Enough Already – Back On Topic!
Right, I’ll be honest here. If it hadn’t been for the half-dozen kind comments I received on my last post I would have deleted it, since it played havoc with my AdSense content! Okay maybe not, since I hadn’t posted anything in a month and even this post is being written two weeks on. So my one post a week target needs a bit of fixing and this is my latest offering, on topic this time.
So, I’ve lost a bit of business building momentum over the last month or so, most particularly on my product creation as part of the Masterclass program. If you lose momentum it’s a well known fact that it is difficult to regain it, however I watched one video and read one blog post today that have given me the jump start I needed.
The video was by Lee McIntyre (I subscribe to his newsletter) and the subject was basically…if you don’t believe you can succeed online then you won’t. Now this was a 25 minute video, which is fairly lengthy to get such a simple message across. Sure, Lee recounted some of the self-doubts that he experienced in the past but he kept banging on about this self-belief message. It took me the full 25 minutes to really get the message though; it’s not simply having the belief that you can succeed online – that’s easy, and I do believe that I can. It’s having the self-belief to get your products out into the market, about casting away the self-doubts about whether those products will succeed or fail, and so on.
The blog post was John Thornhill’s latest offering which can be viewed here. John’s message about basic online success is frighteningly simple – create your product, drive traffic to the sales page and then repeat the process. After reading this post, I felt as though it had been directed at me personally. Sure, I had had a medical issue and lost momentum on my product creation effort, but then I go and write a blog post about it and I also started a similarly themed thread on the Masterclass forum! Enough already! Real action was required, not some kind of self-pity.
So, thanks Lee and thanks John. Your reminders that self belief and effort are required to succeed couldn’t have come at a better time for me. Even writing this post has got me back into the swing of, well, writing – and product creation will resume tomorrow morning sharp!
Excellent post, Keith, and great links in there. I totally agree that is DOING that makes the difference between those that will and those that won’t make it. Keep up the good work.
Enjoy the journey.
Mandy
I’m glad you agree Mandy! Taking action and DOING is everything.
Thanks for commenting and you, too, enjoy the journey.
All the best – Keith
Hi Keith,
I too have lost a bit of momentum over the past fortnight, I had no idea why I just couldn’t get going…
I then relaised what I was trying to do, I am a MC member like yourself and so I am trying to get my first product finsihed as well as keeping my blog updated and working on traffic generation methods.
As well as all of this I (rather foolishly) had started to look at an eBAY business and I had also subscribed to Commission Blueprint (which is very good btw!)
I have BM 2.0 sat in my office gathering dust plus one or two other things on the ‘back burner’
Total overload!
I have cancelled my Commission Blueprint, shelved my eBAY business plans for the time being and will leave BM 2.0 gathering even more dust!
I need to focus solely on my product creation, my blog and traffic generation – all of which can be achieved by following JT’s methods!
Enjoyed reading your post!
Andy Cockayne
http://www.andycockayne.com
http://twitter.com/andy_cockayne
Hi Andy
Yes, it is very easy to get distracted from the Masterclass tasks, especially at a tough stage like product creation. Your final paragraph says it all – absolute focus on the essentials is what is required and I’m sure you will be back on track soon.
I’m still struggling a bit with my left leg which doesn’t help – especially as I have a heap of work to catch up on at my full time job!
Thanks for posting a comment Andy, and I wish you all the best – Keith
Hi, nice posts there
express’s exchange for the interesting advice
Hi Keith, good post my friend. I have an ebay business and a couple of websites to maintain and am doing the Masterclass as well. I have found it hard to keep it all up while creating a product but am now catching up. A good point that JT made in the forum was to set aside a specific time for blog posting etc and i found this helped.
One thing i do make sure of is that i don’t try running before i’ve walked the track.
I am also struggling with health and go into hospital in 3 weeks for a minor operation, but then have to stay in bed for 4 weeks to recover. That will be my most testing time to date but, socks up and head down, I’ll do my best not to fall behind again.
Hope your leg gets better soon mate,
Take care, Barry Wells
Hi Niphefe
Thanks for your comments – I’m glad you like the posts
Keith
Hi Barry
Thanks for taking time out to comment on my blog – much appreciated.
I’m sorry to hear that you too have to have an op and will have down time. If I can offer some advice (after my recent experience) it would be to prepare in advance some “homework” – stuff to do in hospital (reading, etc) if you are able, and stuff to do as soon as you get home, again only if you are able.
Loss of momentum is terrible and I haven’t yet got back up to speed. I also have to catch up with work at my job, as I had no cover whilst away. So a bit of advance preparation can possibly help against loss of momentum. Good luck with the op and all the best generally.
Keith