Adam Nold
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I'm not entirely sure which category this newly composed thread is best directly related for. From my cursory scrolling, it looks like I can logically post this in a number of sections. So, I picked a General Discussion as the current breading ground. For any mod's, please feel free to move this if you have any inclination that it deserves to be in a different place.
I bet my problem, or barrier, will be glaring like the sun on a hot Summer day to some who read this. I've come to understand that sometimes the hardest thing to see and/or critique is ourselves, so I'm humbly posting this for others to see. The answer couple be as simple as a one-word reply, and I can completely accept that.
I just want to compose, quickly, a thought-process habit I've noticed happening in my mind that distracts me from my goal. And I'm wondering if anyone else has gone through something similar.
I believe that I am smart, and if I can stay focused on an avenue of something (be it finances, health, relationships, or almost anything related to being a better person and/or offering more value to society) for an extended period of time, I can nail down the universal principles and begin applying them to my actions.
What's happening to me may be considered success barriers. And I wouldn't be surprised. To put it in perspective, I'll only discuss the roads of income generation I've embarked on, due to the nature of the forum. I love this forum and I love all you guys.
Here goes...
Whenever I begin trying something new, with the idea in my head of creating new revenue, I inevitably start thinking less of money and more of the product and myself, or other things not related to money. Is this my "ego"?
Two examples, one is an e-book I'm creating, and another is YouTube content I'm uploading.
I've spent a couple months creating an e-Book (non-fiction). I have written down a lot and I've been able to create structure for the material to a good degree so-far. Now, when I come back to work on it, I can see that it is in the middle stages of being something spectacular. I mean, I get entranced just reading it, and I know with the proper finishing, marketing, promotions, and processes, it could be reasonably successful for my first attempt.
However, I completely stop, or forget, thinking about how to make money off of it, and I become completely engrossed in the idea of becoming a good author and supplying a high quality book. I get so engrossed in it that I become minutely detail oriented to the point where the final product must as good as I can possibly make it. Probably because I know that's the only type of book I would read, and I believe the better the book, the more people it will reach and help, and consequently, the Law of Effection.
I have a feeling that this is happening because of all the books I've read, be it fiction, non-fiction, self-help, novels, financials, that they don't explain the real process for making fastlane money. Instead, they create a dramatization or what they want you to think it takes to be successful, or make money, or live a good life....
So I lose sight almost completely of the money making process because of deep-embedded thought habits.
After calming down on the e-book grind, I started watching YouTube videos from content producers that have millions of subscribers (and views), and decided to try it out myself. But before I recorded my first video, I knew, just instinctively (because I've lived the majority of my life on a computer since I was 10 years old) that it needed to be high quality in many different regards. For example, it has to have something similar to watermark logos in the bottom right, a good-looking fade-in/fade-out intro for the brand at the beginning, have the right energy behind the content, and be the right amount of time, among other factors that you see on highly viewed and acclaimed YouTube videos.
The best way I explain it is like this. I always want the content to look "official". When other content producers make videos that don't look "official", I discredit it. I have an inkling that alot of people that haven't been on the internet for 20 years, they don't see the little knick-knack errors, the inconsistencies, the badly edited banner photos, logos, and other things.
However, at the same time, I believe that most people, probably subconsciously, are drawn to "official"-looking content. It's like they expect, and want, to see something created by something better or more powerful then them, like an organization. Something "official".
(Side-note: This is probably why I've only had to deal with 1 computer virus in my entire life and I've never been prone to getting junk mail. I can spot bullshit on the internet a mile away.)
And I began thinking of things like that more than making money. I kept thinking of what the video needed, and what it needed, and what it needed, to be successful, looking at the top YouTube channels and using their general principles and applying it to my own craft. Within weeks, I could see that I wasn't putting out any content.
So eventually I just said enough is enough, and I started recording videos just to upload, just to get the habit of uploading videos and understanding the process better, out of the way. But to edit it completely by myself, insert watermarks, and et cetera, would take so long that I'd lose my focus or motivation and just upload the video without almost any editing. Again, neglecting the money making aspect.
In addition to that, I would completely engross myself in the image I want to project, or the content I want to produce, ideas like quality over quantity, and think almost nothingly of the money-making side.
I've thought about using Fiverr for the things that I see myself losing motivation to do, like graphic design and video editing. It's like, I feel that I need to be one type of person on the camera producing the content (i.e. in the moment, present, an artist) and then switch to analytical mode for the background stuff (i.e. graphic design, video editing, logo, etc.) Am I trying to do too much by myself?
And yes, I've been told from others that they feel I "think too much". I've probably been told that more than any other projection from other's opinions. But hey, anxiety does have it's benefits. My brain automatically wants to figure out things!!
Can anyone relate to this? I'm absolutely not trying to play a "victim" or ask others to solve my petty problems for me. But humbly, I admit I've been dealing with this type of crossroad for awhile in many different aspects of my life. Is it a balance between efficiency and effectiveness? P/PC Balance for those who've read 7 Habits? Quality vs quantity? Consider both content and money? Is my head in the clouds too much, and my feet not planted on the pavement? Does it boil down to just taking right action no matter how I feel? Any opinions I will take full-heartedly.
