Comments on: Why You DON’T Want To Move To The Next Level

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By: DerSchneider

DerSchneider — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:06:36 +0000

You are right. I asked myself (and others) several times a question like “What the hell is wrong with this level?” and there’s allways something left to learn and achieve at the level I’m at. Thanks a lot for this Post!

By: Endy Daniyanto

Endy Daniyanto — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:26:56 +0000

“If you rush through the levels, you miss the lessons. Missing lessons = missing money.”

Yes! Another justification to still sit on my ass.

Cheers,

By: Sonia Simone

Sonia Simone — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:12:24 +0000

The guy who does teleclasses on making money with teleclasses is apparently Michael Cage, btw. Saw him give a very energetic (and actually quite useful) talk this weekend.

Gerber is very annoying with the “this is the only possible way anyone can do it.” Actually, there is a lot that I find annoying about Gerber.

By: Jon Peltier

Jon Peltier — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:24:40 +0000

This is a great post. I’ve worked and stumbled and lucked out, and now I’m at a level that I really like. It only needs a little more tweaking, and I’ll be very happy with it.

Wendy: Good point about the e-myth stuff. His perfect business is some McBurger joint. Forget it. I like what I’m doing, and I really enjoy not having any employees. Forget growth, at least that much growth. my product sales are growing several percent a month, which is awesome enough for me.

And Naomi – Marketing School rocks. Nuff sed.

By: Naomi Dunford

Naomi Dunford — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:03:05 +0000

HA! Indeed. Entire blogs could be dedicated to that very topic and never run out of anything to say.

How ’bout, “When You Feel Like Staying Stagnant”?

By: Linda Walker

Linda Walker — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:49:33 +0000

There is a lot to learn from what we do each day. When you get to level x, it’s time to celebrate (I don’t think we adults do enough of that) and bask in the moment. Then we need to take the time to see what we’ve learned as we worked to achieve level x and how things can be adjusted to improve level, try it out with the adjusted version and then move to the next level after having considered how level x and level x+1 can work together.

Imagine, just enjoying the moment… no overwhelm, no trying to juggle the last 3 projects you’re currently improving as you move to the new project you’ve just jumped into.

Maybe one day, I’ll get there :-0)

By: Wendy Cholbi

Wendy Cholbi — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:16:33 +0000

You know, this has always been my biggest problem with the E-Myth book. Michael Gerber states straight out that businesses exist only to grow, and they must continue to grow… or die.

I think that’s bullshit.

Businesses are allowed to stay itty if that’s what serves the business owner.

He also states that “the business” is the product, which is being amply demonstrated by Teaching Sells and OBS, but I believe that’s not the only way to go. Do all “successful” massage therapists eventually HAVE to “graduate” to teaching other massage therapists how to run massage-therapy businesses? No. Absolutely not.

True business success, I think, is trusting yourself enough to know when you’ve reached a level where you’re comfortable…and also to know when you truly want and need to move to another level.

Now if I could just condense that down to a six-word tagline. Hmm.

By: Catherine Cantieri, Sorted

Catherine Cantieri, Sorted — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:42:34 +0000

This is such a great point. I read Mark’s post and agreed with it, but I really like what you’ve added in terms of business and what gets boring. Nice work!

By: Leah

Leah — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:26:02 +0000

This post is actually just what I needed to read. I think that my biggest problem is that I am always looking forward, and do not spend enough time fine tuning where I am at. I begin with the end in mind,but then I want to jump right into the end result without doing the work to get there. Which actually works OK about 20% of the time and for the other 80% I am having to go back to the beginning and straighten shit out.

I KNOW that building a foundation is important if you don’t want shit collapsing later on…..but doing all that work can be boring….especially when you can see all the sparkely and shiny stuff just up ahead.