Stop Chasing Quick Results The Truth About Building a Successful Business

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1. 0:01Walk on, walk on, walk on back to Alienize Photos Industry Talk.
2. 0:10And let's talk about quick results.
3. 0:15This is your host, photographer Jackson, Steve Jackson.
4. 0:20And I know a lot of people want overnight success,
5. 0:25overnight results, overnight solutions.
6. 0:31Just for instance, you know, a lot of people get married and many people get divorces.
7. 0:39And then I break up, there's still feelings and emotions and attachment and lifestyle and habits and memories.
8. 0:49And it takes time. It takes time to heal.
9. 0:52You can't just go out the next day and start dating someone else.
10. 0:56I mean, you can, but it's not healthy to. You're not healed.
11. 1:02You're not taking that moment in time for yourself.
12. 1:05You're not refinding yourself, rediscovering yourself, like who you really are outside of this relationship.
13. 1:12Because now being a single person again off of this time period or being with this person
14. 1:18and doing similar lifestyles, having a combined lifestyle, it is different.
15. 1:24It takes time.
16. 1:27Just like being a champion.
17. 1:32You're not just going to be a champion off of your first, you know, match, your first game, whatever that may be.
18. 1:41It takes time and it's a process and then it's the season and then it's the playoffs and there's the actual championship game.
19. 1:48And you have to get it, steps to it. Just follow the steps.
20. 1:54But a lot of us want to push the button down, wait 20 to 30 seconds and expect money to pop up.
21. 2:06You want the bread. You want the bread to pop up.
22. 2:09That's what you want. And I get it. I like bread too.
23. 2:13You know, the money as you call it, bread.
24. 2:17But I do like toast, toast with butter and jelly.
25. 2:20That's been a classic growing up.
26. 2:24Everybody want these microwave quick results, like put it in the microwave, two minutes later, bing, it's done.
27. 2:34And especially with this AI, people are really expecting these results.
28. 2:39Like, oh, I don't need a photo shoot. Oh, I don't need video production.
29. 2:44Oh, I don't need podcasts.
30. 2:47I don't need this. Oh, I don't need a consultant. Oh, I don't need it.
31. 2:51I got AI. I got chatty. I got Claude.
32. 2:56I got Gemini. I got Grog.
33. 3:00I got perplexity. I've been doing my research.
34. 3:05Like, AI is not, well, let me take that back.
35. 3:09I'm going to say AI is not here to save the day.
36. 3:13But to make it your N-R-B-R, you want that quick result.
37. 3:21And you put it into work beforehand and then using AI as a tool and then also working with it.
38. 3:29And then also using it at the end to wrap it all up.
39. 3:35That should be the process.
40. 3:37Not just you input into AI and you just roll with it and they controlling you.
41. 3:43You work for it.
42. 3:44And there's actually a website that's for AI hired humans.
43. 3:52So, yeah, it's real.
44. 3:53So if that's the case, just go do that versus, you know, whatever AI spits out at you.
45. 4:02You take it and roll with it, even with pictures and these flyers and content creation with it.
46. 4:12Never take the first one. Just do it again.
47. 4:15It's like, give me one more or even say give me two to three versions of this versus just one or whatever they come up with.
48. 4:27That's it.
49. 4:30And it's going back to that microwave quick results.
50. 4:34You want to push the button down on the toaster, wait 20, 30 seconds.
51. 4:42And want something magical to pop up like, you wanted to shock you, catch you off guard.
52. 4:48Wow, it really happened.
53. 4:50It popped. Wow, it's done.
54. 4:52I've got the solution.
55. 4:54It's finally done.
56. 4:56It's finally here.
57. 4:57I finally feel success.
58. 5:00But to pop that bubble, it takes time.
59. 5:07It really takes time, time to build.
60. 5:10Time to get the skills to where they need to be.
61. 5:15Time for consistency to keep compounded and building.
62. 5:19It takes time.
63. 5:21And take your time.
64. 5:23Don't be afraid and take your time.
65. 5:26You have to have patience, especially as a business owner, as an entrepreneur, creative entrepreneur, small business owner,
66. 5:38founder, CEO, you have to take that time and take time for yourself.
67. 5:48Whether if it's once a week, twice a week, take time for yourself, even if it's a half day.
68. 5:58Take that half day for yourself.
69. 6:00You know what?
70. 6:02This afternoon all the way to the evening and nighttime, this is my time.
