The Only 100 Words You Should Read Today

Finding success is all about taking action.

You can read all you want, but nothing will happen until you execute.

That is why today, I’m cutting this post short. Instead of reading my content, I want you to do something instead – right now. Do something for your blog, business or life that will get you moving forward and help you reach your goals.

All I ask is that you leave a comment of what you’re about to do (sort of like a pledge), and let’s see how much we can all get done today.

Sound good?

I’ll start:

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Sharon Cohen February 11, 2011 at 8:43 am

I am continuing to look at ways on how to reinvent myself at age 62 using my varied and strong communication skills. I need to find a Web site business/service that is not already flooded with competitors but not such a niche that too few people want it. I’ve crossed off several on the list and now zooming in on one. Wish I could figure out if it is the right one.

Sheri Oz May 22, 2011 at 12:20 pm: Reply

Hi Sharon – I’m also at a junction and I’ll be 60 in a few months. Hope you found your niche. I’m looking for one for me and it is so much fun but also confusing. Good luck to both of us.
Sheri

Henrik Hedberg February 11, 2011 at 8:51 am

Got my AdWords campaign up and running!

Carl Mueller February 11, 2011 at 9:40 am

I’m going to set up a mailing list which I’ve been putting off for too long.

Murlu February 11, 2011 at 11:17 am

Throughout this entire weekend; I’ll be creating products for my new PLR site that’s in the works. I’ll also be creating the pages, setting up my autoresponder and perhaps begin marketing it once 50% of the packs are complete

Mk Akan February 11, 2011 at 11:33 am

I am going to do a few things.
1.I am going to build a list of at least 1000 subscriber before 31st dec 2011(i have achieved 2% already)
2.I am going to hire a programmer on Elance to build my first IPhone app before 31st June 2011
(i can’t believe this, a 100 words posts got over 300 comments..great)

Dawn February 11, 2011 at 2:40 pm

Pat- you are awesome! Thanks for always sharing great, useful info and inspiring your readers to JUST DO IT!

Patrick February 11, 2011 at 5:29 pm

I’m going to contact an expert for assistance as to why these backlinks I’ve been building aren’t registering on my niche site. Of course, if anyone here wants to volunteer…

Tim September 8, 2011 at 2:06 pm: Reply

I can help you with that,email me at tntneal4@gmail.com and we can get started

semmy @ Make Money Online February 11, 2011 at 5:33 pm

right now what I’m going to do is start writing articles

Google Sniper 2.0 February 11, 2011 at 8:53 pm

Hey thanks for the reminder! You are right, read all and no action equals to NOTHING! I am going to build quality backlinks to day to my blog! Thanks again.

John Mak February 12, 2011 at 1:27 am

Hello Pat,

First time in your website and I just read what I needed at this moment. There is no thinking, nothing to do else except act towards something. I totally agree with you and the road to success is when we eliminate everything that comes in front our way and keep going with consistence and focus!

Today I will not think what I have to do. I will take action and tap my full potential to get the results that I need. I will focus on things that gives me only results.

Thank you for the inspiration,

Have a good day,

John Mak

Warren Talbot February 12, 2011 at 6:06 am

Excellent advice and I am taking it today. We are off to explore central Lima to inspire our writing and teach us about the people here. Plus, if we are feeling adventurous, we plan on writing out an outline for our first book over a couple beers.

Marty February 12, 2011 at 10:58 am

Well, I think it has to be making arrangement for moving my blog to Wordpress. Everyone I speak to recommends this if monetising a blog is the intention.

Roger February 12, 2011 at 2:36 pm

this is the most helpfull blog post you have done, not saying the other’s are bad, witch is totaly wrong, your blog is gold.

take action, this is THE ADVICE.

thanks mate, heading to some serious calculus studying! wish me luck hehe

Neil February 12, 2011 at 7:05 pm

I will create my own blog.

David Mount February 13, 2011 at 12:20 am

I have more on my plate than ever and it’s time to recalibrate and and recommit. I will right a blog post weekly develop more content to share with anyone who can benefit from it.

Action not intention determines destination!

Pat,

Good job a very important post for your audience.

Katherine February 13, 2011 at 11:47 am

Before I read this simple, yet inspiring post – I was going to fix myself some chocolate milk, clean the kitchen, and eat some artichoke hearts.

