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  1. CaptainAmerica

    Never, never, never ever...

    MINDSET 
    I wrote out a whole long personal thing.... and erased it. Perseverance is my only saving grace. I have limited practical and social skills, my health is hit and miss, and I'm a quarter of a million in debt. So.... it's a good thing I found the book and the forum. Because even though I plan on...
  2. CaptainAmerica

    Can't write.

    MINDSET RANT 
    I try the trick of writing bad erotica, and having my character do this whole non sequitur spiel on the topic I'm supposed to be writing. It's stupid, but it works. (I also use bar time to get places on time...)
  3. CaptainAmerica

    How does one develop personal routines for success when you work erratic hours?

    MINDSET 
    You'll get some traction with a system, not a schedule. Your work schedule is dictated, and eventually you'll leave it, but for now, set up triggers and responses. "When I lock the car doors, I hold the key up in the air. When I get back home, I feed the dog before I start dinner." Be really...
  4. CaptainAmerica

    I need help with writing an instruction guide

    The only thing I would suggest is to clarify for the end user customer how to purchase, download, and send plugins to the affiliates. Because most people hiring for SEO just don't know, and get really frustrated.
  5. CaptainAmerica

    apparently, four is a good number

    EXECUTION 
    Yes. The depression came because I identified too strongly with my previous job - they laid me off, and I lost myself. I had already started my own consulting business. I know how to run the technical operations for a company. I don't know how to market. I thought I could learn it and/or...
  6. CaptainAmerica

    Tired all the damn time

    HEALTH 
    All good advice here. Try using www.sleepyti.me to coordinate your sleep. When I was traveling a lot, this totally saved me.
  7. CaptainAmerica

    apparently, four is a good number

    EXECUTION 
    Holy smokes, what have I done? Bear with me, because I'm tired, and probably delirious. I have four businesses. Yeah, you read that right - four. Why? Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time.... Look, I know it's not tenable. But needs must. Here they are, with a little detail: 1. A...
  8. CaptainAmerica

    My 179th Business Idea

    IDEA 
    Good on you! It might help to determine right now what "success" means. Is it number of customers, $ coming in regularly, joint venture contracts, what? And what questions can you formulate now that you can ask then about what happens next?
  9. CaptainAmerica

    How can I protect my online business?

    Yeah, consider the source on this. Do what your IT dev team tells you, including all the digital security you can get. But domains? pppthh.. Do the most likely, and protect them.
  10. CaptainAmerica

    Quote of the Day - QOTD

    HOT! MINDSET 
    I asked a successful copywriter: "How did you survive the early days with few clients?" His reply: "Fear, worry, and white-knuckling. Success comes from necessity. When you have to succeed, you will."
  11. CaptainAmerica

    To do 'everything' for free and feel bad for taking money

    MINDSET 
    Here's an example for you: My editor decided to travel. Like, forever. She's self-employed, and relies on her customers to pay her salary. I get to live vicariously through her blog posts. Her family and friends support her by reading her posts and being excited for her. In order to support her...
  12. CaptainAmerica

    Is raising the price a bad idea?

    IDEA 
    So, here's the voice of experience: raise your rates, don't explain, and watch in horrified fascination as a third of your customers disappear - to be replaced with fewer, better, longer term customers. YMMV
  13. CaptainAmerica

    To do 'everything' for free and feel bad for taking money

    MINDSET 
    You might want to read 'Affluence Intelligence'. I used to be the person that people forgot. You know, when they're handing out accolades and bonuses...."and I know there are more of you who helped in really critical ways - thank you all!" Yeah, that doesn't pay the mortgage, even if I did...
  14. CaptainAmerica

    I'm at the worst point of my life

    HOT! 
    Ryan Stewman. Michael Santos. Learn sales. Be valuable. There are jobs available to felons - it depends on the offense and the company policy. Starting your own company is best, but not easy. Trust me when I tell you that you are limiting yourself with negative thinking. You're healthy...
  15. CaptainAmerica

    Men's Fitness Ultimate Guy Competition

    HEALTH 
    Voted! Awesome picture. Yesterday, I was at a seminar with Lee Thompson, of Nspire Sports League. He's doing the Bill Pearl Open here in October. (You know the story, right? What a clusterf*ck.) If you're interested in having a contest in your part of the world, I encourage you to get in...
  16. CaptainAmerica

    Beware the Imp that Pimps You Out

    MINDSET 
    Dang - I read this AFTER I hit up the bar.
  17. CaptainAmerica

    Attractive Nuisances - Avoiding Shiny Object Syndrome

    One of the things that came up this morning at breakfast was the posters, stickers, that are going up all over West Hollywood. The pride flag with the snake on it, and underneath it reads “#ShootBack". And I thought, being the entrepreneur that I am, "Those T-shirts are going to sell like crazy...
  18. CaptainAmerica

    Imminent Threat Survival

    NOTABLE! 
    It helps - a lot - to practice. And I don't mean 'take aikido'. I mean practice, for real, with people who know what they're doing, and you still have to sign a waiver. It's scary af, but in a Situation, I want to panic slower. And - know what to do as a first responder.
  19. CaptainAmerica

    Malcolm Gladwell Is A Dipshit

    BOOKS 
    So much of what's written lately is just a sophomoric rehash of what was said so much better before: "Well, in our country," said Alice, still panting a little, "you'd generally get to somewhere else—if you run very fast for a long time, as we've been doing." "A slow sort of country!" said...
  20. CaptainAmerica

    How do you provide value to someone that has it made?

    (I just wrote about this, in my book-currently-with-the-editor:) Everyone says ‘get a mentor’ like they’re in the Yellow Pages or something. Nope. No dice. You need a mentor, too - someone who can guide you through the edgy waters and stop you from making ruinous mistakes. Some people have...

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