admin In this series: Why Mechanical Work Makes Me Think The False Divide Between Thinking and Doing When Repetition Opens the Window In the first article in this trilogy, I described something that keeps happening to me. I begin with mechanical work. Install the post. Add the series list. Check the slug. Insert the CTAs. Repeat. … Read more
In this series: Why Mechanical Work Makes Me Think The False Divide Between Thinking and Doing When Repetition Opens the Window Something peculiar keeps happening while I work on Affiliate Pathways. I sit down to perform a task requiring almost no originality. Install an article in WordPress. Add the series list. Check the slug. Select … Read more
Articles in This Series How Systems Thinking Saved Me How Small Systems Create Big Results The Day I Stopped Managing Tasks and Started Managing Systems Looking back, I don’t think there was a single day when I consciously decided to become a systems thinker. The change happened gradually. Almost quietly. One day I noticed I … Read more
Articles in This Series How Systems Thinking Saved Me How Small Systems Create Big Results The Day I Stopped Managing Tasks and Started Managing Systems One of the biggest surprises I’ve experienced in affiliate marketing is that significant progress rarely begins with significant decisions. It usually begins with small systems. A few months ago, I … Read more
Articles in This Series How Systems Thinking Saved Me How Small Systems Create Big Results The Day I Stopped Managing Tasks and Started Managing Systems When I first became interested in affiliate marketing, I thought success depended on doing more. Write another article. Check today’s traffic. Update the website. Watch another training video. Send another … Read more
The Great Optimisation Myth The Great Optimisation Myth: Why Beginners Can’t Optimise What Doesn’t Yet Exist Why You Don’t Need to Be Everywhere to Succeed Online What Real Optimisation Looks Like (When You’re Ready) Only after spending time building my website did optimisation begin to make sense. Not because someone explained it differently. Because my … Read more
The Great Optimisation Myth The Great Optimisation Myth: Why Beginners Can’t Optimise What Doesn’t Yet Exist Why You Don’t Need to Be Everywhere to Succeed Online What Real Optimisation Looks Like (When You’re Ready) Once I accepted that I didn’t need to optimise everything immediately, I encountered another temptation. Expansion. A new platform. Another social … Read more
The Great Optimisation Myth The Great Optimisation Myth: Why Beginners Can’t Optimise What Doesn’t Yet Exist Why You Don’t Need to Be Everywhere to Succeed Online What Real Optimisation Looks Like (When You’re Ready) When I first entered affiliate marketing, one word seemed to appear everywhere. Optimisation. Optimise your website. Optimise your headlines. Optimise your … Read more
Part 2 of When Work Becomes One Thing trilogy Most of us divide our work into two categories. There is the creative work. And then there is everything else. Writing belongs to the first category. Installing images. Updating WordPress. Creating slugs. Adding HTML blocks. Checking links. Those belong to the second. At least, that’s how … Read more
Affiliate Marketing: Playing The Long Game Series Affiliate Marketing: Playing The Long Game Why Effort Alone Doesn’t Determine Success What John Wayne Taught Me About Affiliate Marketing This article is Part 3 of a three-part series exploring patience, sustainable progress, and why the long game—not quick wins—is the foundation of lasting success in affiliate marketing. … Read more
