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Belief Is Not Enough to Succeed
There’s a pernicious bit of advice that floats around the world of creative business. You commonly hear it in blogs, on podcast interviews with successful creative business owners, and from the stage at conferences.
It’s used to address podcasters, designers, photographers, videographers and pretty much any other type of freelancer or creative you can imagine.
But ubiquity does make it any truer.
The advice goes something like this: “If you have a dream that you truly believe in, that you’re deeply passionate about, and you work hard enough at it, you’ll find a way to make it happen.”
But There’s a Problem Here
I think the problem stems from the fact that most of the people who are in a position to give this advice are currently living a life and excelling at a career that was once their own impossible dream. But they continued dreaming, made a plan and worked hard, and in the end, they realized it.
The thing is that they got lucky, on multiple fronts.
No doubt that they benefited from any combination of timing, existing skills, personal disposition and approach to facing challenges, their…
