Momentum and Action Taking Killers and How To Overcome Them...
Here are my 4 top things that I have found with myself and my clients that kill momentum and prevent action taking!
Paralysis From Analysis
I find this is more of a problem with people who have had some formal education from school or university. Some of my entrepreneurial friends who are very successful dropped out of school or university. They don’t tend to think too much about “will it work?, wont it work?, do the numbers add up?,is the market right?” They just get on and do it, and if they cant do something, they go and learn how to do it from someone who does, or they hire an expert to do the job. I firmly believe that with the internet if you follow your heart first and then follow my guidelines for market research and niche selection, you cant go wrong with the numbers!
Fear of failure
Let look at failure in terms of pain. “What would be the pain if you were to never start and carried on with your present life?” “What would be the pain if you tried but failed first time? What would be the pleasure you would gain if you were to succeed?” I know that being staying in my job as a pharmacist was so painful that I had to try anything I could to get out of it, whether I failed or not, I would keep trying. With the Internet it is so cheap to get started that you can actually test things out until you find a winning product. So that should eliminate the fear of failing as you can easily start again if you’re first thing didn’t work out. This is so much better than if you were to try to start a bricks and mortar business that costs $50,000 + at least to get started. If that fails you genuinely could be screwed. But with an online business you can start it whilst you are still working, do it part time and keep testing things until you succeed for a truly minimal cost.
Perfectionism
This is one of the big momentum killers many people face. Being a musician, it is one thing that has plagued my life. While it is a good idea to keep a high standard for yourself, it is a very bad idea to try and perfect your craft from day one. You may have heard the saying “Rome wasn’t built in a day” If you try to get everything right before you start, you probably never will. It is near on impossible to get it all right first time. It is better to make progress and then make improvements as you go along.
Scatter Brain
“Have you ever felt overwhelmed with too many things too do?” Don’t multi task. Focus on one area of your business and master it before your move on to your next. If you work on 8 things at the same time, it’s going to take you 8 times as long to complete it. List your most valuable tasks to your business for the day then focus on each one and complete before you move onto smaller tasks that are often easier to do but add less value to your business in the long run.
Hope this helps and if you have some more please add!!
Namaste
Nij
Paralysis From Analysis
I find this is more of a problem with people who have had some formal education from school or university. Some of my entrepreneurial friends who are very successful dropped out of school or university. They don’t tend to think too much about “will it work?, wont it work?, do the numbers add up?,is the market right?” They just get on and do it, and if they cant do something, they go and learn how to do it from someone who does, or they hire an expert to do the job. I firmly believe that with the internet if you follow your heart first and then follow my guidelines for market research and niche selection, you cant go wrong with the numbers!
Fear of failure
Let look at failure in terms of pain. “What would be the pain if you were to never start and carried on with your present life?” “What would be the pain if you tried but failed first time? What would be the pleasure you would gain if you were to succeed?” I know that being staying in my job as a pharmacist was so painful that I had to try anything I could to get out of it, whether I failed or not, I would keep trying. With the Internet it is so cheap to get started that you can actually test things out until you find a winning product. So that should eliminate the fear of failing as you can easily start again if you’re first thing didn’t work out. This is so much better than if you were to try to start a bricks and mortar business that costs $50,000 + at least to get started. If that fails you genuinely could be screwed. But with an online business you can start it whilst you are still working, do it part time and keep testing things until you succeed for a truly minimal cost.
Perfectionism
This is one of the big momentum killers many people face. Being a musician, it is one thing that has plagued my life. While it is a good idea to keep a high standard for yourself, it is a very bad idea to try and perfect your craft from day one. You may have heard the saying “Rome wasn’t built in a day” If you try to get everything right before you start, you probably never will. It is near on impossible to get it all right first time. It is better to make progress and then make improvements as you go along.
Scatter Brain
“Have you ever felt overwhelmed with too many things too do?” Don’t multi task. Focus on one area of your business and master it before your move on to your next. If you work on 8 things at the same time, it’s going to take you 8 times as long to complete it. List your most valuable tasks to your business for the day then focus on each one and complete before you move onto smaller tasks that are often easier to do but add less value to your business in the long run.
Hope this helps and if you have some more please add!!
Namaste
Nij
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