Every day I get multiple emails recommending the latest and greatest.
You have to see this! It’s a no brainer! Never revealed secrets! Hurry before the author realizes how stupid he is to sell this! Guaranteed, life changing!
And you know what? Sometimes the information is that good. At least, for someone. Occasionally I’ll recommend something. Honestly, I get approached to do JV’s a lot more often than I do them. But you know what?
Sometimes I recommend things that I know aren’t right for everyone. Why?
Because nothing is right for everyone. And almost everything is absolutely perfect for someone.
We’re all different. We have different skills. Different aptitudes. Different interests.
I could do fabulously well as an eBay affiliate and fail with every Clickbank campaign I try.
You could be great at developing web sites and getting free traffic to them, but horrible at writing sales copy.
Who am I to say that you should stop what you’re doing well and purchase the latest book about Bum Marketing or AdWords Secrets? Who are you to say that I should learn black hat SEO techniques or how to write javascript code?
In my quest to continually find new ways to make 5 bucks a day, I continuously pick up interesting reports about new techniques. Frankly, most of them miss the target that the sales letter said they would hit. But I keep buying the reports, and occasionally one of them, maybe one in ten, will give me an idea that makes me back 100 times the investment of all of them combined.
When you read this blog, or if you’re a 5 Bucks a Day reader that hangs out at our membership forum, or if you’re just on my mailing list, take that into consideration when I occasionally let you in on things that I’m excited about. What I recommend isn’t always going to be right for you. But it is right for others.
My main advice in 5 Bucks a Day is to focus. Determine a medium term goal. Decide how you’re going to get a little closer to that goal this week. Focus on this week’s project. And next week, you’ll be a little better off income wise, a little closer to that goal, and a little more confident that next week’s project will get you a step closer again.
So sometimes, don’t listen to all the gurus when they recommend something. And sometimes, don’t listen to me when I recommend something. Stay focused on what you’re doing right. If what someone is recommending is congruent with what you’re doing, check it out. Or if what someone is recommending might help you develop a skill that you really want and need to develop, check it out.
Otherwise, pass it up. Another great opportunity will appear tomorrow, as surely as the sun will rise in the east and set in the west. 
