<ol> <li>You're somewhat succeeding at X.</li> <li>But the "<strong>somewhat</strong>" makes you unhappy.</li> <li><strong>So, you switch to Y.</strong></li> </ol> <p>Then when you're slightly finding some success with Y, you switch over to Z -- thinking:</p> <ul> <li><strong>"That's where I'll find SUPER success!"</strong></li> </ul> <p>But you don't, because you suck.<br /><br /><strong>You go through the continuous cycle of succeeding-being-disappointed-</strong><strong>start-over-yadda-yadda.</strong><br /><br />You = cow.</p> <h2>Tiger Woods?</h2> <p>Tiger Woods started out sucking.<br /><br />So, did Michael Jordan.</p> <p><strong>So, did the most successful business/CEO/entrepreneur/sales-star/competitor you secretly envy.</strong></p> <ol> <li>When you start out doing X, you will suck at X.</li> <li><strong>The longer you stick with X, the freakishly better you'll be at X because you find new and better ways to be successful.</strong> </li> </ol> <h2>Take Bob.</h2> <p>Bob sucks at his graphic design business.</p> <ul> <li>His clients are 1-employee shops who pay him a whopping $6.50 per hour.</li> <li><strong>"It's okay," Bob tells himself. "Someday, I will build a million-dollar business."</strong></li> </ul> <p>So Bob, continues helping his clients -- doing whatever he can to stay afloat.</p> <ul> <li>Good news comes one day when he gets a call from <strong>Senorita Amiga Ti Tatta</strong>.</li> <li><strong>Senorita Amiga Ti Tatta </strong>runs a 5-employee a bakery in Chinatown because she is French.</li> <li>She needs designs for her shop and menus.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Bob does ridiculously impressive work for her.</strong></p> <p><strong>His business gradually grows.</strong><br /><br />As he's running his business, he reads a case study about <strong>Dan The Design Man</strong>.</p> <ul> <li>He learns that Dan The Design Man grew his freakish business by knocking on doors of mid-sized candy factories.</li> <li><strong>"Eureka!" Bob says. "I too will knock on similar doors in my area!"</strong></li> </ul> <p>He starts growing his business even more.<br /><br /><strong>THEN BAMBOOOMBASHOOKA.</strong><br /><br /><strong>A large company -- referred by one of his happ-eriffic clients -- invites him to bid on its $50K project.</strong><br /><br />BOOSHKA.<br /><br />BOOSHKA.<br /> <br />BOOSHKA.<br /><br />He wins.<br /><br />...then wins more contracts.<br /><br />...then wins even more.</p> <h2>AND THEN FLASHMESOMEKITTENS:</h2> <p>He builds a multi-million dollar graphic design business.<br /><br /><strong>...because he stuck with it.</strong></p> <h2>Stick with it.</h2> 2009-04-27T15:03:19-07:00 true 748 why-you-suck-at-success 0 2009-11-06T21:45:48-08:00