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The Price of Opportunity
MINDSETI read once about the concept of the "happiness change curve". For example, if you're an obese couch potato, your overall level of happiness might be 4/10 right now. When you first start exercising, you will hate it and be desperate to go lie on the couch and eat Doritos again. Your happiness...- Contrarian
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- Forum: Mindset and Self-Development
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The visual illusion versus the hidden truth...
As the saying goes, there's a fool born every minute!- Contrarian
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- Forum: Mindset and Self-Development
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[Progress] #AndyTalks
NOTABLE!It's always a bit intimidating to put yourself out there in a way you haven't before. The doubts mostly being in your own head. :) I've got a bit of the same thing with the email courses I'm writing at the moment. Is anyone really going to want to read this crap?! But then I remember it's the...- Contrarian
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- Forum: Process and Execution
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A Lottery Contrarian
Wow. That really surprises me. What the hell!- Contrarian
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- Forum: Mindset and Self-Development
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Prospective clients asking for pricing immediately
MARKETINGYeah, I'll send you a screenshot (I'm on Chrome, if that helps). When I first started doing freelance work, I made up a decent enough logo on Logo Garden which cost $7 or something in that region. It didn't exactly set the world on fire but it was perfectly professional. Might be worth a look...- Contrarian
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- Forum: Marketing Strategy
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A Lottery Contrarian
As I've always said, the lottery is a tax on the bad at maths. But dreams are addictive. For a topical example, I remember when I first read TMF. Putting the (obvious and massive) benefits of the information to one side, and speaking only of the reading experience itself - dreams. Visions. A...- Contrarian
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- Forum: Mindset and Self-Development
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Prospective clients asking for pricing immediately
MARKETINGHey t_g, Jon L makes some great points about sales and dealing with clients. Completely accurate. I took a look through your website - thanks for sending me the link. Please take this in the spirit it's intended (ie. constructive feedback!) - everything about your website screams amateur. It...- Contrarian
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- Forum: Marketing Strategy
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Prospective clients asking for pricing immediately
MARKETINGAh, my bad for assuming you're in copywriting. Still, the same principles apply. The question here is, then - does your own website outrank YOUR competitors? See where I'm going with this? If your product isn't up to par, you'll always be fighting an uphill battle. Sales is what you do to...- Contrarian
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- Forum: Marketing Strategy
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Prospective clients asking for pricing immediately
MARKETINGThis is what happens when you're perceived as an interchangeable commodity rather than a valued expert. There are techniques you can use to reframe the price discussion into a value discussion, but I don't think that's your core problem here. The more important question is, how can you present...- Contrarian
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- Forum: Marketing Strategy
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[Progress] #AndyTalks
NOTABLE!Andy, if you're half as valuable and charismatic on camera as you are via text, your Talks will be a massive hit. And the signs look great to me! The difference between your first and second videos is like night and day - and I liked the first one. I foresee good things to come.- Contrarian
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- Forum: Process and Execution
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Buy a float tank. Change your life.
NOTABLE!This sounds awesome. Could help with my ever-cluttered mind. Turns out there's a place five minutes walk from my front door; will try this out and report back! (They need a better copywriter though. Their website makes it sound not even remotely interesting.)- Contrarian
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- Forum: Off-Topic Threads
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Is it worth it to pay for someone to redo my resume?
NOTABLE!So much this. Everything else that's been said here about putting your resume together is important, but it's defensive - i.e. it's part of the price of admission of having an acceptable resume. This ^^ is going on the offensive. This is why you get hired in the first place, for your...- Contrarian
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- Forum: Mindset and Self-Development
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The visual illusion versus the hidden truth...
I used to think like this too. Monthly outgoings < my salary and expected commission = I can afford it! I just paid a lump sum to clear my outstanding motorcycle finance last month, which I'd originally taken out on a four year finance agreement with 0% down. If I'd waited six months to buy it...- Contrarian
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- Forum: Mindset and Self-Development
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Need your thoughts on my idea!
IDEAWhy would it have to be a device? Why not a GPS-based mobile app which registers when you're in the car park and allows you to confirm that you're parking there, which registers and then sends the details to the parking company? People already pay for parking by phone or SMS. It's just taking...- Contrarian
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- Forum: Ideas, Concept Feedback
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Books on 'Offline' Businesses
BOOKSI have to recommend Million Dollar Consulting by Alan Weiss. A start-to-finish blueprint for creating a high profit consulting firm. I'm not directly in that line of work but it absolutely has relevance for any kind of professional services firm. Also, The E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber...- Contrarian
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- Forum: Books and Educating Yourself
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HOW DO I SERIOUSLY GIVE UP GAMING
GOLD! MINDSETI think being addicted to games goes hand in hand with having an obsessive personality, at least it does for me. And it's actually a good thing as long as you can hone those obsessive tendencies towards the right things (how would you ever achieve massive success without that trait?). I've found...- Contrarian
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- Forum: Mindset and Self-Development
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Congrats Andy Black
HOT!I also got a thoughtful welcome PM from Andy when I joined the forum. :) Congrats Andy!- Contrarian
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- Forum: Forum News/Updates
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How to recover after life beats the shit outta you?
FTEHey, t_g... Everything that happens in life will serve you differently depending on your perspective. When shit really hits the fan, you can either let yourself get beaten down by it and defeated, or you can use it as an opportunity to exercise your resolve and willpower. A rite of passage...- Contrarian
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- Forum: Process and Execution
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Why do you Do it?
MINDSETFormer Fat Boy checking in. Lost about 75 pounds over 3 years through jiu jitsu, weightlifting and spin classes...replacing one obsession (food & booze) for another. Since developed arthritis from an old motorcycle accident, was overdoing the high impact stuff and ended up in near-constant...- Contrarian
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- Forum: Mindset and Self-Development
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Advice Needed: Can I transition to Sales without sacrificing family time?
MINDSETAssuming you're (hopefully) looking at this as a learning step on the way towards entrepreneurship, and you're serious about it... If you want the best bang for your buck on time and travel vs. earnings in sales, you can't beat working in (high end) recruitment. You can earn easily as much as...- Contrarian
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- Forum: Mindset and Self-Development
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