InsureMe Affiliate Blog: A Few Questions to Ask (WARNING: Affiliate Motivation Ahead)

Occasionally I’ll link to or write about something that is decidedly motivational in nature. A lot of times some readers find these things a bit annoying, mostly because motivational stuff is either a) easy to appreciate, agree with and promptly forget about, making reading it pointless or b) easy to discount as motivational fluff that won’t work in the real world.

But usually the real reason people cringe at motivational topics is because they challenge the work that we are doing on a day-to-day basis. They make you ask yourself questions you don’t want to ask.

Am I making the right decisions? Am I working hard enough on the right thing? Am I resting on my laurels waiting for Google/Yahoo!/my business partner to pull the rug out from under me? Am I OK with that?

All good questions to ask.

In Seth Godin’s post Is Good Enough Enough? Seth points out that, in this day and age, good enough is not good at all. Actually, he points out that instead of asking if your work is good enough you should be asking if your work:

makes some people uncomfortable, changes the entire competitive landscape and is truly remarkable in that many of the key people we reach feel compelled to talk about it?

Is the answer no?

Why?

Could it be that you are just a “small affiliate,” who is just trying to stay afloat? Can’t afford taking the risk?

What if not taking risks was the biggest risk of all? Would that change how you worked?

Maybe your excuse is a lack of ideas, motivation, knowledge, skills or capital? Maybe it is all of those?

Could be, but are you going to let your limitations stop you or will you work to overcome those limitations? Do you think you can succeed in the long-term if you don’t?

The affiliate landscape is changing rapidly around us. Those who are the most creative, forward thinking, skilled and brave will reap the biggest rewards. Those who work to the point of good enough will never be great. Those who change the game will win it.

If there ever was a time to stop being good enough, now might be it.

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