andrew"Stay on Target"…. the first time I ever heard that phrase was one Saturday while I was channel surfing and landed on one of those old black and white War movies.
I had forgot about that phrase until last night when I made a comment to a post on a forum.
I went off into a mild rant… nothing major - just gave my thoughts on the new ebook they were talking about.
One of the hardest things for me personally is to "stay on target" with my marketing. Every day there is something new with the latest and greatest mind blowing - traffic generating - product developing piece of software while doing it all sitting in my underwear or even while you are lounging in Hawaii.
I’ll be the first to admit, I used to be a sucker for all the latest and greatest stuff - I’d even say I was a "serial" purchaser - buying every new product and joining just about every new membership site on the web. I was an info junkie. No… I would say I was a pure "Addict."
I’ve pretty much given up buying every latest gizmo that comes out and it has not affected me in the least - but I do at times have withdrawal symptoms.
It can truly become like an addiction that we can justify to ourselves.
I know that whenever I bought some "latest and greatest" ebook or software I knew it would benefit my business. But the reality of it is that it does not. It might sometimes - but I’d dare to say 95% of the time it doesn’t.
What buying all of this stuff really does is gives you a false sense of security in thinking you are moving forward. Some products do in fact help, but the majority do not. Most of the time - you wind up losing your focus on what you were doing, and jump off into some new direction.
As many "latest and greatest" products that come out - you will never be able to build a sustainable business changing course or methods all the time.
What you really need to do is quit buying every new product that comes down the pipe and put to use the knowledge you already have. You already know more than you think you do.
Think about it. How many of your friends or family members know how to do what you already know? In the majority of cases it will be very few.
So stop the insanity and put into practice what you already know. There is no "magic bullet"… there are no real "secrets"… maybe some methods you do not use - but not secrets.
This statement hit home with me personally, so I will share it here;
"Losers are always waiting for inspiration…. while the Winners just roll up their sleeves and do the job."
So like the title says above….
Stay on Target! and just do what you already know.
Please post your comments on this post… thanks.
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I have bought so many WSO’s from the Warrior forum I’ll never be able to do everything I have bought in 3 lifetimes. So I hear ya.
Cary
I could start my own used ebook store with all the crap I have. I’m not sure I would have listened, but I wish you would have written this 2 years ago. Would have saved me a lot of money. Then again, I’m an addict as well.
Big Mike
I just received an email… it was from someone I know. They somewhat disagreed with what I said in my post and I have to agree with them.
They asked me if you never buy anything - how are you supposed to learn? Fair question.
I guess I would answer that question with a question. “How many ebooks do you already have that is just sitting on your harddrive - that you have never fully read, much less implemented any of the strategies?”
That is what I’m really talking about. If you have truly exhausted all of your resources and put into practice EVERTHING you know how to do - then by all means keep on learning and buying stuff that will help you. As long as it does not distract you from what you are doing and causes you to lose focus.
Just do not become a “habitual” buyer of every new thing to hit the web.
Does that make you feel better, Junkie?