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Old 10-22-2008, 12:22 PM
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Default Breaking the Ties That Bind You - Affiliate Constraints

If you’ve ever felt like you were getting in the way of your own success, chances are you are tied up with one or more of the constraints below.

This morning I was reading a post called: Good and Bad Guys in the Affiliate World by "authority blogger" Chris Garrett. I need to go comment on that one. Some of you may want to as well.

After reading that one, I scanned Chris' recent posts and Overcoming Your Own Constraints caught my eye. Wanted to share with you a few of Chris' points that I see affiliates struggling with.


Identify and work on DISSOLVING the constraints that bind you and watch your productivity and income grow!

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Overcoming Your Own Constraints

1. Analysis Paralysis - One I suffer with a great deal so I put it first just so you know we all have constraints to clear. I over-think. A lot.

5. Low confidence - This can result in not breaking out of comfort zone, keeping you locked into your current situation, not risking opportunities or failing to open up to new people. You will find the more you do the more confidence you will have. Confidence is like a muscle, it grows stronger with exercise.

13. Defeat - Have you ever met someone who packs in at the first sign of problems? Or even gives up before they start because of all the problems they predict? Part of being a success is using defeat as a learning process, trying to route about potential failure, but most of all, not being afraid of it. If you do one thing for your kids, teach them self-esteem and to embrace problems as a chance to learn.

18. Blurred focus - Having a million opportunities or projects to juggle can be exciting but you need to focus on one thing at a time to give each task your best. Prioritize, and trim ruthlessly.

29. Focus on the negative - I left this last just to show that while my entire list is negative, it is best to turn negatives into positives! Look through this list, see if any might apply to you, then work on dissolving this constraint from your own life.
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Keep this in mind... Think about how hard you would work if you knew in a week you could increase your income or traffic by 25%. By cutting out a couple of the constraints that interfere with your productivity and success you could net the same result! A 25% increase in everything just by dissolving constraints and getting out of your own way!

Related: Working Soft - Thrill of the Chase - Why Affiliates Fail

So which one do you relate to most? Which one do you need to work on if you could only pick ONE???

If you tell me yours, I'll tell you mine!
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Old 10-22-2008, 11:25 PM
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Wonderful find, Linda!

I'm printing this one out.

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My pleasure Tony! Glad you liked it.
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Brilliant one Linda....

Makes too much sense and helps everyone whose ever looks at this one... would give a lot of understanding.. motivation...

Excellent job done
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"Confidence is like a muscle, it grows stronger with exercise."
Thats pretty thought provoking in itself, and on reflection its very true....
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This is a great post! While I've suffered from "all of the above" at one time or another, the question you pose is "Which one do you relate to most?"

My answer would have to be "Blurred Focus". There is so much going on in the economic environment that is distracting, let alone the multitude of opportunities I've got my fingers in right now.

So that's it! I'm going to focus on what I think is my heaviest hitter this coming week, and my second best the following week, and let the rest settle down a while.
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Yep, these are all wonderful tips Linda...good post!
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