Comments on: How Much Is Too Much? http://mroverdeliver.com/blog/how-much-is-too-much MrOverDeliver Over Delivers! Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:35:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Mike http://mroverdeliver.com/blog/how-much-is-too-much#comment-31 Wed, 15 Nov 2006 00:20:43 +0000 http://mroverdeliver.com/blog/how-much-is-too-much#comment-31 Hi Melvin, Excellent comments! But I want to point out one thing... In your last sentence, this has not been the case. I recently was interiewed by a well-known marketer and when I said I had three projects going on, he said I should focus on one project until completion then move to the next. They actually DO mean focus on one at a time... this was also covered by Mike F. during a seminar he did. But the DO also mean not to jump around at every opportunity as well. What I think it SHOULD be is work only on as many things as you are capable. I actually CAN work on several projects at once and move them all forward... ;) Mike Hi Melvin,

Excellent comments! But I want to point out one thing… In your last sentence, this has not been the case. I recently was interiewed by a well-known marketer and when I said I had three projects going on, he said I should focus on one project until completion then move to the next.

They actually DO mean focus on one at a time… this was also covered by Mike F. during a seminar he did.

But the DO also mean not to jump around at every opportunity as well. What I think it SHOULD be is work only on as many things as you are capable. I actually CAN work on several projects at once and move them all forward… ;)

Mike

]]> by: Melvin Ng http://mroverdeliver.com/blog/how-much-is-too-much#comment-29 Tue, 14 Nov 2006 16:52:09 +0000 http://mroverdeliver.com/blog/how-much-is-too-much#comment-29 Very true Mike. You hit it on the spot. It's almost impossible to work on a big project alone. However, strategic partnerships is not only about complementing each other's skills, but having a similar vision and goal. Whether to work on 1 project, or 3 or even 5 or more is irrelevant. As long as one is able to cope and focus on the project at hand. When the gurus tell us to focus, it means to focus on our project and not jump into every new opportunity that comes along, doesn't mean to literally focus on 1 project only. Very true Mike. You hit it on the spot. It’s almost impossible to work on a big project alone.

However, strategic partnerships is not only about complementing each other’s skills, but having a similar vision and goal.

Whether to work on 1 project, or 3 or even 5 or more is irrelevant. As long as one is able to cope and focus on the project at hand.

When the gurus tell us to focus, it means to focus on our project and not jump into every new opportunity that comes along, doesn’t mean to literally focus on 1 project only.

]]> by: Glen Wood http://mroverdeliver.com/blog/how-much-is-too-much#comment-28 Tue, 14 Nov 2006 13:03:27 +0000 http://mroverdeliver.com/blog/how-much-is-too-much#comment-28 To reach a goal you must have focus. Most people have the goal of independence, the reality is that it usually requires multiple relationships to get there. You focus on every part of the process...just not at the same time. Your team mates bring their knowlege to the table and with them a new project becomes a reality. As stated by others, relationships are the engines that power our society. Without people there is no business. Frome team mates to customers to friends who make a suggestion that opens up new vistas it takes people helping people to succeed. Glen To reach a goal you must have focus. Most people have the goal of independence, the reality is that it usually requires multiple relationships to get there. You focus on every part of the process…just not at the same time. Your team mates bring their knowlege to the table and with them a new project becomes a reality. As stated by others, relationships are the engines that power our society. Without people there is no business. Frome team mates to customers to friends who make a suggestion that opens up new vistas it takes people helping people to succeed.

Glen

]]> by: Sally Neill http://mroverdeliver.com/blog/how-much-is-too-much#comment-27 Tue, 14 Nov 2006 10:59:02 +0000 http://mroverdeliver.com/blog/how-much-is-too-much#comment-27 Im totally in agreement too, I think you can learn so many things from other Internet Marketers, sure we all have a big bunch of ebooks sitting on our hard drives but the information is sometimes hard to digest. Working with other ebook sellers, one to one, has helped me more than I ever dreamed. Nice post Michael, thanks Sally Im totally in agreement too, I think you can learn so many things from other Internet Marketers, sure we all have a big bunch of ebooks sitting on our hard drives but the information is sometimes hard to digest. Working with other ebook sellers, one to one, has helped me more than I ever dreamed.

Nice post Michael, thanks Sally

]]> by: Ed Forteau http://mroverdeliver.com/blog/how-much-is-too-much#comment-26 Tue, 14 Nov 2006 05:45:56 +0000 http://mroverdeliver.com/blog/how-much-is-too-much#comment-26 I'm with you 100% on this one. Reaching out to other Internet Marketers, and developing strategic alliances, is the key to online success. Without having the leverage of other people, it is almost impossible to move your business forward. PPC is getting more expensive. SEO is always changing. Human nature will always stay the same. It doesn't matter if you are online or off, we are in the people business. Start building relationships, and watch your income multiply. I’m with you 100% on this one. Reaching out to other Internet Marketers, and developing strategic alliances, is the key to online success. Without having the leverage of other people, it is almost impossible to move your business forward. PPC is getting more expensive. SEO is always changing. Human nature will always stay the same. It doesn’t matter if you are online or off, we are in the people business. Start building relationships, and watch your income multiply.

