Comments on: Four Steps to Making the Most of Information Products

By: Ali

Ali — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 17:18:24 +0000

When I was a kid, I used to skip piano practice (eventually my parents let me give up …)

You’ve got a great commitment there. I’m in a bit of a transition period this month (moving house) so I’m going to be spending some time reading, learning and absorbing information, so that I’m ready to get back to work with a vengence when we’ve finished moving.

Great to hear that you’re getting traction! It’s so much easier to maintain momentum once you’re already moving, isn’t it?

By: Jeff Gardner

Jeff Gardner — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 12:09:12 +0000

Ali. Phew! Glad I’m not the only one.I’ve had an intense and ongoing learning experience over the past 6 months, transitioning into the online vortex. I’ve accumulated lots of info products and software that wasn’t being read or implemented, let alone mastered, and was feeling a bit overwhelmed at the enormity of the task I’d set myself.
Here’s what I did …
… like a kid off to piano practice, 2pm to 6pm each day is now dedicated to learning about and implementing the stuff I have. Some things I’ve bought have been mistakes … good to know and out they go.

Alongside this is ‘getting in done’ commitment, is the resolve not to buy anything else until I’ve nailed or burned what I’ve already got. It’s meant I’ve had to get up earlier to fit in all in, but I’m now getting some traction instead of spinning the wheels, shuffling the feet and wringing the hands. Sweet!

By: Kat eden

Kat eden — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 23:06:12 +0000

Great post Ali. I’ve had How to Launch … Waiting to be read for weeks now, and launched my book without getting around to reading it, which was definitely a mistake. Good reminder,

By: Ali

Ali — Mon, 31 May 2010 15:32:16 +0000

Cheers! I think the approach of forming your own individual “course” from various materials is a great idea … after all, that’s basically what college courses etc do using textbooks, lecturers’ materials, etc.

By: Ali

Ali — Mon, 31 May 2010 15:30:56 +0000

Nope (sorry!) If you can’t see the other replies, you might want to try refreshing the page…

Glad you liked the post

By: Mary@Everyday Baby Steps

Mary@Everyday Baby Steps — Mon, 31 May 2010 14:46:47 +0000

Hi Ali! These are great tips. I've been collecting information products lately and have made it my mission to take some learning time to refocus on my goals and my writing career. My hope is that these books will help to motivate and inspire me, in addition to providing much-needed information. So I guess I'm taking the long-term lessons approach by turning these products into my own "course". .-= Mary@Everyday Baby Steps´s last blog ..Is There a Way to Explain PMS to Your Kids? =-.

By: Trent Graves

Trent Graves — Sun, 30 May 2010 22:05:20 +0000

Heh am I really the first reply to this great post?!

By: Ali

Ali — Thu, 27 May 2010 16:33:36 +0000

Thanks, Beth!

Great point on notebook. I try to keep separate notebooks for different projects (e.g. I had one for blogging notes when I started out blogging), and if I have online info products like ebooks, I keep notes inside the same folder as the ebook itself. This seems to work for me!

By: Ali

Ali — Thu, 27 May 2010 16:32:37 +0000

I have mixed feelings on this. Sometimes, I feel that I *should* finish a particular book/course/etc because I’ve paid for it … but it’s clearly not right for me, or just not the best time. On the other hand, I agree with you that we do sometimes need to push ourselves onwards and not be half-arsed about it!

By: Ali

Ali — Thu, 27 May 2010 16:31:05 +0000

I love the squirrel metaphor there … yes, I tend to “horde” information. When I started out blogging I spent ages *reading* about blogging … which did help, but eventually I had to just dive in!

Sticking to schedules, hmm. That’s an ebook and a half, I think! Or a whole series of blog posts… I’ll give it some thought.