Thanks everyone for reading,
Adam N.
I bet my problem, or barrier, will be glaring like the sun on a hot Summer day to some who read this. I've come to understand that sometimes the hardest thing to see and/or critique is ourselves, so I'm humbly posting this for others to see. The answer couple be as simple as a one-word reply, and I can completely accept that.
I just want to compose, quickly, a thought-process habit I've noticed happening in my mind that distracts me from my goal. And I'm wondering if anyone else has gone through something similar.
I believe that I am smart, and if I can stay focused on an avenue of something (be it finances, health, relationships, or almost anything related to being a better person and/or offering more value to society) for an extended period of time, I can nail down the universal principles and begin applying them to my actions.
What's happening to me may be considered success barriers. And I wouldn't be surprised. To put it in perspective, I'll only discuss the roads of income generation I've embarked on, due to the nature of the forum. I love this forum and I love all you guys.
Here goes...
Whenever I begin trying something new, with the idea in my head of creating new revenue, I inevitably start thinking less of money and more of the product and myself, or other things not related to money. Is this my "ego"?
Two examples, one is an e-book I'm creating, and another is YouTube content I'm uploading.
I've spent a couple months creating an e-Book (non-fiction). I have written down a lot and I've been able to create structure for the material to a good degree so-far. Now, when I come back to work on it, I can see that it is in the middle stages of being something spectacular. I mean, I get entranced just reading it, and I know with the proper finishing, marketing, promotions, and processes, it could be reasonably successful for my first attempt.
However, I completely stop, or forget, thinking about how to make money off of it, and I become completely engrossed in the idea of becoming a good author and supplying a high quality book. I get so engrossed in it that I become minutely detail oriented to the point where the final product must as good as I can possibly make it. Probably because I know that's the only type of book I would read, and I believe the better the book, the more people it will reach and help, and consequently, the Law of Effection.
I have a feeling that this is happening because of all the books I've read, be it fiction, non-fiction, self-help, novels, financials, that they don't explain the real process for making fastlane money. Instead, they create a dramatization or what they want you to think it takes to be successful, or make money, or live a good life....
So I lose sight almost completely of the money making process because of deep-embedded thought habits.
After calming down on the e-book grind, I started watching YouTube videos from content producers that have millions of subscribers (and views), and decided to try it out myself. But before I recorded my first video, I knew, just instinctively (because I've lived the majority of my life on a computer since I was 10 years old) that it needed to be high quality in many different regards. For example, it has to have something similar to watermark logos in the bottom right, a good-looking fade-in/fade-out intro for the brand at the beginning, have the right energy behind the content, and be the right amount of time, among other factors that you see on highly viewed and acclaimed YouTube videos.
The best way I explain it is like this. I always want the content to look "official". When other content producers make videos that don't look "official", I discredit it. I have an inkling that alot of people that haven't been on the internet for 20 years, they don't see the little knick-knack errors, the inconsistencies, the badly edited banner photos, logos, and other things.
However, at the same time, I believe that most people, probably subconsciously, are drawn to "official"-looking content. It's like they expect, and want, to see something created by something better or more powerful then them, like an organization. Something "official".
(Side-note: This is probably why I've only had to deal with 1 computer virus in my entire life and I've never been prone to getting junk mail. I can spot bullshit on the internet a mile away.)
And I began thinking of things like that more than making money. I kept thinking of what the video needed, and what it needed, and what it needed, to be successful, looking at the top YouTube channels and using their general principles and applying it to my own craft. Within weeks, I could see that I wasn't putting out any content.
So eventually I just said enough is enough, and I started recording videos just to upload, just to get the habit of uploading videos and understanding the process better, out of the way. But to edit it completely by myself, insert watermarks, and et cetera, would take so long that I'd lose my focus or motivation and just upload the video without almost any editing. Again, neglecting the money making aspect.
In addition to that, I would completely engross myself in the image I want to project, or the content I want to produce, ideas like quality over quantity, and think almost nothingly of the money-making side.
I've thought about using Fiverr for the things that I see myself losing motivation to do, like graphic design and video editing. It's like, I feel that I need to be one type of person on the camera producing the content (i.e. in the moment, present, an artist) and then switch to analytical mode for the background stuff (i.e. graphic design, video editing, logo, etc.) Am I trying to do too much by myself?
And yes, I've been told from others that they feel I "think too much". I've probably been told that more than any other projection from other's opinions. But hey, anxiety does have it's benefits. My brain automatically wants to figure out things!!
Can anyone relate to this? I'm absolutely not trying to play a "victim" or ask others to solve my petty problems for me. But humbly, I admit I've been dealing with this type of crossroad for awhile in many different aspects of my life. Is it a balance between efficiency and effectiveness? P/PC Balance for those who've read 7 Habits? Quality vs quantity? Consider both content and money? Is my head in the clouds too much, and my feet not planted on the pavement? Does it boil down to just taking right action no matter how I feel? Any opinions I will take full-heartedly.
Thanks everyone for reading,
Adam N.
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