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David Lachapelle said it best... "I want to have famous photographs than be famous."
It's my all time favorite quote. That's where I'm going to have famous photographs.
Nice message Gary. :-)
Bottom line for me is this. My passion is Social Media and Woodturning! Social media for the great people and networking and the woodturning is my creative outlet.
Gary, I am bringing an age old art to the masses through my live streaming, my blogging and my podcast to be. My goal is to make a living...straight up! By following my passion. Monetizing the things I do, so that I can continue to do them better!
"He who fails to plan, plans to fail." It's important to set goals and not rely on serendipity.
I'm a philosophy major in my last semester of undergrad so I relate a lot of stuff back in that direction. Anyways, I learned that lesson from G.W.F. Hegel :::
The real MEANING of life is in the "becoming" between the "not being" and the "being". It isn't about that staticness on either end, it is the struggle, and the dynamics, and the change in between.
Nietzsche makes the same point a few years later when he states that the basis for life is the "will to power" --- a similar concept. Nietzsche could care less about running after "truth" or (humorously) "untruth" --- it isn't about what you know or don't know --- it is about the struggle and where you're going.
To me, this means keeping things fresh. I couldn't stand the monotony of Engineering when I went to my first college for Electrical Engineering, despite having an awesome job working as a co-op engineer at General Motors. At my next school I started out studying theology, but it too got monotonous and dull. Then to philosophy, which is still keeping my attention, but only because I'm in two bands, run a design and marketing company, am obsessed with coffee and wine, and trade stocks on the side. :P
Living is about experience and change, not about money, or some fact, or ANYTHING static & permanent.
Sorry for the rant --- good topic, even though I probably took it in a totally different direction than what you intended :P
-Alex
"The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure that you seek." -- Joseph Campbell
One way to describe and support what you said is to look at it from a product or service design perspective. People should design/develop with a particular need/demand in mind and not the other way around where they put their heads down and focus solely on the product without a plan of how and where it fits. Great video G!
See you all on twitter (@topicm) :)
I friended you up on fb and on twitter @antoniocheca
Keep up the great work...
In Seven Habits of Highly Effective people, Steve Covey talks about how the most successful people are those who VISUALIZE their success. If you're a baseball player, you visualize the home run. If you're a musician, you visualize a great performance. If you have a project, a business, or any kind of venture, you need to know where you're going so you can figure out how to get there.
Great stuff, Gary. Very inspiring stuff.
The reason you are successful is that you gained valuable knowledge at a young age and you really know what you're talking about in regards to the wine world. Also you are sincere and that is Gary Vaynerchuk's secret weapon. I know where I am eventually going but I am still working on all the rest.
It's *all* important—I'm on board with your earlier post, too—but thinking about where you're going opens up your mind to *new and original* plays you can make to get closer to your goals.
Well said, as always—I think you've given us a little insight into all those ideas percolating in that brain of yours… and where they're coming from. Thanks for that.
I agree with you. In todays online society it is less about who you know and more about who you meet along the way. You never know when the next person, or email, or Tweet is going to introduce you to the next opportunity to forward you to where you want to be.
Gary Vee - u da man baby!
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ps - see you at Costco!
I love how you said "anything insane has a price." The problem a lot of folks aren't willing to pay the price. They want the end result but aren't willing to put the work in to make it happen.
Check my blog out tomorrow as I profile you as the very FIRST "Famous" Entrepreneur on Successfool. Gonna be a hot week for us! Thanks for everything.
BTW I wrote about this last week on Twitter - check it out bro!
http://twitter.com/successfool/statuses/809665231
Alejandro
I just emailed to ask if you could give a shout out to my husband; it's his birthday tomorrow, May 20th. I forgot to tell you his name, its Irv Remedios.
Thanks again, hope you can do it!
Alison
What do you do if all of your plans have materialized and you are miserable? I wanted to go to graduate school in the UK and find work in investment banking and I have achieved both of those goals. Long story short I hate my job. You love your job. What's a young man to do?
Would still like to connect with you about bringing an online persona to my online golf business, as I am struggling to get golfers to buy my golf fitness products.
Hope to hear from you soon my friend!
Best,
Mike
The Golf Trainer
http://www.askgolftrainer.com - just launched site.
What are you to do if Not only do you Hate Your Job...But you are a Passionate Certified Sommelier who loves working with people and spreading the message...but you got suckered into a job with a Wine Distributor (Not to mention any names) who put this 48 year old guy on a route of Discount Liquor Shops in bad neighborhoods where in order to sell the account wine I AM THE ONE who has to Physically move about 100 cases a day all over these overcrowded stores. Soooo not only do I hate my Job..but I am physically in pain every day..since I started a week ago..my back, shoulders, knees and don't have the opportunity to start doing something I LOVE because if this Distributor found out...they would have me blacklisted ?? I don't care about the MONEY I just want to be back to spreading the Passion I have for Wine
I'm a huge fan of your reviews and have bought a couple of wine bottles from your website. I was born in Argentina and currently live in Los Angeles. During Memorial Day Weekend I've tried one of the best Argentinian wine I've ever tasted. I like Malbec but this one is a blend of 53% Malbec and 47% Merlot. The price is a little high for an Argentinian wine but I think it is worth it. I'd appreciate it if you could review it and make it available for purchase on your website. I'm sure a lot of people will like this wine.
Felipe Rutini Encuentro 2003 (Encuentro means "get together")
90 points (WE)
http://www.wine.com/V6/Felipe-Rutini-Encuentro-...
Thank you,
Sebastian.
sebastiansciupac@yahoo.com
as they say in Oakland, CA (Baja Napa)
"we don't have nice vineyards like yeerz"
kick ass, work hard and believe! maybe start pulling for the Warriors.
I am going to a place where I earn a living doing what I absolutely love.
I amaze kids, teach them something about space and astronomy and plant the seeds of tomorrow's astronauts, scientists and engineers.
It is a mission. It's not just a business. It is my passion.
And I won't quit.
Getting acquainted with you in this way is in a way funny because I have a faint recollection of seeing you on a video months ago about different wines. I didn't pay much attention as I'm not a big drinker.
But then Chris Brogan twittered about you and that led me to your site - and then I saw this video. You're not only enthusiastic but you're pretty easy to lip-read (for the most part).
I loved what you said about knowing where you're going that makes the difference. It's not who you know, what you know but where you're going. Following this line of thinking helped me enjoy an award-winning Wall Street career and become the first deaf pilot in the world to earn an instrument rating. I knew where I was going because I had visualized my way there and that's when people, places, events and circumstances magically appeared to help me get there.
Your story is amazing. I just "friended" you at Twitter and Facebook. Look forward to getting to know you more. I used to live in NYC but now live in OH. Was in NYC for 16 years.
Knew a group of guys that knew everyone in the nightlife industry. They worked so hard at networking and meeting people that they lost focus.
They had no direction on why they were meeting people. They didn't have a business model.
Bottom line: There is a checklist of attributes you must have to make any business work.
1. Strong work ethic
2. Good Content
3. Personality - people need to love you or hate you, the worst thing is if they don't care either way.
4. A business model behind the personality. - No business = no money!
5. Technical expertise - Especially if you have no budget.
6. Transparency
7. Williness to make anyone and everyone your friend.
8. Be the authority on a subject.
9. Fuck Lost...(love that comment, Gary)
10. Love it, Feed it and watch it grow!