How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying

Posted by Timothy Sykes on Sun 30th of Dec, 2007 07:16:16 PM
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Yesterday morning, as I scrolled through all the latest headlines — as I do every morning — I saw the news that Baidu.com’s (Nasdaq: BIDU) CFO died, so I quickly reported on my blog what I think it means for the stock. And, I got some hits and some respect on the message boards, but it wasn’t anything bigtime.

Today, no less than “major news sources” have written nice little summaries of this news here , here and here.

Only a day late guys! And, notice that none of them warn investors that this will probably be quite detrimental to BIDU’s stock on Monday. So now several message boards are linking to my little blog post “because I broke the news”. And I’ve been contacted by a few other “news sources” looking for quotes they can use. LOL — what a complete joke!

I mean, c’mon, it’s the weekend — a holiday weekend no less — so this isn’t that big a deal, but it just goes to show you that hard work and dedication prevails over those who are lazy and don’t want the prize as badly as you do.

Understand this: I never intended my blog “to break news”, but it’s a sad commentary on the financial media industry (and our holiday loving society) that somebody like me can beat the big boys at their own game by nearly 24 hours. The truth is that this industry (along with most industries) is filled with those who only care about their paychecks — they don’t enjoy what they do and they definitely don’t care if others are better than they are. Long story short, they’re not going to work as hard as those who do care and this is why they’ll never get ahead.

TIM Lesson: The future belongs to those willing to work hard.

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