This is Part 3 in the series of posts titled: “How To Stop Procrastination and Analysis Paralysis.” Today, we will find out how to deal with over analyzing and being paralyzed as a result. Also, we will discuss how to deal with information overload.
A) Its very easy to start over analyzing when there is an information overload and you know “too much” or simply have too much information at your disposal. The Internet is full of information about anything and if you concentrate on accumulating more and more of it without consuming and actually putting it to use, you will soon get overwhelmed and might not even read or otherwise consume any of it.
The end result in this case would be: Time Lost… None, or Little Information Gained… No real results…
OR
You learn all kinds of wonderful things that you can do without applying it and start building your business in your mind instead of online… The more you learn, the bigger and better your imaginary business becomes, but the problem is that you can’t material profit from an imaginary business, can you?
As a result of having an information overload, you develop signs of Analysis Paralysis either you have too much information (ebooks, courses, video training, etc.) and don’t know where to start consuming it or you have learned a lot of information (‘too much’) and want to make sure everything is done right and according to what you already know.
Most of the time, you just need to ACT, and the faster you act, the faster you are going to get the results. The faster you get the results, the sooner you know if you should continue doing it.
Scary Point: You see… you might be planning and planning to do something that doesn’t really work anymore. Buy the time you plan out every single piece and analyze every inch of that decision, that tactic or strategy might not even work for you or simply past the opportunity threshold.
“The Faster You Fail, The Sooner You Will Succeed” (more on this in later posts)
There are TWO mindsets that you can adapt in order to overcome Analysis Paralysis and Information Overload issues.
1. You Don’t Have To Get It Right, You Simply Have To Get It Going.
In other words, you don’t have to be perfect the first time. It is important to get something rolling by getting the major pieces that are essential and you can always come back to fix the small things and tweak things.
This is extremely important on the Internet, considering how fast things move, happen and change online.
Don’t sweat the small stuff, most of the time, it can be fixed faster than you think.
2. Ready! Fire! Aim!
No, I didn’t get it wrong, this is the fast track version…
This is another Anti Analysis Paralysis mindset that you can adopt and it is similar to the previous one.
Aiming in this case would be analyzing, but you want to Fire first. Firing in this case would be getting something implemented and getting some action (visitors, sales, comments, clicks, etc.). As soon as you get some action and some results, then you can analyze, plan, and decide if it makes sense continuing doing the same thing, varying something to get different results, or completely abandoning the idea and moving on to the next idea.
These two mindsets should be enough for you to stop over analyzing and Analysis Paralysis. There is a short metaphor that I would like to share with you to better illustrate the mindsets mentioned above and general antidote for procrastination and Analysis Paralysis.
Look for the metaphor in Part 4 from this series titled: ”How To Stop Procrastination And Analysis Paralysis.”
