As I’m pushing through the Christine O’Kelly Freelancing Showdown, I’m kicking myself for not taking advantage of ways to make money that I could have been using for the last 12 months. (Damn you, page 3!). But no more. I realize now that I’ve fallen under the seductive magic of the “Scary A-Lister Syndrome.”
If you’ve never heard of this malady, it boils down to this – you don’t consider yourself expert in an area because there are so many people more experty than you are. This usually happens because you dabble in a skill that other people devote their full attention to. So on a scale of 1 to 10 those “A-listers” are 10s in their field while you clock in at about a 5.
The "Stay Focused" Chronicles
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Most people face a new year realizing they only achieved a small fraction of the goals they had planned to knock out the year before. If you’re not one of them and you’ve hit 100% of your goals for last year, you should skip this article and read something else. If you can relate to “Oh crap, I didn’t get it all done,” then read on before this year makes you a repeat offender.
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Question for you … what’s one thing you’re not taking action on that’s bugging you? If you don’t find out why, you’ll never turn it around.
Stop (really, do this) – Stop and take a moment and think about it before reading any further.
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Maybe it’s one of these simple reasons:
Fear …
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Problem: “I know I have potential, I’m not as insanely successful as I want to be.” – You
Solution: “I am not the smartest, but I surround myself with competent people.” – Henry Ford
I think it’s safe to say that Henry Ford had more than a mild degree of success. …
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If you’re suffering from I-Just-Haven’t-Gotten-Around-To-Taking-Action-itis, and your business is stagnant, then you need to ask yourself a question:
How bad do you want it?
No, better yet:
How bad do you really want it?
If you’re really serious, there’s only one answer:
I want it so bad, I’ll make it happen, no matter what.
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Short post today, but useful if you put it into practice.
It’s pretty likely your inbox/folders/(labels?) are hiding some pretty great emails in there …Emails where people have gushed about how you’ve helped them/the great job you did/how much they value you
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No matter how much you rock, you will always have times when you feel like absolute crap. You will feel like things are getting out of control, that you’re falling behind, falling short and that you are losing the drive to make it work (because on some level, you …
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While checking out my new favorite blog Trizle I saw a great post on why people tend to have such a hard time achieving their goals. In the article you’ll find the same time-tested advice of “break your …
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There are countless ways to try to overcome procrastination, but one little strategy I use is something I have to share with you because it works so well for me. It lights a fire under me almost every time I use it, even if I’m starting out from a …
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On a coaching call today I got the question, “How do I make sure I meet deadlines faster and more consistently when I seem to get bogged down in the individual tasks of my projects?” The answer is a simple one, but it requires building some new disciplines. …
