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Is Calorie Counting model really flawed?
HOT! HEALTHIt's not "flawed" per se, it's just that it adds complexity and unnecessary friction and attention to everyday life. If you are some kind of fitness competitor and this is your main focus, then sure - count calories, optimize macros, etc, etc. If, however, you are just a regular person who...- Alxf
- Post #20
- Forum: Health and Fitness
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I'm looking for a mentor
INTROI don't think this is necessarily true on a deeper level. Past a certain point of personal success, people start to have "taken in" enough for themselves, and find that they get more satisfaction out of giving back to others. I'm not nearly as successful as some of the people on this forum, but...- Alxf
- Post #7
- Forum: Introductions
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What should I study to not get stuck in the slowlane rat-race? Or is studying redundant?
SLOWLANEYou are speaking about all these things like they are a simple mechanical process: I do X and Y, and result will be Z. Nothing, and I mean nothing of significance in life works like that. Not education, not relationships, not business - and not even full-time work. If you don't have the hunger...- Alxf
- Post #13
- Forum: Mindset and Self-Development
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What should I study to not get stuck in the slowlane rat-race? Or is studying redundant?
SLOWLANEI should be clear that it's not that I don't believe in "education", or even a formal education. It's that I don't believe in "going to school" as a default, scripted path for people who don't know what to do with themselves. I say this as someone who: a) Got into one of the most competitive...- Alxf
- Post #9
- Forum: Mindset and Self-Development
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What should I study to not get stuck in the slowlane rat-race? Or is studying redundant?
SLOWLANEThis is it. Everything else is just delaying contact with reality. Your education is *not* free. It costs considerable time and energy, at a time in your life when you have the most of it. It's fine that you don't know *what* you want to be doing. You won't learn that via formal education...- Alxf
- Post #7
- Forum: Mindset and Self-Development
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Have a problem with my family
Your family and friends, in general, wants the best for you. Your family and friends, however, don't know anything about living a successful life, and have no ability to actually give you useful advice or direction. They mean well.. but ignore them. My own family, even my mom who is...- Alxf
- Post #2
- Forum: Ideas, Concept Feedback
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What can i do to improve my social skills in lockdown?
MINDSETI think one of the best things you can do to improve your social skills, anxiety, living in your head, etc.. it to practice the habit directing your focus *outwards* instead of inwards. Learn how to forget yourself and your bs. That is, focus on other people, and what they need and want. Focus...- Alxf
- Post #5
- Forum: Mindset and Self-Development
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Feeling Like I Built Myself a Cage
I can totally understand that. I'm no longer particularly interested in my own business, which is why I'm working on teaching people to start similar business vs. expanding my existing one. Unlike your situation, however, my business causes me no pain since I'm now barely involved in running it...- Alxf
- Post #7
- Forum: General Business Discussion
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My small business works! How to make CENTS from my experience?
INTROYour post above is essentially the reason I didn't pursue franchising some time back. Expensive, regulatory nightmare, and my business isn't big enough to warrant it. And yes, the other motivating (demotivating) factor is that I don't have a need to build this business to be very large. My life...- Alxf
- Post #15
- Forum: Introductions
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My small business works! How to make CENTS from my experience?
INTROThat was hyperbole. I do pay for web hosting, a WordPress theme etc. And I did, in the past, try to spend money on ads (facebook, google, etc). All told I spent probably less than $500 on ads, and received essentially $0 return. Our leads are entirely from SEO and referrals.- Alxf
- Post #14
- Forum: Introductions
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My small business works! How to make CENTS from my experience?
INTROTo be honest, I'm pretty bored with that part of it. The nature of this business is that it's local, and whatever I do won't have that much leverage. If I, instead, help 1000 .. or even 100 people start a similar business for the price of 10% of revenue like a franchise.. that would have much...- Alxf
- Post #9
- Forum: Introductions
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Feeling Like I Built Myself a Cage
This is the issue. Yes, clients trust *you*, but that doesn't mean that you have to do all the work. They trust you, and therefore they trust you to pick the right person / team to do the work. If a client trusts a builder or architect to build their house, that doesn't mean that the poor...- Alxf
- Post #2
- Forum: General Business Discussion
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Which syntaxical version is it?
TAXES | REGS#2 for sure. It echoes "Some people die at 25 and aren't buried until 75." What I think you intend in #1 is "They were living, but they didn't feel alive". It may work in spoken language where you can use tone and cadence to make it clear that you are talking about their emotional state, not...- Alxf
- Post #10
- Forum: Ideas, Concept Feedback
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Would you work a job that you loved to do? An alternative to the fastlane
MINDSETTo me, it comes down to dignity. I don't like other people owning my time, or being in a position where I have to kiss a$$ or submit to the whims of others for the privileges of "keeping my job". It would, in theory, be nice if one could have a perfect job doing what one loves, a perfect...- Alxf
- Post #6
- Forum: Mindset and Self-Development
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Am I being too impulsive?
INTROI'm curious what your FTM was? Although I'm usually one of the first to suggest that people quit their jobs, etc., I feel like you might be missing a piece of the puzzle. You seem to know what you *don't* want in your life.. but you don't actually know what you *do* want, and whether you...- Alxf
- Post #2
- Forum: Introductions
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My small business works! How to make CENTS from my experience?
INTROFor pricing, I've aimed at the middle of the market. In my city, that's between $100 - $160/hr. Regardless of the price, we pay our tutors ~60% of the hourly fee, and I give our very nice general manager 25% of the gross profit to give her skin in the game, leaving me with ~30% margin and...- Alxf
- Post #7
- Forum: Introductions
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My small business works! How to make CENTS from my experience?
INTROOddly enough, these are the kinds of businesses that made not want to deal with franchises. I dislike this kind of mass market stuff because I feel that it doesn't provide much real value to customers but instead is heavy on marketing and hype. Maybe this is just my ego speaking, but I don't...- Alxf
- Post #6
- Forum: Introductions
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My small business works! How to make CENTS from my experience?
INTROThanks for the welcome! I'm currently at the "Unit Scaling" chapter in in Unscripted, which is giving me some insight on this. Selling information vs. selling franchises (or something of the sort) falls into the scale for quantity or scale for mass question, so I'll be looking at both...- Alxf
- Post #5
- Forum: Introductions
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My small business works! How to make CENTS from my experience?
INTROHello Supportive Forum Members! First off, I'd like to thank MJ for creating and nurturing this community. I heard about the forum from a stray reddit post, checked it out, and immediately bought and started reading Unscripted. Before I get into my story, I want to give 'mad props' to MJ for...- Alxf
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- Forum: Introductions
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Should you persevere when you don't believe in your business?
EXECUTIONHey Eric. I'm new here (intro coming soon, I swear), but I'm going to go against the grain. I don't think you should continue to try to force yourself to do something that you don't believe in. Trying to convince yourself to continue doing something that's inauthentic is a habit that's bad for...- Alxf
- Post #13
- Forum: Process and Execution
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