The excuses which hold us back
One of the things I enjoy doing to help build my business is listen to podcasts from other successful internet marketers to see what I can learn. My favourite way to do this is to listen to them while out walking my dog.
This morning I listened to Amy Porterfield's podcast - Internet marketing made easy - and the topic of the podcast really struck a chord for me. It was all about the excuses we all make which prevent us from making progress in our business.
The most common one we make is to say something along the lines of - "Im stuck - I dont know what to do"
I know I'm particlurly guilty of thinking along these lines and it has left me feeling almost paralysed with indecision about what to do next. I think it's one of the biggest challenges faced by entrepreneurs who are often working at home, by themselves, in their spare time and perhaps lacking support from people around them.
Trying to do things to some sort of perfection is another way of getting stuck which prevents you from making progress and getting the results you desire.
The solution to these problems or excuses that Amy shared in the podcast was to take imperfect action and get something done. There's no doubt that starting out from scratch is a difficult thing to do. We need to think about what we are trying to achieve and do something that moves us towards that.
When you get something done then you can re-evaluate, learn from any mistakes and then keep moving forward.
So that's my plan for today - I'm going to take imperfect action. I know some of the things I need to do but Im not sure how I'm going to achieve it. I'm going to have a go anyway!
Yesterday I moved one of my websites over to WA hosting. It wasn't an entirely smoothe transition but we got there. Getting something done gives you momentum to move forward.
Onwards!
Recent Comments
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Hi David, thanks for sharing that we can all get caught in the middle, I am not sure who said it but there is only one thing worse than making a poor decision and that is making no decision at all.
One of the things that I have learned and it is a work in progress is to cross each bridge as we get to it, not before and if it is a particularly hard bridge to cross, burn it as soon as we do so there is no going back the only way is forward.
I know about all the excuses, having used most of them myself. I've probably been the originator of a few as well.
Great post, and I look forward to following you success.
Cheers
Rich :-)
Hi David,
Indeed, we are all guilty of these excuses. They will paralyze us if we remain stuck. We have to move forward by taking action even if it is imperfect. Thanks for sharing this great reminder!
Much success to you!
Kind regards,
Nichola