Zip Lining and Overcoming Your Fears

I’m back from an my Alaskan Cruise with my wife. All I have to say is WOW, what an awesome vacation.

In fact it’s the BEST vacation Shilpi and I have ever been on. I’ll be posting more about it in the coming week, but for now I want to talk about a very unique experience I had while I was in Icy Strait Point, Alaska.

I had an opportunity to go on the longest and highest zip line in the world!

Just to give you an idea of what zip lining is all about, here’s a video someone else took going down the Icy Strait Point zip line, check it out…

Now at this point you either think I’m completely out out my mind from going on something like this, or you think it’s the coolest thing in the world! LOL

Just to give you an idea how scary this is, it’s a 1300 ft vertical drop and you accelerate up to a speed of 60 miles/hr.

Not for the faint of heart.

Now if I told you that I wasn’t scared to death before I was release to take my 1300 foot plunge, I would be lying to you.

It all started with a 45 minute bus ride up the mountain. I kept thinking to myself, “This is TOO high, when are we going to stop. We’re still going up!?!”

Then the moment came, it was my turn up, “How did I talk myself into this, this is INSANE!” I thought to myself.

My heart was pounding, my palms where sweaty. I was scared, REALLY scared! I looked down the mountain, and I got even MORE SCARED!

I mean I’ve been on some wild roller coasters in the past, but I never been this frightened. It’s that fact you’re dropping 1300 that got to me. Damn, you’re really really high up.

I braced myself as they hit the big red button and released me.

And you know what, it was a very peaceful ride. Nothing terrifying, not even remotely scary.

All you feel is the wind in your face and a view & experience that’s absolutely priceless!

All my fears about zip lining were completely bogus, and such is the case in most things in life. That is, most of the fears that you often experience are bogus and unfounded.

Don’t get me wrong, fear is a very real thing. It can absolutely paralyze you.

Fear is the BIGGEST barrier that keeps most affiliates in the minor leagues, separating them from batting in the major leagues with the super affiliates.

Here are two major fears that may be holding YOU back:

Fear of Failure:

When I first started out in affiliate marketing I had one failed campaign after another, a total of 16 or so before I started making money.

It’s very discouraging, but I kept going because I knew that I was learning something and moving forward with every failure.

And that’s the attitude you need to have. Failure is a part of success, a stepping stone.

Just talk to any super affiliate and ask them how many failed campaigns they’ve launched over the years.

Countless.

Fear of failure can often stop people from optimizing a new campaign, or worst keep them from even starting a campaign. I see this all the time with friends and family I’ve tried to teach this business to. They either are too scared to start anything or have a little bit of initial success that fizzles away, but then they are too scared to continue pursuing affiliate marketing.

Fear of Losing Money:

This is a big factor that stops a lot of newbie affiliates dead in their tracks. There are people who lose sleep over spending $10/day on pay per click!

Seriously.

Moreover, we’ve all heard horror stories of people losing $1000s on Adwords without a cent in return. But honestly these are irresponsible (stupid if you ask me) people who didn’t take the time to learn how to use Adwords properly.

I mean, come on, you can set a daily budget.

Here’s what I did when I started out, I set out a specific amount of money to test a campaign.

Say $25 or even $50 per campaign.

Nowadays, I’ll drop $1000s testing and tweaking an campaign before I’m in the black, but that’s not how I started out.

Here’s another idea, set out $200, $500, or even $1000 (depending on your commitment level) to get your affiliate marketing business started. Go to your bank and start a DBA account for your business and transfer you startr up capital into there.

Treat affiliate marketing like a real business. Understand that you’re investing in your future, and NOT just spending money. This will really help you overcome the fear of losing money.

The Truth about Overcoming Your Fears…
The best way to overcome your fears is to face them, take consistent action with the right attitude. Overtime you’ll discover your fears were nothing more than an invisible barrier keeping you from achieving success.