it’s a lil bit funny. while there are people who think that they dont have any idea to execute, there are peopple who have too much idea and depress because of “wich-one-i-need-to-do-first”?

Well, i’m the second one. So Thank God i found your post here

Anyway, this is a great post. i’ll subscribe your feed

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[...] live. Why in the world would you go through all that effort, pouring your heart and soul into your Big Idea without testing to make sure potential customers have a smooth [...]

I’m impatient like that and have to rein in my impulses to chase after new ideas. I’m learning how to complete things and to have patience, as annoying at that is.

It’s working though and I’m achieving the goals I set out a while back while trying not to add too many new things in.

The challenge of course is the money – if something looks like it could earn some money more quickly than what I’m currently working on it’s tempting to grab at that and pile something else on my plate.

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Yeah I can agree with your perspective as well.

My comments agreeing against the money making perspective were largely concerned with the practice of writing about something just so you can put Adsense up. I usually don’t read such blogs because you can see through it… it just comes off as a bit fake.

Then again, as you say, it can be a hard world and if someone is successful in using blogging as a profitable enterprise, then good on them.

Another perspective is if something is making money – then it is being useful, since people are willing to pay for it. Making money isn’t a bad thing in that way because you’re providing people with enough value that they are willing to pay you for it. Your blog, for example, I have no problems with it from a money-making standpoint since you’re giving value to readers, and they are willing to contact you for design work. It’s the way the world goes – people get paid according to what they give out.

I guess that also explains my aversion to PPC ad systems, as the value isn’t directly linked to what you do. But I’m rapidly falling off topic here…

@ Albert – I understand your views and respect that you wish people would be bigger than the here and now or self-gratification.

While I’d love to be that big a person and care more about the Earth and sharing ideas and world peace and the cure for cancer and resolving poverty… I have two kids to feed, a mortgage to pay and people depending on me for the ability to feed their own kids and lpay their own mortgages.

I don’t consider basic survival unbridled capitalism. I’m not ashamed to say that I’m focusing on making ends meet above all (Maslow’s hierarchy at its best.) I also know that many more people are fighting hard just to keep their head above water.

So be careful when asking the question whether money is all that matters today. To some people and with very good reason, yes. I have a hard time with comments that imply someone is not being world-concious enough when they may be worrying about what they’ll eat tomorrow or how they’ll stay warm this winter.

While I don’t appreciate bloggers who don’t think before chasing the next dream or going after the next scheme, I’m also not going to lump everyone together in one boat and say anyone blogging for money, not ideas, is about unbridled capitalism for wanting to keep their kids in good health, fed and safe.

And if I misunderstood the intention of your comment, I apologize. Blame 6am and lack of coffee.

And it often comes because people are fixated on the short term goals of blogging. You can often earn more money from doing something if you don’t try to force money out of it. Digital Photography School by Darren Rowse is a good example, which he was recently offered a very hefty sum of money for when it isn’t even really monetized – just because it has been built up into a solid blog that provides value to people and has a large audience.

It’s the better way to build a blog in my mind – build something up over a couple of years into a truly valuable piece of web real estate. If you have a big idea, it won’t be realized overnight – the bigger the idea, the more effort and commitment required to make it happen.

And btw James I changed my blog title to the one you suggested – working well so far! (Though i think you’ll need to re-approve me to comment now heh)

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