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The cancer of instant gratification

     So over the last few days I've been getting really frustrated, and discouraged and after thinking about it I know what it was. I was wanting an instant return on the work I put into everything. I was feeling that need for instant gratification. After listening to the guys at Secret Entourage and then Daniel Dipiazza, who is awesome by the way, I knew that things like this blog and then social media takes time to build and gain a following.
   Which is the way it is. Even though it sucks and you're gonna have those times that you wanna give up and say fuck it, but you can't because this is something that you want to do. I also think that that is the reason my ecig shop didn't work out better, and that's because of the instant gratification aspect of life that has been engrained in us by the media. I wanted it to pay off right then and it didn't. I will say this I found that the ego-t vaporizers do really well a $15 each and you can source them easily from China and they're a better quality too. (Hint hint knudge knudge.)
     Looking back I realized that I didn't start that venture for the right purpose and that was a factor as to why I failed combined with the market in the area I had to open in. Is there any sure fire way to combat this? No, or at least not that I have found. The best way to resist is to stay focused and to remind yourself of your long term goals. Instant gratification has be perpeturated by the main stream media and frankly it can be seen as a cancer that needs to stop.



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