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It's the end of the year and a time for cheer. And still, as we say, the Holidays ain't over yet. But if there's one thing I know, and one thing you should be thankful for, it's that it's never too late to create an eBay business when you have no expectations. The truth is, I feel like giving up my business every day. But while I look back over my own brief career and see my own growth, I recognize one thing.
I genuinely enjoy reselling.
Perhaps that's why I remain optimistic about the future and fail to give up hope. But as for many of you, I know the struggle. Just when you think you can't get any more sales, you find hope in a used tie selling for the best offer of 20 bucks. Or in my case, a New With Tag J. Garcia tie going for ten. Such is life.
Let's Get Real
The key to creating an eBay business is to simply give up any expectations and just learn to do something because you have no choice. Which means shut off all the YouTube experts including my own dumb ass and start listing. And forget anything you've ever been told was wrong. That's how you do something.
Which for many means stop getting depressed when you don't hit your goals and start learning to accept that everyone's growth in life cannot simply be measured by money and wealth and fame. Nor can it be measured by the value of friendships when you still haven't found what you're looking for.
Nor is it time to get upset about youth that seems wasted over financial ruin and failure.
But to do so, you have to look back on your own journey and see the connecting points and recognize your own path isn't over yet. Nor does it have to be. That is the way to create this business.
Act Not Out of Desperation
Creating an eBay business isn't hard. You list stuff, you sell stuff, you list more stuff. You don't have to worry about storage units, you don't have to worry about business models, and you definitely don't have to blow your life savings in desperate hopes of achieving a quality of life akin to people like the folks over at Scavenger Life.
But what you do have to do is follow your own hear and gut and if you're spiritual at all, inner wisdom and guides who are talking to you all the time. Whether this is the form of your conscious or your natural intuition, the reality is profit is all in the mind.
So don't get upset when you go to a thrift store and walk empty handed. Nor fret when something doesn't sell within a few months. Nor think you have to re-donate everything you purchase the minute it doesn't sell.
And while we're at it, get out of this simple mindset that you can contain your growth and keep yourself at a limit to sustain yourself. The truth is the moment you're not growing you're dead. And if you're going to keep going, you're going to have to think outside of your own little box and see how building a business is more than just a few shelves in a garage.
Take a Step and Fall and Recognize Failure is Just a Learning Curve
The key in all of this is more an act of survival than it is selfish ambition. The reason you sell on eBay isn't that you want to get rich, but because you'll likely need to. And while this is enough to get you off your feet and out into the world, you'll never make it the minute you fall and stop.
Which is why I never judge someone's success based on impressive sales numbers or lifestyle videos. Because at the end of the day, I've seen too many business owners give up their own success the minute things get bad, expecting to just move on.
And while owning your own eBay business may sound great, there are going to be months when you don't make enough to survive off of. Nor will you always have everything figured out. But once you can see past the smallness of immediate failure you remove the judgment and recognize the success that is being granted to you in frustration and sadness.
But to move past this grief of expected doom, you must recognize that not all perish in fires. Nor do you have to give up the moment you think you've seen the worst. Because if there is one thing I know, it's that there's always a new horizon.
Live the Life You Want to Live
If you want to create an eBay business, I have news for you. You're never going to be a millionaire. Nor will you ever become famous and create a life of mansions and Lamborghinis. Sure, you can think a $100,000 in sales is great, but I know guys who make millions by clicking buttons and trading stock. Not that you should expect this to derail your goals, but rather to knock you off this selfish ambition and recognize that without passion for the mundane, you'll never reach nirvana.
Which for many of you will lead to your own failure. But for those who genuinely care and see success in selling 25 items a month starting off, you truly will see the fruit of your labor. So don't ask how to create an eBay business will the answer is staring at you right in the face.
Just click the sell button and hit submit.
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As always, much love and may your treasure hunting be glorious!
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