Comments on: It takes time.

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Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:18:08 +0000

[...] Spark – It Takes Time – Short, sweet and to the point. Overnight successes take roughly 20 [...]

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 16 May 2008 15:50:01 +0000

“It takes 20 years of hard work to become an overnight success.” My favorite example of that is from my teenage years in Britain. In 1984 the readers of one music magazine voted ZZ Top the “Best New Band”. They were kinda new to the British, at least to teenagers, but this was a band that had played gigs with Jimi Hendrix in the sixties! It took two decades for them to become “the best new band”! I’m sure they would advise business owners to keep on rockin’ even in the lean years…

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leolambertini.com » Links for May 14, 2008: Startups! — Thu, 15 May 2008 04:15:31 +0000

[...] It takes time (by Shannon Cherry) [...]

By: Crystal Pina

Crystal Pina — Wed, 14 May 2008 21:31:16 +0000

I sometimes forget that since the day I got my first client I have never gone a month without a client. I am not yet where I want to be in my business, but I have been steadily growing. I need to look at my “gratitude list” more often.

By: Mohamed Marwen Meddah

Mohamed Marwen Meddah — Wed, 14 May 2008 13:54:01 +0000

A quote I love about this is by Diana Rankin, a writer and public speaker:

“It takes 20 years of hard work to become an overnight success.”

And I totally agree, maybe not always 20 years, but you get the idea.