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By Elaine, January 25, 2010 6:59 am

Today while catching up on several blogs and cleaning out my in-box I was struck by a very simple message from a hard working guy,Gary Vaynerchuk , a guy who says what he means and means what he says…and these 9 words he said hit me like an ICEBERG…”HARD WORK is never not part of the formula”.

I got a visual on this very simple message right away and it was an ICEBERG. Typically only one-tenth of the volume of an iceberg is above water…that means that the 9/10 that is unseen is holding up that 1/10 that you do see…now lets compare this to the amount of work that goes into an “Overnight SUCCESS”.

Investigate any of the so called overnight successes and you will find the story behind the story;

Lady Gaga started playing piano at 4, writing songs at 13, playing in bars at 16, was rejected more times than she can count and never gave up. At 23 she is an Overnight Success!

Adam Lambert has been a stage actor since 10, at age 20 he was acting in musicals and in 2005 started his music career. In 2009 at age 27 he was runner up for American Idol…another overnight SUCCESS!

In 1990 Jack Canfield shared his vision for the Chicken Soup Series with Mark Victor Hansen, which he had been contemplating for years. After 3 years of compiling stories the first book was published and October of 1993 hit the best seller list. Was this another instance of overnight SUCCESS?

Do I need to continue..I think you get what I am saying!

Next time the little green monster shows up when discussing someone else in regards to their Overnight SUCCESSs..think about that Iceberg and that fact that you have only seen 1/10 of what that person did to get to where they are and then ask yourself if you are willing to do the HARD WORK necessary to be an Overnight SUCCESS.

Again, I would like to thank Gary Vee who’s latest post  inspired me on this post…OH, by the way you are seeing 1/10 th of the work that was put into what you are reading…

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By Elaine, September 20, 2009 1:01 pm

“If you can dream it you can achieve it” ….Zig Ziglar

For the past six years I have been driven by a single mission. I want to show people how to get organized and not just tell them. Sometimes the things I did made sense and brought me closer to the dream and some days I felt completely lost…

As the days count down to the launch of the Organizing the Bedroom- From Cluttered Nightmares to Sweet Dreams Video set I am reminded that everyone has a dream.

The dream could be…  to meet your soulmate, eliminate poverty, find a cure for Breast Cancer, find a career that fulfills you or create a product that will make someone’s life just a wee bit better.

I would like to share a lovely inspirational montage of the journey towards the DREAM that I have shared with an amazing person… Kim Eagles,my business partner and dear friend. Kim created this awesome video that really sums up the past two years.