71. 6:09This is my time once a week, once every two weeks, once every month.
72. 6:17But start somewhere.
73. 6:22I would say start with one full day and see how it works out for you.
74. 6:28Balance out.
75. 6:29But you need that time.
76. 6:30The time to yourself is powerful.
77. 6:33Even having that micro time each day, whether it's just waking up and taking that time, taking that time to meditate,
78. 6:40taking that time for yourself, taking your time to reflect, writing your journal.
79. 6:47Do what you got to do.
80. 6:50That time is for you.
81. 6:52Because the world is so, so loud.
82. 6:56Like, oh, I can't even hear myself, hear my thoughts.
83. 6:58I'm always in different conversations.
84. 7:00Oh, I got to network.
85. 7:01Oh, I got to do this production.
86. 7:02Oh, I got to direct.
87. 7:04Oh, I got to have this consultation.
88. 7:06Oh, I got to have this pre-production call, this discovery call.
89. 7:09Oh, I got to do this sales call.
90. 7:10Oh, I got to do this email.
91. 7:12This world is so loud and so much going on at once.
92. 7:16So many things going on at the same time at once.
93. 7:24So loud.
94. 7:25I want to hear myself.
95. 7:27I want to be one with myself.
96. 7:31It's cool to be one with the world, but you must first be one with yourself, especially as a solo entrepreneur.
97. 7:42It's important because you want the right people around you once you start adding team members and hiring and getting interns
98. 7:52and consultants, accountants, lawyers, like all of that.
99. 7:59You want to have the right people in place and people that you can trust and that are skillful.
100. 8:06So when you have that moment and that time away and be able to take months off, you know,
101. 8:15even a year if you wanted to have the right people in place,
102. 8:19you train them and you know their skills, you know their value, their worth, their worth and their work ethic.
103. 8:27Like, it takes time.
104. 8:31It really, really takes time.
105. 8:37And remember, you are your own competition.
106. 8:42You are to get better each day and not wait for things to just go of course.
107. 8:55Like magically something's going to happen by complaining.
108. 9:03So take that step back.
109. 9:06Be consistent and doing great things.
110. 9:09Reach for perfection, the awesomeness.
111. 9:13If you have that and you keep that, all the great things are going to come.
112. 9:19All the success that you're dying for and earning for is going to come.
113. 9:25All of the things you constantly think about when you're up at night and you land and stand at the ceiling
114. 9:30and looking at the wall, these things are going to come with hard work.
115. 9:35Get yourself out of that rut.
116. 9:39You have to do it.
117. 9:40You have to show up for you.
118. 9:43You first.
119. 9:44Be strong.
120. 9:46But you can't wait for quick results.
121. 9:49Take that time for yourself.
122. 9:53Be patient.
123. 9:56The greatness and your time is coming.
124. 9:59I promise you.
125. 10:01And if you was already there and you kind of got knocked off,
126. 10:05guess what?
127. 10:05Your time is going to come again.
128. 10:11It's going to happen.
129. 10:13It's life.
130. 10:14It's like hills and valleys, the peaks.
131. 10:17Climbing the mountain one time you're up, one time you're down.
132. 10:20Or reach the biggest peak.
133. 10:22Oh no, look at that.
134. 10:23There's something even greater.
135. 10:25It's life.
136. 10:27Know that it's going to happen.
137. 10:28So be patient with it.
138. 10:30Be patient with your life.
139. 10:37It will all come.
140. 10:41Don't rely on these quick results.
141. 10:43Don't rely on these magical wishes.
142. 10:49The blessings is going to come.
143. 10:50Trust me.
144. 10:52All right, y'all.
145. 10:54I got to hop on this Zoom call.
146. 10:57I am Mr. Photographer Jackson, Steve Jackson of Alien Eyes Photos Media.
147. 11:04And this has been another episode of Alien Eyes Photos Industry Talk.
148. 11:11Thank you for tuning in.
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155. 11:46definitely visit alieneyesphotos.com.
156. 11:51All the booking information.
157. 11:53Some of my old galleries, portfolios up there.
158. 11:57I got to update that, but I'm going to be serious.
159. 12:00But people like it.
160. 12:01But they see my work now, they're like, wow.
161. 12:05They're blown away.
162. 12:06So that's kind of the little ripple effect.
163. 12:08Like, oh, you like my past or you don't really like me now.
164. 12:12But yeah, visit alieneyesphotos.com.
165. 12:15I am out.