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U2 is on tour again. They re playing at sold-out stadiums and getting rave reviews. Before a crowd of 60,000 people in Norman, Oklahoma recently, lead singer Bono said something we found particularly interesting, It took us 26 years to travel one mile. ___ ___ He was referring to the band s 1983 performance at the Lloyd Noble Center. There were four to five times as many people in the crowd this time compared to a quarter century earlier. Becoming a star takes a lot of time and hard work Is there another alternative? We heard this story about U2 through a great post by Kris Dunn, the hr capitalist. He said that there is another way: instead of working your butt off, you can eliminate everything that doesn t lead to bigg success. (Okay, we ve paraphrased what he said a little bit!) The problem with the second choice is that it s often hard to know, in advance, what will ultimately lead you to the success of which you dream. You may unwittingly eliminate the thing that will put you over the edge. And we re not talking about The Edge from U2! Overnight success is a misperception Internationally best-selling author Chris Brogan (we love adding that tag to his name) has a great series of posts on being an overnight success. He says in the first one: Overnight success doesn t sleep in. Overnight success doesn t watch a lot of TV. Overnight success doesn t have a whole lot of hobbies right now. We live in a society where we think overnight success is a reality. The problem is that it s almost always a misperception. We need to look behind-the-scenes where bigg success is created. Let s shed some light on becoming a star: Find your delight. Bigg success is life on your own terms. So set your terms and get started on the path to bigg success. But remember that, since you re setting the terms, bigg success will set the price. Paying the price is much less of a burden if you re doing what you love. Keep your eyes on your lighthouse. Fair weather or foul, light or dark, you have to keep going. In your darkest moments, the only consolation you may have is that you can still see your lighthouse. Your vision of success can t be taken away from you. Keep focusing on it to keep going. Work by candlelight. There s one simple difference between people who reach bigg success and people who don t. People who reach bigg success are willing to do whatever it takes to get there. Yes, you have to be willing to work hard. Yes, you have to be willing to work in the face of opposition. Even if the power goes out, you ll light some candles so you can keep on keeping on! Highlight what s most important every day. It s easy to get distracted. It s easy to waste time. It s easy to go nowhere. It s hard to focus all your efforts and energy exclusively on what s most important today to move you closer to your dream life. It s hard to keep it in front of you. It s hard to get right into your next task or project when you complete one. Relight your torch every day. Bigg success is a long journey. You have to fuel your fire. You may get your daily mojovation here at Bigg Success. You may meditate. You may listen to great music while you work out. If it works for you, it works. Just do something anything to keep your torch burning. The bottom line is this: Lightweights don t ever get to step into the spotlight. You have to work hard and smart to become a star. You have to persevere if you want to be center stage. And isn t this ironic you have to risk failure to reach bigg success. ___ Get the tips and tools you need to be a BIGG success. Subscribe to the Bigg Success Weekly it s FREE! ___ Thanks so much for reading our post today. You light up our life! Can you believe we ve gone from U2 to Debby Boone in one short post? Next time, we ll discuss two things you should know about your customers. Please join us. Until then, here s to your bigg success. Subscribe to The Bigg Success Show in iTunes. Subscribe to the Bigg Success feed. Direct link to The Bigg Success Show audio file: http://media.libsyn.com/media/biggsuccess/00518-110909.mp3 Related posts 5 Lessons from Baseball to Be a Hero in Business A New Media Maverick (Image in today s post by srbichara)

Online community expert Julien Smith discusses the ongoing conflict between traditional big media and independent bloggers.

