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Originally Posted by LusciousDelight
Going into 2008, I want to try to focus a little better on what it takes to succeed. Yes, I know you have to work hard and bust your ass...but it you work hard and bust your ass and lose your ass, then what have you accomplished?
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Solution: work SMART. Working hard is okay but becomes overrated after a while, whereas working smart requires that one think ahead and consider the larger picture and long-term goals at all times.... and be
adaptable.
I find that it is the short-term thinkers who are in it for the quick buck that are the ones who MOST come to the boards to complain that things are too tough nowadays. It's all how you look at it. Yes, 10 years ago you could put up even a crappy free picture site and make a living whereas now that just doesn't cut it unless you have mad traffic and a keen sense for converting it.
Nowadays one can for example sell ad spots on their sites to other webmasters and make up some of the difference. Or offer up your few skills you do have to others as a resource service, such as writing, design, coding, etc. Since there are more webmasters out there trying to make a go of it there are a lot more ways for the long-term thinker to legitimately and fairly make money
even though the competition for signups is more cluttered than ever before.
One simply has to be in tune with how the industry is evolving in order to tap into new opportunities. And there are a lot of them. New ones coming every week it seems. I see nothing but good things down the road.