For once, I have to agree with Patric…

He posted a good one recently on his blog. (Article “torrented” from Patric’s Blog) 

Feel Annoyed When Others Beat You?

Don’t you hate it when others are doing better than you?

Come on, be real. You can say no if you want because it really doesn’t concern me that much.

I got this thought to share with you because this is what I felt lately. You see, I’ve been slacking in my business and I think I’ve become less competitive in the internet marketing niche. Even in product launches, sometimes, I get to be in the top 10 list.

And I’ll start to compare with other marketers that I know. Like darn, that guy’s having another product launch today and mine’s just at the conceptualize stage. Or another marketer just declares he made half a million each month.

So I’m comparing with marketers who are at higher level, same level and lower level.

Doesn’t it make you feel uncomfortable when you’re ‘losing’? This is the part which I don’t get it. YOU’RE NOT LOSING. You’re minding other people’s business!

If you can shut off the noises out there, I can bet that you’ll do better.

When you’re comparing to someone else’s success or trying to achieve what he’s getting, it’ll be a good idea to check whether you have the same resources, network, experience, knowledge and team. Trying to emulate success and dreaming is two different things. You can WISH that you’ll sell millions of books like Rich Dad Poor Dad as an inspiration but be practical of how many you’ll be able to sell.

I get this all the time – people come to me and said they want to reach millions of people online or make $1,000 a day on autopilot from Adsense. The question is, what’s your evidence that you can achieve that? There’s a saying, ‘A thousand mile starts with a single step’ by Confucius.

And I can’t blame this wishful thinking because they are trying to emulate those who have achieve that. Or, being ‘brainwashed’ by marketers who said they can because these marketers got to sell their courses or seminars. I get those as well when I first started out. Part of the cycle of ‘growing up’.

I’ve become slack lately and I’m going to continue slacking. Why? Because I realized that I’m actually not making less money on the internet and I’ve become a less stressful dude. Ask my wife. The only thing is, I’m ‘losing’ to other marketers. But to think of it – why in the first place would I want to start an internet business? Yeah, to make money and have more time in life – not to ‘win’.

It’s something hard to let go but if you would just FOCUS on your own business and attempt to reach your own goal, I think you’ll soar. First, it will not be a ridiculous goal. I mean, if you’re making $5,000 a month from your job, you would probably hope that you can make $2,000 online first and hopefully, in a couple of months, it’ll reach $5,000 so you can quit your job or something. Or still keep it because you actually enjoy your work. You see, you raise your bar to achieve $30,000because you see what others are achieving but in reality, you’re not them.

Secondly, you’ll not get distracted mentally and emotionally.

Don’t believe me? Here’s an example – you see your competitor using this latest strategy and you know he learns from a $997 course. Because you don’t want to lose out, you bought the same course. The problem is, THIS MAY NOT BE part of your original plan. You might not need this strategy and your $997 could be invested into other course or tools that are align with what you’re currently doing.

Of course, please DO NOT misinterprets this statement. You SHOULD buy the latest course because it’ll give you the edge. If you don’t upgrade your brain or use advance tools for your internet business, you’ll be wiped out like dinosaurs. But always get from the reliable source and fit in to what you’re doing right now.

Action plan:

1.Know what your business model is.

2.Set the outcome that you want to achieve.

3.Find the ways to reach it.

If there’s a sentence to summarize today’s Sunday Email, I’ll say - mind your own internet business.

-Patric Chan