But before I do that, I think I will work on my blog for another ten minutes.

LR Henry February 13, 2011 at 1:17 pm

I worked hard to build my business web site and add some articles, and posted job ads on linkedin and social media. By the time I read this article, I was already exhausted from a lot of work, driving around town meeting clients, preparing presentations for free workshops I am planning, so I already got a lot done and taking a break today…. Plans already made for tomorrow, I sure will get a lot done this week! Thanks for the inspiring post!

Sydney Parks February 13, 2011 at 5:28 pm

This week, I’m taking steps to put more life in my work-life balance by fitting in exercise every day. Good thoughts on “just do it.” Being a beginning blogger has really taught me the value of learning as I go, as opposed to waiting for my site or my content to be perfect. I even wrote about that, myself. Thanks for believing in good karma of the web and sharing so much valuable information, Pat!

Austin February 13, 2011 at 11:05 pm

Pat, I’m a first time commenter but a long time reader. I’m took action after reading your post and FINALLY transferred my hosting from Go Daddy to bluehost. I have a handful of sites hosted at Go Daddy mostly due to the ease as that is where the domains are registered. I’ll be saving nearly $30/month taking advantage of bluehost’s “unlimited domains” vs. paying $4.99/month for EACH site at Go Daddy. Thanks for the call to action! Keep it up!

Austin February 13, 2011 at 11:10 pm

P.s. Do you recommend any good FTP clients for Macs? I have always used the one built into the hosting company but have always found it cumbersome. Thanks!

Pat February 13, 2011 at 11:13 pm: Reply

I use one called “Yummy FTP” – I hear there are some other good ones but I’ve used this for a couple years and am happy with it. Good luck!

Austin February 23, 2011 at 10:41 am

Hey Pat,

I thought I’d follow up and let you know that since my comment I left on Feb 13th I transferred my hosting to Bluehost and built my first niche site! I’ve just started with the backlinking strategy you outline in your niche site dual posts. In the first few days I’ve seen $0.73 in Adsense revenue and one order from Amazon netting me $3.56 in commission! I can’t wait to see what the site does when I get it onto the first page (top 3?) of Google!

Thanks again for the call to action!

Maxime Linard February 14, 2011 at 2:36 am

I’m going to start the negociation for my salary with my boss.

Michelle February 15, 2011 at 9:46 am

So many great responses!

I’m going to make a final decision is I should change blog themes or not, and then be done with it for at least 6 months. I’m going to get over the dread of writing another ebook and the fear that the rewards will not be worth the effort —> overcoming feelings of futility.

I love your podcasts. I listen to them at the gym

Sunil from The Extra Money Blog February 15, 2011 at 7:37 pm

i am going to think about a title for a post as pulling / attractive / attention grabbing as this one that has drawn over 300 comments. the art of internet marketing at its best!

Jeff February 16, 2011 at 2:40 pm

Today I am going to narrow down my list of applicants on odesk from 19 to 3 and request article samples. Love this post – if you can do one thing a day consistently you will further ahead than if you try to do too much. The challenge is narrowing it down and acting!

Doug February 16, 2011 at 3:37 pm

After this comment, I’ll be connecting on at least 3, new, retirement-planning blogs. It never fails … work … works. Thanks, Pat.

Vivek Barun February 18, 2011 at 2:53 am

Hi Pat,
I’ll read your e-book which I had downloaded a long time ago

Paul Evans February 18, 2011 at 9:15 am

Ill take my 2 boys to the local park so at least they can run around a bit and avoid all the pollution here in Paris…

Susan Liddy February 18, 2011 at 5:09 pm

My pledge is to connect with other bloggers more by commenting on the articles that resonate for me. I used to connect a lot with other bloggers and for the past few months have been so busy, that I moved the task to the bottom of the list.

So, my pledge isn’t only to help my blogging, yet to help myself. I tremendously enjoy reading what other people are up to. Today, I’m going to once again allow myself this “reward”.

-Susan

Rat Racer February 20, 2011 at 9:51 am

I have read this late but I just did post my very first article on my new blog. Hooray!

thanks Pat for the words!

