Comments on: Why Honing Skills is Vital for Online Success

By: Luke

Luke — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 17:03:18 +0000

Gregory, for me you somehow hit the nail on the head with your comment.

As a businessperson, the issue I sometimes have with studying is that it doesn’t produce a clear tangible result. You know, it isn’t ‘income producing action’ like writing an email or making a sales call. But of course I’d never write a good email if I didn’t study.

So complementing myself for the effort I make to learn (instead of just for cash results) will now help me do more of the right things in the long term.

It’ll keep me working in the best way (research plus practice) even when I can’t see an end result. Because I’ll now be adding my research effort to my ‘score’. Thanks for that comment. Not off topic for me.

By: xinwei

xinwei — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 14:02:59 +0000

Have you regarded as adding some videos to the write-up? I believe it will truly improve viewers understanding.

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 14:21:15 +0000

Derek, Do you have family? You’re always working! And I’m glad you are because i get to reap the benefits of your research! It’s so tough to find that balance. One of the reasons I really appreciate Cris Brogan’s stuff. He’s a family man, and is always working. He incorporates family into his work which is encouraging to know it can be done.

By: Yayson Potter

Yayson Potter — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 05:24:20 +0000

Very nice story and I love how you took something from your childhood and put it all together to explain how people need to learn what they are doing to become better instead of just going along.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 20:00:33 +0000

Is Darren Hardy your brother? In his book The Compound Effect he starts off by talking about his dad and he sounds a lot like yours. 🙂

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 19:15:48 +0000

What is the font that you use for the headlines?

By: karelys davis

karelys davis — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 21:04:09 +0000

haha! I know it’s not about parenting.

But I think there is something really valuable when it comes to success and learning. If you know you can get good at something through all your effort then the world opens up.

If you believe that you’re supposed to be born a certain way or in a set of circumstances then life sucks.

I am glad your dad didn’t let you win. Otherwise you probably wouldn’t have gotten good at chest.

And that spills over in other areas of life as well.

By: Denise Duffield-Thomas

Denise Duffield-Thomas — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 06:30:45 +0000

This is a fantastic article. I often get other coaches or writers just starting out ask me “how do you find your clients”.

It’s a long answer, because I’m constantly marketing, constantly learning new things and often automate a lot of them so they snowball and accumulate over time. I’ve been writing blog posts for 3 years and I’ve only just hit the sweet spot in terms of content.

There used to be an ad in Australia for Pantene shampoo.

“It won’t happen overnight, but it WILL happen”.

Same thing with any success in life. Keep going and expecting great results. Eventually you’ll get there!

xx Denise DT

By: Martyn

Martyn — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 21:16:44 +0000

I’m glad to see you changed the headline. I was going to be polite and say nothing, but you would’ve gotten fewer unsubscribes and more retweets with this headline. 😀

FIX THAT CSS!!!

By: Gregory C.

Gregory C. — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 20:10:12 +0000

Notice I was replying to another comment.