Information Overload and Action Paralysis
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How many times have you sat there knowing exactly what you need to do but can’t seem to actually get anything done? This happens to me and im sure it happens to you. The other day I was trying to create a mini site for a new niche and I could picture everything, I had the whole layout I had all the graphics I even had most of the copy, yet I just sat there and stared at the computer thinking “wtf am I doing?”
Action paralysis is when someone in his or her actions feels as if they are paralyzed. Information overload is when the amount of information is so huge making it almost impossible to absorb.
I guess it is kind of like writers block in a way, you know you are capable of it but you just cant get anything down. Why does it happen and how do you overcome it? This, I am still trying to figure out. It happens to me quite a lot, enough for it to be extremely debilitating where some days i just cant get much done at all. That mini site will probably never get done now as i have just thrown together something to get it out there!
What needs to happen is to focus on one action at a time and sticking to it until it is done. I have a bad habit of taking on too much at once which is a massive problem as I just don’t know where to start, so I end up playing computer games much to my girlfriends lament hah!
Focus is definitely the number 1 key to success. You have to make use of the information you have and not to overload yourself with a whole lot more. If you have focus then you will see results.
Care to comment on your own experiences with this?
