I find it interesting that so many people assume we are all alike inside. I’ve read books by authors who claim there is no such thing as writer’s block, for example. They have never experienced it, therefore it must not exist.

And yet tens of thousands of writers have suffered from writer’s block since we began chiseling stories in stone. Those writers who overcame it and have written about their experience also tend to assume that what worked for them will work for everyone.

When did our world view become “one size fits all?”

Because it’s not just writers with this attitude. If you read Internet marketing products you’ll find one marketer using technique “A” with online advertising and it made him millions of dollars, so it’s the best and only way. Another marketer creates a product in which says he struggled for years with technique “A” and it only made him lose his shirt. He discovered technique “B” and that, he says, is the real way to do online advertising.

Advice in marketing forums is no different. One expert rails against using offshore merchant accounts. Another swears by using them.

Who do you believe? I believe the only person who knows what is best for you is you. We all have an inner knowing. It’s when we doubt ourselves that we think we need others to tell us what to do. The truth is, we already know. We just lack the courage. Find a group that will encourage and support you, and you won’t go wrong.