Thursday, March 27, 2008

"Analysis Paralysis"

In this morning's Early to Rise daily email, Bob Bly wrote an article entitled "The 25-50-25 Formula for Business Success". That article was talking to me! "All the information you are taking in has overloaded your circuits. You can’t process it all, sort through it, and figure out what to do first. So, instead, you do nothing. You take no action - other than to order yet another course or report to read." "Sadly, you are suffering from a syndrome I call "analysis paralysis."
Wow! That's what I've been doing! I have been so anxious to read and learn and do, that I neglected the "do" part. Information Overload! Fortunately, the article gives a formula for releasing from that paralysis and that is why I am finally, back to this blog today.
(You can read the entire article at http://www.earlytorise.com/2008/03/26/the-25-50-25-formula-for-business-success.html).
I really didn't need the article to tell me I was frozen in inaction. I already knew that. But, having someone acknowledge exactly what you are going through in print, is a bit of a wake up call.
We all experience down times and writer's block of some sort. But, knowing how to work it out and get those endorphines flowing is really key to success.
As Bob Bly puts it "Follow the 25-50-25 rule, and you’ll be doing - and making money - at least half the time.

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