Newb stuck at the INFORMATION OVERLOAD stage!

Buying a lot of stuff from the get-go usually doesn't work. Admittedly, it's too easy to feel tempted by this and that. Doing this has led me astray many times.

I'll only buy something if I feel that it's directly related to what I'm already doing and offers information that I don't already know or have. Period. That way, I don't lose my focus or try to run in many directions at once.

Yes the War Room is a fantastic resource. It too though can curb your enthusiasm and stop you in your tracks as far as progress.

This is a tough part of internet marketing that even the big guys sit and endlessly ponder, go watch this video....twice.

Seriously, watch it.

That first hump to get over is actually the biggest most intense part of your success and you will always look back on that small little goal which you can identify, I have mine, Frank Kern talks about his, so does John Reese and surprisingly...it's not their huge multi-million dollar days it was when the switch got flipped in their head and they KNEW not thought or hoped they KNEW they could do it!

I hope you will watch this video and associate that exact spot you are in with how we all were there and although it sucks, you too can overcome.

To your success!

You have the classic symptoms of analysis paralysis my friend!

Everyone has to go through it. It is your right to passage. Look at it this way -

Look how children grow up and learn about the world, how often do you here parents saying "don't do that!" The parents know that there is danger or undesirable consequences resulting in their actions but the children don't.

We have an unstoppable desire to find things out for our selves even if everyone is telling us otherwise.

The parent can tell the child endless times to not eat the dubious looking object they've just found in the bin, but it is only when the kid has put it in his mouth and screwed his face up with disgust that they learn for themselves that such activities are to be avoided.

They repeat these learning experiences until they are 'educated'. You have to make these mistakes and educate yourself. Only then will you have the perspective to know you are doing the correct thing.

There is another way to fast track your education. As with anything in this world, if you want to know how to do something well then copy those that do it the best.

The war room has some very valuable information in it. The stuff that Allen writes is what you need to read if you really want to know the truth about marketing. There's not much in the way of step-by-step systems, but the underlying principles are there for you to build on.

But you also need to have the faith to believe that this is the truth if you want to use it before you have discovered the truth yourself.

The hardest aspect of IM is learning to deal with your emotions, doubts, fears etc. We can all get our heads down and work hard, that's easy. But working day and night on something that you don't believe in, is almost impossible.

Just give yourself a time limit of say 18 months and an education budget of a few hundred dollars. Accept you are going to loose the money and be patient.

I would say, join the war room, read the WSO's, read this forum. Put yourself through the rinser and learn what your skills are as an individual. When you have identified what you are good at, reverse engineer things to leverage your skills.

For instance, I have learnt that I have better skills in writing and mathematical analysis, so I am trying to capitalise on this and create systems where I use testing and tracking to improve my sales copy.

I learnt from a very early point that i don't have a lot of patience for things like building back-links. so therefore I shy away from things related to SEO and organic rankings.

Above all, just relax, enjoy your 'education', learn about yourself and try not to get too frustrated. Give it time and the clouds will part to reveal the light to show you the path you need to take.

You did what the minority of people do and actually saw through your plans until the end. Grats!

Thanks everyone for your welcome messages and for the valuable advice you've all given.

Sitefurnace thanks for the informative post on Analysis Paralysis, i found that particulary helpful and encouraging.

ChristopherNV "Recycling of the Force" was an interesting read too so thanks for sharing. It's given me a few ideas on what to do with the stuff from my discs that i purchased.

Mark i had a look at your site and well done on your achievements so far, if i had the money i would jump onboard as you've achieved something i want to achieve here in the UK too.

Thanks again to everyone, it's really encouraging to know that people have been through and are going through this stage i'm in right now.

GuerillaIM, thanks for alerting me to that. I just checked and my articles on my site have an average of about 10% (100 words) copied word for word from other sources. Do you know if this legal?