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Stop READING!!!

by mohd3rd
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Yes, that's right. Stop reading articles like this on how to use Internet marketing to make money online or articles about network marketing.

Why should you stop? Because it is time to stop reading and start doing.

Imagine a youth who wants to be a great basketball player. He spends weeks in the library and reads and rereads every book possible on basketball strategy and how to make the perfect basketball shot. He reads the life stories of the pro basketball superstars to gain inspiration.

Finally, he is ready. He steps onto the court, walks up to the free throw line and throws his very first basketball towards the hoop.

And he misses...of course!

You can't learn a skill solely by reading - reading can give you tips on improving a skill, but your skill is truly honed ONLY by doing. The only way for this youth to be a great basketball player is to spend hours actually playing basketball. Then books and coaching can help him get better.

#reading #stop
  • Profile picture of the author Cackle
    very true. information overload is the phrase of the 21 century I think. I look forward to the day they have a national 'turn off your PC day'.
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  • Profile picture of the author Gothnoir
    I really REALLY need to thank you for that simple piece of profound advice. Not just when it comes to online business but to life in general. I am definitely guilty of that procrastination and as a newbie to internet marketing i can see it as a terrible flaw and a hindrance to actually getting things done.
    Thanks again for the nudge.
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  • Profile picture of the author Karen Connell
    Absolutely true...

    It's easy to sit and read - you are putting off the moment when you have to sink or swim!

    The only way to succeed is to make a start...

    'A good plan executed right now is better than a perfect plan executed next week' - George S Patton

    Go for it!
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  • Profile picture of the author mywebwork
    This is about as true as it gets - trust me, I know!

    I'd love to find a way of stopping this nasty habit, about the only thing that gets me out of reading mode and into production mode is an impossible deadline. At that point my standard response is to get into panic mode and pull a 30 hour shift to do a less-than-perfect job. You'd think I'd learn, but no - I'll go right back and do it again!

    Thanks for the reminder - sometimes you need someone else to point out th e"bleeding obvious" to you!

    Bill

    P.S. Dhrousha I love the phrase you're using in your signature - is it a quote or is it your own work?
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    • Profile picture of the author Karen Connell
      Originally Posted by mywebwork View Post

      This is about as true as it gets - trust me, I know!

      I'd love to find a way of stopping this nasty habit, about the only thing that gets me out of reading mode and into production mode is an impossible deadline. At that point my standard response is to get into panic mode and pull a 30 hour shift to do a less-than-perfect job. You'd think I'd learn, but no - I'll go right back and do it again!

      Thanks for the reminder - sometimes you need someone else to point out th e"bleeding obvious" to you!

      Bill

      P.S. Dhrousha I love the phrase you're using in your signature - is it a quote or is it your own work?
      It's a quote - but I don't know who originally said it.

      I have a file on my pc where I cut and paste any good quotes that come up.

      Karen
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  • Profile picture of the author foodland
    yes true...........
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  • Profile picture of the author mohd3rd
    Fellow Warriors, reading is not a bad habit. Everyone has to read something to build upon his knowledge. But you don't want all of your knowledge to come from reading because reading doesn't make perfect, PRACTICE does!
    Just be sure to work and put the books and words into action. If I had spent all of my time reading when I joined the first marketing industry I joined, I would've never reached where I am now if I was just reading. But I did what I would proudly call my mentors did, put the information into effectiveness!
    We tend to read others success at a time when we don't need to read about their successes but create our own instead!
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  • Profile picture of the author aj113
    At face value the advice in the OP is good. However, in order to act, you have to be self-motivated, otherwise it is not long before you slip back to your old ways.

    IMHO self-motivation is not something that can be learned, you've eother got it or you haven't. That's why there are so many people who cannot earn from IM, and only a small minority who actually make a long term success of it.

    In the final analysis, making money from the internet is not rocket science, you do not need a degree. What you do need is the resolve to accept that you will have many "failures" on your route to success. But the "failures" are not negative, they are actually valuable lessons that you should learn from, and thus do it a better way next time.
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  • Profile picture of the author itpetex
    Please recommend usefull articles about internet marketing for newbies first, after that some advanced. Thank you
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  • Profile picture of the author Beatrix Potts
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    Ah ha, Sports Metaphors, always a great motivator. Dear, if you don't want to read then you don't want to learn and if you don't want to learn, then you're going to find Internet Marketing a "tough road to hoe" (go look it up).

