There once was a cobbler who made fine shoes. He made only a few styles, following a few patterns and was able to charge a fair price for his shoes. Because he made all the shoes himself and provided all the service to his customer first hand, his income was limited. Along came a prince who offered … [Read more...]
Ideas + Discipline = Success
"How do you pick which idea to write about" and "how do you write every day" are the two most common blogging questions I am asked. They are great questions, because you need the ideas and the discipline to write regularly in order to achieve blogging success. First, the ideas. Now that I have … [Read more...]
Sharing Success – The ApplyMate.com Story
A while back I got an email from Tim Murphy of ApplyMate.com which contained the following excerpt: "...I recently launched ApplyMate.com - a free web-based tool that helps users track school and job applications. Most job hunters submit dozens and dozens of job applications, and most students … [Read more...]
Inner Circle of Friends
I've got this friend named Twitter, she's pretty much awesome. Even awesome friends push you away sometimes. It's OK, she's in my inner circle of friends and in no time we'll be best buds, hanging out together again. While Twitter and I "take a break" I've got this other friend LinkedIn. Oh my gosh … [Read more...]
Success is Progress Towards Your Goal
Too often we view success as achievement of the goal. Isn't that really succeeded? Success should be defined as measurable progress towards your dream. With this definition you know when to say "I've succeeded" and it's time to set a new goal. Start with a goal. For example, I set one to … [Read more...]
reThink and unThink to Achieve WordPress Like Success
Matt Mullenweg's success with WordPress has convinced me to unThink "it can't be done." In 2003 Matt (as founding developer) released WordPress which is the platform this web-site and about 202 million others run on. (No I didn't make that number up, it's in the linked Wikipedia article). Matt was … [Read more...]
How I Convert Ideas to Profit
If you're reading this post in search of a silver bullet or a get rich quick scheme, sorry move along. I create profit by moving ideas into action and it takes time. If you have a few minutes read on and I'll explain how. Ideation. I read. I observe all the time. I watch what other successful … [Read more...]
Scalability ceiling holding you back?
Doctors and lawyers face the scalability ceiling everyday. For the most part they bill by the hour and have only two ways to make more money, work more hours or find customers willing to pay more per hour. (Sure, the creative few have found ways through the scalability ceiling like owning the clinic … [Read more...]
Success Runs in Your Second Nature
You have found your true passion when what you are doing is so easy it's second nature. Find work that feels easy, comfortable and second nature. When you have done this look at all the other aspects that come along with that work and find ways to live with them. I'd argue that having a crappy … [Read more...]
Measure Your Way To Success
A proper measurement methodology is how to gauge success. How can you know where you are going and if you have arrived, when you don't even know where you are? Want increased sales? Determine an accurate way to measure sales today. Using sound business principals calculate what sales need to be … [Read more...]