Nov
24th
How I Quit My Job and Become A Problogger
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Become A Problogger
I quit my job last July, and become a problogger. Many readers are still asking me how I managed to quit my full time marketing job after 10 years, while still paying a serious monthly mortgage debt. In this post I would like to share the key turning points in my blogging career.
- Joined Blog Mastermind: I joined Yaro Starak’s Blog Mastermind blog mentoring program in August 2008. It was a paid program, and I nearly paid $400 for 6 months. Now I see that it was a wise decision to enroll the program. I learned a lot from Yaro’s course. He gave me a very solid road map to blogging success.
- Applied 80/20 Rule: Thanks to Yaro again, I learned how to apply 80/20 rule for daily blogging. In a nutshell, 80/20 rule means that 80 percent of your outcomes come from 20 percent of your inputs. In other words I learnt how to spend only 20 percent of my time to generate 80 percent of my income. While I was working at a full time job and blogging part-time, it was cruicial for me to master at this rule.
- Found my role in the blogosphere: As I mentioned in my old post How I Quadrupled My Blog’s Traffic In 3 Months, I found my role in the blogosphere, and defined my own principles.
- Found Blogging Buddies: I was very lucky to have so many smart and helpful bloggers with me throughout the journey. I easily learnt that it is a win-win game for both sides. You can not get something before giving.
- Mastered at Batch Processing: I swallowed the 4-Hour Workweek book by Timothy Ferris. In his book Timothy was mentioning about Batch Processing. It was very similar to 80/20 rule. He recognized that checking emails 10-15 times a day was killing most of his time. Thus he decided to batch process it, meaning dedicating an hour or so for checking your emails everyday. As a blogger I learned how to batch process things like checking emails, replying comments, checking blog stats, etc.
- Mental Preparation & Dedication: I was not so happy at my full time job. Since I realized that it was not my destiny to work in a full time job and wait for my retirement, I planned to escape 9-5 routine. It was a mental challenge after 10 years of financial security which my full time job brought me. I was well-prepared for the big challenge by Yaro.
How about you? Even if you have a full time job today, you can escape and live your dream life. Once you realize that your own fears are the main road block, things will get a lot easier. Do you want to spend only 20 percent of your week to generate 80 percent of your income, and do whatever you want for the rest of the week?
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Thank-you for a great post! These are great principles to learn from.