Hernan Vazquez argues that consistent work and passion are non-negotiable for online business success. He uses a colleague's delayed SEO proposal as an example of why a business must operate 24/7, and says every successful entrepreneur struggles with procrastination and personal chaos but keeps moving anyway. As you grow, you have to invest in exercise, meditation, and diet to sustain the energy required.
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Why you need to do the work if you want to succeed in life? Let's find out on this video. Hey everybody, what's up? Hernan Vazquez here and welcome to another video. And sorry about that introduction, okay? I just wanted to make it really, really clear and this is gonna be a kind of a mindset really straightforward video on, you know, why you need to be doing the work. And this has been triggered because I got, you know, I'm on these WhatsApp groups. WhatsApp, if you guys are in the US, maybe you're not using it. We guys at, you know, Europe, Latin America, we use it a lot. It's a chat app, you know, it's a chat application where you can make groups, etc. And the reality is that I have a bunch of professional groups, etc. It's like Slack But for your phone. Okay, it's pretty cool. And, um, you know, somebody on these— one of these professional groups said, hey guys, I'm looking for an SEO company to, you know, do SEO for my company, for, for my website. And one of the guys said, sure, I can send you a proposal next week because this week we are on vacation. And I got completely triggered. Completely, completely triggered because I was saying, you're telling the guy that you will send a proposal next week because you're on vacation right now. A proposal will probably take you 10 minutes to write and you're on vacation right now. I cannot even imagine how would you work, you know, if you're on vacation and you cannot stop what you're doing in order to send a proposal, which is fine, but if you're not there, you need to have somebody in charge of that, okay? Leave somebody in charge of that to send proposals while you're not. on the office, okay? You do not need to be working 24/7, but you need to— your business needs to be alive 24/7. It doesn't matter if it is, you know, the first of the year, the 25th, Christmas, I don't know, Thanksgiving. Your business needs to be producing day in and day out, even if you're not there, okay? So that triggered me a little bit, and the reality is that when you see all of those live lifestyle posts, and when you see people on the beach, and when you see people, you know, driving these cars, etc., etc., etc., and when you see successful people and you're thinking, okay, they can do it but I can't, the reality is that every one of us has a struggle, okay? Every one of those guys are struggling with something, and the reality is that more often than not, they are, you know, like human beings, and they are a mess just like you are, just like I am, on our own way. But they decided to do amazing things despite of the fact that they're in a mess. If you haven't read Tools of Titans by Tim Ferriss, I'm gonna leave a link below because I think it's a great book. You know, it's kind of a, it's kind of a group of tools that he has collected through, you know, 200, 300 interviews with, you know, top performers, like world-class CEOs, etc., etc. And you know, he will become really, really at some point he will talk about productivity and he will become really honest about it and he will tell you, "I'm really a mess." You know, I do meditate daily. I do do my you know go to the gym every day, et cetera, et cetera. But I'm still struggling with procrastination. I'm still struggling with my diet. I'm still struggling with you know my family relationships. So it's always kind of a struggle, a struggle, an uphill battle. Nonetheless, he will decide to go ahead and write this book. He will decide and go ahead and do amazing things, okay? And the reality is that when we compare, okay, so you're amazing but I'm not, and I'm focused on all the bad things and how of a mess I am, the reality is that we will still be a mess at some point because nobody can be perfect, but nonetheless, you need to be doing amazing stuff. That's why passion is so important on your business, because you need to do the work that's required for you to be successful. And the only thing that will fuel that work, what you know, even you feel like it or if you don't, even if you're being a mess and if you want to do something big, is the passion that you have for your business. Okay, that passion will make you Wake up from the bed, you know, whatever, jump off the bed and get to work, all right? And even if you're having a shitty diet, even if you haven't hit the gym in 6 months, even if you're overweight or underweight, if you're feeling like shit, doesn't matter. That passion will fire whatever work you need to do, okay? And then you will realize that when you start having some success, because it's happening to me, that you need to put your shit together another— aspects on your life in order to be more successful in your business. Okay, because the reality is that you cannot afford to lose maybe a couple of hours because you're groggy in the morning, because, I don't know, your metabolism is slow because you haven't exercised in 6 months, you know. So you need to hit— start hitting the gym because that will give you more energy, that will make you perform better, and that will make you happier. And, you know, you need to start meditating because You will start getting some more insights and better ideas and become more creative, etc., etc., and you will feel more happy, and the stress day in and day out will not hit you as hard, etc., etc. So you start thinking as a holistic or a whole approach, all right? But that doesn't mean that you're perfect. That doesn't mean that people that you see out there, they're not Walking messes, we all are. We are all struggling, but they decide to do great things nonetheless. And I would suggest that you start thinking about doing great, great things too, because if you do great things, we all benefit. Okay? If you succeed, we all benefit. I've been you know listening to Evan Pagan lately, and he will say, "Just think about how many people will benefit from you." successful? Okay, just think about it. How many people will benefit from you being successful? And the reality is that there's a lot of people because you will be able to contribute more, you will be able to hire people, you will be able to feed families, you will be able to, you know, be more involved in your community, do some charity. You know, whatever you want to build, you can do it, but you need to be successful first. So think about how many people will benefit from you being successful once you go through those barriers. And even if you're a mess right now, I totally understand that. And I, you know, I strongly encourage you to go ahead and step up and do amazing stuff even if you're a mess. Okay, so that's the message that I want to convey on this video, and passion will help you achieving that. Okay, so thank you guys for watching. If you have any comments whatsoever, just drop me a line above or below, whatever, or tweet me or join Facebook group, et cetera. You know, I will be more than thrilled for you to tell me what's going on. All right? Thank you once again for watching, and I'll see you on the next video. Bye-bye. Bye-bye.