Joe Edward February 20, 2011 at 5:45 pm

Hi Pat,

I have been watching your blog for about a month or so, listening to your podcasts and reading your newsletters. I wanted to drop you a note and let you know I love your approach to internet marketing. I love all the great content like this post and the fact that you are not in my face always trying to sell something.

I started a website a few weeks ago as a test into this whole internet marketing thing to see if I like it and how well I can do. I am a newbie to all of this and I find your website so informative and a great resource. I actually put a link to your site as a someone I’d admire and how your approach is so much better than guerrilla internet marketing.

I have a long way to go and a lot to learn but your success was one of the reasons I decided to give it a go!

Cheers,
Joe

Leah February 22, 2011 at 7:42 am

Hi Pat~

It’s my first time on your site and I wanted to connect and say hello. I’m in the process of launching my own site and am trying to get it “just right.” Of course, I know that it’ll never be perfect, so the one thing I’m going to do today…is finish up a couple of items and launch the darn thing. Make public all the articles and pages I’ve been working on the past few months and finally stake my claim.

Because you’re absolutely right – nothing really happens until you take action and execute.

By the way, I love your blog – great content! I’ll be back and hope to connect with you down the road.

Thanks for the kick in the butt, today!
Leah Steinbrink

Marcos February 23, 2011 at 5:42 pm

I hope to get a proper work place so I can offer more dedication to my blogs

Cheers

Tesla Falcon February 26, 2011 at 12:22 pm

At the encouragement of this post, I started a blog on Wordpress.com. (The brand new “tesfalcon.wordpress.com” blog linked to above.) I posted several posts in 3 categories, etc. Today, I discovered that the blog has been “shut down” for ToS violations. I’m not sure what I even did wrong, and in this “shut down” state, I can’t go in and change anything. So, no explanation, no opportunity to fix anything, and nothing to do but tell Wordpress to DIE!

Yago March 3, 2011 at 3:08 pm

I will get working on my essentail pages for my product niche site today and call my coach to get some direction on it to get on track, also I will sign up for free blog and redirect my website to the domain I have secured for it already. And begin to input some content I’ve already wrote on paper.. Orale!! (Mexican for hellz yea!)

Salvador March 7, 2011 at 5:41 pm

I will start writing my ebook now that have a first draft of its outline. Thank you.

Gon March 12, 2011 at 4:53 pm

Month ago I started my professional blogging career. Today I found this great blog which already helped me to realize what to do in the future.

Patrick March 14, 2011 at 6:06 pm

I’m going to sit here and read your100 words and 200 comments rather than the 300 words you usually write. Then I’m going to bed!

Rajesh March 22, 2011 at 9:54 am

Hello Pat & Others,

Am running a small web designing company which creates and hosts websites for just 200$. So can you please provide me some tips to grow my business.

Many Thanks,
Rajesh

Auret Esselen April 6, 2011 at 3:37 pm

Brilliant post, Pat. Reallly. Such a simple concept, but most people get lost in reading words that they forget the purpose of why they are reading, which is usually to get something done with the acquired knowledge.

Today, I am going to optimize my blog by going back to previous articles and adding the appropriate tags, headings and internal links. Messy work, but I know it’ll bring me one step closer to my goal. Thanks to everyone on this post (past, present and future commentators) for keeping us all accountable.

Fine Wine April 10, 2011 at 10:27 am

I am really happy that I found your site. Thank you for these great tips.

Lucy Perry April 13, 2011 at 5:17 pm

I will take the next steps to get my book (pubished in Australia) onto Amazon and ibooks.

Dwight Anthony April 24, 2011 at 9:48 am

I’m committing myself to getting some things done online that i’ve been putting off.

Dwight Anthony
Financially Elite Blog dot Com

Ronny James April 26, 2011 at 12:55 pm

I will leave a post on this page.

Marion Moore May 6, 2011 at 8:55 pm

I am committing to purchasing the Unique Unique Article Wizard and start article marketing now as I learn more about niche blogging.

Marion Moore Sr
502.356.8456

Cynthia LoMonaco May 7, 2011 at 7:36 pm

After a year I finally have a website set up. It’s been 2 days and it’s almost complete and it should be going live next week. On my website I have a page for the E-Books I’m going to write. I’ve got the covers designed and posted; and now I’m finally going to get them written.
I’m not a good writer but I have info to share; so I’m taking that leap and just doing it.

