NEWBIES: What is your biggest obstacle?

I had the same problem. Taking action was quite scary because I don't know if I could sustain the amount of money (although small) to host a website and was afraid that even if I did set up a website I was afraid that I would not make any money.

I realized that whether you make money or not is not the issue. If you don't make money on a particular website, either try to optimize the website itself (seo, video, images, content) or try a new website where competition is lower and focuses on simpler methods (reviewing products, etc).

All the things that I have learned so far, I would have never realized them if I didn't take action.

Oh and also, signing up for this forum helped me great deal as well.

Yeah, I'm kinda the same. I'm slow starting, because I feel the need to study everything before I start.

Also, getting a good amount of residual traffic is something I need to conquer.

Getting consistent traffic. I'm not really a newbie, but that's always been my problem.

Hi everybody, this is my first post, how exciting!
My biggest obstacle is myself, Taking action!
I have recently written my 1st article and submitted to Ezine, I have had to resubmit it 3 times due to 'problem status' but ill get it published this time (fingers crossed).

I agree with the action part.

It's not what you know, It's what you do....

Also my day job...problem with a job is it gets in the way of making money.

I had luck because I already had good job on an oil rig what makes me good money so I was not afraid to invest in some programs and software’s. I start 7 years ago with SpiderWeb Marketing but I remain only with the GDI. In this job, if you wait and don’t take action you are loosed. Another thing, if you don’t try by yourself you ever know if something works or not. Don’t listen too much other people talk. Most of them think that Make money on the Internet is scam and according them, millions of people around the world are living from air.
Once you knock on the front door and enter in, all other doors will open by it self.
Last what I do is promotion of an adult online dating site and it’s wonderful. As you know that everyone loves sex and I don’t need to target audience.
Slowly I study tricks and technique and I write 5 e-book on my mother language about how to make money on Internet what I sell through my web page. And for marketers they say that he reach the top once he write a book and publish it.

The problem with waiting till you know it all is that you will never know it all. I have the same problem though, and it is easy to say that, but not so easy to do it.

I have sat down at my computer many times to do something, but before I ever get anything done, I get confused or change my mind and then end up not knowing just exactly what I want to do. I have bought more than one domain because I had an idea, only to let it expire a year later without ever building a site because it didn't seem like such a good idea after I spent the money.

I totally agree with what some warriors had stated that the biggest obstacle in the IM business is taking action. I started as an article writer but I had to read and read some basic what to do and how to do before I made my first set of articles. It took me a while to finish the set since I have this question in my mind, what if my employer will not like what I wrote or I couldn't finish the project on the deadline. Those questions are the factors why I didn't take any action immediately. I wasted some precious time by just questioning myself if I could do it or not. And also, anxiety of the idea that I could earn some money through online is a factor why I didn't take some steps to apply what I have learn into action. The excitement and at the same time, the doubts that are clouding my mind which hinders me to be productive at the start of my IM business.

Lessons learned: Trust yourself and it only takes self-discipline to really improve what you have learned from other people or by self-taught/self-read articles and advises.