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…the other day marked the end of one of the best TV shows that was ever put together, Better Call Saul.

I think when we all heard that Saul was going to get his own TV show a lot of us were surprised at their thinking, but six seasons later I don’t think there was ever a more satisfying ending to a TV show.

Going from a person that we knew hardly anything about, he suddenly had a backstory, he had goals, he had skeletons in his closet, and we found he could charm his way out of any situation he found himself in.

Why am I talking about Saul Goodman?

Well, because the businesses that stand out are ones fronted by people.

Think of Apple, and your mind goes to Steve Jobs even though he hasn’t been around for a long time.

Think Tesla, and it’s Elon Musk.

Think Amazon, and it’s Jeff Bezos.

Heck, if I said I was looking for a grill, George Foreman would probably come to mind.

Sometimes business makes someone a celebrity, and sometimes it’s the other way around. The celebrity brings the audience and the business starts from there.

But having someone at the front makes it stand out.

It makes it different. – Even if they’re all making the same widget.

Yet, most people would rather hide behind the scenes.

And because they do, they’re just another piece of the huge ball of magnolia out there.

Heck, even if you’re selling something as common as a colouring book, putting your name on front street makes it unique.

That colouring book title goes from ‘Cute Forest Animals’ to the ‘The Barry J McDonald Cute Forest Animal Collection.’

I don’t know about you, but putting your name on it not only makes it unique, and also gives you a feeling that someone has put a personal touch into how it was put together.

Same content, but now there’s a name to it.

But people would rather hide behind the scenes and not put themselves out there, and then they grumble why no one remembers them.

Sometimes it takes a little belief and putting on your big boy pants to do it

Or to quote Saul…

“If You’re Committed Enough, You Can Make Any Story Work. I Once Convinced A Woman I Was Kevin Costner, And It Worked, Because I Believed It!” – Saul Goodman.

If you want people to remember what you do, make them remember you.

Do it well enough, and they won’t think of buying from anyone else.

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…at the moment I’m reading a few books by James Altucher, which brings me to today’s topic.

And let me tell you, his stories tell of a man at the top of the world, to moments where suicide wasn’t too far off the cards.

Rather than hiding his mistakes, he puts them on front street. – Here’s how I screwed up and what I wouldn’t do if I was in the same situation again.

You can learn a lot from that. – A lot more than you’ll learn from a ‘successful’ person.

Because, sometimes said person, was in the right place at the right time that’s why there were a success. Change any of those factors and you’d probably still find them looking for pennies down the back of the couch.

That’s why I always laugh when I see someone brag about only being on the Internet for five minutes and making a fortune.

Why?

Because they haven’t learned anything.

They haven’t been tested.

They haven’t tried tons of ideas, failed at them, and kept going.

No. The first sign of failure and they’ll crumple like a paper bag.

You’ll learn far more from someone that’s screwed up than you will from a successful person.

And bragging about success doesn’t make you a hero in your followers’ eyes. It just makes you artificial or someone whose poop doesn’t smell.

I’ve screwed up many times.

Created blogs that went nowhere.

Once created an app that got downloaded 3,000 times in one day on iTunes and never thought of capturing email addresses.

I’ve written books that flopped.

I’ve made videos that got a handful of views.

I’ve created products that didn’t sell a copy.

And many, many, more.

But each one I learned something from. I saw what went wrong. I saw how I could improve next time. And I walked away with some experience or skill I could put into the next thing I tried out.

And maybe that’s where you are, struggling, going from one failure to the next, thinking that you’re the only one in this situation.

You’re not.

The artificial, photoshopped version of the Internet would like to portray that, but the reality is a lot different.

Most folks are afraid to admit that they’re failures.

Especially the folk that tell you that you’re crazy trying out all those things on the Internet, and then drive off to go to that 9-5 job that they hate with every fibre of their being.

They’re the success and you’re the failure.

It’s the other way around.

Better to go down swinging on the plate, than die in the dugout afraid to take a chance.

If you want to learn something, go find someone who isn’t afraid to show you how he screwed up. Now that person, that’s the one you can learn a thing or two from.

Keep swinging.

Keep trying.

And keep failing.

And remember, you can’t keep failing forever.

At some point, the numbers are going to work in your favour.

Have a good one!

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Saul Over….sob..sob

You Can’t Learn Much From A Successful Person