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Why Some Goals Appear To Be Impossible

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Remember when it was impossible to create food at your house? 3D Printing solved that problem. Remember when it was impossible to be in the sky? Airplanes solved that problem. Remember when it was impossible to connect and have conversations with famous people? Then came social media.

There are many things that seem impossible. There are also many things that seemed impossible but were made possible (and ended up happening). So why do we keep on persisting that certain things are impossible? Why do we keep on persisting that no matter how much we try, the goal is simply unattainable?

The reason things appear to be impossible is because of a bad mindset. Thinking that something is impossible is easier than doing the work to make it possible. Writing 4 books every year is doable, but most people think it is impossible. Thinking it is impossible results in no need to put in the work and effort.

Things appear to be impossible because it is the easier road to take. If you believe your idea is possible, you have to put in time and effort to turn your idea into a reality. What do you think is impossible? Are people already doing what you believe is impossible? Some self published authors write more than 4 books every year! What are you going to do?

 

How To Become Successful

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We all want to be successful. We all want to be at the front of the stampede. In How To Be Successful On Twitter, I talked about being successful on Twitter. In this blog post, I am going to give you the blueprint that will allow you to become successful–in general. Here’s everything you need to know.

  1. The Power Of One. The more we stretch ourselves, the less we are able to accomplish. Instead of being in multiple niches, focus on one of those niches. Running 1 successful business is much easier and better off than running 10 mediocre businesses.
  2. Build powerful connections. Social networks are great ways to build connections with your customers. You want to know who your customers are because that will make the customer feel special. The customer did you a favor in buying your product. Of course, your product does them a favor as well, but buying your product shows that the customer has faith in you. Thank the customers for buying your products and engage with them on social networks. Building powerful connections with others can lead to future customers down the road.
  3. Have the determination and dedication. You won’t be able to go far without having both. The determination will keep you on the right path while being dedicated will allow you to love what you do. If you do not have determination and dedication, the best way to get them is to change your mindset. As Joel Osteen says, instead of having the victim mindset, have the victor mindset.

I’d love to go on, but those are the main three. I may add on to this list in the future (and maybe turn that into a book after I publish Lead The Stampede). This is a basic list, but success is a big thing to achieve. At the start of a journey, it is better to learn the basics than it is to be overwhelmed by too much information. If you would like to add to this shortened list, please share your suggestions below.

 

Their Beginnings And Where They All Are Today

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new beginning

An online bookstore with 1 employee.

An online year book for college students.

The first one of these was sold for a penny.

A research project done by two PhD students.

This got created and maintained in an apartment for a fair amount of time. The founders encouraged a New York based magazine company to buy their creation. The publisher wouldn’t even meet with the founders.

This idea just happened to come up when another business was falling apart.

This business started in a garage.

Version 0.7 used to be the big thing.

Those were their beginnings. Clicking on the links will allow you to find out where they ended up. What’s your beginning?

 

You Have Two Choices (Think Or Do)

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The people we don’t know about choose to think about what they are going to do without doing anything.

The people who are remarkable and successful go for the other option which is to do what they think about.

You can’t do something without thinking about it. However, some people think to the point when nothing gets done.

People commonly think of ways to be perfect instead of realizing that true perfection does not exist. This leads to more thinking and less doing.

As Walt Disney said, “The only way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.”

My first YouTube videos were my computer on an ironing board. Then I got a table to put my computer on. Spoiler alert: starting in April, I will have a white board in my videos and will be standing. The lighting and sound qualities are both better.

Thinking does not equate to doing. Thinking is like the big snowball on the top of the hill. The only way to see progress (to do) is by pushing that snowball down the hill.

Make a choice today to do the things that will help you accomplish your dream because thinking about them is not enough.

 

6 Lessons I Learned From Typing Over 150,000 Words For This Blog

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After writing a little over 650 blog posts, I have typed over 150,000 words which averages out to 227 words per blog post. It is not possible to spend that much time typing that many words without learning a few lessons, so here are the 6 lessons I was able to learn.

  1. Hard work leads to big rewards. My first 150,000 words on this blog led to a remarkable webinar, more sales for my book, over 350 daily visitors, the ability to meet more people on my social networks, the confidence to write more books, and other things as well. I can only imagine where I will be when I write my next 150,000 words.
  2. No one knows everything about their niche. Some of my blog posts were inspired by other blog posts and videos that I happened to look at before writing the blog post. The best way to have more ideas for blog posts is by watching other people’s videos and reading their blog posts as well.
  3. People notice you as you put in more time. When I went from tweeting every hour to every 30 minutes, more people mentioned me and visited my blog posts.
  4. Some people get better results by using what many people have differently. 30 minutes on Twitter can be utilized by reading all of the tweets for a trending topic. 30 minutes on Twitter can be utilized by scheduling tweets. 30 minutes on Twitter can also be used to connect with your followers. A lot of people forget about connecting with their followers. How people use Twitter depends on how influential they are.
  5. We don’t start out strong (but we get there with time). My first blog post was a very brief introduction of myself. Looking back at the blog post, I could tell that I rushed it in order to click the publish button and have something up when people visited my blog. Even when I first published that post, I was averaging only 1 visitor a day (thanks Mom). My first tweet was even worse. The tweet basically said, “Buy this product” with a link to the product. If you go to that tweet today, the link does not even lead to the product anymore. I was eventually able to learn from my (many) mistakes, and my writing proves it.
  6. You never know how close you are to exponential traffic. I first created this blog towards the end of 2012. I got 38 views in November. I never got over 1,000 views in a single month until September 2013. Ever since that month, my blog traffic has been growing exponentially.  The next month led to over 2,000 views. The following month led to almost 4,000 views. December led to over 5,000 views. To start off 2014, my blog got over 10,000 views in January. If my blog continues to grow exponentially, I may be up to 100,000 views before the end of 2014. There were some times when I did not want to write a blog post because I knew people would not visit it. By not giving up, I was able to go from the 38 views in November to getting thousands of views every month.

Those are the 6 lessons I learned from writing over 150,000 words for this blog. I’m sure I have written over 500,000 words total with my books, tweets, and other blogs combined, and I have learned many lessons throughout the journey. There will be a point when your blog posts reach a combined total of over 150,000 words. By remembering the lessons I have learned, you will be empowered to write more blog posts and take yourself straight to the finish line (those 150,000 words). Once you cross the finish line, it’s time to enter into another race.

 

Do You Believe In Your Idea?

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The idea you come up with can be the next big thing. However, if you don’t believe in your idea, your idea isn’t going to go far. You need to believe in what you do in order to become successful in that niche.

If you believe in your idea, all you need to do is implement it. Implementing is the hard part, but if you believe your idea, you already have a head start. You already have the motivation to accomplish your idea and propel it to the next level. The ability to propel your idea to the next level is what will allow you to turn your idea into something big.

There is a recipe for a successful idea. The first thing you have to do is think of a good idea. The second thing you have to do is implement the idea. The third thing you have to do is believe in your idea.

If you don’t believe in your idea, everything is going to fall apart. Choose a new idea that you believe in. If you believe in your idea and implement it, there will be some bumps in the road, but the journey for the most part is going to be a smooth one.