"Defeating Distractionosaur - Failures Monster…"
On the subject of Business Time Management, Internet Marketing Business, Paul Kleinmeulman, What I have Learnt, home business, online marketingDefeating Distractionosaur - Failures Monster…
By Paul Kleinmeulman
It’s 8:30 at night and you have a couple of precious hours before you have to go to bed. You want to grow your online business because you are sick of having to go to work in the morning. Day in day out.
But before you get started you decide to check your email. You start reading a few, one recommends this amazing ‘new’ way to make money online. You spend 30 minutes reading the sales page and decide to buy it. You get to the download page, download the PDF, and start reading a few chapters. As you are reading, you see that this amazing new way to make money online will definitely work BUT it looks like a lot of work.
Before you know it it’s midnight, you haven’t gotten any work done, and you have just blown another $50 bucks because this direction is entirely different from the one you are currently heading in.
Failure’s monster, Distractionosaur strikes again. Tearing you up and spitting you out.
Has that happened to you? It used to happen to me all the time.
So how do you beat this extremely powerful monster? How do you put him in his place and FOCUS on doing the things you need to do to grow your own online business.
Well, let me share with you 4 things, to help you defeat Distractionosaur.
1) Write A List & Prioritize…
One of the best things that I have done, to beat Distractionosaur, is to take 5 minutes before I switch on the computer and write a list of what I want to achieve, today, this week, this month and then prioritize that list.
Once I have identified what is the most important things that need to be done, I do them first… and then reward myself, with email or a few videos on YouTube.
2) Eat That Frog First!
Brian Tracy, has written an excellent book, called ‘Eat That Frog’ (or something like that) and the basic principle is that if you eat a big ol’ dirty bullfrog before you do anything else, everything else you do that day will be a breeze.
So on your list, you have frog, something that you are not looking forward to. Perhaps it is writing a set of autoresponder messages, or reviewing a product and writing a compelling review about it. Whatever is… don’t put it off. Do it first and everything else will be easy, and enjoyable in comparison.
This works amazingly well.
3) Unsubscribe From All But The Best Lists
As an internet marketer, no doubt you are on a lot of lists and no doubt you get a lot of email. Email takes time to read, to delete, and it is a huge distractor. The less email you get the better.
So unsubscribe from every list, that doesn’t provide quality information or recommendations.
I have done that over 2 years ago now, and I have never regretted. I only really read two marketers. They always provide quality emails and recommendations and I respect that about them. Find the marketers that work for you.
4) Only Buy When You Need It.
If you need a product to grow your business or to do something specific, then by all means buy it. But most people don’t do that. They buy, when they don’t really need it, and never even look at the product. $10 is $10… don’t waste it.
Focus on growing business first and foremost. You won’t regret it.
Well that was 4 simple ways to ensure that you don’t get eaten by Distractionosaur.
Focus is key, you can do it.
All the best for your online success.
Sincerely,
Paul Kleinmeulman
Australia
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