What do you do to support yourself financially?

[Shannon]

When I was 18, my mother forced me to get my first job. I was terrified (social anxiety), but I tried, and applied everywhere. No results. Everyone wanted experience, and I had none.

When I went back to my mother and told her that I couldn't get a job because I needed experience, which I couldn't get without a job, which I couldn't get without experience, she looked at me a moment and then smiled.

The she told me that she had the same problem when she first started looking for a job. I asked how she overcame it, and she smiled again, and said, "I told them I had experience."

I had a job in 2 weeks.

Now I don't advocate lying, I hate lying. But the point of the story is that:

1. Where there is a will to accomplish something, there is always a way to do it, and
   
2. If you want something enough, you will inevitably find the way to do it.
   

Case in point: "they" told me that it was impossible to make subliminals work noticeably in less than 2 weeks.

I now have created subs that are noticeable for effect almost instantly.

"They" told me that I was never going to amount to anything because I was weak, useless, helpless, hopeless, worthless.

"They" told me that I would never be able to overcome the dyslexia I had as a kid.

"They" told me that I was going to die from {take your pick}.

"They" told me that I could not do a lot of things I have subsequently done.

All this results from my choice to take whatever "they" say I can't do, and then prove them wrong as my response.

You can do anything if you want it enough and think outside the box. Don't allow yourself to be artificially limited.

By the way, I make the world's best subliminals for a living. Something "they" told me was impossible and laughed and scoffed at me for - not just to make them, but to make the best, and to make a living at it.

Here I am.