Hard work does pay off
I remember seeing an interview with a well known actress who was asked about her overnight success. She said that it took her only 20 years. So much for the overnight part.
How long will your overnight success take?
Chris Brogan, President of New Marketing Labs, is also an overnight success after years of hard work. In his video,“What it takes to be an overnight success,” Brogan shows the not-so-glamorous, hardworking side of being successful.
Those folks looking for get-rich-quick schemes and for shortcuts to success, soon find out that those gigs are short-lived. Hard work pays off. Just ask Chris Brogan.
Lead, follow or get your ass out of the way
Another successful business guru, John Jantsch, reveals the “7 traits of the modern leader“ on his site, Duct Tape Marketing. A few of the traits Jantsch describes are:
•Trust themselves. An authentic trust in one’s self allows a leader to make decisions for the right reason and not out of a hidden agenda or attempt to prop up self-worth.
•Embrace change. Well, I guess we’ve all seen what the Internet has done to companies and entire industries unwilling to embrace change – think newspapers? Today’s leader is downright giddy about the speed at which things are happening all around them and in every aspect of their life.
•Keep learning. Today’s teacher understands the speed of change and further understands that in order to have any reason for people to follow, they must provide a sense of what’s next, what’s ahead – the only way to do that is inquire vigorously, every day.
