So...What's The Biggest Thing That's Stopping You? Mine Is...

Here, here. Spot on. Focus and determination are the direction finders while we can all too easily get distracted, even by thinking that we need a rest or distraction to get over the work of the day.

Ditto.

I swear I have adult ADD, especially after using the internet for so many years and just being able to jump from topic to topic, I can't focus on anything and get distracted super easily.

I've always been a huge procrastinator -- I was always the kid in the room 5 minutes before class trying to finish the homework. As much as I hate cleaning these days, I often find myself cleaning the house rather than addressing things like trying to make money so I can hire a maid to clean for me!

Motivation is tough because my day job pays "ok". I'm not starving and I really do hate the job, so at the end of the day, it's hard to shake the attitude of "hey, I've earned some relaxation by wasting my entire day doing something I hate." I know that this, in itself, should be motivating, but combined with the two points above, it results in nothing getting done but watching lots of TV...

Once I get going on something, I do OK, but I'm pretty great at avoiding things that aren't immediate accessible. For example, the current speedbump (for several months) has been that I want to make a product to try selling, but I don't have any creative ideas, so I get stalled-out reading things like this forum (see the "distraction" )

Anyway, through the past year or so when I've been trying to do something serious on the side, I've learned I'm a horrible boss of myself. I am working on changing that, but it's tough, especially when I'm tired after work each day, it's hard to bust my own ass to do stuff.

The same here. :-(

How can we get ourselves away from these 3 killers?
I mean... for good. Get ourselves out of these bad habits...

This is so true.

Unfortunately then the question becomes what can you do to stop holding yourself back from success.

One very important thing is to know what you want. What is success? Can't get there if you don't know what it is.

Righto ! It's many tomes a feeling of overwhelming and planning ---- till you lose interest. I'm no new bie --- yet the traces are existant!

Naturally distractions but also tied in with that distraction are the factors of believing a system will work for you over "so and so's system". What I mean is you can easily fool yourself into thinking "well what if this method doesn't work for me but this new one will. And what if I pass up this next opportunity to try and stick to the first one; which could ultimately fail me"?!

I know for me I am afraid to fail.

I love this! I think that you can say you fear success or failure, your overwhelmed, confused on which direction to take, etc. etc. (I've said them all), but what it really comes down to is having COURAGE. Dictionary.com says courage is the quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty, danger, pain, etc., without fear; bravery.

Be brave, be bold, be courageous enough to stick to one method and see it through to success!

It's all about action! Take action, don't over think, just do!

For me, it's putting off (or blowing off) doing stuff I don't like -- but probably really should be doing.

I'm a total right brainer, so things like A/B split testing, web site analytics and keyword optimization are like going to the dentist for me. I can create videos, write articles, send tweets and the like all day long, 'cause I find it fun. But the stuff that requires info-crunching....ugh.

Happily, the solution has been staring me in the face all along -- outsource the stuff I hate doing. Now I just got to get off my butt and look into outsourcing...

Time, procrastination, being pulled in many direction. Not yet a full time marketer and having a regular job. I think these are what keep me back.