WHO you are matters less now than ever before. Pedigrees no longer matter. You can go from nobody to famous, or rich, or happy, or successful without anyone else’s permission.
WHAT you are matters less now than ever before. Movie stars and wine experts, academics and ultimate wrestlers are all on the same playing field.
WHERE you are matters less now than ever before. You can be sharing photos from your basement apartment in Brooklyn, building a semi-conductor in your garage in Palo Alto, or leading a revolution in the streets of Egypt.
HOW you do what you do, matters less now than ever before. Doesn’t matter if you shoot it on a Panavision 35 or a HdSLR. It only matters that you did it.
What DOES matter is….
WHEN. If you don’t do it now, you might miss this amazing window.
and…
WHY. Why you do what you do always matters. Don’t even think of asking me to explain it.
Great stuff. Thanks.
Deep! Mental boost much appreciated.
Control matters. I’ve gone from$ 75K a year working for “the man” to $30K a year working for myself (and loving it) back to $100K a year working for someone who want’s to control what I do and absolutely hating it. If I could just make a decent living and maintain some control over my own business, I wouldn’t be having panic attacks a couple times a week.
Well why do you think you haven’t been able to get “control” over your own business yet Dave? I doubt it could be the fact that the dollar is being inflated to absolutely nothing. So we’ll rule that one out. How about this whole idea of “free culture?” Something that was pioneered by Socialists? No. That’s absolutely impossible. We’ll rule that one out too. How about the on-going wars in the Middle East that the US is so happily involved in? Nahhh! That’s a bunch of bull. There’s no way that making enemies with all of the oil-bearing nations in the world could affect oil prices essentially causing small business’s CODB to skyrocket forcing them to close. We’ll just drill for oil here in the US. But wait…we can’t. Obama has put a halt on all off shore drilling and production of any new drill sites anywhere else in the US. Why? Because he and the EPA think it will be bad for the environment. So the FED is going “Green” and building electric cars, but wait! Wasn’t Obama quoted saying that electricity prices are expected to skyrocket indefinitely? I think he was by golly! Well shoot how do we help the “working” man get to work? I know!!! We’ll burn CORN! But wait! Isn’t that what cows eat? And don’t humans eat it too? And don’t we depend on cows for food and milk and cheese products? So what happens when food prices go up AND gas prices go up even more? Well I hate to say it Dave, but you’ve got a lot more to worry about than trying to avoid “The Man” and supposedly control your own life. Because while you’re running from people trying to control you where you work you are actually running into the Federal Government which is controlling how you are LIVING! Open your eyes man! And all while Obama and his administration is putting a strangle hold on the necks of small business owners you have people like Esther Dyson and Erik Schmidt stripping all their clothes off to run around in the daisies and smoke marijuana because they are “freeing society” with things like Creative Commons and Flickr. But they are actually super smart people that have succeeded in gaining people’s trust. If these people get what they are after, you can kiss your “control” goodbye and say hello to poverty and lighting candles at night before you go to sleep. But if you’re alright with that then I think you’ll be fine. You have to ask yourself, “Why?” Why is Eric Schmidt now working with the State Department? Why is George Soros pumping money into the liberal media to discredit that which is true and honest? Why did the NYSE report a negative outlook? Why are we helping Libya? Why do we have one of the largest sources of oil in the world located in the Midwest and we’re not drilling for it? Why is your business struggling? Why can’t you seem to get ahead? Time to do some searching Dave and find out why. Maybe then you’ll stop having those panic attacks once you know the truth.
I love reading your blog. So inspiring!
Thanks I needed this.