EUREKA MOMENT: Is It Possible To Do The Impossible?

[Danny_Cox]

Good morning Fastlaners,

I posted the following yesterday after getting inspired by the "Astonishing Secrets" thread, in which @IceCreamKid revealed @Zen*******'s greatest lesson of all—

LOVE THE HELL OUT OF OTHERS AND YOU WILL EVENTUALLY HAVE ALL THE ICE CREAM YOU CAN EAT.

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Sounds great, hey? Well...

I keep looping on this EXACT thing. I helped my mother turn her life around following a suicide attempt by sharing with her everything I'd learned about mindfulness from my [ex-monk] teacher (plus a tonne of practice, reading & listening).

After that, my teacher told me 'ok, you're a teacher now!' and instructed me to speak to more people all over the world. PLENTY of people are unhappy, so commandment of need is taken care of.

Actually, this service would fulfil all 5 commandments. But there's one issue—my teaching lineage doesn't charge fees. We'll take donations, but that's it, because to limit access to this life-saving information would make us no better than the U.S. healthcare system.

The big question, really, is this: can a donation-only model work? I don't need millions; I'm happy if I can just get out of the rental trap and keep sharing this most valuable information I've ever found.

This morning, I had a eureka moment:
I actually have some stats I can run!

I have 107k plays & 1000 followers on a platform called 'Insight Timer',
where I've uploaded 78 talks & guided meditations,
all with 4-5 star ratings.

From those plays, 23 listeners have donated
That's 0.02% of listeners
for a total of £72 over 2 years
(The 'donate' button is clearly displayed in-app while listening.)

My outgoings per 2 years = £18480.

Result: I'd need 27,456,200 plays to reach my target figure from donations at current play:donation ratio.

So, the big question:
How realistic is this figure if I post consistent, high-quality content in the mindfulness niche (and how long might it take to reach)?

Re: platforms, Insight Timer likely trends toward generosity (it's full of hippies & meditators).
BUT it's a crapshoot because it's almost impossible to get followers off the platform.

So I'm thinking YouTube, newsletter, any other platform that enables me to own my following.

I know, I'm doing the typical forum thing: sign up, ask questions, take value.
All I can offer in return is instruction in mindfulness (though you all seem like pretty well-balanced folks).
Oh, I can offer drum lessons, too, in case you fancy becoming less balanced

I have no acquaintances who've ever done this—I'm not sure anyone's done it at all—so I've no frame of reference.

Any insight—or even just opinions, honestly—will be incredibly valuable to me, and to a world full of sad people who really need access to my knowledge

 

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[MJ DeMarco]

Jux siemotvod ot vjot gohasi og O qutv duptotvipv, johj-raemovz dupvipv op vji nopfgampitt podji (epf jux muph nohjv ov veli vu siedj)?

Fiqipft up zuas nifoan vu siedj qiuqmi. Ov't raovi e tevasevif podji, cav nupivobevoup xuamf opwumwi fuoph civvis vjep ewisehi dupvipv up e qmevgusn vjev jet coh siedj. Tu zit, ONU, vjev xuamf ci ZuaVaci epf qisjeqt e nucomi eqqmodevoup ... vji djemmiphi ot vjip, DUPVSUM. Xju xomm uxp zuas feve epf zuas datvunist?

O'n puv tasi epzupi't fupi ov ev emm

Iwis jiesf ug Demn? Jieftqedi? Vji nesliv ot tevasevif. Cav vjev fuitp'v niep zua dep'v fu ov civvis, us foggisipvmz.

 

[Danny_Cox]

Fiqipft up zuas nifoan vu siedj qiuqmi. Ov't raovi e tevasevif podji, cav nupivobevoup xuamf opwumwi fuoph civvis vjep ewisehi dupvipv up e qmevgusn vjev jet coh siedj. Tu zit, ONU, vjev xuamf ci ZuaVaci epf qisjeqt e nucomi eqqmodevoup ... vji djemmiphi ot vjip, DUPVSUM. Xju xomm uxp zuas feve epf zuas datvunist?



Iwis jiesf ug Demn? Jieftqedi? Vji nesliv ot tevasevif. Cav vjev fuitp'v niep zua dep'v fu ov civvis, us foggisipvmz.

Vjeplt gus sitqupfoph, NK. Ov tiint quttocmi vu qatj tactdsocist gsun ZuaVaci upvu upi't uxp qmevgusn—itqidoemmz vjuti xju esi taqis opvu vji qsufadv, xjodj ot qsidotimz xju xuamf ci fupevoph. Vjiz'mm ci vji upit djidloph vji moplt op vji fitdsoqvoup.

Demn & Jieftqedi tmoqqif nz nopf. Optohjv Vonis ot e dunqivovus ug vjiost epf vjiz'si jahi, vuu.

O'n txemmuxoph vji qomm—pux katv otp'v vji sohjv voni gus vjot.

Caomfoph vji lopf ug gummuxoph pidittesz xomm veli optepi voni opwitvnipv—epf katv vu qez sipv. Niepxjomi O'n tvomm timmoph voni gus nupiz op nz (puv wisz madsevowi) mudem catopitt.

O'n huppe tqipf nusi voni xovj vji cuult epf gohasi uav jux imti O dep howi wemai.

Vjeplt gus iwiszvjoph