    READING IS ESSENTIAL, so is learning.

    All the best dear,
    Beatrix
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    • Profile picture of the author aj113
      Originally Posted by Beatrix Potts View Post

      Ah ha, Sports Metaphors, always a great motivator. Dear, if you don't want to read then you don't want to learn and if you don't want to learn, then you're going to find Internet Marketing a "tough road to hoe" (go look it up).

      READING IS ESSENTIAL, so is learning.

      All the best dear,
      Beatrix
      Bit of equivocation there, Beatrix. The point of the OP (which I'm sure you know) is that you should know when it is time to stop reading and start acting.
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  • Profile picture of the author zeasondesign
    it's absolutely right..
    we won't get a thing if we just dreaming, start by doing ^^
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    • Profile picture of the author mohd3rd
      Guys for those of you whom are looking to stop reading and generate CA$H here's a great opportunity. Check the blog and we can discuss how you can stop reading and generate money.

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      Let the discussion begin!!
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  • Profile picture of the author Bayo
    Very true

    If someone could come up with something that promised and proved to people that IF they stopped reading they would actually make money it'd be a best selling system/product

    Any ideas anyone?
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    • Profile picture of the author mohd3rd
      Originally Posted by Bayo View Post

      Very true

      If someone could come up with something that promised and proved to people that IF they stopped reading they would actually make money it'd be a best selling system/product

      Any ideas anyone?
      When you are reading what are you actually reading?
      It's other success stories and systems. How will reading their successful stories benefit you? ok, you make duplicate their systems and follow the same success. But keep in mind thatmost of the time the people that read most are the less productive and the people who give up.
      This is the same issue I faced when I joined the first marketing industry and which I am still part of Network Marketing. The great thing about this market is that it has some companies and to be precise Quest Net gives you the perfect system used by other partners that have actually reached their financial freedom. So the time to read has been spared. But then again there is no harm of developing your knowledge about the market yourself between once and a while.
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      • Profile picture of the author Bayo
        Originally Posted by mohd3rd View Post

        When you are reading what are you actually reading?
        It's other success stories and systems. How will reading their successful stories benefit you? ok, you make duplicate their systems and follow the same success. But keep in mind thatmost of the time the people that read most are the less productive and the people who give up.
        This is the same issue I faced when I joined the first marketing industry and which I am still part of Network Marketing. The great thing about this market is that it has some companies and to be precise Quest Net gives you the perfect system used by other partners that have actually reached their financial freedom. So the time to read has been spared. But then again there is no harm of developing your knowledge about the market yourself between once and a while.
        To be precise, what the thread is about is the dangers of READING ALONE or reading and NOT TAKING ACTION

        Reading has its place as does action.

        A good coach will easily help resolve this problem but then people don't really appreciate a coach because it doesn't sound 'sexy' or give the promise of 'instant gratification' - The results of course can be instant in terms of daily productivity but is more mid to long term
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        • Profile picture of the author mohd3rd
          What you are saying is true but I would like to add a point. The coach part, Well everyone must have a coach, even I have one. You need a person to point out the mistakes that you have made and how to reverse the mistakes. We are all human and its in our nature to make mistakes but its not part of our nature to learn from them. A coach can be a huge help in the learning from mistakes aspect.
          As for reading, It depends on the market that you are in. Some markets requires a lot of reading, while others don't. For example in internet marketing you have to read at a certain point to keep advancing with the tech and the progress that's happening. As for network marketing I believe reading at certain points in great, but in other conditions it must be neglected for a certain time till a certain goal is achieved after that a person should read to find out what could he do to reach out for the next step.
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  • Profile picture of the author 1 Marketing
    I am sure most of the reader here will agree to me. Reading is good, but it's a sort of adiction...

    "The journey of thousands miles starts with the first step..."

    Readers spend too much time in reading and planing and most of the times they see some soft diversions which lead them to places they were not planning for...
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  • Profile picture of the author rgenterprise
    I thinks so many people like myself have failed before and are afraid of failing again so we try to grasp and take in as much information as possible. It seems like a good thing but ends up being counterproductive because you're just sitting there reading information and trying to get everything right and end up never taking action.
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  • Profile picture of the author loenex
    Learning takes more than reading itself. It needs experience also. I guess we learn more through experience.
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