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Even if most of us (myself excluded) never grace a stage in leather pants, we can still be really effin good at whatever it is we do. That’s worth getting out of bed in the morning!

I completely agree that we need to be producers, not couch potato consumers. I would just add that we also need to consume wisely and critically in order to be better producers. When I was editing an issue of Magma Poetry and looking at new submissions of poems I could instantly tell whether the poet had read any contemporary poetry or not. And if not, the poetry was invariably poor. Brian has a great post on this subject, How to Read: http://www.copyblogger.com/how-to-read/

There is a power in that that goes way beyond the obvious…and tapping into that power is the challenge for the up and comers. May we all rise to the occasion. May we all be producers.

Jeb

I am though a creative person, I have incredible hearing ability and I can play any song on the syntisyzer I hear…I am fascinated by music and invented some of my own rhythyms..

however I think that won’t get me money. I am into internet marketing and I’m into niches that actually interest me I wanna know about new stuff..but I also wanna get this.

What do you recommend? I know a lot of money can be get for this but again…I always make excuses to do something else before that

Suzanna – I’d love to go to Burning Man, I gather it’s the scene of some very Lateral Action!

Daniel – Great to hear you’re inspired by Mark Cuban’s example. Don’t forget that Daniel Kemp also has a unique contribution to make…

Susan – Great example. Really interesting to hear that you started off by solving a problem for yourself, then turned your solution into a product that helped many more people like you – and earned you a nice compensation in return.

Ryan – Not long winded at all, excellent points about the role of hard work and passion in becoming a star. We’ll be looking at this in more depth later in the series. Great running analogy.