How to Profit From Your Passion

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I relate to what you say about building relationships and not selling. "Herding" you called it. Also, it's good to hear you talk about some people's need to get everything perfect. Because no one ever does. So nothing ever gets made,done, or shipped.

RichardKBloom of NY 2:15PM June 22, 2010

I particularly enjoy his comment about work ethic. You have to work hard and smart to get ahead and really profit from your passion. You cannot expect to turn on a site and get traffic. There is a lot of time spent in your business. I always have thought, and I don't know where I heard this the first time; if you treat your business like a hobby you will get paid like its a hobby. I enjoy the title of this article "How to Profit From Your Passion." If you're passionate about what you do, you don't feel like it's work. I have had the opportunity to profit from my passion and that is Baseball. I have several successful baseball sites and I do work late into the night on them, but to me it is and has been very worth the late nights. I also don't enjoy much television anyway.

Dan of UT 1:57AM May 17, 2010

This is truly inspiring. Thank you for sharing this with us. I believe that people should do what they truly love. I am going to go take a look at your book.

Emily of OR 3:23PM May 03, 2010

A lot of people want success but don't take the time to find out what it take to be successful it take people like us to take the time to search and read to be a great success read and stay well grounded you guys will make it believe in yourself and those around you.

kenneth Johnson of NV 3:15AM May 03, 2010

Thank you for this honesty. I have truly appreciated this

Moana Ashley 9:36PM May 02, 2010

I've been told - repeatedly - that I need a website, a blog page, and a page on Facebook to get word of my book out there. I've done all that and have asked the people on my friend lists to show their support - which they have. But there's got to be something more I can do in terms of using the internet to market my book. But what?

Kim of FL 7:34PM May 02, 2010

Great feature. We are in the same situation many Americans are today. Husband lost job 2 years ago and we have been taking it one day at a time. We are very passionate about local businesses succeeding and green, eco-friendly businesses. We would love to find out how people have succeeded with their business in a down time and if you are in NC we would love to have you spread the word about a new business we are launching that we hope helps provide for our family and our passions! My Eco Lawn

My Eco Lawn of NC 7:28PM May 02, 2010

This is a great, inspirational interview.
I haven't read Crush It! yet, but I have read Tim Ferriss' Four Hour Work Week.
It is not garbage.
It is another path along which entrepreneurial-minded people might attain their goals.
Equating it with "softness" may have been due to not clarifying the context in which Mr. Vaynerchuk made the remark. Perhaps he meant simply that people are aware of the so-called four hour work week and assume that, in order to succeed, this is all they need to put out.
In fact, the Four Hour Work Week is a GOAL.
It can only be reached by doing many of the things Mr. Vaynerchuk mentioned in this interview. Ironically, answering tons of email is one of the first things Tim Ferriss eliminated from is work day!
The bottom line is that there are many paths to success. We would do well to at least keep an open mind about some of the alternate routes.
Cheers,
Mitchell "Anklebuster" Allen

Mitchell Allen of VA 7:23PM May 02, 2010

The theme of these articles is positive thinking. That's all well and good and keeps one focused on their goals. The reality though is that our society has changed dramatically with technology replacing labor and the distance widening between those with college educations and those who don't.
And it will keep on getting wider. The problem though is that college is slowly being removed from the grasp of the average citizen.
There are no more manufacturing jobs that pay well. The government has allowed corporations to take those jobs overseas and give the work to foreigners. How's that for taking care of your own country. It's pure greed.
Wanting to do something and having the skills and financial ability to do it are two different things.
The separation of the classes only gets wider and wider. Soon we'll be just like other nations in terms of class. We'll have the rich and the poor. The middle class will cease to exist as we knew it.

Geo of CA 7:14PM May 02, 2010

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joe patterson of NJ 6:30PM May 02, 2010