Positive Habit Formation!
As I adjust to my “sort of” daily email schedule for 30 days — I’m reminded of how habitual of a creature I am. When I’ve created a habit, almost nothing can break it. The hard part is starting a new positive habit, or breaking a bad...Extraordinary Self-Care
A lot of the world’s problems could be solved if people took better care of themselves. When you start looking to others to take care of you…you’re f#cked. Nobody can do your workouts for you. Nobody can eat a proper diet for you. Nobody can get...No Time to Waste! (RIP Kobe)
Three years ago — January 26, 2017 — Dan and I had our first date at Caribou Coffee, followed by dinner at R Taco in Westminster, CO. It was an instant perfect fit. We spent the whole night flirting, talking, and later making out. He spent two months...Create Your Own Future
There’s a great quote from the book, How the Mighty Fall by Jim Collins: “…it’s far better to create your own future repeatedly, than to wait for external forces to dictate your choices.” (p 27-28) Amen. I love that quote. Being an...Email Basics — Cheat Sheet for Anti-Marketers
10 Tips for Wring Successful Emails
Complexity is the enemy. That’s why I have one rule above all else, when it comes to writing emails to your list: Keep your emails simple. Keep everything super clean, easy to read, and easy to understand. Each email you write should be as simple as possible,...
10 Tips for Wring Successful Emails
How to Best Help Others
There’s always something “bad” going on in the world. But if you focus on it, and get depressed about it… then you lose your ability to focus on your work. The best way to help the world is to be really successful at your own work — i.e.,...What’s on My Reading List?
Here are some GREAT books that I read in 2019. I recommend you check out anything that jumps out at you: The Entitlement Cure: Find Success at Work and in Relationships in a Shortcut World – by John Townsend The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of...Predicting the Future by Looking at the Past
Here’s an interesting quote from the book Thou Shall Prosper by Rabbi Daniel Lapin (one of the many books I read in 2019! See my reading list). It’s from the chapter on “learning to foretell the future”: “There’s a lot of wisdom to...A Little Autoresponder Trick Worth Lots of $$$
I’ve been studying email autoresponders for 9 years. (And also, email newsletters.) The most effective ones — that bring in the most money, and which people like reading the most — have zero fancy gimmicks: No graphics, no pics…just plain text and short, simple...“Why Won’t You Take My Money?” (On Friction)
If given the choice between two equally amazing, similar products placed in front of them…which one does the customer choose? They choose the one that’s easiest to order. They choose the one that makes their life simpler. Many entrepreneurs make it difficult (or near...