A word on success by one of the 10.

Now, I am a very loving person and share emotion easily. So don't take this the wrong way when I say that in success and horse training there is no room for emotions.

The people who can control their emotions are the ones who succeed more times then not. Horse training for me is very rewarding and therapeutic. On the other side however it can be one of the most frustrating things in the world, and you are going up against an animal that will win every single time if it gets to bad.

However in horse training it is black and white. This is acceptable, this is not. Some of the things they do to you are just because they are treating you like a horse, but those things can very well injure you fatally. So you can not let them happen under any circumstances at all.

Frustration begins where knowledge ends. If you work with horses and it isn't starting to go the way you want it to, and frustration is coming up. That is signaling you that you are running out of knowledge. (In life even this is true)

Same thing with Internet Marketing. When you are trying to solve a problem, and have run out all the ways you know how, and it still isn't working. You have run out of knowledge. Though you need to control yourself and go learn. I'm not saying that a break isn't in order, but just go learn what you need to learn and get back at it.

In horse training, it is I am number 1, you are number 2. (Otherwise they will be number 1, yeah, that's bad)

It isn't that you don't love the horse, but you just need them to move when you say move. Just like the website, you want it to do what you want, when you click that button.

You also need to know when to go forward, and when to step back. When is your best time to work, and when isn't. In horse world it is commonly referred to as "soaking." You work on something, then let the horse just be and stand, let them soak on what just happened. Because if you keep pushing them then they will start to unwind and get worse and worse.

Same thing with everyone here. What is your best time to work on IM? How long can you go and still be productive? I know that if I really focus and get down and work, I can really only get about 5-6 hours of work that is really focused and good.

There are people here that work for 14 hours on this a day and still do good. I am not one of those people and that is ok. If I am just messing around, I could end up all day on here and really only probably get 3 hours worth of focused work done, and again, that is ok because I knew I was just going to really mess around that day.

You need to know yourself and when your optimum time is and you can really be the most productive to get the most out of it. But once you run out of steam, just like a horse, it's time to put the saddle up and go play in the pasture. (Or yard) I know when I get frazzled the more I push the less I get done. I need to go recharge then come back fresh at it.

And that changes too. Sometimes I can go longer, sometimes shorter. But I know myself and when I can go longer, and when I need to "soak." Or even when I need to just change what I am doing and come back later.

So do you know yourself? What is your optimum time to get the most done? Did this blog help you with anything? A concept, a different perspective?