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed How did Scoble do it? What made Perez Hilton so much more successful than People magazine? How do emoticons change the way we do business on the web? Join Chris Brogan and Julien Smith, authors of the book Trust Agents, for an exploration of how the human circuitry goals of Chris Pirillo might possibly be accomplished in the coming months. Chris Brogan is a ten year veteran of using social media and both web and mobile technologies to build digital relationships for businesses, organizations, and individuals. Chris speaks, blogs, writes articles, and makes media of all kinds on his website, a blog in the top 10 of the Advertising Age Power150, and in the top 100 on Technorati. Chris is also the co-founder of the PodCamp new media conference series, exploring the use of new media community tools to extend and build value. He recently became president of New Marketing Labs, a social media agency. He runs the Inbound Marketing Summit events with CrossTech Media. Chris frequently speaks at and attends marketing and social media events, sharing his passion for all things social media. Chris won the Mass High Tech All Stars award for thought leaders for 2008. He has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, US News World Report, The Montreal Gazette, Newsweek, and some other places. Want to embed this video on your own site, blog, or forum? Use this code or download the video: object width= 425 height= 350 param name= movie value= http://www.youtube.com/v/YHVmT-UrBC8 /param param name= wmode value= transparent /param embed src= http://www.youtube.com/v/YHVmT-UrBC8 type= application/x-shockwave-flash wmode= transparent width= 425 height= 350 /embed /object br / a href= http://chris.pirillo.com/ Chris /a | a href= http://live.pirillo.com/ Live Tech Support /a | a href= http://media.pirillo.com/ Video Help /a | a href= http://feeds.pirillo.com/ChrisPirilloShow Add to iTunes /a Gnomedex 9 Photo Awards with Kris Krug Phil Plait Active Skepticism Online Christine Peterson Life Extension for Geeks Firas Khatib FoldIt Jay Grandin and Leah Nelson 20,000,000 versus 20: Audience vs. Impact Warren Etheredge The Art of the Interview (Or How to Grill a Star) Beth Goza Nerd Craft: A Field Guide Angel Djambazov Amazon, Affiliates Taxes Micah Baldwin Building Influence Online The Business of Social Media Chris Brogan and Julien Smith Rise of the Trust Agents is a post from: Chris Pirillo

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Chris Brogan and Julien Smith, co-authors of 'Trust Agents,' talk trust and technology with Dan Patterson of ABC News.

Inbound Marketing: Get Found Using Google, Social Media, and Blogs by Brian Halligan and Dharmesh Shah.Foreword by David Meerman Scott author of The New Rules of Marketing and PR: How to Use News Releases, Blogs, Podcasting, Viral Marketing and Online Media to Reach Buyers Directly , who is also the editor of my book, Get Seen: Online Video Secrets to Building Your Business which is in the New Rules of Social Media Series from Wiley. Trust Agents: Using the Web to Build Influence, Improve Reputation, and Earn Trust by Chris Brogan and Julien Smith. I received each of these books as evaluation copies and the publisher has no expectation of getting them back. PerkettPR supplied the cardboard photo Steve Garfield background which was used at the Inbound Marketing Summit 2009. Next time: Gary Vaynerchuk s Crush It. Music by Natalie Gelman. Disclosure: Book links go to Amazon.com Related: A Flow Chart of DisclosureFormats available: Quicktime (.mov), MP3 Audio (.mp3), MPEG-4 Video (.m4v), Flash Video (.flv)Tags: inbound marketing, get found, google, social media, blogs, brian halligan, dharmesh shah, david meerman scott, new rules of marketing & pr, get seen: online video secrets to building your business, new rules of social media series, wiley, trust agents, chris brogan, ju

You re worried about cost, control, and being consumed by the effort that blogging and social media seems to take. Or maybe you ve heard that this is what you should do but don t have actionable first steps. Come to this session a novice and leave a knowledgeable implementer of social media strategies and tools. Brogan covers platforms (in the authors and books as platforms way), content distribution, promotion, awareness campaigns, and more. Learn what others have done, what s worked and what doesn t seem as promising, and leave with next steps to implement your own strategies. Part 1 of 4

You re worried about cost, control, and being consumed by the effort that blogging and social media seems to take. Or maybe you ve heard that this is what you should do but don t have actionable first steps. Come to this session a novice and leave a knowledgeable implementer of social media strategies and tools. Brogan covers platforms (in the authors and books as platforms way), content distribution, promotion, awareness campaigns, and more. Learn what others have done, what s worked and what doesn t seem as promising, and leave with next steps to implement your own strategies. Part 2 of 4.

You re worried about cost, control, and being consumed by the effort that blogging and social media seems to take. Or maybe you ve heard that this is what you should do but don t have actionable first steps. Come to this session a novice and leave a knowledgeable implementer of social media strategies and tools. Brogan covers platforms (in the authors and books as platforms way), content distribution, promotion, awareness campaigns, and more. Learn what others have done, what s worked and what doesn t seem as promising, and leave with next steps to implement your own strategies. Part 3 of 4.

You re worried about cost, control, and being consumed by the effort that blogging and social media seems to take. Or maybe you ve heard that this is what you should do but don t have actionable first steps. Come to this session a novice and leave a knowledgeable implementer of social media strategies and tools. Brogan covers platforms (in the authors and books as platforms way), content distribution, promotion, awareness campaigns, and more. Learn what others have done, what s worked and what doesn t seem as promising, and leave with next steps to implement your own strategies. Part 4 of 4.