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    What Is Deep Work.. Really?

    MINDSET 
    To me, deep work is synonymous with deliberate practice. I think Cal talked about this in one of his other books where he interviewed successful guitar players. The best ones don't practice playing songs, they practice difficult, uncomfortable, and minuscule sounds/movements that make the...
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    How to Launch a Million-Dollar Business this Weekend w/Noah Kagan

    GOLD! HOT! AMA 
    Love your videos Noah and congrats on the new book! My question is, what was the biggest "shocker" moment for you when it comes to someone's revenue or income relative to their business? (Larry Janesky's $700M basement repair company was insane to hear about). I'm sure you've met a ton of...
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    Businesses You Should Avoid And Why

    FEEDBACK 
    The business models you listed are not the things that saturate. OFFERS and PRODUCTS saturate Take your example of "Marketing Agency" - for a marketing agency to render completely obsolete and "saturated", every single business in its niche would have to be thriving and be generating a...
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    What do you/your clients use to respond to leads?

    MARKETING PEOPLE QUESTION 
    GoHighLevel has great lead nurture systems and they can connect to most ad platforms (like FB ads) - the flow that I generally use is: Lead opts in through form -> wait 5-10 minutes -> send an automated sms + optional: voicemail drop -> continue conversation People who opt in tend to respond...
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    Do I *really* need to cold call? (Growing a lead gen agency)

    MARKETING QUESTION 
    As the previous replies have stated, we can't exactly tell whether or not you're going to be successful with cold calling (even someone like me who's been cold calling for months in your exact niche) Some people generate leads through email. Some through LinkedIn. Some through content, etc...
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    Have a big NeW yEaRs ResoLUtiOn? Shut up.

    MINDSET 
    Thanks for the sobering post @Kak In December of 2021, I spent a week "planning" for the New Year by spending DAYS writing out exactly what I wanted to happen in each quarter of the year and even down to the month! Ended up making like 5 enormous goals that would require hours of focus alone...
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    Forum Member Gratitude Thread

    MINDSET 
    Too many to count, this forum has brought amazing connections and wisdom into my life! First off, the man himself, @MJ DeMarco - you changed my life. Before reading TMF, I was on a path to becoming a mediocre slowlaner who was purged with the mentality of extremely frugality. I cannot thank you...
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    Do I Need A Website To Get A Customer?

    MARKETING 
    A fancy website is not necessary in my experience - if your offer is solid and you sound trustworthy in your outreach, very few people will gripe about a website. If you insist in making one though, set a timer for 15 minutes and whip up a quick landing page on Webflow.
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    Cause & Effect [Progress Thread]

    HOT! EXECUTION 
    Ended up having a follow up chat last week and signed him on!! Super exciting stuff - now we gotta make sure we deliver
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    Cause & Effect [Progress Thread]

    HOT! EXECUTION 
    Thanks man!! That's the goal, but the most difficult part by-bar has been systamizing my own sales process. Right now, the business fails without me making cold calls everyday (hence why I made this post lol). This post that @perchboy sent me from @Johnny boy was extremely insightful and...
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    Your Biggest Lesson from 2023...?

    HOT! MINDSET 
    To achieve a goal, you must become the version of yourself that is deserving of achieving it. You can't earn $1 million as your current self. Your current self is incabable of becoming a millionaire and you must psychology "kill yourself" and evolve into someone who is deserving. And don't...
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    Advice on hiring cold callers?

    SCALING 
    Appreciate the insights! Never really thought about the impact of after-call impressions and show up rates.
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    Advice on hiring cold callers?

    SCALING 
    So the best route here is get really good (5%+ booking rates) and train to expect a 1% booking rate? The company is still new but client LTV is around ~$20K. I was thinking to structure it commission based on immediate bookings ($100-$200 per booking) and a % commission from sales. In terms of...
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    Advice on hiring cold callers?

    SCALING 
    Hey All! I've been running my agency for a few months now and all of my lead-flow and clientele have come from cold calling. My meeting booking rates are about 1.5% and I average about 5 meetings per week. It's been great to develop my sales skills over the phone but I'm looking to scale this...
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    What was the most critical mind shift for you?

    HOT! MINDSET 
    And it’s a great feeling to know you are in complete control. Instead of relying on luck or shiny objects, you “hack” it by piling on more and more volume All else equals, the person who stops stopping will always win
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    What was the most critical mind shift for you?

    HOT! MINDSET 
    How you do one thing is how you do everything. If your room is messy, your business is messy. If your intensity at the gym is sub-par, your work intensity is sub-par.
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    Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread

    HOT! CHAT 
    https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/28/charlie-munger-investing-sage-and-warren-buffetts-confidant-dies.html Damn... Warren's right-hand man and one of the smartest people who ever lived. If anyone has a chance to pick up "Poor Charlie's Almanack," I would highly recommend it. It changed my thinking...
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    Best ways there are to get to know "like-minded" people in real life?

    MEETUPS 
    1000% agree with this Similar to running a business, you need to focus on VALUE - what kind of value can you provide to the world? What specialized knowledge do you have that would benefit the people you're trying to connect with? As everyone else said too, you gotta put yourself out there...
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    The Great Rat-Race Escape by MJ DeMarco, Now Available (All formats!)

    HOT! 
    It's pretty simple, but I've found better results from converting EPUB to MOBI using a website like this: https://cloudconvert.com/epub-to-MOBI Then connect your Kindle to your computer and drag the MOBI file into the Documents folder @wmgarchitect
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    Books about the importance of time.

    IDEA 
    On the Shortness of Life by Seneca

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