Travis Terrell

Nobody ever regretted being patient.

I get my patient trait from my Grandfather.
He was a successful businessman and one of the most patient men I have ever met. He would pass on opportune deals all day long that most people couldn’t pass up. Then, at the last minute of the last hour, he would strike hard on a deal of a lifetime.
I watched him do this several times and it taught me to think before I speak. To never bet the farm on one hand, and to always keep the big picture of things into perspective. He didn’t become successful from one deal and he didn’t go broke from one loss either. Just 50 years of getting up at 5am, putting on his shoes, drinking some coffee, and chipping away a little bit more at the big ole tree.

This whole thing we’re doing here…it is a journey. A lonnnnnggg marathon.

Don’t buy into the get rich quick schemes. They don’t work. And no TV show automatically makes you a success. Just like no 30 day program can get you a 6pack.

Get up and chip away a little more at the big ole tree. You’re not bringing the whole thing down today.

Just look at software and games. When a game came out, you would go to Walmart and buy the CD and then you wouldn't hear from them for another 2 years while they quietly worked on an updated version. NOW, companies release updates every other day.

This is happening in almost every field yet WHY are all my musician friends releasing records every 1-3 years!?!?!?

You are like an old software company, releasing a record, trying to draw up a big national buzz for 5 months, then going back to your cave to write another record, not to be heard from for another year.

You are trying to draw a national buzz from organizations that no longer work. The system for promotion doesn't exist like it once did. Mass media is done and speed is king.

People want an ONGOING relationship with you and your work. They want to see the process and the journey. They want to hear what you wrote that morning. They want and need a relationship.

Quit trying think about things in mass scale. If you win over 1,000 true followers that constantly hear from you, you will never have to work another job again!