I want to learn. Please critique my process

Day 8: Watch the Jay Abraham video on his site about how he got started. About 90 minutes or so. The take away...you're not so arrogant that you can read a book one time, with the distilled wisdom of a lifetime, and think that you KNOW what the author knows are you?...Jay uses Caples as an example.

Day 9: Answer these questions:
Do you now understand people are preoccupied with their own lives?
Do you get that a guy could be on a list of buyers, yet he is still a self absorbed person?
Do you know why a person born into an affluent family thinks differently than one born into a poor family?
Do you know why an emotional appeal is almost always superior to a logical one? And when it isn't?
Do you get that 2 out of 100 yes responses in direct response can make you a living and how 3 can make you rich?
Do you get that many successful promotions FAIL to 90% to 97% of the people who are exposed to them?
Do you understand how hard it really is to get people to part with money for what you are selling?
Day 10: Watch the original Music Man and then write a few paragraphs about his persuasion and influence techniques. How many of the Cialdini keys did you find? How many Wheelerpoints? how did he apply the AIDCAS formula?
Day 11: Read anything you can find online about Adolph Hitler and his use of persuasion, hypnosis and/or influence technique in the early years, before he had the gun to the head persuasion technique mastered.
Day 12: If you haven't started a notebook, do so now and bring it up to date, use at least one page per day and write down what you learned or discovered.
Day 13: Buy a book. Search Kindle for a non-fiction book which appeals to you. Let the best written copy about the book be your choice. you can probably find one for 99 cents...once you have paid for it, write out your reasons for buying it. You are going to self analyze your decision.

DAY 14. REVIEW everything. WRITE a summary about everything, start it with Now that I am aware of____________. I get that copywriting is all about ________. And tell yourself on one page what you think you know about writing effective copy after two weeks of unusual study. Then get ready to start writing.

gjabiz

PS My contention is most people lack the foundation to build on, the exceptions being those who have studied psychology, behavior or have actually had to rely on selling skills to make a living. My 30 days is a shortcut to awareness of the preoccupational states of mind and how you must craft your copy with a grasp of the target, the person you want to persuade. It is the biggest mistake I see newer copywriters make; thinking that a template or a swipe will work, without really grasping the importance of knowing your market.

The biggest mistake is a mismatch between target and message, made due to lack of understanding your target's state of mind when it intersects with the copy.