Crush It is great but I think if you've ever watched any of his keynotes, you'd have gotten the same message a hundred times more effectively. I'm not completely finished with the book, but so far I think you could probably find most of the information elsewhere and for free.
I was thrilled to see that Matt stopped by, and not only that, but he left a comment! I guess being excited about that really shows the extent of my geekdom.
Thanks, Karen! I hope you had a great Thanksgiving.
Wow, I was not expecting those amazingly kind words! Thank you so much, man. That's the greatest thing I've heard today. I do my best, lots of times, to mimic your writings. They have a comfortable flow and they tend to tell a story and nudge the reader toward some sort of lesson rather than just spelling it out and I really appreciate that. It's refreshing and I think I've told you before, but what you write reads a lot like Malcolm Gladwell, for me anyway.
Anyway, I think I'm more in the anti-4HWW crowd now. The general philosophies still mostly apply to my life, but I think he makes success out to be something easily and lazily attained, and I've found that to not be the case. That's why I found Crush It! so refreshing. Nevertheless, I owe a lot to the book for making me think that this kind of lifestyle is possible and nudging me out of my comfort zone.
For me, the internet, Twitter, etc. has shown me the importance of connecting with awesome people. Not only is it good support, it just jumpstarts success. As soon as I started meeting new people, this site took off and my goals became more concrete!
I love your pre-4hww and post-4hww entries. That's definitely a testament to how powerful that book's message is! I felt much the same way (although I'd only read it in mid-to-late 2008, so I was already on my own). I like what you said about Facebook vs. Twitter. Facebook feels way to clunky for me to meet new people. Way too personal too. I like how quick and easy it is to get in touch with people on Twitter and that you don't have to be mutual friends. Makes it really nice for growing a sweet network of cool, like-minded people.
I feel the same way. I had started many blogs before. The difference was that WSR involved lots of great people from the beginning and, as you said, they were able to lead me out of common pitfalls because many of them had already gone through what I was going through. I'm thankful for those folks, too.
I was really surprised to see this comment. Really honored you stopped by! Thanks, man!
I've come to realize, especially lately, that it's very important to focus on the positive. Focusing too much on inadequacies and pessimistic possibilities tends to create self-fulfilling prophecies that dictate inevitable failure. More gets done if you build yourself up and if you build others up.
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