What went wrong?

Right on target

Let’s sit down a little and analyze the situation above to see what went wrong and what prevented you from getting hard cash.

First the story you heard was simplified too much. How can you expect a 5-6 years period to be resumed in a 10 minute interview without loosing some big clue. Also after that you are also over simplifying the story by omitting clues that bother you like ‘I’ve worked hard for the first few years’ and you do that because you said to yourself ‘I’m smarter and I won’t need to work as much to achieve success’ but that’s wrong and you know it now.

Secondly, you try and copy the exact idea, replicate the same steps, which is also wrong because the situation has changed and it’s time to tweak things a bit. Plus the first man that landed the Moon appears in history books, not the second guy. Try and get your own idea and start putting some work hours.

Then there are factors like different environment that makes some moves obsolete. Try and identify what changed and see what you can do to take advantage. Me too doesn’t always work.

And probably, the most important factor is the fact you’re not ready to give 100% for the first years to achieve success. It’s a bad trade as you can secure your future in just a few years of hard work, followed by calmer periods after that if you play your cards right.

Listen to yourself

I don’t agree with people saying things like ‘if you didn’t get on the right path when you are young there’s no way you can be successful when you’re older’. There are plenty of stories out there to back up my belief but that doesn’t means the clock is not ticking, so get out there and get something done seriously. The pie is big enough for everyone. Don’t fall in the 9% who failed or the 90% who haven’t even tried.

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Gattaca - the best inspirational movie

I’m not gonna tell you how the movie goes but I highly recommend you see Gattaca if you haven’t already done so. It makes you forget about how hard is life and concentrate on how to get what you want and where you want to be. Complaining has nothing in common with success. Stop searching excuses and to everything in your power to reach your goals. That’s what Gattaca inspires me to do.

Now, before I get back to other movies I leave you with 2 quotes that I will never forget from Gattaca:

1. When Vincent’s brother asked him how does it managed to beat him when swimming into the ocean – “You want to know how I did it? This is how I did it, Anton: I never saved anything for the swim back.”
2. What Vincent was thinking during takeoff – “For someone who was never meant for this world, I must confess I’m suddenly having a hard time leaving it. Of course, they say every atom in our bodies was once part of a star. Maybe I’m not leaving… maybe I’m going home.”

Even if it was made in 1997, you can buy it now from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray version.

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Also in the era of RSS, constant good writing makes people subscribe to your feed. All sounds pretty easy to follow, but what do you do when inspiration is lost, as you can’t have good days every day? There’s a solution for this too: make a draft every time you have an idea, writing down a few words to remember you what the original idea was. This way you have  a buffer of future articles that you can write and program to appear on your website on regular intervals.

Once you have your buffer of articles already written you have the freedom to take a few days of pause, especially useful when you plan a vacation, a short trip of just don’t feel like writing. That’s not a technique invented by me, everybody successful with their blog does that, and sooner or latey you’ll get it too, if you didn’t already.

This is a low cost (or no cost) solution to ensure a constant flow or articles. Of course there are more elaborate solutions, like paying someone to do some writing while you can’t, but if you have money to hire someone you wouldn’t be reading this post in the first place, wouldn’t you?

PS. Expect regular articles on JohnPopes from now on, as I’m trying to do what I’m preaching

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