10 tips for success in everything number one be first, not last
This is getting harder. I will admit but a difficult job of getting traction for your ideas is made significantly easier
If no one has seen it before be the first to do something and you are already halfway to success seth
Godin is a great author whose books. I strongly recommend in one of his books
He talks about the leader of the village in india with no electricity
The leader a very old man bought the first solar-powered lantern everyone else was using kerosene lamps
For months after his front yard was filled with all the villagers watching the lamp and discussing how long it would last
He was a hero in his town. He had everyone's eyes on him eventually
Everyone else got the same lanterns, but do you think the second guy who bought one had a yard full of people? Nope
He was second number two be remarkable
In every aspect of your life be remarkable be the person that turns heads by going the extra mile
If someone asks for one dollar give them ten dollars if you want to start a website don't publish one article a day
Publish for put everything you have into whatever you are doing
It may seem like hard work
But in the end you will be the one everyone remembers
And quite often doing something remarkable doesn't have to be hard
It can be as easy as responding to every comment on your blog or remembering someone's name when you meet them for the second time
People don't pay extra at hair. It's because the goods are better though
Sometimes they are they pay for service that makes them say wow
Number three fail a fear of failure is probably the number one thing stopping someone from succeeding
If you think you will fail, you are not likely to even start this even applies to activities
You are currently engaged in when I first started my brand. I created five blogs all on completely different subjects after a week
None were succeeding at that point
Most people would give up thinking it was a failure and it was for four of the blogs in six weeks two blogs took off
I closed the other blogs and focused all of my attention on this two blogs alone
If I had let the fear of failure stop me
I wouldn't be reading this right now and I would probably still be programming software for other people
Instead of spending my days doing what I love most sharing fascinating facts with friends number four be new
Madonna in the 80s and 90s. David bowie lady gaga. What do these artists have in common?
They did what no one else was doing they stood up and said this is me
Like it or lump it the success of these people didn't come from trying to please everyone
It didn't come from following trends
It came from doing something that was new
Astonishing eva genre changing while metallica was busy fighting in the courts against napster to maintain a stranglehold on consumer dollars
Other bands such as radiohead as early as 2007
Were dumping the traditional model and selling direct through their own website. It is one thing to be a great artist
It is another to be a great artist who isn't sucked into consumerism and greed merely wants to maintain the status quo
Would you rather be metallic out earning the few pennies their label tosses at them at the expense of being reviled by everyone?
But the label or radiohead earning less
But keeping true to their art and having a passionately dedicated fan base number five ignore advice
If your friend said jump off a cliff, would you I know it's a cliche
But that's the point most of us would
We see our fellow lemmings diving head first off the cliff and we follow suit
And we don't even need disney staff to help push us
One of the most significant pieces of advice you can heed is this ignore everyone else you are amazing
you are amazing because you are different from everyone else if the majority around you say x
You need to think why did steve jobs bow down to the majority? You may remember a site named dig?
It was huge. It was facebook before facebook in terms of popularity
Then they took venture capital and at the advice of their financiers
Changed how they worked the result before the changes dig was worth
164 million dollars dig sold for 500 000
In 2010 and no I didn't accidentally leave off three zeros number six
Love what you do? A lot of people currently advocate the idea of working four hours
Forget it for the last six years. I have worked from the moment. I woke until bedtime. That is no exaggeration
It is currently 7 p.m. And I have been working on my computer since 5am this morning time and time again
You see people complaining that their blog isn't popular
But they only post an article every other day when I started to feel like I didn't need to work such long hours
I tripled my daily list. So I had more to do this isn't a burden it is a pleasure
Not many people can say they spend 14 hours a day doing something
They absolutely love the minute. I
Wake in the morning I jump out of bed and go straight to the computer to start working
Because I love it. Actually I have a cup of coffee first
But I get those over as quickly as I can if you are passionate and love what you are doing
You will succeed
I could work four hours and pat myself on the back while I head out to play golf or whatever
It is the four hour work day is meant to allow you time for but I would much rather be sitting here
In front of my computer number seven don't copy success steve balmer of microsoft scoffed at the iphone and rather awkwardly pointed out
It doesn't have a keyboard. We're selling millions of phones a year apple is selling zero phones a year. Watch the clip above ouch
How's that soon going? Steve?
Mcdonald's created mcdonaldland and burger king thought it was a great idea. So they copied it with their burger king kingdom
mcdonald's made 27 billion dollars in 2011
How much did burger king make just under 3 billion?
That's what happens when you copy burger king was recently taken over
And the first thing the acquirer did was dump the ridiculous rip off burger king mascot if you want to succeed don't copy success
Create your own don't mimic those who have done
Well do well in your own niche this applies on all levels if you want to set up a stall selling lemonade
Don't just copy the neighbor's kids find a way to make your lemonade better or find a way to make your customers happier number eight
Focus on followers social media love it or hate it. It is a huge part of the internet
This is not because we are not popular
It's because most of our readers aren't the type of people who click like it takes roughly two seconds for the social
sharing buttons to load on a page for the sake of 300 people who clicked like we were making 799
7700 people waste two seconds of their precious time. This is not focusing on our followers
It is focusing on marketing two days ago. I removed all social sharing buttons from our articles by removing these sharing buttons
We improved the experience of our followers at the risk of reducing our marketing to a bigger audience
It was well worth it focus on the people who follow you
Don't try to create a new market. If you do you will lose your biggest asset your fans number nine
Be tiny
We all have a tendency to think big but that tendency can actually inhibit our success
If you want to write a book or create a product or the next big thing on the net
focus on attracting a small audience of very dedicated fans
Don't be put off if your idea only appeals to a few if you work hard for that view
They will reward you by sharing your passion with others
It is far better to have 1 000 devoted followers and one hundred thousand ticket or levi customers
Famous jewelry store tiffany and co were an exclusive brand they were exclusive and they were small
But they decided to grow they launched a new product line aimed at the mid-price jewelry market and the end result was near bankruptcy
They have now returned to their original niche calvin
Klein isn't so hot now that you can buy their underwear at most department stores
But when they started out they were exclusive who wants to rave to their friends about having ck underwear
Now number 10 start right now right now. You can start putting all of these ideas into practice
You have no excuse to wait. It is saturday
So you will be more likely to go to the mall than work
But try even if only once to make a stranger remember you today do at least one act that turns heads make someone say wow
Alternatively start the book
You want to write start that blog you have always wanted to create make your dinner remarkable
Set the table and have a high class restaurant experience at home
All it takes is a bit of change in a new way of thinking to completely transform your life. Thank you for watching
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