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I could write this same exact sentence:
I'd love to hear your thoughts on how you overcame this
Hi Jon
Knowing yourself, understanding your strengths and weaknesses is critical. Just because something works for someone else, it doesn’t mean it will work for you. You need to tailor your approach and business model to suit you.
It is so easy to fall into the trap of seeing a post on a forum or an info marketing product where someone has had great success and jumping on it, only to fail or not follow through as it isn’t the right opportunity for you.
I fell into this trap time and time again as I tried to model people who were nothing like me.
I strongly believe that success stems from within you, within your mind, so understanding how your mind works is critical to getting through your roadblocks.
One great place to start is to complete this personality test. It is free, but isn’t a pop quiz type of thing it gives you some really in-depth insights as to how you operate. https://www.16personalities.com/free-personality-test
I’ve not found a cure for fear of failure, self-doubt etc, but there are tactics to overcome these impediments.
The first step is understanding yourself as outlined above.
Once you’ve done this is it much easier to know where you want to get to and what route is likely to work for you.
Don’t try to plan everything out in too much detail, you need a general idea of where you want to get to, but all journeys are winding and you may have to try many different things to get to where you want to be. Plus trying to plan too much in advance often leads to non-action.
One tactic I advocate is to visualise driving in fog. You know where you want to get to and you will get there, but you can’t see more than a few metres ahead, so you drive steadily, making small adjustments along the way.
Then there are daily rituals to ensure progress, being clear about what needs to be done that day and just ploughing on with them, before your mind can put up road blocks.
Make failure your friend. We are all so conditioned to avoid failure. If you view setbacks as learning experiences, things that make you stronger, it helps to pull the trigger on things that previously you may have not followed through on.
The other important thing is that success breeds success. So rather than aiming for a massive home run first off, going after smaller goals that can be built upon is a better way to go. Applying the fastlane ideas to this, so long as the thing you choose is scalable, it doesn't matter how small it is to start, as you can keep multiplying and reinforcing that success.
I hope this goes some way to answering that question...
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