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Just like the topic says, it’s really not easy to be a famous person in the industry. While I do like it at times, most other times I just like to be left alone and do what I need to do. I’m not complaining though, after spending approximately 13 years in the internet marketing industry, you really do see, hear, and experience just about everything, but at the end of the day, you are still a newbie at some things, and I think people just don’t get that about us, or me.

This life is definitely not a super hard one, but at the same time not an easy one either. I think most affiliates and webmasters get the impression that once you make your first million bucks, you’re going to live a lax and easy going life and not have many problems. Wrong. I think the bigger you get, and the more you make, the bigger your problems and responsibilities are, depending on your projects that is. I’ve seen so many guys make it big and just grow faster than they can handle, and I think I’m at that point right about now.

Here I am, supposed to be on vacation, cancelled my weeklong trip to Miami for next week, as I sit here writing out this post, I haven’t slept in over 24 hrs, and if it weren’t for the steady flow of my Adderall, I’d be asleep at the wheel. The stress is DEFINITELY starting to take it’s toll, although I did get plenty of rest over the last few days.

With that said, I’d like to formally come out and say yes, the rumors are true. We are shopping around WickedFire’s parent company, Coastal Synergy. But we aren’t selling it, more or less looking to merge with another company to build the brand of the forum out, and also to join forces with the mounds of unfinished projects we have, and best of all, assist in the highly anticipated affiliate program we’ve been talking so much about. In the end, I’m just tired of being the CEO, and it’s taken a lot of thinking and self realization that it’s not the position I want to hold anymore either. Many of you may not know this, but for years I was doing my own thing as a one person gig, and just outsourced any type of work I didn’t feel like doing. Yeah, it was a bit costly, but it took away all of my headaches and allowed me to deal with the stuff I liked doing. So when we do find a company to merge with (we are already in talks with one), I will not be at the helm anymore, by choice. I like the title “managing partner”, but I want to take the role I’ve been yearning for, for many years now. Just being the idea guy, and networking guy. I like those things, because it allows me to be very creative, and I don’t have to worry about the day to day operations. I have a whole arsenal of great project ideas, and the more responsibilities that are expected of me to take on, the less I really get to do what I want. And isn’t that the whole point of this industry? To do what you love and get rich doing it?

I’ll be a whole 26 this month, and I think it’s time for a change in my career. So I will still be at the helm on WickedFire and most of the other projects, but I won’t be in charge of day to day operations (thank god!). I’ll also be able to focus on my creative side. Because let’s face it, if you’re a member of WickedFire, you should know by now that my ideas are good, but my follow through absolutely blows! It’s not easy or fun and games owning and operating a forum, especially when it requires a lot of dedication and attention at almost all times.

I’ve got loads of innovative ideas and plans that I want to give to this great industry, and hopefully now I’ll be able to do it, instead of just talk about it. That’s something that took a while for me to understand about myself unfortunately, but hey, better late than never right? I’ll make the final announcement about the merger when the ink dries. Until then, I’ll try and keep adding better posts here to keep you 2k+ readers busy.