How do you stop Information Overload?

I sure wouldn't argue! A good Coach/Mentor will light a fire under your butt! Meaning... they will get you to TAKE ACTION. I know that phrase is probably the most used phrase in the history of IM, BUT... It's also one of the best if you just do it. TAKE ACTION. Start. Go. Begin.

Write down some short term goals & TAKE ACTION every single day to get closer to achieving them.

Thanks! I'll try that walk thing, I could use that anyway. It's just hard when your fairly new and wanting to learn as musch as you can.

Hey dude, I feel ya.

I would look at your overall goal and break down what you need to do. List what you know and what your don't. Then work out what areas of learning you need to achieve your goal. There is a lot of information out there. Keep a journal and note down these things at the end of the day.

Another great tip that has helped me is after you learn something write two columns on a piece of paper. The first column is the overall concept of what you have learnt and the second is how you can use that right now by applying the learning. That way you are immediately using the information and it is not just consuming for the sake of it.

I noticed that when I was suffering from information overload. It was because I thought I need to learn everything before I took action and that learning was an excuse.

There is a big difference between trying everything under the sun before you make a breakthrough and getting a mentor/coach who can show you the right way of doing it. Depends what you enjoy more lol.

To your success,

James

Hi,

I avoid info overload by focusing my attention on one specific area rather than trying to learn everything at once. Although I understand your need to know everything, Information about online marketing will always be there whether you want to read it tonight, tomorrow, next week, or even years from now. It's good to update yourself with the changes happening but try to focus on the updates on your niche.

Another thing, as much as possible, I try 1 st to avoid forums until my other task is complete. If you're just starting, find a person that is an authority of your niche and ask him for mentoring. I learned that way. One of the main factors why information overload occurs is because people learn too many things from too many people.

As for forums and emails, make a plan and a schedule. Usually these things can distract you from work. For example, only allot 30minutes to check your mail. Try to identify the important and urgent tasks (should be done today) from those unimportant and not urget tasks (should be discarded). This way you can focus more and you can finish the task you have set for the day.

There are programs that can help you monitor your product such as rescuetime which I use. It's a good time tracker. It helps you monitor how much time you spend on one task.

All the best,
Nick

One of the best ways to eliminate information overload is to stop soaking up so much information. It sounds simple, but it's true. Try to limit yourself to one specific product/blog post/whatever for each thing you want to develop.

Some of us have been at this for many years and I can tell you that genuine major changes are quite rare and happen over the course of several years.

What you really need to focus on is not on gathering information but on taking action on the information you already have.

If some major game changer does come along you'll have a LOT of time to change what you're doing...as long as you're doing something.

The biggest problem most people have is they spend way too much time gathering more and more information instead of using even just a little of the information they already have in a serious, dedicated way.

Kindest regards,
Andrew Cavanagh

As a newbie myself I fully understand where you're coming from with this one.

Getting overwhelmed with IM "stuff" is easy to do. Reading every email, checking out every must have WSO and visiting every guru's website becomes a regular day to day occurance.

My take is this:
Target the areas of IM you want to focus on first (you can't do everything all at once)
Choose some well reviewed WSO's or highly recommended books and learn from them
Take action and start implementing what you've learn't
Make mistakes (nobody is perfect)
Correct those mistakes
Carry on

It sounds straight forward and in reality it is - Just do it.

You really have to make that firm decision to start a project and stop looking for perfection.


Ozzelli