Comments on: You Won’t See Your Big Hit Ahead of Time http://www.productiveflourishing.com/you-wont-see-your-big-hit-ahead-of-time/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Strategies for Thriving in Life and Business Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:44:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Charlie http://www.productiveflourishing.com/you-wont-see-your-big-hit-ahead-of-time/#comment-10655 Charlie Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:52:22 +0000 http://www.productiveflourishing.com/?p=5503#comment-10655 And you've done especially well for yourself with that strategy, Laura! And you’ve done especially well for yourself with that strategy, Laura!

]]> By: Charlie http://www.productiveflourishing.com/you-wont-see-your-big-hit-ahead-of-time/#comment-10653 Charlie Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:51:20 +0000 http://www.productiveflourishing.com/?p=5503#comment-10653 Yep. Sometimes I tell my clients that it just takes a critical mass of their body of work before they'll be able to tip. One big hit does not a creative genius make. :) Yep. Sometimes I tell my clients that it just takes a critical mass of their body of work before they’ll be able to tip. One big hit does not a creative genius make. :)

]]> By: Charlie http://www.productiveflourishing.com/you-wont-see-your-big-hit-ahead-of-time/#comment-10652 Charlie Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:49:36 +0000 http://www.productiveflourishing.com/?p=5503#comment-10652 Great points, Mike, and I'm glad you took a break. Your blog is for you, too, and if you don't like it, not only will it be harder to write for it, but your readers won't like it anyway. Passion is infectious. Great points, Mike, and I’m glad you took a break. Your blog is for you, too, and if you don’t like it, not only will it be harder to write for it, but your readers won’t like it anyway. Passion is infectious.

]]> By: Charlie http://www.productiveflourishing.com/you-wont-see-your-big-hit-ahead-of-time/#comment-10651 Charlie Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:48:34 +0000 http://www.productiveflourishing.com/?p=5503#comment-10651 I'm with you. I have noticed, though, that the things I resist writing about or the things I'm uncomfortable sharing are the ones that tend to connect the best. I’m with you. I have noticed, though, that the things I resist writing about or the things I’m uncomfortable sharing are the ones that tend to connect the best.

]]> By: Charlie http://www.productiveflourishing.com/you-wont-see-your-big-hit-ahead-of-time/#comment-10650 Charlie Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:47:28 +0000 http://www.productiveflourishing.com/?p=5503#comment-10650 Hi Pinky! I generally try to have low or no expectations about what will do well and won't, but I'm always more surprised when something i had low expectations for turns out to be a hit. You want to say "really, <em>that's</em> what you guys needed to hear?" Hi Pinky! I generally try to have low or no expectations about what will do well and won’t, but I’m always more surprised when something i had low expectations for turns out to be a hit. You want to say “really, that’s what you guys needed to hear?”

]]> By: Charlie http://www.productiveflourishing.com/you-wont-see-your-big-hit-ahead-of-time/#comment-10649 Charlie Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:45:34 +0000 http://www.productiveflourishing.com/?p=5503#comment-10649 Right on! It's about the process, not the outcome. Right on! It’s about the process, not the outcome.

]]> By: Charlie http://www.productiveflourishing.com/you-wont-see-your-big-hit-ahead-of-time/#comment-10648 Charlie Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:44:26 +0000 http://www.productiveflourishing.com/?p=5503#comment-10648 "Who knows" and "What if?" are some of the most powerful questions we creative people can live by. Good luck on selling your art! “Who knows” and “What if?” are some of the most powerful questions we creative people can live by. Good luck on selling your art!

]]> By: Andreas http://www.productiveflourishing.com/you-wont-see-your-big-hit-ahead-of-time/#comment-10645 Andreas Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:10:48 +0000 http://www.productiveflourishing.com/?p=5503#comment-10645 Hi Charley, I read your blog every day. I normally do not comment. This time I thought i do an exeption. I have sent your blog to a couple of friends and sent them your planners. There might me a lot of people out there like me you do not here about. But they know you and recommend your stuff. Keep on shipping! Hi Charley, I read your blog every day. I normally do not comment. This time I thought i do an exeption. I have sent your blog to a couple of friends and sent them your planners. There might me a lot of people out there like me you do not here about. But they know you and recommend your stuff. Keep on shipping!

]]> By: Linda http://www.productiveflourishing.com/you-wont-see-your-big-hit-ahead-of-time/#comment-10642 Linda Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:10:33 +0000 http://www.productiveflourishing.com/?p=5503#comment-10642 Charlie, This post so hits (yeah, a pun) it on more levels than just online work. In the virtual world, I work with artists and writers all the time who lose sight of themselves because they're looking for the 'it' factor. One painter was afraid to explore something a little different because she thought her favorite buyers wouldn't recognize it as a "Marianne". The value of any art can take a lifetime to materialize and then some. I did a post on the indie movie about a woman in a trailer park who bought a $5 painting that might be a Jackson Pollock--and now she's working with art experts to sell it for $25 million. And Pollock's been dead for more than 30 years! Van Gogh sold only one painting in his lifetime. You really never do know when your "hit" is going to happen, you have to just be true to the voice in your head--otherwise why bother at all? Charlie,
This post so hits (yeah, a pun) it on more levels than just online work. In the virtual world, I work with artists and writers all the time who lose sight of themselves because they’re looking for the ‘it’ factor. One painter was afraid to explore something a little different because she thought her favorite buyers wouldn’t recognize it as a “Marianne”. The value of any art can take a lifetime to materialize and then some. I did a post on the indie movie about a woman in a trailer park who bought a $5 painting that might be a Jackson Pollock–and now she’s working with art experts to sell it for $25 million. And Pollock’s been dead for more than 30 years! Van Gogh sold only one painting in his lifetime. You really never do know when your “hit” is going to happen, you have to just be true to the voice in your head–otherwise why bother at all?

]]> By: Peter Shallard - The Shrink for Entrepreneurs http://www.productiveflourishing.com/you-wont-see-your-big-hit-ahead-of-time/#comment-10637 Peter Shallard - The Shrink for Entrepreneurs Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:53:04 +0000 http://www.productiveflourishing.com/?p=5503#comment-10637 This is a good riff Charlie. It's true that we can't predict if something will go viral or not.... if you could break down the formula for "viral" and reproduce it on cue, then the magic would go out of it. Everyone would be doing it. The only formula I know of is: Do/produce something so awesome that people can't help but spread the news This is a good riff Charlie.

It’s true that we can’t predict if something will go viral or not…. if you could break down the formula for “viral” and reproduce it on cue, then the magic would go out of it. Everyone would be doing it.

The only formula I know of is: Do/produce something so awesome that people can’t help but spread the news

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