Comments on: And Lorelle had me blogging http://www.wisemandarine.com/and-lorelle-had-me-blogging/ none the wiser Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:11:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Lorelle http://www.wisemandarine.com/and-lorelle-had-me-blogging/#comment-12 Lorelle Thu, 20 Jul 2006 22:05:49 +0000 http://www.wisemandarine.com/and-lorelle-had-me-blogging/#comment-12 I thought I'd posted a thank you, but with all the traveling I've been doing, I might have been doing more thinking than thanking. Thank you for the kind words. It means a lot to me to think I motivated you just a bit. I was...shall we say "harshly spoken to"...by a fellow professional photographer when I began to add the business of nature photography to my teaching programs. "You'll just be giving away all our secrets and encouraging others to take business away from you. You're just increasing the competition." I still don't agree, all these years later. The more I teach about the business I'm in, the better I am at it. Also, I can tell you all the secrets in the world on how to succeed in business or life, but it is up to you to use them. Truth is, 99% of my students listen and do nothing. The 1% who do are doing just great. And my industry is better because of the 1%, not the 99%. Trust me. So thank you for being in the 1% crowd. You will do great things if you just keep on doing the doing and not the sitting. You are my inspiration! Thank you! I thought I’d posted a thank you, but with all the traveling I’ve been doing, I might have been doing more thinking than thanking.

Thank you for the kind words. It means a lot to me to think I motivated you just a bit.

I was…shall we say “harshly spoken to”…by a fellow professional photographer when I began to add the business of nature photography to my teaching programs. “You’ll just be giving away all our secrets and encouraging others to take business away from you. You’re just increasing the competition.”

I still don’t agree, all these years later. The more I teach about the business I’m in, the better I am at it. Also, I can tell you all the secrets in the world on how to succeed in business or life, but it is up to you to use them. Truth is, 99% of my students listen and do nothing. The 1% who do are doing just great. And my industry is better because of the 1%, not the 99%. Trust me.

So thank you for being in the 1% crowd. You will do great things if you just keep on doing the doing and not the sitting.

You are my inspiration! Thank you!

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