What a Lousy Day at the Golf Course Has to Do With Why You're Not Succeeding - I was at the golf course today, not actually playing a game of golf, but just practicing my swing at the driving range. I'm a newbie when it comes to golf. I've only played two actual games.
Because I'm so new, I was trying to do everything I was told t...
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What a Lousy Day at the Golf Course Has to Do With Why You're Not Succeeding
I was at the golf course today, not actually playing a game of golf, but just practicing my swing at the driving range. I'm a newbie when it comes to golf. I've only played two actual games.
Because I'm so new, I was trying to do everything I was told to do to hit the ball right: stand a certain way, grip the club a certain way, swing a certain way. I was pretty sure I was doing what I was told, but it was always ending in disaster. IF the ball went in the right direction, it never went far. But usually it was going everywhere but where I thought I was aiming.
That's when it struck me: the stance I was using and the way I was swinging was very uncomfortable for me. Not because I was doing it wrong, but because I have a bad lower back. You see, I was rear-ended in my car by a large truck about 8 years ago, and since then my lower back gives me problems.
I decided that it just didn't make sense for me to try and stand the way a person with a normal lower back would stand, and to swing the way a person who has a normal lower back would swing. Doing that was hurting me, so it was counter-productive. Realizing this, I changed to a stance and a swing that felt comfortable.
Low and behold, after making those changes I was making beautiful swings and hitting 200-250 yard shots exactly where I wanted them to go 80% of the time. I can't even begin to describe how good that made me feel.
I realized on my way home that there's a lesson in what happened to me out on the driving range. A lesson I thought I would share with you here.
If what works for somebody else is working against you, it doesn't matter how hard you try to duplicate somebody else's success their way--it's probably not going to work for you.
You need to focus on your strengths. Perhaps work in a field that you know to be profitable, but work in it in a way that is productive for you, not necessarily the way that is productive for somebody else--regardless of how successful they are.
An example that relates to Internet Marketing: I've proven in a recent case study at my blog that writing articles is a great way to bring a lot of free traffic to your web site. If you love to write, this is great news!
But what if you hate writing? What if there's nothing you hate more than researching and writing articles? How well do you think article marketing is going to work for you?
True, you might find some success with it if you keep working harder and harder, but it's not going to make you happy. You're not going to have a sense of satisfaction after completing an article. It will probably just leave you drained.
When you then start comparing your own limited success to the enormous success that's been attained by somebody who loves to write, it will only dishearten you and make you want to give up.
So what do you do? You know articles can bring a lot of traffic, and you want traffic, but you hate writing! Well then, find a solution that's more comfortable for you. Perhaps hire a ghost writer, or join a private label rights program so you don't have to write much yourself. Don't give up on articles, just find a way to work with them that works for you.
It's just like my time at the driving range. I wanted to succeed at hitting the ball well, but trying to approach it the way the other players were approaching it was hurting me, not making me better.
It didn't matter how beautiful the shots of those other players were. My strengths (and weaknesses) were different, and I had to accept that and find a way to work with my strengths. When I did that, the improvement was remarkable.
Thomas Edison tried 1,500 different materials before discovering the one that worked in a light bulb. Fifteen-hundred. That's a lot. But because he kept trying and found the one that worked, we have light (and so much more)!
What would have happened if Edison had kept trying the same material over and over again because he was sure that it should work?
So learn from what others are finding success at, and try it their way at first in case it works for you. But if it doesn't, don't keep trying harder and harder at something that just doesn't fit you or your personality. Either do it your way, or move on to something else.
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