Fabio May 18, 2011 at 4:11 pm

After reading “21 Quick Actions You Can Do Today to Set Your Blog Up for Massive Success”, I’ll eliminate a few broken links found in the blog I contribute. There are 81! o.O

Julio Ruiz May 21, 2011 at 12:29 am

Inspirational and motivational few words Pat.

i´ll dominate the thesis wordpress theme and also some html for a new training website.

I´ll start right now

Louie Sison May 21, 2011 at 9:29 am

I am planning to limit my online surfing hours and be more productive in writing blogs and enhancing my seo campaigns.

Thanks pat!

sherif May 22, 2011 at 2:34 am

I Pledge to start improving on my blog http://www.edream2.com by planning atleast 2 specific positive action that I would be taking every day in addition to doing quality research to widen my knowledge in my niche
cheers

Barbara June 1, 2011 at 1:52 pm

I need motivation… wanting to get started but don’t feel up to speed with online and computer ability/knowledge.

Alice Wales June 5, 2011 at 10:23 am

Simple statement but true. No amount of reading or learning will ever bring you success unless you start taking the first step to work on what you have read or learned.

Anonymous June 13, 2011 at 1:21 pm

How bad do you want it?

Michael @blast4trafficnow June 24, 2011 at 8:17 am

I take action every single day. I find out that I waste more time on keyword research, I must stop that and focus on building relevant backlinks. Thanks for motivating me.

Erik Esprit June 29, 2011 at 2:37 pm

I will continue to build my site http://www.customersarecool.com and continue to explore options for monetization as well as keeping the website entertaining.

Alain June 30, 2011 at 4:47 am

I pledge to write 1 article on Infobarrel within the next 1h15minutes.

Brett June 30, 2011 at 7:25 am

I’ve written 5 articles today and ordered a dozen outsourced articles. I’m a machine

Leo July 5, 2011 at 5:20 pm

I enjoyed your video and found it informative. I plan to learn enough to put up my Fan page(s). I keep coming back to HTML. Canb I use Frontpage to create it and paste in to the FAn and NonFAn blocks? Any other sugggestions?

James July 9, 2011 at 4:28 am

I’m going to go for a run

Tim Hicks July 9, 2011 at 7:43 am

I love this short post. Today, I’m writing seven articles for each of my main websites and putting them in the queue to post each day. This way, if I get a “brain cramp” during the week, my sites still get updated.

Jonathan Lee Smith - Internet Marketer August 17, 2011 at 8:12 pm: Reply

Man two great minds think alike. I do this often. It helps make things much better. I have a weeks worth laid out now on my blog. I feel so accomplished when I have about a week posted already.

Many people who blog have no idea of this feature in wordpress.

It really helps out a lot.

Eric July 22, 2011 at 4:22 am

Just want to find a way to get backlinks indexed faster!

Alex July 22, 2011 at 7:25 am

Once a month I comment somewhere on your blog and this time around it is going to be here. I’ve been following you since April ’10 and I really enjoyed most of the content. You are a great asset for the web community and I think you are one of the few who really deserves the success because you seem to have a better capability to “connect” with the audience. I do not return to other blogs to see what’s up unless they pitch me in an email but SPI is something that stayed in my mind even 15 months later. That’s it. The action I wanted to take, is now offiicially executed with this comment.

Siegfried July 31, 2011 at 10:57 am

I’ve written a new article about wordpress setup

Bryan Knowlton August 4, 2011 at 2:50 pm

I just finished up a couple short little video clips I am going to give to affiliates so they can include it in their email blasts to their customers. Shot the videos really quickly last night and editing shouldn’t take long. Thanks Pat!

Jason August 5, 2011 at 11:26 pm

Did it! Setup my site and added some posts, SEO, and even got an affiliate link up there. Thanks for the motivation!

Teresa Schultz August 9, 2011 at 1:34 am

Today I am going to:

1) Add 3 articles to my one site that my boyfriend is busy writing.
2) Add the content of our latest newsletter to it’s category on our one site (previous newsletters).
3) write an article for another site as a guest blogger (give free content in return for a free backlink in the author bio)
4) tweak the “further info” page on two sites, since yesterday added submit forms to these two sites, but the “further info” pages these forms pages link to now need updating to reflect the new submit forms added
5) add some appropriate Amazon affiliate products to already exisitng good traffic pages on some of my sites
6) anything else that crops up that could do with a bit of time and effort that results in progress or a potential increase in earnings

andrew collinson August 16, 2011 at 3:27 pm

I just launched my first information product.

