Making money, 101 to 999...your thoughts?

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From: You don't get paid for doing nothing to totally passive income in huge chunks.

Sure, money isn't EVERYTHING. It doesn't beat faith, family, friends or health.

But it pretty much nails everything else, and certainly can enhance those really important things too.

It is a much more friendly world out there to people who have less concern about money, and it is a constant sorrow, headache and heartache for those who don't have enough.

And my opinion as to why so many struggle is: the IMPORTANCE of knowing how to make money, isn't taught in our school systems. It never was, probably never will be. It doesn't serve Big Education's agenda.

Well, I'm not going down that rabbit hole today, although I could, and maybe when I have my own daily radio program, I will...

but, even the very basics of handling money are deemed less important in most school systems.

And as a result, so many people fall into patterns of what they see, what they are exposed to, and it is hard to overcome some of those habits. It is the reason why Rich Dad, Poor Dad strikes a nerve...and why so many families of wealth, remain that way for generations whereas families of lack and even poverty keep recreating themselves.

So, you don't get paid for doing nothing, right? And there are those making massive amounts of money from passive ways, like oil leases, or even dividends or interest on assets they have.

And one thing I know for certain is, it is pert near impossible to go from the A (nothing) to Z (massive passive income) in a single leap or bound, barring luck, like lottery winnings or such.

But there is stairway, steps taken, routinely, daily and consistently which lead from the lower levels to the upper ones. And there are escalators, even speed elevators which makes ascension happen faster.

So, I have a question for you all, for anyone really...what, in your opinion is the best book, course or information on gaining an understanding of how money works, how to get it, keep it and make it work for you.

I have my own "ideas" of what this would be, but I want yours too.

GordonJ
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  • Profile picture of the author Monetize
    I could name several but the one that changed things for me is

    The Dynamic Laws of Prosperity by Catherine Ponder

    She has written several other books in this series which I would
    also recommend but that first book is essential.

    If I had not read that book at an early age my whole life would
    be totally different, and not in a good way. Please do yourself a
    favor and read this book and apply its principles to your life,
    if you haven't done so already.
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    • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
      Classic book, classy lady. Many of the New Thought teachers are tossed our way as a means of learning to make money, including many of Ponder's "mentors"; including the Fillmores, Mary Baker Eddy, etc. Today, Charles F. Haanel, Napoleon Hill, and even Tony Robbins lead the field in the positive thinking/mindset ideas.

      But none of those teach how to balance a checkbook, read a financial report, understand the bookkeeping of business or the mechanics of a business.

      Sure, mindset is THE key, I wouldn't argue that point, but less faith based systems are instrumental in teaching people how to make and manage money.

      It is a great book. Balance out "manifestation" with practical, tested and proven business methodology. I'd like to see where they meet, although Tony Robbins comes close.

      GordonJ

      Originally Posted by Monetize View Post

      I could name several but the one that changed things for me is

      The Dynamic Laws of Prosperity by Catherine Ponder

      She has written several other books in this series which I would
      also recommend but that first book is essential.

      If I had not read that book at an early age my whole life would
      be totally different, and not in a good way. Please do yourself a
      favor and read this book and apply its principles to your life,
      if you haven't done so already.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jonathan 2.0
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    Hi Gordon.

    Although you briefly mentioned it, I would definitely recommend "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" (By Robert Kiyosaki). Reading his series of books was informative, enlightening, and even mind-blowing ... I suppose a good "takeaway" would be that the Middle class are accumulating liabilities (including houses) that they think are assets.

    (Just search Amazon.com or Wikipedia for more information.)
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    • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
      Originally Posted by Jonathan 2.0 View Post

      Hi Gordon.

      Although you briefly mentioned it, I would definitely recommend "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" (By Robert Kiyosaki). Reading his series of books was informative, enlightening, and even mind-blowing ... I suppose a good "takeaway" would be that the Middle class are accumulating liabilities (including houses) that they think are assets.

      (Just search Amazon.com or Wikipedia for more information.)
      Like you mentioned, he shows us how different the thinking is between those of wealth, and those without. What often gets overlooked in his story, is the Poor Dad/Poor Kid history...what took them to that point before they got the education.

      I think it is a great book to take a look at "from here forward", but as we see here, and there is no better archive, library or curation on the Internet than the Warrior Forum for both success stories and failure.

      Some early day Warriors are now the revered Gurus of IM. The longest failure I remember is a Warrior who spent 11 years and had nothing to show for it. What was the difference? Why did one spin his wheels for a decade and the other go onto to superstardom marketer?

      The biggest fall I recall, is a Warrior who made over 100K one year and less than 9k the next, blaming Google algorithms for his fall, I don't think he ever returned to that mountain top.