]]> by: barney http://mroverdeliver.com/blog/how-much-is-too-much#comment-25 Tue, 14 Nov 2006 04:52:40 +0000 http://mroverdeliver.com/blog/how-much-is-too-much#comment-25 Michael, I tend to agree with you about projects. However, I think many who advise focus misunderstand the word. Much like the difference between strategy and tactics, there is project focus and there is task focus. These concepts seem to be frequently mis-represented. For instance, you might advise me to focus on a broad project, but I understand you to mean focus on specific tasks. In truth, focusing upon tasks within a project without maintaining an overall project focus will predispose that project to failure, even though the tasks were all performed correctly. It strikes me from reading many ebooks, newsletters, & pre-launch documents, that these marketers tend to look at one large, all-encompassing project (product launch, say), then at sub-projects (e.g., build & establish a specific Web site), then at specific tasks within a given sub-project. It also strikes me, from that same reading, that they do not always recognize when thier focus changes - hey, they're still focused, right. By not recognizing the shift they've made, they're unable to verbalize it. May be wrong, of course, but I've seen a lot of this in my corporate-world careers. For example, your project is to drive from Dallas, TX to Alameda, CA in the US. Several sub-projects devolve, e.g., making certain the vehicle is fit and equipped, establishing a route, making certain you stay on that route while in transit, establishing where to acquire materials - food, lodging, fuel - and what is to be done at the end of the trip. Many tasks fall out of these sub-projects, and it's sometimes difficult to separate the tasks from the sub-projects. For instance, planning and maintaining a route might seem a task from the umbrella project viewpoint. But when you start working on it, you find it has become a sub-projcet with tasks of its own. What was a task when you were driving to the theatre has become a project when driving cross-country, due the the increase in magnitude. But if you are familiar with all this, say as an over-the-road truck driver, some of it becomes so natural that you don't even think about it. You just focus upon a task 'til it's done, then move on to the next. Nevertheless, focus on the primary purpose was never far from your thoughts. Does that make sense? Anyway, that's the feeling I get from a lot of the more successful marketers, and your article reinforces it. They've had success for so long and on such a scale that they really have trouble communicating their meanings, scaling them back to a tyro's level. Sorry to be so wordy ... I'll get out of here. Make a good day ... ... barn Michael,
I tend to agree with you about projects. However, I think many who advise focus misunderstand the word. Much like the difference between strategy and tactics, there is project focus and there is task focus.
These concepts seem to be frequently mis-represented. For instance, you might advise me to focus on a broad project, but I understand you to mean focus on specific tasks. In truth, focusing upon tasks within a project without maintaining an overall project focus will predispose that project to failure, even though the tasks were all performed correctly.
It strikes me from reading many ebooks, newsletters, & pre-launch documents, that these marketers tend to look at one large, all-encompassing project (product launch, say), then at sub-projects (e.g., build & establish a specific Web site), then at specific tasks within a given sub-project.
It also strikes me, from that same reading, that they do not always recognize when thier focus changes - hey, they’re still focused, right. By not recognizing the shift they’ve made, they’re unable to verbalize it. May be wrong, of course, but I’ve seen a lot of this in my corporate-world careers.
For example, your project is to drive from Dallas, TX to Alameda, CA in the US. Several sub-projects devolve, e.g., making certain the vehicle is fit and equipped, establishing a route, making certain you stay on that route while in transit, establishing where to acquire materials - food, lodging, fuel - and what is to be done at the end of the trip. Many tasks fall out of these sub-projects, and it’s sometimes difficult to separate the tasks from the sub-projects.
For instance, planning and maintaining a route might seem a task from the umbrella project viewpoint. But when you start working on it, you find it has become a sub-projcet with tasks of its own. What was a task when you were driving to the theatre has become a project when driving cross-country, due the the increase in magnitude.
But if you are familiar with all this, say as an over-the-road truck driver, some of it becomes so natural that you don’t even think about it. You just focus upon a task ’til it’s done, then move on to the next. Nevertheless, focus on the primary purpose was never far from your thoughts.
Does that make sense?
Anyway, that’s the feeling I get from a lot of the more successful marketers, and your article reinforces it. They’ve had success for so long and on such a scale that they really have trouble communicating their meanings, scaling them back to a tyro’s level.
Sorry to be so wordy … I’ll get out of here.
Make a good day …
… barn

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