#1. I love my clients/customers. I really do. #2. I love when you guys contact me to ask for advice/tips. It is truly flattering and motivates me to work even harder. But… Please, please, please stop asking me this question: “What is the minimum I have to do to make X amount of dollars?” Please…. Continue reading
Post Category → Mindset
The Death Meditation And Business
Someday, I am going to put together a stand-up comic routine and sign up for an open mic night. Someday. I’m too nervous now to do it. In the meantime, I just read books like “The Hidden Tools Of Comedy” and scratch out jokes on a napkin or something. Anyways, today I was reading and… Continue reading
Garbage, Garbage, Garbage
Since it’s Monday, and your inbox is about to get hammered with the newest money suck of the week, I wanted to impart some wisdom (the kind that you can only get by losing a TON of money first) to help keep you on track for reaching success: Garbage in. Garbage out. That’s it. When… Continue reading
“How Much Does It Cost To Get 19.42% Conversions?”
Here is one of the most common questions I get trickling in to my inbox: “How much does it cost to get X conversions on my product?” People want the hard numbers, man! They want to predict the future to the n’th degree. But you can’t. Not really. There are just too many factors in… Continue reading
Beware: The “Congress Model” of doing business…
In the U.S. and of A we have an elected body of officials that make our decisions for us. We call them congress. (Fast forward to the part after the history lesson)… They are supposed to pass laws and stuff. But they really are champion stallers. I’m talking Olympic level procrastination. They are so good… Continue reading
Marketing’s Little “Game Of Thrones” Secret
George RR Martin is a bagillionaire because he perfected one small bit of writing advice: “Kill your darlings often and early” In writing it means: Don’t hold on to your bad ideas/characters/plots so long that you ruin the story. No. Ole’ Georgie doesn’t have any problem killing off characters that have run their course. And… Continue reading
Your Opinion Is Probably Wrong… And That Isn’t OK…
How often do you stop (and really think) to investigate your own ill-informed opinions? Opinions that could be potentially holding you back from getting precisely what you want/need at this moment in your life? Let me give you an example: My very first goal as an entrepreneur was to make $3,000 per month. ($100/day). I… Continue reading
This Guy’s Toddler Is A Guru
For your Monday evening consideration, Have you ever met/lurked those people who just seem to have the Midas Touch? Like they have this sixth sense about themselves in whatever they do. Be it writing, be it business, whatever. It’s as if they are “above” the conventional rules. The good news is, you can be just… Continue reading
What Two Chainsaw Wielding Mexicans Taught Me In The Forests Of Alaska
In 2004 I was in Alaska. In deep, deep Alaska. The part of Alaska where the highway turns from asphalt to gravel to logging roads to helicopter rides. I was 18 years old, and I was fighting fire in one of the worst wildfire seasons Alaska has ever had. The physical challenge of fighting wildfire… Continue reading
My Favorite Business Tool? A Punching Bag.
Supposedly, the best way to run a business is like a soulless robot. No emotion. Just statistical analysis and coldhearted decisions making. And honestly, that sounds like a pretty great way to do things. But I can’t. No matter how hard I try, at the end of the day I can’t tell where my personal… Continue reading