On Procrastination

This is likely one of the most important "tips" I've come to learn about working through the 30DC and Internet Marketing in general. Ready?

Here it is... the primary issue with most people who want to engage in internet marketing (and specifically the 30DC) is what I call the "laziness factor", other people call it "procrastination" but that's just a polite way of saying some people are lazy. Serial "procrastinators" need to stop deluding themselves; they need to stop finding excuses and polite labels (like "procrastinator") and they need to admit that the guilt they are feeling is a direct result of the fact that they are simply LAZY. In less convenient periods (and places) in human history, such people end(ed) up starving. Today, it's a lot easier to "get by" with a minimal effort, but be prepared to admit to yourself that you will thereby likely NOT achieve any of your desires/dreams of success. You will go on, day to day, in a half-assed malaise thinking that you are fooling yourself and others with clever terms like "procrastination". In the end, you will likely become cynical and ornery and wind up abandoning yourself and your dreams, only to flop down onto the couch and reach for the TV remote.

Unless you look the problem square in the face, and admit that LAZINESS is the name of your true impediment, you will never have a chance at rectifying and mending your ways. So, procrastinate all you like, that just makes more opportunities available to people who are not lazy. It's really up to you. But, you need to be honest with yourself. Sometimes, the truth hurts... Have I hurt your feelings?

On Confronting Fear

One of the things that keeps coming up in the 30DC is the mention of fear as an impediment to action which thereby leads an individual to stasis and failure. A myriad of techniques have been proposed by various people for overcoming such fears, none of them seem to be a bona fide panacea. What i am proposing is not another "method", it's simply a perspective, my own. It works for me, perhaps it will work for you too.

In his novel, Dune, Frank Herbert introduces something he calls "The litany Against Fear" and it goes like this:

I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.

Now, this is all well and good, and if you're of a philosophical nature, then you'll probably be able to get something useful out of that statement. If you're a little more modest in terms of your intellectual refinement, you may not find anything of value at all in that statement. Either way, Lady Fortune DOES NOT CARE! What you need to understand about fear is that everybody suffers from it to one degree or another. There is no such thing as a "fearless" person, it's a contradiction in terms. Part of being a person is dealing with fear, because let's face it, unlike a high IQ, we are ALL capable of, and indeed PRONE, to fear. Once you get used to that idea, it has a salutary effect upon the psyche. It's kind of like realizing that the folks you see on TV, the heroes & idols, the big names and celebrities, the members of royal families, politicans and others, that ALL of them have to perform the humbling act of defecation and wiping their own asses practically (for most) every day! From there, it's just a matter of specifics, i.e. what brand of toilet paper is used, whether any special breathing techniques for optimum results are employed, or whether some toilets are better than others. In short, it's all about CRAP.

You see, fear is a waste product, it's a poison. Colonics can be helpful in such cases. So, spread those cheeks and Shout at the Devil! Everybody else does...

Some fibre and a little bit of exercise may also help. I'm just sayin'