Online Marketing Made Easy with Amy Porterfield

#715: Overwhelm is Expensive: How to Stop Paying the Price and FINALLY Start Your Digital Course

Sep 17, 2024

28:47

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Struggling with overwhelm? Discover how perfectionism can stifle your progress and the true cost of inaction. Learn to embrace imperfect action to push forward in both personal and business goals. Explore simple strategies to manage stress and stay motivated, such as breaking tasks down and celebrating small wins. Overcome decision paralysis by prioritizing quick actions over perfection, and take meaningful steps toward launching your digital course dreams!

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Quick takeaways

Perfectionism can hinder entrepreneurial progress, causing inaction and missed opportunities that lead to lost income and impact.

Reducing overwhelm through imperfect action enables entrepreneurs to improve clarity and foster business growth while capitalizing on valuable feedback.

Deep dives

Perfectionism as a Barrier

Perfectionism hinders progress, particularly for entrepreneurs aiming to launch online courses. Many aspiring course creators become paralyzed by the desire to make their content flawless, leading to inaction and missed opportunities. This fear of not being 'good enough' keeps creative ideas from materializing, resulting in lost potential income and impact. Recognizing that aim for perfection can stop progress is essential for breaking through the inertia and achieving business goals.

Intro

15min

Overcoming Overwhelm: Simple Strategies for Action and Motivation

7min

Embracing Small Wins and Imperfect Action for Success

4min

Overcoming Decision Paralysis and Embracing Action

4min

Combating overwhelm, taking imperfect action, and making actual progress towards your goals.

Stop letting overwhelm hold you back from success! Hear my favorite strategies for breaking free from overwhelm to take imperfect and courageous action.

In this episode, I cover:

(2:25) The hard truth about perfectionism
(5:52) Understanding the opportunity cost of overwhelm
(10:49) Why you always need to take imperfect action in your business (and in your personal life!)
(13:09) Simple strategies for combating the overwhelm
(20:15) How you can move one step closer to success today

Listen in and stop letting overwhelm hold you back and start seeing real results in your business! Turn those digital course dreams into reality today.

Resources Mentioned in the Episode

Digital Course Academy

Seth Godin

Marie Forleo

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