.

Josh

I know sure as hell I have been there!

If you are reading this blog you are either involved in or thinking about getting involved in the Internet marketing world.

When you get so caught up in information, advice, “systems”, advice and tactics it is VERY easy to forget one of the most important things. It doesn’t matter how short the road is you have travelled so far, you are 100% guaranteed to be further ahead than some people out there who are just starting out.

Remember, regardless of if you think everything has been done before, all the best products have been made and everyone knows what you know, (so how can you ever provide value?) there are people out there who still don’t know what an email list is let alone how to set one up. If you know, or even if you don’t know that either, you WILL have knowledge that other people want!

When everyone around us every day are either professional Internet marketers or people who are trying hard to become one, it is easy to forget that your customers don’t know what you and your peer group know! They are still hungry for information that may be second nature to you by now. It doesn’t matter how simple you think it might be, “one mans subconscious step is another mans mountain” show him how to climb that mountain and you not only have a customer, but most likely a raving fan and customer for life!

The big ol’ Internet is a HUGE place. It is literally world wide, there are thousands of new people just taking their first baby steps every single day. All of these people want to hear from you, in-fact, they NEED to hear from you!

Focus on what struggles you have overcome, what lessons have you learnt, what knowledge have you gained already on your journey? Imagine if someone gave you all those answers on day one, even if it was just how to be confident in front of a camera or how to actually change the theme to your blog! They would have been giving you extremely valuable information.

Make a list of those lessons and remind yourself, you know more than you think!