How did you handle information overload?

Back when I got started in the early 90's, there wasn't nearly as much information out there, so in the beginning I didn't find myself in that position (for better or worse).

Oh yes I have, I sit their and zone out like a cross-combination between brain freeze and concussion, and then I press the BUY IT now button!!:rolleyes:.

I am battling it now......

I have a very hard time focusing on one thing at a time and it has been hard for me. You are right it is a huge problem for beginners.

I am dealing with it by just making myself stick to a plan. It's easy to get sidetracked and go do some affiliate thing or this thing or that thing.

I need to get my first mini site up and running and it's been a real pain getting it finished. Not any technical aspect of it, just the sheer volume of information that goes into planning the whole concept of it.

I have realized my first site may not be profitable and sure as hell won't be perfect initially. I will continue to improve it and learn from it. When it starts to convert reasonably well and I have adequate traffic I will do it again.

I know each site I do in the future will be easier than the last due to the experience gained on the prior.

I think realizing that you have to start in order to 'start' has helped me keep moving.

Find one thing to do and then unplug the ethernet connection to the internet and then DO IT.

i suffer a great deal from this. action paralasys etc. i usually end up doing something completely unlrelated and useless bah!

It is hard to not turn into a "dabbler", dab a bit into this, and a bit into that...

Don't become a jack of all trades, master of none.

No matter how hard I focus, I still end up "dabbing" into things. One thing that really helps me is committing to a few things, and still allowing a small amount of time to "dab". It's all about time management.

This is a tough industry. You really have to put time into things before you see benefit sometimes and that can be very frustrating.

matt

Overload! I know it well.
Big picture personalities fall into the trap because they get bored with a subject and think of some other grand scheme. Flitting like a butterfly, never doing the ground work.
What I had to force myself to do is write down all the things I needed to understand in the right order and then work 1 item at a time til I knew it backwards before going on. There is just too much Info to absorb. Don't fill the whole sponge at once, squeeze it out, then do a little at a time. For some of us that's easier said than done.

Take a step back and work one method

Dude... if you're like me and have ADD,
info overload is a constant, constant battle.

Writing down a plan, staying focused, keeping
the plan in front of you at all times, unsubscribing
to the 100 lists you're on, and taking Omega 3
pills the size of a goat are things I've found
helpful.

Everyone has experienced info overload, the way you deal with it is by not reading every piece of email or ebook that you find, stop buying everything and actually focus on ONE thing and master it and try to build your skills around that. Reading everything does no good unless it applies to your one skills/method that you are going after. Master one main skill, ppc, seo, article writing, blogging, social networking, copywriting, making videos, graphics, and you can create income for a lifetime!!!