How to stick with the one idea?

I see overcoming mental roadblocks as part of ongoing personal development. I manage to deal with one roadblock one day, only to come across some other limiting belief another day that I must overcome. SamuelCarter is smart to point to the Mind Warriors section of the forum.

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I used to do that a lot. Some will tell you they are a perfectionist and that's why they spend so long trying to get things looking right, and that's exactly what I used to tell myself. I don't think it's the case though. It's just a form of procrastination because as you said, you are too scared that if you put something into action, it will fail.

An idea sitting on your computer still has the opportunity to go well or go bad, right? So it's much easier to sit on that idea and prolong it than to actually finish it and get it infront of people. It's the same reason people sit on their lottery tickets for weeks. As soon as they go and check that lotto ticket they know they will be told they didn't win and the dream is over. But so long as that lotto ticket remains unchecked, in their eyes they still have the potential of being the winner.

You need to change. No one else can do if for you. You need to stop procrastinating and realize that yes, not every idea you try will work. But the more ideas you try the faster you will get to the one that does work.

As much as you understand the concept of working hard to achieve, my experience speaking with other IM'ers is that even without expecting "fast cash" or "instant riches" we often still fall into a trap of expecting our first affiliate sale or AdSense click to happen soon and often within our first handful of visitors. You have to look past that!

When you're in tried and true niches already, you just need to continue to produce content and traffic until you have enough to feel you have properly tested the niche with your approach and are ready to move on, or you have started seeing success as you have defined it.

But like RockingLastsForever and theory expert are saying, it's the ACTION that matters. And MASSIVE action can beat small, incremental action online and offline. Not always true, of course, (a tortoise can beat the hare,) but either way, ACTION over getting too distracted into mindset and shiny object syndrome.

Hey,

So interesting you mentioned this

"I've never really failed at much in my life or career..but that's perhaps because I am often afraid to take risks"

Now in there you are already saying, never failed at much? Afraid to take risks,


Honestly, I have failed so so many times! But you quickly learn, let me tell you that !

You are bound to mess up and fail here and there but thats all part of the bigger picture. Its only human to associate PAIN with FAILURE/RISKS
so we generally avoid taking the risk as ultimately we are trying to avoid the PAIN aspect. I'm Not a psychologist but there are a lot of videos on mindset on you tube and i think Tony Robbins is an expert when it comes to motivation/mindset.

Seeing Result...

Sometimes we can work for hours,days, months and the result we see can be depressing and makes you question what you are doing and if its worth? Whats the easy option? 9-5 - Working and knowing you get that fixed money coming in.

Some one once told me JOB stands for JUST-OVER-BROKE.

So what i would do is when it gets difficult and things get difficult and maybe instances of financial tightness- Keep focused , no matter what.

When you you set the sites up, make more then one, Keep a list of objectives for the day of what you wish to accomplish specifically for that day. Organize what you need to be doing, whether writing content, submitting articles, promoting and so on.

I mean some times it can be difficult when asking for some reassurance, and some one to tell you everything will work out? Well i am TELLING you, stay committed and focused and YOU WILL PERSEVERE.

Just keep a list of what you want to achieve in a years time. Ill check up in a years time, and hopefully you stay focused and on point, then you can tell me how things all worked out

Hitting that wall, All have been there, whether before or now. Just get a bigger sledge hammer and break it down.

Samuel

All entrepreneurs struggle with what you have, at some point on their journey, it is part of the process.

Sounds to me like you were building sites based on potential, but not that you liked really. That is going to be a hard path to follow, for sure. You don't have to build a company around a deep passion or love, but you do have to have some interest in the subject.

If you want some ideas about how history could earn money, check out the History channel.

Maybe you should target your focus on history forums where students teachers and possibly tv network blogs are at. I'd also go to amazon to see what kind of educational materials are being sold. For instance, imagine if you were into ancient history landmarks you could see what the market for tourism books are, cities, towns, etc. If you can transfer your knowledge into modern day metaphors then you might be on to something. Look at what Robert Greene done for instance.He turned ancient warriors into a virtual self help book, dating, self reliance, persuasion, etc. His latest book is about the old masters, and, apprenticeships, and self mastery.

If you explain what your love for history is in a particular area I am sure I could give you a suggestion at least.