How many times do I have to say it?! Success is not about money. Money is just a (albeit nice) bonus of Success.
Why do I mention this? Well, Success Circuit is meant to be about helping you to define what success is, see other peoples success and reach your own. People have mentioned to me that I am straying from this subject. Well, that may be the case but I believe that all the posts are somehow linked… so shortly I shall be adding a section to each new post (and maybe the old ones) explaning how it relates to success. However, as I do value everybody’s opinion I will try to focus more on writing about success.
Now, back to the title. Success is not about money, money is just a bonus of success. Read it. And again. And again! Ingrain that quote into your head.
“Success is not about money, money is just a bonus of success.”
Do you agree? Not everybody does. But I believe that if you go into anything with the mindset of making money, you will just lose money. Indeed, if you are making money and change your mindset while you are successful you will probably lose your success. Infact… not only would you lose your success, you would lose people’s respect and your reputation!
Remember one of the simplest quotes ever? Money does not bring happiness.
I asked Nicholas Cardot from sitesketch101.com about his opinion of my quotation (as I know he does not 100% agree with it, and was one of the people I mentioned earlier) and he gave a great answer through Skype which I wish I had recorded. Basically, he said that he wants to make money from blogging but also wants to help people. Therefore, he makes money while giving people great value products that helps them.
That I believe is fine, as long as helping people is the top priority. Though of course I do understand the fact that we all need money to live.
What is your opinion about this? Do you agree with me, or not? If not let me know… I won’t bite!!
UPDATE (10 minutes after posting!):
Nicholas Cardot: How much money do you make on Success Circuit?
Shane Hudson: I do not make money on Success Circuit
Nicholas Cardot: So then is that article a result of truth or the result of your disgruntled feelings for those who are making money on their sites? Sort of a justification to yourself for why your not making money?
Shane Hudson: uh.. no but very interesting view
Nicholas Cardot: So what is success to you?
Nicholas Cardot: Pageviews?
Nicholas Cardot: Connections?
Shane Hudson: Helping people
Nicholas Cardot: Readers?
Shane Hudson: no, dont care about stats
Nicholas Cardot: You can’t feed your family on ‘helping people.’
Jordan Cooper: if success means helping people, then why do you want us to RT, comment and share your stuff?
Shane Hudson: so that other people can read it and be helped?
Shane Hudson: lol I agree with you.. no need for an argument
Nicholas Cardot: There’s nothing wrong with trying to be rewarded for providing great value.
Jordan Cooper: Shane, why aren’t you out helping people then? quit blogging, you can help others WITHOUT a blog
Nicholas Cardot: Are you helping people? I mean really? Are you doing something that really makes a difference to people?
Shane Hudson: No I agree Nicholas… you are one of the people that gives value therefore deserve the rewards. Some bloggers write purely for the money
Jordan Cooper: I think almost all of us do
Shane Hudson: what, give value or write for the money?
Jordan Cooper: money
Jordan Cooper: you can’t look at things from extremes though
Jordan Cooper: I enjoy helping people, I really do… but seriously, I wouldn’t be here if I couldn’t make money doing so
Shane Hudson: fair enough
Jordan Cooper: admitting that to yourself is paramount to keeping the things you do truly authentic
Shane Hudson: Thats a bit like going to a job interview and being asked “why do you want to work here” and replying with “its good money” lol
Shane Hudson: but I understand
Jordan Cooper: yeah… but I’ve actually said that in job interviews
Shane Hudson: really? did they accept you?
Jordan Cooper: yeah
Shane Hudson: wow
Jordan Cooper: because being that honest gets you mad respect
Shane Hudson: Yes that is true
As you can see, there are many different views about this. Especially due to the fact that there are different levels of success and of wanting/needing money.
If you are interested in finding out more about these amazing people I speak to on Skype, they are Nicholas Cardot from sitesketch101.com and Jordan Cooper from Not A Pro Blog. Their views are extremely valuable and I hope you can decide on your own view from reading through ours.
A very interesting read. Success is something that is achieved when a goal is met. It does not have to be money. Success should be about happiness and although money can bring freedom from some worries it can also create plenty.
You have to give to be happy. If you get paid for that fine! If you get wealthy that's fine! However money can go much quicker than it arrived and he that puts his trust in the illusion that it creates may well be disappointed.
Yes, it's true money does not bring happiness. Money is necessity for live luxurious life and you fulfill your dream.
It's true quote of Shane Hudson. But many people thinking is success is about money.
My job doesn't pay enough but it's rewarding personally. I have always felt it's important that success not always be measured in terms of money. You see these stressed out corporate people that earn a lot but they rarely get time to enjoy it.
Till then,
Jean
Good point Roland, different people measure success differently. For some, money or even any sort of material gains doesn't really even factor into their success. For example, the volunteers helping out at Haiti consider putting people back on their feet as success.
Till then,
Jean