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I had 0 business related meetings in 2016.
I had less than 10 business related calls.
I read less than 10 full books in total.
I read 0 news.
I wrote and published 365 blog posts.
I wrote and published 3 books.
I created more than 10 digital products.
I sold more than 50 products on Ebay.
Correlation or causation?
I don't know.
You do the math.
I suck at math...
P.S. Happy New Year to all of you!
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It doesn't matter when you post on Facebook
Or on Medium.
Or on Twitter.
Or wherever.
Just get that damn thing out of your system and out into the world.
Here's the thing...
While you were busy analyzing and thinking about when to go "live" hundreds of other people already went "live" and reached thousands of people you didn't reach.
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Sometimes you just want to do something new in life.
For no apparent reason.
Sometimes you want to experiment a bit.
And see what happens.
Launch something different.
Something fresh.
Sometimes you just want to get out there.
And do something for the first time again.
Like smelling the first snow of the season.
Or enjoying the sun after a long winter.
Or something you’ve never ever done before.
Other times you might just feel stuck.
Don’t know where to go next.
Don’t know what to do next.
Either way.
New is always good.
Is new always better?
I don’t know.
Maybe. Maybe not.
I launched something new today.
It’s different.
It’s fresh.
It’s exciting.
It’s here…
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Who only talks about stuff, but never does.
Who only day dreams, but never lives.
Who only follows, but never leads.
Who only watches, but never plays.
Don't be that person.
Live your dreams while you're still alive...
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... is a great day to start something new.
Just like yesterday was. Or last week.
The new year is always a bad time to start something new.
It's probably the worst time to start something new.
Simply because most of us will start the new year very tired, hungover or what not.
And it's hard to start something new when your will power is at zero.
So instead of waiting a few more days, start something new today.
Start building momentum today. Don't wait any longer.
Trust me, you're going to need it to get over that January bump.
Today is the day...
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No one is able to tell you whether that blog post, that book, that video, that painting, that design, that piece of art or that product is really good. No one. Not even that voice in your head.
So don't ask other people for advice or feedback. Because it's just that person's opinion. And nothing else. It's very likely that that person might not even be your true reader, listener, viewer or customer.
But even more importantly, stop listening to those voices in your head trying to tell you what's good and what's not. Because it's just that. It's an opinion. From a voice that lives in your head.
At the end of the day, the only thing that really matters is that you put your work out there and let the market decide. Let the market, your audience and the people out there decide whether they like it or not.
Let them read it, look at it, listen to it, play around with it, share it and comment on it. But first, you've gotta put it out there. Otherwise you'll never know whether it's really good or really bad.
And then, if you never put anything out there it'll all just stay there inside your head to be forgotten...
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What do you do when no one seems to care?
Most people stop doing what they're doing when no one seems to care...
The truth is that everybody who has created something out of nothing started like that.
They all started from a position where no one seemed to care.
And the only thing that got them to a place where people started caring was that they cared. Even, no especially when no one else seemed to care.
What do you do when no one seems to care?
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Do you do it because you care about it or because someone told you to do it?
Here's a newer version of this...
Do you do it because you care about it or because someone else did it, was successful and made a lot of money with it?
It's easy to confuse doing something because you care about it and doing something simply because you care about the result.
Confusing the two of them is how you ultimately set yourself up for failure.
Because the only way to get any results is to care enough about it.
Otherwise you'll never be able to push through the tough times.
The times when nothing seems to work out.
The times when you're down on your knees.
When you feel like giving up.
Do you care enough?
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It's easy to hit that publish button for a great piece of work.
And so much harder to hit that publish button for a not so great piece of work.
It's easy to fall for the trap of always having to deliver great work.
It's a trap because no one can constantly create great work.
As a matter of fact most of your work will be not so great.
And that's what will break many of us.
The desire of only publishing great work.
And the weight of that desire will crush you.
And over time you'll publish less and less work.
Until you stop publishing for good.
So every once in a while try to publish some of your bad work to take away some of that pressure...
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Many people will tell you that you're full of shit.
That what you're doing won't work.
That you're wrong.
That this isn't the way things are done here.
That many people have tried it before and that it didn't work out.
That you should stop dreaming.
But you know what?
Today's shit will nurture tomorrow's seeds and help them grow into beautiful flowers...
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A lot of people are fed up with “the system”. Whatever “the system” is. We want to change it. Improve it. Trick it. Fix it. Or what not.
But here's the truth...
The only way you'll ever be able to change “the system” is to understand the system. To work your way through the system. Only if you truly know “the system” will you ever be able to change it.
You've gotta be willing to learn. Willing to see. And to seek. And to observe. That's really the only way to change “the system”.
If you don't know it inside out, you'll never be able to change it. Period.
But that's too much work for most of us.
We want that change right away. Right now. We already want that change to happen yesterday. Without putting in the work to really understand it and all its nuances.
Change takes time. It takes a lot of listening. Seeking. Learning. Standing still. And observing. Things that we sometimes tend to sacrifice for “changing the world porn”...
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Have you ever asked yourself in the past "does this really work?"
If so, what happened when you went ahead and bought it nonetheless?
It probably didn't work.
So here's the thing...
It's really hard to convince yourself otherwise if you've already made up your mind.
And if you've (consciouly or unconsciously) already made up your mind, it will probably not work.
So yes, it really works. And no, it will probably not work for you...
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Is to build your reputation on not caring about your reputation...
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Write about the stuff you know...
Continue reading "The best advice on writing you'll ever get" »
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The easiest way to become a successful writer, artist, entrepreneur, blogger, motivational speaker, brand or what not is when you don't have to be successful.
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And is it enough for people to switch to your thing and allocate some of their limited resources to it?
Continue reading "What are you offering that no one else is?" »
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To be able to read your blog posts people have to stop reading someone else's blog posts. Someone's posts they've maybe already been reading for a few years now.
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If you're not ready to put thoughts or ideas out there that might end up getting 0 views or likes, then you'll never be able to put ideas or thoughts out there that might end up getting more than 1000 views or likes.
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At the end of the day we have as many talents as we allow ourselves to have.
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She send me a message telling me this...
Continue reading "The secret to writing stuff people like?" »
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Nothing. I would tell my 20 year old self nothing at all.
Continue reading "What I'd tell my 20 year old self today" »
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... to spend as much time as possible with the people you owe all of this while you still have the chance. Regret kills...
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There are a few things in life that can change the trajectory of a life. And this book right here did just that for me. I wrote it over a year and a half ago. But it feels like I've written it more than ten years ago. I don't even remember what I wrote in that book.
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Just because you're reading it, watching it or listening to it won't make you any better.
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Twenty years ago the most important thing in my life was to finish high school.
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Is the loudest sound in the world for everyone who's putting work out there into the world. It's probably the hardest part of being creative.
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It's convenient to tell yourself that you're not good enough.
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