success

I found Ron’s top 10 geek business myths pretty interesting. He has a lot of good things to say on how businesses thrive and what are the forces behind success, but what I think drives it home is in Myth #8:

…what you do need is a willingness to work your buns off … The reason is very simple: if you don’t believe in the commercial potential of your idea enough to give up your evenings and weekends to own a bigger chunk of it, why should anyone else believe in it enough to put their hard-earned money at risk?

Dead on the money, even for bloggers.

I’ve had a few blog ideas for years (especially one in the nature of a photography blog). My biggest challenge was getting them started. I guess I had all of my eggs in one basket: when I initially came up with my idea, I had unrealistic expectations that it would be easy to get the followers I needed to make it a popular endeavor. I’ve written blogs in the past; I know it isn’t that easy. For that reason, I told myself that maybe it wasn’t worth it.