Sounds great right?

Well, there was once such a video, but it has since been banned from cinema and TV use, but like all good things that get banned from TV, they spread via the Internet.

The Agent Provocateur video and corporate vision to provoke and create controversy, which it most definitely did, with more than 360 million views – and still counting – more than five years after its release.

You want to see it right?

Of course, at Streetlessons.com we are far too professional to pull a stunt like that…. macbook air

Seriously though, check out this funny Macbook air joke:

Is it because Google is too big and smart to not be quashed like these ‘now-slim’ 800 pound gorillas or is it because of follies on Yahoo’s and Microsoft’s part?

Actually — it is both.

Today, while reading the “just-launched” Indian edition of Men’s Health, I came across one such ah-ha moments myself.

I have never hidden it that I want to make it big in the entertainment industry. Difficult, yes. Impossible, no. So why is it that I am not implementing my action plan with the pace I should be? Why is it that I end up spending most of my time, energy and money in industries other than entertainment?

Yes, I got an answer to the above questions. However, before that, let me tell you HOW I got my answers.

Actually, I got my answers to my business questions from one of the most unlikely sources I could have thought of — a story about Tarahumera tribe of American Indians in the hills of Mexico.

Yeah, I actually found solutions to my business questions while trying to read about how Tarahumera people, while living on a diet of carbs and beer, are still able to run more than 100 miles at a time… even in their 60s.

There was this one single line which read –

“I saw a 95-year-old Tarahumera man walking across these mountains,” Caballo begins. “Know why he could do it? Because no one told him he couldn’t. If you put your body into a situation, it will figure out what to do.”

So that was it — You know why he could? Because no one told him he couldn’t.

All of sudden I realized that all this time I’ve sub-consciously told myself that entertainment industry is one of the most ruthless industries and making it big in it is difficult. And keeping this in mind, I was trying to make a base for myself to fall back on. I was trying to have businesses and investments in “stable” industries. And, as a result, I was NOT putting 110% of myself towards my goal.

Wow! I never realized that I was the one keeping myself from achieving what I have always wanted to achieve. How could I forget Eminem’s immortal words –

Look, if you had one shot, or one opportunity
To seize everything you ever wanted - One moment
Would you capture it or just let it slip?

Today, Good-tutorials.com is perhaps the largest and most popular site about photoshop tutorials. Anyone who has ever had his or her tutorial featured on Zach’s site will tell you how much traffic he can send to you!

I was really glad when Zach accepted to answer my 5 Question Mini-Interview. Just for the record, he replied on Oct 29. Here are his responses –

I’m a 21 year old student majoring in Information Systems at Carnegie Mellon University. My main website, Good-Tutorials.com, has been around for about four and a half years now. It’s the largest tutorial listing for Adobe Photoshop online- we just passed 12,000 tutorials today, in fact.

I try not to do too much with it other than save it, for the most part. My costs are relatively low (most of it is just human costs- the time spent per day updating the site, replying to emails, etc), though I do have a couple dedicated servers.

I think a big failing point is having a cohesive vision for whichever project you have. Some people have some decent ideas that might possibly make some money, but they can’t identify what the user really wants and they fail in that regard- they can’t build a system that meshes with their idea.

On the other hand, some people have the potential to make a solid product, but they have a hard time with coming up with a stellar idea that they can profit from.

It’s a bit of a balancing act, but having a cohesive vision that you apply to all areas (from generating the idea to implementing the idea) will really help you become successful down the line.

Enjoy what you’re doing, take pride in what you’re doing. If you can’t fully jump into a project, new business idea, or anything like that, then personally I don’t think it’s worth it. Life is too short to do things you don’t love.

If you want to get more down-to-earth and practical in regards to that point: if you don’t love what you’re doing, it will show through in your work. People can see that, and in the long term they’ll stop using your product, they won’t promote it as much, and so on. Love what you do; it’ll show.

I have a couple ideas bouncing around my head that I’d like to start work on sometime soon. I also want to get started on the newest version of Good-Tutorials. There’s always that next project, that next iteration to do.

But right now I am off to post Zach’s Interview Responses. Oh and even Guy Kawasaki replied with the answers!