Comments on: 5 Step Solution to Information Overload

By: Drew

Drew — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:00:20 +0000

I’m glad I had the chance to read this article. Truly, focus is most important factor to success! Effort plus knowledge must go together. Finally, knows what topics or ways that will surely works for you.

By: trevor

trevor — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:14:34 +0000

I like the structure and plan like steps you have put in place, I think these are good for anyone to listen to and take note from there are so many different ways in which to tackle the same issue but with your steps I think they are a great starting ground. I have only really just started out in making money on the internet

By: John Mcdonnell

John Mcdonnell — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:46:51 +0000

Terry
I have followed you for many many years even before the netbreakthrough days and watched you grow into a huge success story, I am one of those that tried everything that came my way and totally understand the confusion and information overload that can be experienced through this medium.

It is important that if you have a need to find a mentor or, I hate using this term “guru” that you evenually focus on somebody that you can trust and who provides information in a way that is easily understood and easy to apply.

This is exactlly what I find in you, the information you provide “Free” is second to none let alone that info contained in your products.

Your comments in this post are so typical of the down to earth information that you supply. I have tried them all (well maybe not all but over 8-9 years I have seen many so called “guru’s” come and go) and you have always provided excellent advice and products.

The comments in this post are so profound and to the point, operating a business on the internet is not so easy, the start up stage which is the critical time where so many can go wrong, particullarly if you are new or not yet savvy to the way things work, trying to gather too much information to set up the “perfect business” and fail because of confusion or finding it hard to put “all” of the information together.

If only they realised there is this little treasure chest of information called Terry Dean providing most of what they need.

You have been an inspiration over many years, keep up the good work.
Thank you.
John McDonnell
Melbourne, Australia

By: cashmere lashkari

cashmere lashkari — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 05:39:00 +0000

I kinda did the elimination process you described, and you are still on my list as a valuable teacher. I find that there is a lot to learn from you.
Hopefully my Hamster wheel will come a full circle soon. The learning process is actually dragging on in my case as I don’t have too much time to devote to it online.

By: Stephanie Calahan - Productive & Organized - We'll help you find your way! (tm)

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:10:01 +0000

Excellent post! I could not agree more with your very practical tips on how to weed through the millions of lists that we all eventually end up subscribed to. Weeding your lists down to those that really add value to what you are trying to accomplish will help you reach your success point much faster.

Another consideration is to evaluate the most effective way you take in information. Some people are fantastic about reading their email, while others get really overwhelmed and end up reading (and more importantly acting on) none. If you find that you are not that great about keeping up with your email reading, you might be surprised to learn different methods might be more successful for you. For example, I have unsubscribed to most blogs coming to my email because I found that having the feeds go to a sorted RSS (and more recently to my Twitter stream) was a much more effective method for me to read the content. I can skim the highlights quickly to determine if I want to read everything and if I do, I go to the link. In fact, that is how I got this posting today.
To your success!
Stephanie

By: Sean Wang

Sean Wang — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:14:10 +0000

Terry,

Great message. What you have said are very true and I totally agreed with you. It took me a long time to understand that online biz required effort too, not simply set a website and expect to make alot of money after that. What works for others may not necessarily works for an individual because we are all different individual.

I’m very selective which guru to follow and model now, and for those experts who sent out emails to thier lists that only sells and with no content, I have unsubscribed from thier mailing list. It helps me to stay focus on what I am doing to building my own biz.

By: Ethan

Ethan — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:55:43 +0000

Thumbs up! I have since unsubscribed from many so-called gurus. What they are sending are just offers and promotions for other gurus. No substance at all. Now that I have clean up my mail box, I find myself more efficient.:)

By: John Chancellor

John Chancellor — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:52:27 +0000

Some great advice in this one … don’t buy anything you won’t use within a week.

You don’t need to know everything … just what works for you.

If you only took those two pieces of advice and followed them you would be well ahead of the game.

By: Business Growth Strategies

Business Growth Strategies — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:10:34 +0000

Brandwashed…

You might wonder why I asked you to tell me your favorite brands a couple weeks ago. The reason I did this was to prove a point: brands are powerful.
In a world of information overload, brands are even more important. They give us a decision shortcut ….

By: Leonard

Leonard — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:53:20 +0000

Terry -
I confess that I’ve been an info junkie for most of my life. However, I’m very action oriented. It’s not a contradiction to be both, but I do know too many people who feel they need to learn “just a bit more” before they act. Some of that stems from a generational thing, I’m discovering. People in their 20’s and 30’s behave much differently than people in their 50’s and 60’s. That testing mode that is so necessary in online endeavors isn’t as well understood or embraced by the older generations who learned that you business plan, consider all the “what if” scenarios and move forward only after you’ve fully prepared! What was necessary in the past to fully prepare for success is death in today’s world. The most successful people I know are simply going for it and adjusting as they go. Such behavior would have been foolish in pre-Internet days. Old habits die hard sometimes. Just my observation about paralysis by analysis…

You and Jimmy Brown are two of my favorite “experts.” I like you both and find you both honorable in how you approach your business. I’ve also trusted both of you with my money (investments I’ve made in your products) in the past. I suspect I’ll do so in the future, too.