Use this Fearless-Blogger Exercise to Find Your Way to Blogging Success

Posted on 05. Aug, 2009 by Isaac Yassar in Blogging

fearlessYesterday, I read a great article by Erin Pavlina titled If You Weren’t Afraid. There, Erin shares her recent exercise in facing fear. The exercise had her closing her eyes and shared everything she would do if she weren’t afraid of anything out loud. A partner listened to her and after she finished, the partner voice her advice regarding hear fears.

Erin’s article is actually in self-development topic. Why do I post such article here? Because it can be implemented to obtain success in make money blogging.

When you are about to blog professionally and try to make money from it, some fears must be gripping you. You are afraid of failing, getting no traffic, earning no money, etc. The best way to deal with fear is to face it. Only then you can grow.

This Fearless Blogger exercise helps you deal with your fear rationally and find a way to your blogging success out of it.

Let’s do the exercise, shall we?

Phase one, ask yourself: “How would you blog if you were not afraid of anything?”

List your answers on a piece of paper or a text file. Be honest and brave in your answers. You suppose to remove your fear here.

Here is mine:

  • I would blog full time (as a profession)
  • I would make a lot of money from blogging
  • I would blog only in one blog
  • I would stop college and focus on blogging
  • I would schedule my day only for blogging and enjoying life

Phase two, analyze your answers using simple questions such as:

  • Is it possible?
  • If possible, in what condition?
  • How do I reach that condition?
  • What ability do I need to reach it?
  • Etc,

Here is my simple analysis using questions above:

  • Yes, it is possible
  • Condition: having high traffic / readers
  • How: keep delivering value through good content
  • Ability: learn new things, hardworking, persistence
  • Etc

For this phase, you can analyze it yourself, have a friend do it for you, or both. The analysis should enable you to deal with your fear logically and produce constructive outcome.

Note: reading this post is only 20 % of what this exercise can give you. You need to actually do the exercise to receive the full benefit. How do I know? I’ve been through.

Tags: Blogging, exercise

4 Responses to “Use this Fearless-Blogger Exercise to Find Your Way to Blogging Success”

  1. Suneel

    13. Aug, 2009

    “I would stop college and focus on blogging” I think this is a very dumb point Isaac.

    A graduation is a must for everyone. What if you fail in blogging? U need to have some backup plan too, right?

    A college degree offers that kind of security when applying for jobs outside.

    IMO.

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    • Isaac Yassar

      13. Aug, 2009

      What if I fail blogging? That’s the fear, fear of failing. In that part of the exercise, I suppose to remove my fear. In other words, it’s what I will do if I don’t fear anything, including failing.

      In real world, some part of me do fear it, based on many considerations. That’s why I use this exercise to deal with my fear. Not to remove it, not to neglect it, but to face it.

      Many people think Bill Gates was dumb when he stopped college just sit in front of his PC all day long. Look at him now, many years after he stopped college.

      IMO, we don’t need backup plans, we need one single plan that works real good ;-)

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  2. Suneel

    13. Aug, 2009

    I understand your motive. But, without a contingency plan to sustain when blogging fails miserably, we would be just like sitting ducks.

    Bill Gates had a backup plan to go back to college if all else fails. And in his era, it would have been fine, because of hippies who often dropped out of colleges and then came back.

    But, in this era, those kind of students are treated with obsolete disgrace by the employers.

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    • Isaac Yassar

      13. Aug, 2009

      Thanks for your concern Suneel. I also have some back-up plans I assure you, offline ones. For example, me and my friends is running a small public speaking course, from zero. Because most ‘heroes’ always started from zero :-)

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