Are You Getting a Little Too Much Information?

August 16, 2007

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Perhaps some of you have experience the following problem, like I have: Before starting any project we have to get some more information. And then some more. And more still. And then, because we’re still not confident enough to start we buy yet another book, ebook, report, or visit yet another website.

Maybe we even use the “looking for more info” as an excuse not to start and spend all our free time web surfing.  Looking for the magic bullet that will suddenly cause our excuses to dissolve and make the project easy.

Rich Schefran,  a well respected business coach, has a fascinating post on this subject. It’s primarily oriented towards entrepreneurs, but I think anyone can benefit.

If you’ve ever experienced even a twinge of information overload, here’s a unique solution that will get to the root cause of the problem once and for all.

From what I can see, most recommended solutions are Band-Aids at best. That’s because they only deal with the symptoms you’re feeling and not the root cause. So they never really eliminate the problem once and for all.

Since the cause of information overload isn’t obvious, let me ask you a question.

Back when you were in school, did you ever get nervous before a test?

Here’s the rest…

Posted in Personal Development, Self Help, Goal Setting