Comments on: Affiliate Lesson – Set Realistic Goals

By: Unknown Webmaster

Unknown Webmaster — Sat, 23 May 2009 07:39:07 +0000

I think it has been movd to dotproject.net

By: sipka

sipka — Fri, 22 May 2009 20:04:07 +0000

It’s built in Ruby, you need to make sure your server can handle Ruby if it’s set to Php, might need a proxy for Apache (Mongrel) but you can use it locally too, read the Manual menu on the website, they give instructions.
I choose this over others because I just wanted a simple task manager, I used dotproject too, just I didn’t like the design (dotproject.org), but that is easier to install (and can handle time tracking too that is missing from Tracks).

By: hazo

hazo — Fri, 22 May 2009 16:01:17 +0000

I must be simple. I downloaded the file and extracted and just got a bunch of folders without an install option

By: Sipka

Sipka — Fri, 22 May 2009 14:57:40 +0000

I was in the same shoes by setting up unrealistic goals for a day and when I couldn’t achieve it, I felt crap, I felt that I am just a loser who cannot make these simple tasks.
Recently I installed a task manager to my server where I can write down my notes (as Unknown webmaster said: write article about x and y, restructure the homepage for a new promo, make a new peel ad, etc.) and I categorized them into groups like: content writing, design, programming, link exchange, others, etc..
This way when I’m fed up with content writing (and I’m sure that one has the limit to pump out quality content (and we want conversions right?) so I just stop, because I know that I can force myself to write another piece but that won’t be that good and engaging than other contents. I know that my content writing limit at the moment 3/day, maybe 4, but I just can’t write more good content a day because of my brain emptying lol.

The task program I use: http://www.getontracks.org, it is built after the GTD method of David Allen and I find it quite helpful.

By: hazo

hazo — Fri, 22 May 2009 12:08:32 +0000

Yeah you make some good points there. I have that mindset of “I have to do this now or else”and if I don’t get it done then I feel like I’m letting myself down.

If I can make goals that are more realistic to begin with – then I won’t have that much trouble.

If I do run into some trouble though I will make sure I reschedule before the day’s end by putting it into my calendar. Great tip!

By: Unknown Webmaster

Unknown Webmaster — Fri, 22 May 2009 11:17:10 +0000

When I realize that I won’t be achieving a goal I have set myself, I change it before my deadline in order to get lessen the fail.

I basically keep a list of small tasks the should be done, like “write article about x” or “find subjects for 10 articles for site x”. Each of these tasks is very doable, and I get a lot of satisfaction from being able to cross them off the list.

Whenever I realize that I’m not going to be doing one of the things on the list today, I reschedule it to the next day (or another day, as long as it is a specific time), and if I can’t think of a time to do it, it either goes to a “todo someday” list or simply gets deleted.