In Working, Have An Anchor (Smart Passive Income Podcast #12)

Are You Rooted In Your Work, Or Just Dust?

One of the things I've done in my life is pick up and drop my inspirations. I take notes, get an amazing system down, then... Nothing. I wander off. I get discouraged. I forget critical things. By now, I would have wandered off from reposting Pat Flynn's notes. Why? My notebooks are a little disorganized. Some of the podcasts don't jive completely with their numbers. I've taken notes on a few podcasts without labeling them.

Big deal, huh? It's been enough to derail me. But the more I've been online, the more I've realized:

Just show up for work every day. Try a little something different. Put your voice into the permanent echo that is online marketing.

My old real estate boss taught me a little something about the return people can get from throwing sheer numbers at a target. The first thing he did was send me door to door on New Year's Day. I was brutally cold, but not one person was rude to me that day, and out of maybe 50 visits, I got two leads.

One wound up being a guy who wanted to trade his house for an open concept home. My boss tried ramming our current inventory down his throat, and I left real estate five months later, but I never forgot getting the door open on day one of my new job.

So... if you're not doing that well, I recommend just coming back to it, learning from a mistake or two, and having a living (or at least reasonably enduring) source of inspiration.

With that, more of Pat Flynn's productivity tips, and updates on what I've done so far in the next blog post. I still haven't made a penny off anything -- advertising, ebook sales, affiliate sales -- but I now have my own WordPress ebook and video game channel.

If you've been following this blog, please leave a comment. I would be really happy to know someone is reading this.

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• Just keep going, with support if possible.  Be held accountable.  Realize who you are letting down.
• Break up goals, rewarding yourself for each sub-goal.

 Physical Hacks:

• Eat a better breakfast. (Done)
• Get more sleep. (Way done)
• Take a power nap (20 minutes) using an alarm. (Need to)
• Take short walks through the day, 10-15 minutes. (Could use one more)
• Stay hydrated. (Need to)
• Stay fit. (Very need to)
• Avoid sugar. (Semi-done)

Have procedure lists on paper for each project.  I thought online task management would be superior, but today's 12 tasks are being done by scratching off a piece of paper.

Stay on one project to a stopping point -- a dev takes over, et cetera.

Consider mind mapping software -- see Pat's blog, since that's his affiliate sale and he deserves a tip of the hat for these great tips.

Thanks Pat and see you in the next blog post!