      My opinion is that the failure isn't as armed with practical how to and the failure doesn't know how to manage money, or time for that matter, but I'd like some debate.

      Rich Dad/Poor Dad opened up eyes to see the disparity of wealth, and some of the why too. I think it being a must read book in one's library.

      GordonJ
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      • Profile picture of the author Jonathan 2.0
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        Interesting. : ) Thanks.

        Yeah I agree -- it's definitely a must-read for Marketers/Entrepreneurs/etc. From what I have learned, Wealthy People think completely different than (relatively) Poor People. Another book I would recommend is "Secrets Of The Millionaire Mind" (By T. Harv Eker) Again -- if anyone is like me -- they will find it very empowering and helpful.
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        • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
          Originally Posted by Jonathan 2.0 View Post

          Interesting. : ) Thanks.

          Yeah I agree -- it's definitely a must-read for Marketers/Entrepreneurs/etc. From what I have learned, Wealthy People think completely different than (relatively) Poor People. Another book I would recommend is "Secrets Of The Millionaire Mind" (By T. Harv Eker) Again -- if anyone is like me -- they will find it very empowering and helpful.
          In addition to a positive attitude and mindset, here are a handful of books which one might check into that are more attuned to business:

          Greg Crabtree: SIMPLE NUMBERS
          Mike Michalowicz: PROFIT FIRST
          Ben Suarez: 7 STEPS TO FREEDOM II

          These take more of a look at the bottom line and how to keep it black not red.

          GordonJ
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          • Profile picture of the author Jonathan 2.0
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            Cool. : ) Thanks for the share.
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            • Hi Gordon,

              In my case, books don't work for me as much as practical experience does.
              • And I'm speaking as someone who was born from poverty in a developing country and ended up as a blind unemployed student with a family in the same developing country in my early 20s.
              • I think this might likely be quite different compared to coming from poverty in a highly industrialized country, with or without a disability like total blindness.
              • Especially as the governments of many of these industrialized countries usually offer more support programs, subsidized learning and so on ...

              But I can say that fundamental knowledge works for me though.
              • I learned relevant fundamental stuff from university, through my undergraduate in mathematics.
              • Especially from probabilistic statistical modelling.
              • Meanwhile, my wife shares her knowledge in bookkeeping and accountancy.

              Though I continue to learn more from practical experience.
              • This includes running multiple micro and small entrepreneurial ventures across various niches, raising seed financing and sourcing grants for suitable projects.
              • And also from listening to the experience of others who are now in particular situations similar to when I started, i.e. Blind and visually impaired Filipinos in their early 20s to late 40s who have recently started venturing into small and micro businesses, ecommerce, affiliate marketing, crypto and stock trading and service arbitrage ...

              But of course -- I'd greatly appreciate recommendations for books that I could try and hopefully find to be suitable (and obviously helpful) for my situation.
              Cheers!
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              • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
                MvM, you are an inspirational Warrior, and much appreciated here.
                Stevie Wonder has a net worth over a 100 million dollars, and a lot of that comes from owning Intellectual Property.

                Your ideas in the other thread, about band management, are pretty good ones for our times.

                If you have TIME, always a bugaboo, if you haven't listened to Stevie Wonders bio, Signed, Sealed and Delivered, it might be worth your time.

                Also, investigate potential TOLL POSITIONS you already have and can expand on, and the world is full of businesses which need fresh ideas. Thanks for sharing and participating. I feel licensing would be a strong suit for you.

                GordonJ

                Originally Posted by Marx Vergel Melencio View Post

                Hi Gordon,

                In my case, books don't work for me as much as practical experience does.
                • And I'm speaking as someone who was born from poverty in a developing country and ended up as a blind unemployed student with a family in the same developing country in my early 20s.
                • I think this might likely be quite different compared to coming from poverty in a highly industrialized country, with or without a disability like total blindness.
                • Especially as the governments of many of these industrialized countries usually offer more support programs, subsidized learning and so on ...

                But I can say that fundamental knowledge works for me though.
                • I learned relevant fundamental stuff from university, through my undergraduate in mathematics.
                • Especially from probabilistic statistical modelling.
                • Meanwhile, my wife shares her knowledge in bookkeeping and accountancy.

                Though I continue to learn more from practical experience.
                • This includes running multiple micro and small entrepreneurial ventures across various niches, raising seed financing and sourcing grants for suitable projects.
                • And also from listening to the experience of others who are now in particular situations similar to when I started, i.e. Blind and visually impaired Filipinos in their early 20s to late 40s who have recently started venturing into small and micro businesses, ecommerce, affiliate marketing, crypto and stock trading and service arbitrage ...

                But of course -- I'd greatly appreciate recommendations for books that I could try and hopefully find to be suitable (and obviously helpful) for my situation.
                Cheers!
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    • