How I Became A Well-Known Video Journalist? I Followed Jack London!

There's no telling how far you can go in life. 

Jack London is a perfect example of that. Jack was a dock worker among the roughest ports of the early 1900s America. That dock breed spoke illiterate English that was crude and unrefined. Jack London was just that – an illiterate dock worker. 

He lived off the streets. He never had any kind of opportunity. He was headed for a dead-end life. 

Except ... 

Jack had a burning desire. He had a burning desire to become a successful writer. He had no chance though. For starters he was a "nobody" dock worker. Second: He was illiterate, remember. 

But Jack London did something anyone can do. He identified the main skills he'd need to master to become the writer he wanted to be. 

Those skills were intended to pull Jack up from the lowly job of a dock worker to an author of 
fiction books - and they were: 

1) Reading 

2) Intense grammar study 

3) Self-education (a library study program) 

4) Writing. 

He did those 4 "main skills" before and after his 12-hour dock work. 

What happened? What happened is this: 

Jack London went on to write many best selling novels including:  Call of the Wild, The Sea Wolf 
and Martin Eden.

But that's not all ... 

Adjusting for inflation - Jack London is one of the highest paid authors of all time. He went from illiterate dock-worker to one of the highest paid authors of all time by establishing the main 
skills around his burning desire, and then working on them every day. 

Anyone can do what Jack London did. Anyone can have a burning desire to do something with their life. And everyone can "chunk down" the main skills of the dream they want to accomplish. 

And you got it: 

Everyone can find time around their existing job or responsibilities to concentrate on developing and 
mastering their identified main skills. 

Then it's just a matter of consistency. Doing them day, after day, after day. That's what Jack London did. And, as you now know, he went from illiterate dock worker to one of the highest paid authors of all time. 

So:

What are the main skills you need to master to get you to the level you want to be at? 

Just identify them first. Then schedule in time every day to work on them. Maybe all you have is an hour to spare each day, maybe less. 

That's okay. Just start with the time you have. Because the secret is in the consistency. Consistency is what sets the people at the top of their field apart from everyone else. 

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