What's Holding You Back?

My biggest downfall is my inability to allocate a certain amount of time to certain things. Without any structure to what you do you are invariably less efficient than those with a clear plan of action.

that's a great piece of advice and a great parallel for our field...brought a smile...git on up and dance ya'll

Sometime "Ready, Fire, Aim" makes more sense than "Ready, Aim, Fire". Any decision is often better than no decision at all because it gets you in motion. Inertia is more deadly than the wrong direction.

For me its being "too perfect" with writing articles wanting to write the perfect article. to looking at too much info on the warrior forum (information overload).

We encourage our clients to start with a solid foundation -- the right market and a product that solves a problem they genuinely have.

As long as you put the time into THAT, you can get off to a running start with your site and your strategies.

But priorities are still huge as far as success goes:

With your website? Don't build some "beautiful" flash behemoth... write solid copy and keep it simple.

With your SEO? Don't rush into every strategy (black hat or otherwise) possible. Find the right keywords, put them in the right places, and provide value and content for the search engines... then you get rankings that last.

With your PPC? Don't pump tons of cash into getting reams of untargeted traffic. Target well, and test and track like crazy to see if your efforts are paying off.

With communities? Show up and get into the conversation and exchange of ideas. It might take longer than tossing up links and signing off, but you will learn and gain the RIGHT kind of attention.

What is holding people back most of all is their tendency to spend time and money on "get rich quick" strategies and ideas... and then being derailed when those strategies just. don't. work.

Put the work in. Don't expect MASSIVE, INSTANT results or perfection. Expect it to take some time.

And then expect the best.

Spending to much time reading my emails...trying to get it right the first time...deciding whether to control it all or trust someone to outsource tasks to. Just me.

most of the time it is procrastinating, I lose focus at times with my work.. usually i eat and watch tv instead of working, so i end up finishing my work very late with a lot of cramming.

Hi maverickwec,

The sooner we start, the sooner we can be successful is definitely true. I believe most people are held back by inaction and fear. We need to overcome our fear and step into the area of uncertainty and learn to be comfortable in it. Those are the areas where we will find the best opportunities around.

Cheers
Vincent
Personal Development Blogger