The Guru Trap by Pornpong Prachumtong In
cyber space out there, you might have heard about
internet guru,
one who make a million dollars from internet and so. Do you really think you need to be there –
internet marketing expert who knows everything on
internet – before you can make a fortune online?
That is so not true! In
other way around, trying to become a guru will lead you to failure. Someone said “the internet guru is
one who can tell people how to make money but cannot make it for himself.
I knew a lot of people who spent 2 or 3 months trying to write their own ebooks or online courses, finally end up with a few thousand visitors because they just did not know to marketing their products.
Have you ever notice that 2/3 of successful network marketers or home business entrepreneurs had a relatively low or standard education background – can you name any internet millionaire who graduated from college, studied e-commerce or marketing? Not easy to find one, right?
The first thing you should avoid is perfectionism, nobody can make something perfect. I, myself, was
one who fall in this trap, got stuck for 2 months trying to collect free ebooks and reports as much as possible to make sure that I will not miss anything I need to learn.
After 2 months, I had realized that it’s impossible (at least for me) to learn everything just for start my own online business. I was exhausted and distracted. I started thinking I could not make it. Fortunately, I stopped wasting my time and begun to implement my project immediately - I did not care what else to learn.
You should study and implement your project at
same time. Don’t waste your time to study everything, just scan for what you are interested in and then start working on it – you will know what you need to learn on
way.
The second trap is complexity, almost everyone believe that
more complicate,
more sophisticated concept will give
better output, really? Don’t fall for that, you don’t need to do thing complicated.