Comments on: How to Be Successful: The Uncomfortable Truth

By: Judy Cullins

Judy Cullins — Wed, 14 Feb 2018 00:14:46 +0000

Derek, Just when I thought I was hopelessly disorganized with projects half finished, I got your tips today.
Great reminder the Pomodoro plan. I repeat for all: Set a timer for 33 minutes and do the one thing you’ve been avoiding. Shut out all other distractions. You’ll be amazed at what you can achieve in half an hour when you truly focus. Do it now. THANKS ALOT!

By: Brent

Brent — Tue, 06 Feb 2018 19:16:32 +0000

Love it, Derek! The simple illustration showing that the money is made in (and after) the 20% “PITA” area… just after a bit after the fun ends.

Also, as a 400m and long jump/triple jump track athlete in high school, I can tell you your illustration is spot-on. 400m is the worst haha, specifically that last 100m.

By: Lizzy Love

Lizzy Love — Tue, 06 Feb 2018 18:20:37 +0000

I LOVE the pomodoro technique….I use the app and the browser extension and its been a god send! Thank you for this encouraging post!

By: Rodrigo

Rodrigo — Tue, 06 Feb 2018 17:16:30 +0000

I was talking about this last week with a friend. I was saying that I was not making money because I was working at the level where most work. Money is within what few want to do. The money is in the spot after the 320 meters. Thank you for clarifying this in this article.

By: Peter Nyiri - FunnelXpert

Peter Nyiri - FunnelXpert — Tue, 06 Feb 2018 16:32:34 +0000

You have a great point there, Derek.
This is the reason why some sites have excellent rankings in Google and others don’t – they push through the PITA point to really do the research, to really test and to create those 7,000 word blog posts that actually contain everything that their readers need.
Others just don’t go that far, because it is too painful, and they will never rank.
But it’s also true in other areas like promotion. Yes, it’s painful to sit there and promote.
And automating it can cut out the human element and reduce results.
So the recipe I apply is – take one job, push it through all the way past the PITA point and complete it.
Then the next one.
And it should all be part of a strategy.
And you win.

By: Loz James

Loz James — Tue, 06 Feb 2018 16:24:42 +0000

Thanks Derek

I needed this inspiration today – bad client day 🙂

I’ve been running my own business for 18 years now – and sometimes (Iike today) it feels like the only thing keeping the money coming in is one character trait: persistence.

This is a great quote from Calvin Coolidge the 30th US President:

“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence.
Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts.
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.”

Anyway – loving these Vlogs 🙂

Best wishes

Loz

Didn’t realise