Guest Post: If You Want To Be Someone Remarkable, You Have To DO Something Remarkable

Posted on August 12th, 2010 by Keith Ferrazzi

Hope you enjoy this guest post today from a friend of RMA, Jim Kukral, who has a new book out, Attention! This Book Will Make You Money. To add my two cents, one of the easiest routes to go from average to remarkable is to seek to be TRULY Jim Krukalgenerous to others in your work. Figure out what others need and live to serve! -KF

If You Want To Be Someone Remarkable, You Have To DO Something Remarkable

Jim Kukral

There was a time in my career when I was jealous of successful people. I was of course working my butt off every day, yet I wasn't getting to where I wanted to be. It was difficult for me to sit back and watch so many people achieve the success I wanted, yet somehow I couldn't seem to duplicate it.

Frustrating to say the least. Until I finally realized that it's not always about hard work. It's about doing the right kind of hard work.

I get emails every day from people who say things like, "I've been blogging for 2-years and I can't make money." Or, "I can't get traffic to my weight-loss affiliate site, what am I doing wrong?"

The answer is always the same. Sure, you're working hard, but what you're working on isn't working. It's not their fault either. The Web has created millions of new millionaires, some legit, and some scammy. But because the opportunity is so great, and so accessible by everyone, there is a bogus line of thinking that prevails to people just starting out. And that that is that all you have to do to be successful online is put up some junky affiliate landing page or write a blog and you can quit your job and live the life of your dreams.

Unfortunately, it was never that easy, and never will be that easy. The truth is that if you want to reach the level of success you want, then you're going to have to start thinking differently. Being remarkable means that you are doing something remarkable. Don't just write a blog about technology. Be the top technology blogger in the world! Make daily videos reviewing products. Create audio podcasts with industry experts. Write a free eBook about your readers biggest technology issues and give it a way for free. Leverage your new wave of massive readers/viewers/listeners into signups for your email list or a book deal from a major publisher.

In other words... get to work.

Surround yourself with successful people. Remarkable people. Ask them to be your mentor. Watch how hard they work. Watch them continue to focus on providing the utmost highest-quality, problem-solving content they can muster. Understand that the reason they are successful and remarkable is because all of those things. Once you do, you'll see the path clearly. Then take your first step toward your future.

For over 15-years, Jim Kukral has helped small businesses and large companies like Fedex, Sherwin Williams, Ernst & Young and Progressive Auto Insurance understand how find success on the Web. Jim is the author of the book, "Attention! This Book Will Make You Money", as well as a professional speaker, blogger and Web business consultant. Find out more by visiting www.JimKukral.com. You can also follow Jim on Twitter @JimKukral.

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  1. And first and foremost, realize that money wont bring happiness or anything similar to it. It will just move you to a different situation where you will experience most of the same emotions and challanges you are experiencing right now.

    So do the things you are passionate about, not the things that'll make you "successful".

  2. What a great reminder. I was thinking about how I was not moving ahead fast enough. You reminded me that I have products that I can give away. Then about all those published articles that have not been put into a book--just got to get busy so I am remarkable.

    Thanks..

    http:://www.kathycondons.blogspot.com

  4. Bastian, that's so true about the passion. I think that most people don't talk about it much anymore because it's been said so many times that people roll their eyes. But absolutely, it's still super true.

    Kathy, yes, that's the difference. DO it and be remarkable. Only then...

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