I have been working my ass off, frustrating my friends, frustrating my wife (who does understand and support me 100%), and pushing myself to the limits with some of my projects. I work hard because I love what I do and feel that the work that I put in will be worth all the time spent and frustrations created. The thing I have the hardest time with is that NONE of my sites really make good money. Yeah, I am admitting that. None of my sites make enough money that I could survive solely on the money that the site provides. No, I will not tell you what they do make so please do not ask.
What I can tell you though, is that I recently just finished a book called Crush It! by Gary Vaynerchuk. The book basically says, “If you are passionate about what you are doing and really believe in what you are doing, then chill”. This is not necessarily the intended message of the book, but I did get this from what Gary is saying.
I believe that the intended message of the book is, “If you are passionate and follow through with your passion, you will Crush It”. I have been in-line with this mantra for a while, but it is tough to keep going when things are not where I was hoping they would be at this point.
So, I am taking to hear the original message. I am going to spend my time making my products good, talking about them, sharing them and “crushing it” by letting people know who I am. By doing this I bolster my “personal brand” (another big mantra of the book) and direct people to the projects I am working on as a result. One more thing I am going to do is provide more content for you the reader both here and on my personal blog.
For more information about the book, you can get it pretty cheap via amazon:
As you can probably tell by my declaration of course redirection, I highly suggest this book. If you have a passion and want to know more about how to turn that into a profit or you want to know how to take what you already have to the next level or you just to find out that you are already on your way to Crushing It, read this book.
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