The Only Route To Success is Hard Work
Posted by Ben Lumley on Jan 8, 2010 in Success | 35 comments
Editors note: This post is written by James Richmond, from The Infopreneur. James writes passionately about Providing information and making a living by providing that information online. James is one of the hardest working bloggers I have ever come across. It is a pleasure to have him posting here.
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I get asked the same question a lot; ‘How did you get established so quickly?‘ it always makes me smile to think someone actually thinks I’m established, ha ha me a dumb ass!. I wrote a tutorial about it, which details the exact way I did it and continue to do it. I reply to everything, I post 14 times a week, I get 5 hours sleep a night MAX and guess what? It pays off.
Effort
The amount of effort it takes to start a website is virtually nothing, but the amount of effort it takes to run a busy website is tremendous. Ben is a huge fan of Gary Vaynerchuk (I had never heard of him until Ben talked about him, FYI Ben can I borrow your book?) Gary has a $70 million dollar business built from hard work, not black hat SEO or marketing dollars, but pure hard work. I have a full time job (12hrs a day) and a young family, I’m the typical internet user with a dream.
But that is where the difference ends, I work as hard as I can to make sure my readers get the replies they want and deserve, the site is updated regularly and I visit, comment and tweet every site I come across.
Time
Where do I find the time? Simple, go without. You ditch the luxuries like trips to see the next movie release. Dinner parties and trips to the pub, all on the back burner until I have done my work. If I finish my work early I do more work, it’s simple.
Don’t get me wrong I’m a dedicated family guy, cooking the meals, washing, play time, school trips and making sure my wife has a break, but I do my work when I have a quick break from my paid job, when I’m sat on the train and when my family is asleep. If you want your website to really take off in the direction you want it too and you don’t feel tired every day, you are not working hard enough. If you are happy writing new content every now and again or getting one or two customers a week great, keep doing what makes you happy, but if you really want to hit the big time then be prepared to work for it.
Passion
I was trying to describe to my brother in law what my site is about and I struggled. I suppose it’s a site that motivates, inspires and educates business (online and offline) and website owners into getting the very best results. It’s something I’m so passionate about I could write all day about (if I didn’t have a full time job).
You can’t succeed if you don’t have passion driving you forward. Success is different for everyone, for me my dream is to replace my wages online so I can dedicate more time to the readers and more importantly more time watching my family grow.
If you are passionate about guitars, they tell the world. Tell everyone you can about how amazing a guitar makes you feel. If your passionate about it, someone else on this planet will be too.
Obsession
I openly admit I’m obsessed with my site. An obsession that has given me some good stats; 131 posts and 1,103 comments in 9 weeks. I want to say that again, 9 weeks! I started my site 9 weeks ago, 9 weeks of hard work. If someone said to you ‘give me 6 months and I’ll give you your dream‘ you would do it wouldn’t you? I see so many people bursting with excitement about their new site or business, only to find in a few weeks time the passion has gone and the idea is destined to fail.
Your idea, whether it be a website, a bricks and mortar business or an invention, is a fantastic idea now and it will be in a years time, so don’t you ever give up on it. Yes you’ll be tired and yes your life will be different for a while, but go back to my earlier statement ‘give me 6 months and I’ll give you your dream‘.
Now leave a comment to support Ben’s fantastic work here, then get to work!
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Great post James!
Thanks for taking the time to write for me.
Anytime brother!
Hopefully it'll sit well with your readers
You mean the secret isn't spamming blog comments for backlinks! I have been reading the wrong blogs!
Anyway, hard work is the secret to success in anything you do, I try to post daily (occasionally I will post twice in one day) I try to reply to most comments if they need a reply, and I try to visit the blogs of the people that leave comments on my site. It's my neighborhood!
You've got to interact with your neighbourhood when you trying to build a presence online.
It's the same for when your trying to be successfully with something offline; you need to interact and engage with everything and everyone around you
Yeah visiting those who have cisited you is a great way of improving your reach.
That's really impressive. I work pretty hard it myself… hard for me anyway, and I'm not able to be nearly so productive. No way I would be able to do anywhere close to what I do now if I had a full time job!
Very inspiring!
Another great guest post by a great blogger on a great blog. Great!
I think you're doing it right for your blog's niche, James.
However, I'll tell you why I limit myself to two posts per week. I'm not an expert in the personal development field and lifestyle design field. So, I'm using the first couple of years of my blog to also study my field. In future as I have a more solid grounding, I'll be able to write more and better posts. In the meantime I've compiled a great team of guys who are happy to commit to one or two articles per month in return for some traffic and exposure.
