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What's the best way to avoid making mistakes? Do nothing!
Sit down, turn on the TV, and zone out. That's safe.

Fueled by fear of failure, many take the path above to avoid
mistakes. While you'll never earn a huge wad of money from
an internet business using that method, you won't lose your
shirt either.

On the other side of the spectrum, some barrel ahead like
bulls in a china shop and make mistakes that harm or destroy
their businesses.

Is there a happy medium? Is it possible to go forward and
avoid mistakes at the same time?

Well, back in what seems like another lifetime, I used to
work as an air traffic controller. That's a line of work
where mistakes make the front page of newspapers,
perpetrators can go to jail and victims suffer more deadly
fates.

Fortunately, such errors occur very infrequently.

How is it possible to avoid mistakes, when 'to err is
human'? Although some of my old colleagues appear to believe
they are above mere human status, the truth is more mundane.

Rigid rules, standards and procedures are followed to the
letter.  In the split-second before instructions are given,
maneuvers are planned and followed mentally to their
conclusion. Knowledge and ability is tested continuously to
ensure rigorous safety standards are maintained.
Planning and perfect performance results in beautifully
choreographed aerial ballets time after time.

Planning aside, mistakes are made. The objective is to avoid
repetition of the error. To accomplish this,  even the most
minor infractions are meticulously logged. Each is reviewed,
dissected and studied to determine the best method to
prevent a recurrence. Both the incident and its resulting
procedures are taught and discussed at training sessions.

The best advice I ever heard about this method of learning
came in one of the pilots' magazines I used to read. The
accident reports were preceded each month by the same tag
line: 'Learn from the mistakes of others, for you'll not
live long enough to make them all yourself'.

The good news for those just starting an Internet is that
the barnstorming, fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants days of
eBusiness are over. True, many businesses crashed and
burned. Many more worked to perfect the process and survived
to fly circles around the smoking reckless.

Best of all, the mistakes made by those barnstorming
eBusiness pioneers have been well-documented and made
available through forums, ebooks and courses.

Save yourself time, money and heartache. Learn from them and
watch your Internet business soar.

Rosalind Gardner is the best-selling author of 'The Super Affiliate
Handbook: How I Made $436,797 Last Year Selling Other People's Stuff
Online. Her incredible online success  has been profiled in numerous
popular publications including 'Secrets to Their Success', 'Small
Business Opportunities, 'Six Figure Income' and 'Revenue' magazine. To
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