You Are Awesome by Neil Pasricha

Author:Neil Pasricha
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Gallery Books
Published: 2019-11-05T00:00:00+00:00

1 “Do it for free for ten years.”

Sometimes I’m doing a Q&A after a speech and someone puts their hand up and asks a question along the lines of “So, congratulations on the success of The Book of Awesome. My question is: How do I get paid millions to write about farting in elevators?”

The question is along the lines of saying “So you won the lottery. How do I win the lottery?”

I always answer the same way, with a reply I stole from Todd Hanson, former head writer at The Onion. He was interviewed by Mike Sacks for the book And Here’s the Kicker: Conversations with 21 Top Humor Writers on Their Craft. He said that whenever he’s asked the smart-ass question “So how do I get a job writing jokes for money like you did?” he gives a very simple answer.

“Do it for free for ten years.”

See, we’re surrounded by tales of instant millions and lightning-fast growth and tiny startups sold to Google for billions of dollars two months after they launched. We keep clicking links promising the “seven 30-second hacks to get a six-pack in 21 days.” We’re desperate to pull back the curtain on Oz, but what we want to find—quick fixes, easy answers, shortcuts—isn’t there.

We don’t want to hear that some things just take time.

They just take time.

They take lots of failure, lots of loss, lots of experience.

So ask yourself:

Am I gaining experience?

Will these experiences help?

Can I stay on this path for a while?

Sometimes the answer will be no. Sometimes the answer will be yes. But the answers will help point out the fact that you are learning, you are doing, you may be failing, but you’re moving…

So what do you need to do?

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