Nice point about obstacles leading to greater success.

I think part of the, “eggs in one basket,” mentality is that when you first start a new venture, there is so much to learn that if you don’t channel your efforts, you can easily go nowhere for a long time. It can be overwhelming to think about doing more when you’re already investing 10-16 hours a day.

You only scratched the surface of the many ways we can lose income. Personally, in the past two years, I’ve been laid off from a full-time job, had my hours cut from my part-time job that only pays a fraction of what I used to earn, lost significant money from a change in the TOS at CafePress, and had a run-in with Google Almighty that cost me hundreds a month.

I had recently started getting into domain investing, affiliate marketing, and working with more Print-On-Demand services when lo-and-behold, Google re-instated the AdSense stream on the site I blog for (not my own site). Hopefully, I can build on my new successes faster than my boss can close his doors for good.

If it weren’t for the obstacles, we’d rarely find new opportunities for greater success.