Comments on: How Steven Bradbury Can Make You a Better Blogger

By: Charlie

Charlie — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 15:12:33 +0000

This was a great post for me. I ‘live’ in Salt Lake City, was here in 2002, and I missed this great story. Thanks.

By: Don

Don — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 14:49:19 +0000

Thanks Darren for posting that video and article.

That’s no only good advice for blogging, but for any business venture. Everyone wants to make money the “quick and easy” way these days. It just doens’t happen all that often. And many times when you see someone who got lucky and made a quick score, it’s gone in a flash. Easy come, easy go.

Slow and steady wins the race….remember the Tortoise and Hare story? (here in the South, it’s called the Rabbit and Turtle, but I digress :) ) It’s the same in any business. You have to be in it for the long haul an many peopel just don’t have the stomach for a long fight.

Don

By: Richard

Richard — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 20:55:44 +0000

Great video, I will forgive the reminder of England’s humiliation at cricket,- thankfully it is not on terrestial TV over here. The story kind or reminds me of a kind of “hero” Britian once had in Eddie the Eagle Edwards. He somehow managed to enter the ski jump in the winter olympics, He finished so far behind the rest of the field it was embarrassing, but the British took him to be a hero and for a while he was a great celebrity, probably won sports personality of the year or something. Anyway could explain why we don’t always win at sport…

By: Sharon Sarmiento

Sharon Sarmiento — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 18:52:41 +0000

Excellent post Darren. Really enjoyed the analolgy the message hit home :-).

By: Armen

Armen — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 16:43:48 +0000

A belated happy Australia Day to you Darren! Aren’t you proud that an aussie is leading the way in blog-world domination?

We had Ryan ‘Fitzy’ Fitzgerald here in Port Lincoln tossing a 10kg tuna!

By: Steven Bradbury - Uma lição da vida « Blue muio:muio

Steven Bradbury - Uma lição da vida « Blue muio:muio — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 11:46:57 +0000

[...] Uma versão resumida do que o Daren escreveu no Problogger é que tudo leva o seu tempo e que trabalho duro compensa quer seja a curto, médio ou longo prazo. E se temos uma oportunidade para o ouro devemos aproveita-la por mínima que ela seja. [...]

By: David Jackmanson

David Jackmanson — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 10:42:21 +0000

This is very true - you make your own luck. "Destiny" and "chance" are, I agree, for people who want to find something to blame other than themselves for not achieving what they want. When I first came here I was not even looking to make money from my blog, but I thought Problogger was useful for design tips, getting readers etc. My personal blog, Let's Take Over is very political, but I chose to give it a strong 'hometown' flavour, as opposed to most political blogs, which really could come from anywhere, as far as you can tell from the content. Then I thought that I may as well subscribe to the job boards, even though most of the jobs were for people to blog about celebrities, gadgets or movies. But then this job for people to blog their own cities turned up, I applied, and though I did not get one of the first round jobs, I have just started blogging at Brisbane is Home in the second wave of city blogs for Home Turf Media. That would never have happened if I had not kept my eye on what was going on here, and keep thinking about opportunities. What I find really interesting is how my original decision to concentrate on local issues for my political blog put me in the perfect position to apply for the business opportunity. If you think you have a good idea, keep pushing at it, even if you're not always sure where it's going.

By: Damian Profeta

Damian Profeta — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 06:27:25 +0000

Greetings from Buenos Aires, Argentina :)
I can’t stop viewing the video! That’s incredible.
Many thanks for the story and reflections about blogging ;)

Cheers,

Damian Profeta
http://damianprofeta.tigblog.org

By: Shiva

Shiva — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 23:15:37 +0000

Happy Aussie Day ! A very inspiring story indeed….

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 18:03:39 +0000

Uh, yeah, great illustration.

Now that I think I have gotten over being in the first group of wrong-thinkers (even though it’s never been all about money, I guess I still expected it to just flow in), I am probably in danger of finding myself in the second.

I’d better get back to work.

By: David Krug

David Krug — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 17:55:49 +0000

One of the best inspirational stories about blogskating I’ve ever read.

By: Blog4Brains

Blog4Brains — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 15:54:12 +0000

What a great story. Thanks for posting the video. It made me smile today.

That’s the great thing about blogging. You never know what will make people smile, cry or laugh outloud. It’s fun just being in the game and being able to offer this to people.

Great post!

By: Just getting started

Just getting started — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 15:29:15 +0000

Great post thanks for sharing the story with the rest of us. A perfect metephor for blogging.

By: Patrick Stahl

Patrick Stahl — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 15:23:45 +0000

There is no real Sweden day, now that I think about it. Sure – a national holiday, but no actual Celebration.

Hmm..

By: saskboy

saskboy — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 15:01:03 +0000

Happy Australia Day. I heard of it via http://www.misscellania.com this year.

Canada Day isn’t until July 1, and by then it ought to be warm enough here to have a good time.

I think I saw that medal win when it happened.

By: jim

jim — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 13:43:56 +0000

Excellent point, oftentimes it’s about working very very hard so that when luck does favor you, you are in position to capitalize on it. In the US, though not as popularized because it’s both deep into history and not athletic competition, you could look at the perseverance and diligence of one Abraham Lincoln in his numerous political losses prior to becoming one of the most storied Presidents in our nation’s history for comparison.

I can’t imagine being impaled on a skate…

By: Nick

Nick — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 13:00:57 +0000

Very inspiring story indeed, thank you for sharing this great Aussie story to us… I think I’ll let my readers know about this as well… it’s just too inspiring to pass up…

By: Craig Harper

Craig Harper — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 12:10:39 +0000

Steve is a person of action.
He does stuff. While many are talking, he’s doing. As boring and old-fashioned as it sounds, your Grand-dad was right when he said “there ain’t no substitute for hard work”. In science we would call this a correlation between investment of energy and outcome.

People sprinkle conversations with terms like destiny, fate, chance and luck, so they don’t actually have to take responsiblity for their reality. Good on you Steve for creating your own opportunity to win!

By: Patrick Stahl

Patrick Stahl — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 11:18:35 +0000

I salute you for an excellent post.
I decided long ago that my blog would probably never generate neither money nor traffic to my site. Its only purpose would be to keep my existing clients in the loop.

That decision took a load off, and helped me relax a bit when it came to “performing” well on the blog.

By: Trevor

Trevor — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 11:18:31 +0000

What an inspiring story – I hadn’t realised all the effort he had put into achieving that one moment of success. Thanks fro sharing this with us.