Tall Batting Order

This morning, I clicked on a couple of links from my inbox email.  They were from names I know, they weren’t any of the daily Launch Fever Offers. I was taken to a couple of sales page videos, I checked how long each video  would take to watch, because now I begrudge 10 minutes if I’m not in the mood. I looked at a couple of how-to videos and I started to feel anxious,  none of it seemed to make sense. I felt very out-of-my-depth and hopeless. I looked at a couple of other Masterclass blogs, so professional and promotional. Everyone in my inbox was trying to sell me something or give me something, so that they can sell me something later. I walked out of my garage office into the sunshine and cut some bunches of grapes from my pet vine, said hello to Tintin (the dog) and went inside to make a coffee.

New Zealand was playing India in the second day of the first cricket test ( a game that can last for 5 days FYI – if you are American). I watched a few overs on Sky TV and began to feel better. Successful batsmen bide their time, they wait for the right ball to hit, they accumulate runs over a period of time. They know there is always another ball to score from. I realised later on that I had actually suffered a panic attack – so much rides on the success of my online business that I am getting stressed about it.

This is about staying focussed on my game plan. I am in the Thornhill Masterclass for 36 weeks, to learn how to create my own product, and market it online. I will learn what I need to know when the time is right, when I’m ready, just as a batsman waits for the balls he can hit, and lets the rest go. There is no need to worry about the runs that others are getting on the board, because there will always be another game, another day.

I was relieved to see an email from John Thornhill to Masterclass students, letting us know that we need to be wary of getting side-tracked into other products or programmes, even though they could be very good, simply because of the overload factor. I need to keep writing to my blog, it is the one part of the internet that I can control, where I am creating content in the only way I know so far.  I let my little light shine, as the song goes. This week we are in the process of brainstorming topics from which we will choose the niche(s) we are most suited to. Now I feel better.

I am Sachin Tendulkar (the little Master) at the crease, Mike Filsaime is the bowler, no worries mate !