UNDERSTAND THIS: Tennis and The Difference Between "Newbies" & "Superaffiliates" (12)
UNDERSTAND THIS: Tennis and The Difference Between "Newbies" & "Superaffiliates"
UNDERSTAND THIS: Tennis and The Difference Between "Newbies" & "Superaffiliates"
In world class tennis, 80% of the points are won.
In amateur tennis, 80% of the points are lost.
The same is true for most human endeavours, whether it is public speaking, chess, boxing, investing, and yes, affiliate marketing.
Beginners should focus first and foremost on avoiding all the common mistakes.
But don't waste too much time worrying about the big moves until you have the basics down.
Learn to walk first before you try to run.
Amen!
Nice post as usual mr cmdeal!
Another gem by cmdeal!
Is this the same as the 10,000 hours rule?
You can put 10k hours into pretty much anything and by the end of it you will be at the highest level?
Always so interesting to see when its broken down like that, there are SO many common mistakes shared on this forum, just reading through the follow alongs the trials and tribulations have gone through, and their mistakes pointed out one can save ALOT of trouble here.
Thanks again for another golden simple post!
Having competed at the highest levels of the sport (long time ago 
), one additional thing I would highlight is the importance of learning the RIGHT fundamentals the first time around. You are better off being completely green, taking your time, and learning the right way to do things, versus, learning bad habits the first time around. The absolute most difficult thing is to un-learn the wrong way of doing something and then re-learn it the right way. Some of this is out of your control because when you don't know, you just don't know. So, you are kind of at the mercy of stumbling upon a good tennis coach and having a support network in place that will help guide you etc. This is why there is even more of a premium on taking shit slowly at the beginning. Ultimately, as a beginner, you are not able to handle/maneuver SPEED. The hardest thing to do, is to take it slowly at first so that all the good fundamentals reveal themselves.
In my limited experience with affiliate marketing so far, the analogy to tennis (and pretty much anything) is a good one. To make it in tennis, you have to create (or have created for you) a very protected environment to learn in. One where you are free from distractions and you feel like time is on your side. The minute that extraneous factors start to rush the initial learning process, a speed component is injected into the learning process (one which you are not ready to handle) and then you start to compensate for this by taking short cuts and learning bad habits. Family, society, and circumstance (tennis coaches and affiliate managers are telling you to HURRY up and get to where you want to get right away. The problem is that these factors are actually completely hindering your ability to get there. To me anyone that helps create an environment where I am not rushed and where I able to learn the right way the first time, is just as valuable as someone that knows what they are talking about. Really, this understanding usually goes hand-in-hand.
Hopefully I am able to apply some of these hard lessons learning in affiliate marketing and not completely muck it up
^^ What Maynzie said.
The greatest advantage of forums like this, books, blogs and so on is that they give you a way to save thousands of dollars - by learning from other people's mistakes rather than having to make the same mistakes yourself.
I just added that post to my core of beliefs, thanks
regarding what @2amarketing said about "learning the RIGHT fundamentals the first time" is another great point
Originally Posted by delash
Yes, most definitely.
ALSO - fundamentals are never right or perfect.
Kobe Bryant and Lebron James still practice hours of chest passes everday.
I've been drawing a few parallels from CS:GO game competitive mode. I started out below average in terms of skill and over time I was able to make it into top 1% in the world (after about 3000 hours played). I've lost countless matches, made dumbest mistakes and still make them occasionally. What separated me from the rest is my burning desire to win, to be no. 1 and relentless practice of fundamentals. Most of the people I started out playing with did not make it very far, because they simply did not have the drive to become the best.
It takes time and dedication to get good at anything. The focus should be not this one particular match/campaign, but the drive to win, despite the setbacks. This is probably the most important part. Fail faster so you can identify what works faster. Use failure as a leverage to propel yourself to excellence.
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