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This is a term I saw on a blog somewhere - it really stuck with me.

I'll explain it..

Do you ever come across a new idea and get instantly excited when you think about it. You run through it all, all you need is a few sales per day to completely change your lifestyle.

You go to bed and run through strategies that seem easy to implement. You stay up late happily working on this new project into the early hours.

But then towards the end of the project everything slows down. That first bit of excitement has now disapeared and you're left with a half finished project.

This has happened to me so many times!

You usually stop because another new exciting idea comes around. You imagine all the success with this new idea, and the new lifestyle etc.. Then that feeling comes back and the process starts again.

If this is happening to you it's imperitive that you stop it - you need to stick to one thing and cut off any distractions that take your focus away from it. Seeing through the initial idea til you've fully implemented it and tested it is the goal.

So to summarise, you need to make a decision, and follow it through completely.

Does anyone else suffer from this?
#beliefkillers
  • Profile picture of the author kazis2255
    Yes, all the time. Belief killer? Business killer! It's kills your dreams and it's really hard to fight! How you get over that point when you have almost done campaign but have no sales yet and anther good idea crosses your mind?
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    • Profile picture of the author Steve Ranger
      Originally Posted by kazis2255 View Post

      Yes, all the time. Belief killer? Business killer! It's kills your dreams and it's really hard to fight! How you get over that point when you have almost done campaign but have no sales yet and anther good idea crosses your mind?
      I honestly think a lot of people suffer from this without even realising it. Going from 'fantastic' new idea to the next is definitely a symptom..
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  • Profile picture of the author STKING
    This is why I call myself a serial entrepreneur...Too many ideas and not enough focus!
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  • I think it happens to a lot of people. For some its very evident but others it could be more insidious.

    We can't SEE the finish lines in life. So we have no way of knowing if we stopped 1 day before we were about to hit it big -- in whatever arena of life.

    If you find yourself thinking you're doing too much, you probably are. It's no secret in the self improvement field that multi-tasking is out.

    What IS in is focus. And not just any focus, but laser focus. Earl Shoaff said success leaves clues, and it's true. We all can pull up strategies that may lead us to success, but only a few of us can stick to them. It's not a matter of ability either.
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  • Profile picture of the author jonrhodesuk
    The late great Billionaire Andrew Carnegie once said that you should put all your eggs into one basket, then make sure that nobody kicks it over! Focus and have one great business, rather than several mediocre ones.
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  • Profile picture of the author STKING
    I will never put all my eggs in one basket. The past few years have taught me that...but you have a great point about focus! It's not worth having 10 different baskets if all of them are mediocre and you cannot focus on 1 or 2.
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