Comments on: How to Guarantee Success in Any Field of Endevour: Become a Copycat

By: Mwangi

Mwangi — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 22:29:40 +0000

@Tony: I think I realized a key distinction that I didn’t see when I first engaged in this discussion. People have a strong tendency to emulate “tactics” that someone uses and employ them “out of context”
As far as I can tell it is much more important to understand the “principles” and “strategies” that guided someone’s success, and also employ their tactics but adapt tactics to your unique situation with full knowledge that the principles and the strategies are 80% of the results, whereas the tactics are ultimately just 20%

That’s why Trump can go bankrupt and come back to be a billionaire………

By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:13:30 +0000

Kudos. A great piece and I agree with your points. It is worthy of note that your emphasis is on learning from the success of others, not trying to DUPLICATE their success.

Those are two different goals. Nobody will mind if an African engineer design an Operating System that works better than Microsoft Windows and Mac OS.

However, anyone trying to repackage Microsoft Windows and Calling it “Microhard Doors” will have a hard time getting any patronage.

Mentoring is the right step for any newbie in any field. It saves time, effort and resources. It often doubles growth rate. My progress in blogging is largely attributed to help from my mentors. Quite a nice article. Cheers.

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By: Mwangi

Mwangi — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:07:15 +0000

Thanks for the kind words bro. I have now added to the technicians to do list: make the font stick out more against the background.

By: Ssembonge

Ssembonge — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:56:21 +0000

Mwangi,
The font size is OK. I think it’s the background. On a laptop LCD screen the contrast makes it hard to read the words against the patterned background. Try a light background like off-white or an even light brown.

Nice blog, I may add.

By: Mwangi

Mwangi — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:40:36 +0000

Hey SSembonge,
I think it is absolutely critical that we copy their habits of time use if we are to imitate their success. As for place, though I didn’t mention it in the article, I think that we should also try as hard as possible to be in the proximity of people who will advance as forward, after all many times it’s not what you know but who you know.
I once heard luck described as when preparation meets opportunity so that’s an alternative way of looking at ‘being in the right place at the right time’ that gives us more control of the situation.
When you say difficult to read is it because the text doesn’t stick out against the brown background or what? Please be specific so I can know what needs adjusting:Was the text too small??
Have a good one bro

By: Ssembonge

Ssembonge — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 01:56:30 +0000

I agree with you to some extent though I’d like to say it differently. Learn from people who have succeeded. Personal dimensions i.e. time and place, can make it hard to imitate success. Being at the right place at the right time counts a lot.

PS. I didn’t finish reading your post because the background makes it hard to read.