Granada Nicaragua
I hate to break it to you.
But your past mistakes probably influence your current day blogging strategy.
I really hate to break this to you; much of what you do now is heavily influenced by your past and even present day fears.
For example, you struggle to drive organic traffic and blogging income now because you never really did in the past. Unconsciously your mind keeps going back to the past, complains about your struggles which continue almost like a tape recorder in your mind.
How does this work?
You do things now with your blog based on being shell-shocked in the past. So you’re blogging scared. You’re afraid to get overwhelmed with spam so you create all types of barriers to your blog. All of these barriers block people who want what you have to offer.
All of these barriers block organic traffic and blogging income.
There’s no way in hell I’m immune from this.
But at least I’m writing about it.
Fear of Being a Fraud
Most professional bloggers feel terrified to be transparent because the masses attempt to project an illusion of perfection.
Perhaps highly advanced individuals have overcome the fear of looking like a fraud.
I’m not sure if I put myself entirely in that lot but I’m very close.
How can you tell?
I write posts like this.
I wouldn’t call it being vulnerable.
I would call it being transparent.
I’m honest with you even if I appear to be scared, struggling or even failing at times.
The irony is that my success comes from admitting my fears. Readers trust transparent bloggers. Life is imperfect. You are imperfect. Everyone reading this post is partially afraid.
Look to the Past to ID Anchors
When I tell you that my past struggles still influence my current day strategy, look closely at your blog. Ditto for you. Ditto for all bloggers. Regret is a powerful and omnipresent anchor.
Regretting past mistakes ruins your current blogging strategy.
Attempting to protect yourself from the sting of making such mistakes repels organic traffic and blogging income too.
You have to eventually face, feel and let go past fears and struggles to reach the next stage of blogging growth.
Otherwise your career will be a series of struggles, failures and eventual quitting.
The Past Bound His Present
I remember working with an individual two decades ago.
He became a multi-millionaire many times over by building up a thriving offline business.
He eventually retired from that business some 20 to 30 years ago.
I wondered why he worked an entry level job from 4 PM to 12 AM and a difficult day job from 6 AM to 3 PM. He made about minimum wage at both jobs.
Wouldn’t a multi-millionaire in his 60’s invest money in assets that gave him complete freedom from time and location?
Couldn’t he easily live off the interest?
Turns out, he lost an incredible amount of money in a massive stock market crash a long time ago.
He was so terrified to lose more money that he just told himself he would never do that again.
He stopped investing his money.
I don’t blame the guy for being afraid.
But working 18 hour days at two difficult jobs in his 60’s was the fruit of that terrifying fear.
The past completely ruled his investment strategy.
He could have conquered that fear, invested more wisely (and modestly) to allow his millions to earn passive income via dividends.
He could have retired comfortably without ever needing to work again instead of putting 18-hour days in at two back breaking jobs.
This is exactly what I’m talking about.
Get Past Your Fears from the Past
I had to get over my fear of being spammed, of people trying to scam me and former clients stiffing me on payment.
Famous online entrepreneurs and people very few know both refused to pay me (well in the past of course) after I did highly thorough work for them. I had to eventually face, feel and release my fear of scarcity to move those individuals out of my life and to blog more abundantly.
Blogging abundantly inspired me to create my own products and services so I did not need to rely on cheap broke people and cheap highly successful people terrified to pay someone a few hundred dollars.
I forgave the blogging past.
I learned how to create my own stuff so I can make money on my own steam without relying on bartering or waiting for payment.
I tired of begging like Oliver Twist for an invoice.
Now if you want to get my premium advice you pay to access my online course and eBooks.
I get the money up front.
You gain valued resources.
This is the intelligent way to blog from my posturing perspective.
However, I had to forgive my blogging past in order to reach this point.
I never want to claim that this is a comfortable process. Everybody hates dredging up fear from the past. Nobody enjoys feeling the utter pain suffered from slamming into horrific blogging obstacles again and again.
But unless you face that fear from the past the same fear dominates your current day blogging strategy.
How Past Fears Cripple You Now
I love this person and do not mean to make fun of them one bit.
But I recall someone who asked me if I could split the $20 fee for one of my eBooks into two or three payments for them.
Not condemning them at all.
But this is what happens when fears from the past dominate your current day strategy.
Trying to set up a payment plan for $7 over 3 months or $10 over 2 months reveals the stark terror of money loss in an adult terrified to look within their mind to release it.
I had to go through this stuff too because I suffered severe financial loss at various times of my life.
I turned things around by letting go past fears and struggles.
You will have to do the same to blog abundantly now.
That’s the whole point.
No blogger can be confident now while stricken by past doubts.
Otherwise you will keep slamming into the same obstacles now.
Everything happens in your mind first.
What you experience in the world is the effect of your inner cause.
Face, feel and release the blogging past.
Free yourself to blog abundantly now.
Create a current-day strategy based on establishing posture, creating value and maintaining a strong psychological detachment from outcomes.
Position yourself to enjoy a full-time blogging career.