What it Takes to Be an Overnight Success

I thought about the inanity of waking up at 5:45AM after going to bed around 12:45AM and not really falling asleep until closer to 3AM. I thought about what it means to me to be working so hard. I thought about WHY I’m working so hard. Somewhere in my head, I thought about every time in the last few months where someone said I was an overnight success or “but you’re Chris Brogan” and how silly that is when you realize all that I’ve been through and all that it took me to get there. Here’s a quick video:

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We should talk about this. What are YOU doing to succeed? What would you tell the people who say that you make it look easy? Let’s talk about your overnight success, shall we?