Are you addicted to starting projects....

This sounds exactly like me, I am learning to focus on one project at a time (not easy), but doing it. I still have multiple other projects that I would like to start, but they will have to wait.

You're right, this issue is actually quite common. People generally get very excited by the thought that you can earn money on the internet. They seem to think the money instantly comes by just following a few easy steps, whereas it is more difficult than that as most of us do know. When their projects do not monetize at the same rate as they have expected, they end up getting disappointed and starting new projects. That is what little sense I have been able to make of people who keep abandoning works in progress and starting completely new projects. It is also important to note that the thrill of starting new projects is soon nullified by a history of incomplete projects. They, then, go around telling people it is impossible to earn money on the internet.

Yasir

Too true!

The most difficult part is having the patience and willpower to release none until the whole complimentary collection is complete.

I do love starting new projects but I know my limitations and 4 or 5 ongoing projects feels about right for me. One way I've found of combating the urge to start a new project on a whim is by using Mindmeister, a mind-mapping tool. I have 3 maps set up and I use it as a brain dump for all the random ideas I have. Over time the maps grow like trees with new branches and leaves and everything stays organised.

This is a great way for letting ideas develop, especially the random late-night ones. And each time you revisit them, you can see if they still look like good ideas or if they're not worth the time. I find the best ideas and projects have a way of "nagging" you, sometimes for weeks or months, urging you to do something with them.

Internet marketing is like that, there's so many "rabbit holes" to disappear down, so many projects to lose time in. As someone else mentioned it's really important to stay disciplined and focused to achieve anything in IM.

I too get a lot of ideas...

So I basically registered a private limited company and started implementing them with new investors...

I am addicted to starting new projects, but they are well planned with SWOT Analysis

I'll admit that I have more than my share of half-finished projects sitting around. But, these days, I select my projects more carefully, and although I start fewer projects, I tend to finish what I start.

I used to face this problem,but now i m somewhat stable.

best,
monaseer.

I do have the problem of starting a project and I did not know how to overcome it. If there is any template advice i will be glad to have it.

It was the same for me when I started with IM. Everyone I know had this problem at one point in their career. It's very normal! The difficulty is too recognize that and solve it through staying on a project until it works or completely failed.

I wouldn't say I am addictive to starting new projects.

I would say that I work, on multiple projects, at one time, to stay productive.

Sometimes I get stuck on a problem, with an ongoing project, and I developed a routine to take a break and work on something else.

Typically a side project.

By moving my focus, I end up figuring out the original problem rather quickly and am able to proceed.

I tried to work through problems but in the end I would just waste time. Sometimes there is no choice but to step back and give it some time for a fresh perspective.

Due to this, I am ending up with a huge product line.

Not a bad thing but I would rather finish one up before I started another. I just found this more productive in the end.

I just recently decided to have willpower to stop starting project after project. It is bad business to start project after project when you have finished the one you started. I am addicted to starting projects, but I am going to get rid of this addiction because it is just a hinder to letting my business progress the way it should.

In CA, the "weed" market is booming. There was a time, that we told the kids to just say NO...and that worked like the proverbial lead balloon.

So, I see 2 parts to this.

ONE: Know it and cash in on it.
TWO: Learn how to overcome your lack of goal setting education.

LONG before the Internet, I had a conversation with my friend Jim Straw. I was lamenting about people buying products and never following through. Jim said this was SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) in the Business Opportunity markets. MOST people, some 30 years ago, were also doing this "addicting" behavior of buying one thing after another and then end up spinning their wheels.

Nothing new here. But what Jim told me was to either acknowledge that most of the buyers were collectors or librarians and only a few were going to use the information or get out of the business.

The solution, education on goal setting, was an emerging niche at the time, and an unwanted solution.

OK. So what can you do?

Either learn how to overcome your lack of education about motivation and goal setting OR

Sell the shovels and picks to the miners digging all those holes in the mountain looking for gold.

By most admissions on this thread, many of you have been buying those picks and shovels one WSO, one IM product, one big bux promise at a time.

You can package your experience into a report, a case study or a blog and begin to share your findings and build a list of like minded people who could become customers.

You can answer the basic question of "What do I want and why?"

You can create small steps of daily activity which help you solve your problems in the direction of your goals (got to have them first).

USE what you know now to get where you want to go tomorrow by focusing on your activities of today.

gjabiz

PS. My 50 years of experience tells me the best motivation is QUICK success, albeit small, that creates momentum and provides the impetus to stay with a project through completion. Get fast success, then build a foundation on it.

I've done this more times than I can even count.

It's one of the biggest reasons why it took me so long to finally achieve a stable income online.

A word of advice to everyone still trying to make it.

Pick one thing, something you can see yourself doing medium-long term... and don't look back.

Stick with it, learn it inside/out, force it to work, and reap the benefits.