Dave the How To guy

Thanks for the comment Stephen.

OK, so the thing you and Jason Moffatt agree on is that life is dull without the distractions… hmmm.. maybe I need to schedule my ‘distraction time’… a bit of self-restraint.

My mentor is one of these personal development dudes, who helps achieve required change and is not an Internet Marketing person. The funny thing is, is that he has a couple of sites where he is making money, and yo know how he did it? He simply followed the steps he was told to follow. Hmm strange, that.

I think the ‘clearing out the noise’ approach is not for everyone, but is definitely for me, as it’s the only way I can make the transition from ’someone learning the required skills for successful IM’ to ’someone making money through successful IM’. This is a step where many stumble, I feel, as they are in a deeply embedded habit of learning and not applying the techniques.

I think a ‘reboot’ is a way of shaking myself and getting into a different headspace.

But I like what you’re doing. It’s a way of clearing the plate and starting over.

Right now, if you think you have bad habits, you probably do. Get in the habit of working instead. Then when the distractions come back, just be conscious of them! You might be able to turn them in to positives if they’re not in excess.

I’m relieved to hear that you can be a success with:
a) an easily distracted mind
b) heaps of marketing chatter around you all the time.

That’s an interesting tip: turning the distractions into fun and games… I’ll bear that in mind.

You once told me to not bother with Internet Marketing and stick to entertaining people. I thought it was quite brash and almost rude at the time, but after a lot of thought, I think you might be onto something – entertaining is my first love, and I’m exploring monetizing that through Internet Marketing.

cheers,

Tony.

And bro, getting rid of Facebook and all that shit will do very little to help your distractions. Truth is, you’ll just get distracted with some other stuff like Yo MTV Raps, Brett Michaels “Rock Of Love” or whatever you Brits watch on TV.

Believe it or not, most of the gurus you mentioned also get distracted all the time (maybe Eben excluded).

We are no different then the rest.

In fact, I think one of the qualities of a guru is a total erradict ADHD freak who has troubles focusing. Nearly every successful guy I’ve met in this industry is a scattered nutcase.

While your mentor may have good intentions, it’s doubtful you’ll avoid distractions. You’ll find new ones.

The trick is, turn the distractions into fun and games and actually do something fun and productive with them.

That’s my view.

Best of luck.

J-Mo