Jonathan Lee Smith - Internet Marketer August 17, 2011 at 8:09 pm

Wow what a great post. I think I will be doing a few good things but that will have to start tomorrow as I have just read this post and it is 10pm. A bit late for me.

Pat, you are inspiring to a lot of people. Even people who have achieve moderate success as an IM like myself.

I hope you continue down this great road.

Question: With your permission I would like to do the same thing on my blog. This should help more people to get some stuff done. I am hoping your reply to this comment.

Thanks!

Jonathan Lee Smith - Internet Marketer August 18, 2011 at 7:01 pm

Posted this on my blog. Wanted to give credit where it was deserved!

Jeremiah August 19, 2011 at 1:18 am

Best post i read. You can not move forward if you will not act right now. Reading tutorials are useless if you will not apply it. Thanks Pat!

Dave Johnson August 20, 2011 at 11:22 am

Hi Pat,

Recently discovered your blog via one of your guest posts and am a bit overwhelmed by all the good tips.

Just in the vision->design phase of adding writing/blogging to my freelance editing to create a full-time, sustainable career. You’ve convinced me to take my time and get this foundational part right. Thanks.

Today, I’m going to quit dragging my feet and edit a manuscript that I agreed to do free for a friend of my main client. Thanks for the motivation.

Steve August 20, 2011 at 7:15 pm

I’m going to continue filling out my mind map a MindMeister, then start knocking out the list. What an awesome tool! Thanks for turning my onto it (plus everything else).

Pali Madra August 21, 2011 at 9:15 am

Start knocking down things from my todo list.

This post is inspiring thanks!

Missy August 24, 2011 at 11:34 am

I am going to set up a monthly schedule for my latest blog. As of now, I kind of just wake up and write whatever I want. That’s not always the best way to handle things.

The Best Hibiscus Tea August 29, 2011 at 2:36 am

What a brilliant reminder to all of us not to waste too much time online! I love it.

Today, I’m going to add tags to all my blog posts, and then hunt up any 404 pages, and get them fixed. Those are the kind of small, boring tasks related to blogging that I tend to postpone.

Paul @ The Frugal Toad September 1, 2011 at 6:54 pm

First time visitor Pat! Already took action to build links to my blog but after reading your challenge I am going to start a new article!

Thanks for the inspiration!

Kevin September 2, 2011 at 7:28 pm

I finished putting up a new niche website. And tomorrow I am going to write 5 follow up emails

Rob N September 4, 2011 at 1:12 pm

I read this awhile ago and realized I didn’t report back what I did that day. I did a necessary update to my website that was much needed, but very tedious and boring (a minor update on each state page, 51 pages in all). I really need a VA, but feel like I am not at the right place to do it. I know, there will never be a right time, but I am only making money off affiliate stuff and am working on my eBook guide. Regardless of income level, once the eBook is done, I will get a VA. Thanks for the inspiration.

Jimmy/Life Architect September 6, 2011 at 11:40 pm

Hi Pat,

I am new here.

For the whole day I have been on my blog. Today I wrote and published one article. Do take a glance and give me your comment. I improved the looks on my blog, although I know it looks really simple at the moment. But hey, Rome wasn’t build overnight right. One stone at a time. Now I am in the process of commenting. I hope to learn about creating an ebook cover for free after this.

Cheers

Marie September 8, 2011 at 1:32 am

Today I will write my first article/

Ryan September 12, 2011 at 10:36 pm

Just purchased my new web domain!!!!

I have my doubts. But I have to be willing to make decisions, move forward, and just go for it.

Thanks Pat!

Ryan

Patrick Blogging September 14, 2011 at 1:11 pm

Making a list of ideas for new articles to write

Joe, vet in Tampa September 21, 2011 at 2:23 pm

Thanks for the call to action, inspiring.

Going to devote some time to backlinks, and also update a page on our original site based on advice learned here from one of your posts (dramatic increase in subscribers from About page).

Slava September 22, 2011 at 1:02 pm