I'm a true dumbass!
I think it's all relative Dave
As long as you're doing all you can and still working hard then I think succes will still find out.
James is a rare breed, the kind of person we all aspire to.
Thanks for dropping by Gordie.
You're right James is a great blogger (sorry James, infopreneur)
I think it's a very nobel thing to hold back while you learn about your niche. I think our area of interest is one in which you need to have a really firm idea of what your own views are before you can effectively share assistance with others. You need to define youself first. For us that's an important step.
Ah your making me blush!!
Hey Gordie,
Thanks for top comment, I think what you have done is extremely clever and surrounded your self in a great team, brilliant idea, very mashable.
Maybe me and ben should create a super InfoPreneur team, bit like the a-team without the cigars!
I ain't getting on no plane fool!
sucker!
sucker!
James, you really are very dedicated and your motivation is an inspiration.
Most people say to me, why do you do it? You're as busy as hell.
Well, it's about doing something bigger and as you say following your dream.
Who's Mad Murdoch then?
There's a spot open Matthew!
hey Brother,
Yeah 99% of people don't get it or don't want to get it, they see it as a nerdy geek thing to write on the net.
It's all out there
Some very serious back patting going on here guys, people will start to talk
James, as always, another great post. Ben, luv the blog, great reading. Keep up the good work guys.
Hey Maria.
Yeah its always the same when chaps get together – lots of back slapping.
Thank you for your kind words. I hope you come back soon
Fun to read all the comments. What I'm hearing is relationships, relationships, relationships. Communicate, relate, connect. I am really enjoying getting involved in the personal development blogging community, and while I'm not proceeding at quite your pace, I am gaining slowly by using your and others' suggestions. I'm like you, passionate about sharing my knowledge – what I know I know, and what I'm learning. My passion is becoming who I am, becoming as truly myself as I can be. Ok, I'm at an inn in the woods of the North Shore of Mass. and I swear I hear a coyote. Nope, just a dog whining. Anyway, here's to passion!
Hey Linda
Glad you're enjoying all the comments.
The pace of work isn't important really but what's more important that you do what works for you when the time is right. It's great that you're learning though as your go. That's what life is all about isn't it?
Good luck with the Dog/Coyote.
Hey Linda
Glad you're enjoying all the comments.
The pace of work isn't important really but what's more important that you do what works for you when the time is right. It's great that you're learning though as your go. That's what life is all about isn't it?
Good luck with the Dog/Coyote.
I'm glad that I am hearing more and more about the importance of hard work. It seemed as though-when The Secret came out-everyone wanted success by wishing for it. I think many people fell in love with the idea of easy success. I think the fog is starting to clear and people are realizing that the person who hustles the most, wins the prize.
Thanks for posting!
Hey Ralph!
Yeah I think the fog is lifting. The realisation that its the hustle the gets you success is slowly creeping back into society.
I think the problem we face though is with the next generation who are surrounded by fame and fortune. They think if they can win a TV show or be good a sport that they are guaranteed success. Too many young people see the route to success through fame alone. It makes me sad when I think about it but I'm hoping that some young people will step up to the plate and put in the hard work.
Thanks for stopping in.
Yeah lets go get a drink under some jungle rain and do some press ups!
I think as long as you're happy everyone else will get that and come back.
Hey Ralph,
I think because everything we have in life at the moment is to make it easier and faster. Unfortunately this means most people 'expect' it to be given to them.
Hard work brother that's all it takes
You have many times more passion for blogging and “showcasing how others can follow your techniques” than many other bloggers I have encountered. Anyone who knows you from your blog, knows you are going to be a mega success.
Wow thank you DragonBlogger for you very kind words
Whoa, you are a man on a mission dude!
I guess I'm similar to you. Very obsessive compulsive when it comes to things I'm passion about. I learn Spanish for an hour a day every day without fail. People ask me why when I don't know any Spanish people at all, but they don't “get” that I want to learn, develop and become a better person.
I think it's good that you have a lot of guest posters though because you can quite easily burn out when going full force for long periods of time. Seems to work for you though so well done!
Thanks for dropping by Ian
You're right James is a force of nature.
I love that you learn Spanish every day. That's ace! You planning to go to Spain and try it out some time soon?
I will definitely travel to Spain or Spanish speaking countries soon. I'm looking for local Spaniards to befriend on Facebook etc without looking like a psycho!
Magnificent Obsession!
Shouldn't all obsessions be magnificent Ralph?