Comments on: The truth about paying your dues and “getting lucky” http://www.igniteliving.com/business-essentials/the-truth-about-paying-your-dues-and-getting-lucky/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-truth-about-paying-your-dues-and-getting-lucky Grow Your Blog – Create Your Products – Make More Money Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:16:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Charlie http://www.igniteliving.com/business-essentials/the-truth-about-paying-your-dues-and-getting-lucky/comment-page-1/#comment-1723 Charlie Tue, 05 May 2009 17:58:01 +0000 http://www.igniteliving.com/?p=182#comment-1723 <strong>Chas -</strong> So true! Well, partially true. Some people DO stop improving and honing their craft, but I know what you mean. They're the ones who usually get eaten up by the competition. If you want to stay competitive, you do what you can to get better, every single day. Right on, man. Thanks for the comment! Chas -

So true! Well, partially true. Some people DO stop improving and honing their craft, but I know what you mean. They’re the ones who usually get eaten up by the competition.

If you want to stay competitive, you do what you can to get better, every single day.

Right on, man. Thanks for the comment!

]]> By: Chas Simmons http://www.igniteliving.com/business-essentials/the-truth-about-paying-your-dues-and-getting-lucky/comment-page-1/#comment-1721 Chas Simmons Tue, 05 May 2009 15:35:46 +0000 http://www.igniteliving.com/?p=182#comment-1721 Excellent post Charlie. There are no free lunches, and persistence and focus will always feed both your mouth and your soul. Another point, one never stops learning, focusing and honing their craft, ever! Excellent post Charlie. There are no free lunches, and persistence and focus will always feed both your mouth and your soul. Another point, one never stops learning, focusing and honing their craft, ever!

]]> By: Charlie http://www.igniteliving.com/business-essentials/the-truth-about-paying-your-dues-and-getting-lucky/comment-page-1/#comment-1720 Charlie Tue, 05 May 2009 14:14:03 +0000 http://www.igniteliving.com/?p=182#comment-1720 <strong>@Stephen -</strong> Hey, old buddy. Great story, and exactly what I was driving at. It's awesome that you've made such a good go at it, too. Dream come true, everyone. Stephen knows his stuff! And thanks for the kind words about my ebook! @Stephen -

Hey, old buddy. Great story, and exactly what I was driving at. It’s awesome that you’ve made such a good go at it, too. Dream come true, everyone. Stephen knows his stuff!

And thanks for the kind words about my ebook!

]]> By: @Stephen http://www.igniteliving.com/business-essentials/the-truth-about-paying-your-dues-and-getting-lucky/comment-page-1/#comment-1719 @Stephen Tue, 05 May 2009 12:37:33 +0000 http://www.igniteliving.com/?p=182#comment-1719 LOL. Great lesson for all of those folks that envy the "overnight success" of entrepreneurs. I was at a family gathering on Sunday, talking to some folks that I have not seen in some years. They asked me about my new business and were flabbergasted that I just up and quit my "9-to-5" workstyle last year to be "homeless", travel across the US, and teach people about something that I am passionate about. So I suppose that I am another "overnight success", one that was 5 years in the making... (BTW Charlie, your e-book was a super resource for me as well) LOL. Great lesson for all of those folks that envy the “overnight success” of entrepreneurs.
I was at a family gathering on Sunday, talking to some folks that I have not seen in some years. They asked me about my new business and were flabbergasted that I just up and quit my “9-to-5″ workstyle last year to be “homeless”, travel across the US, and teach people about something that I am passionate about. So I suppose that I am another “overnight success”, one that was 5 years in the making…

(BTW Charlie, your e-book was a super resource for me as well)

]]> By: Charlie http://www.igniteliving.com/business-essentials/the-truth-about-paying-your-dues-and-getting-lucky/comment-page-1/#comment-1713 Charlie Mon, 04 May 2009 16:01:22 +0000 http://www.igniteliving.com/?p=182#comment-1713 <strong>Cindy Lou</strong> Exactly! Pros (sounds like you're one) make things seem easy. And it might very well be easy for them, but there's so much time behind their professionalism. Chick Corea the uber-famous jazz pianist once said, and I'm waaaay paraphrasing, that he practices so much and so often that he's already made all the mistakes he could and knows exactly what to do when he makes them. Cindy Lou

Exactly! Pros (sounds like you’re one) make things seem easy. And it might very well be easy for them, but there’s so much time behind their professionalism.

Chick Corea the uber-famous jazz pianist once said, and I’m waaaay paraphrasing, that he practices so much and so often that he’s already made all the mistakes he could and knows exactly what to do when he makes them.

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