“You can achieve everything if you just put your heart and mind into it.” – I too used to think that was rubbish until I started to apply myself. It is amazing the amount of opportunities I then started to discover, I say discover but I mean notice. The opportunities are always present, they are a gift for us all, we just have to choose to see them or ignore them.

Although I may still only be in the starting stages of my internet startup, I know I will succeed simply by the fact that it is what I am setting myself up to do. It is what I love, the web is what I love, being creative and thinking about business ventures is what I dream of everyday in my wonderland.

I’m not unique but I am part of a small bunch of youngsters who are seeing the internet for what it really is, an opportunity. There is nothing stopping you today, or tomorrow, only yesterdays thought patterns.

(That last line was not a quote, that was me, not sure if I have ever heard that before… lol)

This is a wonderful article. You have a lot of great views and a talented way of articulation. I just want to play devils advocate in some sense for a moment. You seem to be a fairly young individual and I’d assume your late friend is as well. To say he is doing something mundane and less than gratifying does not mean he is not a go-getter. Sometimes in life we have to do things we don’t necessarily want to do. Like work in a car factory.

I myself have had a long road of stupid jobs but they have led me down a road of learning and growing. Everyone can have the mentality that Davy speaks of. Some just take different paths to get there. It’s never to late to change.

It’s an interesting point of view for sure. I have a piece of phrase that makes me think twice before giving up some idea: “If you create something, it must aggregate value.” The rest doesn’t really matter, since it’s a matter of choice. If you believe what you’re creating add value, go ahed, it will work.

Regards!

- On the “Steve Jobs” note: When launching a product, he pulled it for not being “good enough”, which is acceptable when you have the resources to do so. If you have other items up your sleeve and don’t have to worry about going out of business within a few months, then please strive for perfection. Not delivering at all is a risk you can take. However, when Apple launched their first product, it was far from perfect, but the start of something beautiful.

- On the “creating a reason why you shouldn’t work as hard as you can” note: Nowhere in my article, I claim that you shouldn’t work as hard as you can. I feel that hard work is a must and will get you very far. However, striving for launch-ready products instead of perfect products, isn’t a matter of not working hard enough. It’s a matter of efficiency. I feel it’s better to work 15-hours a day and create 3 good products, than working 15-hours a day in an effort to create a “perfect” (utopia) product and quitting half-way because you ran out of resources.

Give this guy a break. He’s not saying you HAVE to buy articles from his website. He’s just pointing out that IF you have a website AND IF you have to write frequently AND IF you are having difficulties to keep writing worthwile content, then you can always go get an interesting article on your topic instead of just copying it somewhere else, just to add some new post on your site.

Dave, leuk en interessant initiatief. En het is best grappig dat ik via amerikaanse websites tot bij jou kom. Hopelijk slaag je erin om je project volop te doen draaien!

It’s all your fault.”

That sounds like helpful advicefor all those who are struggling with their lives for whatever reason. (note ironic tone please). Have a look at Alain de Botton on TED.com for a more reasoned approach