Who have you helped?

[Andy Black]

So many people get stuck in the building phase.

Funnily enough, I have a thread about that:

• Stop Building Stuff

 

[Andy Black]

Hey MJ or any other Fastlaner who can help me. I have a question.
I have all MJ's books. How do I make it show on my profile? Something of the kind.

There's a thread for each of the books titled "I've read <book name>".

Reply to those and the system will give you your badges.

 

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[Isaac Odongo]

There's a thread for each of the books titled "I've read <book name>".

Reply to those and the system will give you your badges.

Thanks Andy. Let me check it out. Some learning to do here.

 

[Andy Black]

Transcript finally added!

 

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[kommen]

To be in business though we need to GET PAID.

So ultimately we want to help/entertain/add value, AND get paid.

So while you exercise your helping muscle, think about how you can help people with some service or product AND get paid.

Does that help?

Kind of helped.

Even though I have read some of your posts, it got me thinking the other day every time I shower.

Why do people do everything they do? Why do they pay in terms of money, time, work, or mental load?

I have my own answer in my mind, but I don't know if it's correct.

That's why I asked you in the PMs whether or not you have an independent post about helping what people "are already willing to pay for" and you replied with the quote "help the people in motion".

The word "motion" got me thinking again in another shower. Why are people in motion? Also, what makes a problem a significant problem for people? I mean if they do nothing, they wouldn't experience those problems in the first place right? I think this is why it's important to observe what those people have been trying to do to solve their problems before helping them.

My thoughts are that everyone are subtly ambitious to some degree. Drew E. Whitman described the 8 primary human desires in his book Cashvertising, and I'm contemplating whether most ambitions in people are probably rooted from some of the primary desires.

Actually you know what, I think I'm just making things complicated lmao. I'll just go back to talking about what people struggle with a product/service then help them with that pain and come up with a minimum viable product which value skew solves that pain.

And I'll keep on helping people with no expectations, like holding the door open for someone.

Maybe the takeaway here is the main goal of helping people and their loved ones is for them to enjoy life.

 

[kommen]

Maybe the takeaway here is the main goal of helping people and their loved ones is for them to enjoy life.

I just thought of this "enjoying life" thing just now, I don't know if I'm correct on this or not. So what do you think, @Andy Black ?

Because of that, next time instead of starting my sales pitch with "what are you struggling with?", maybe I'll ask: "How would you (and your family) enjoy life?"

EDIT: I think this question is too broad and a bit vague. So maybe instead of asking that person directly, I'll think to myself "How can I help this person enjoy life? How can I make him happier?"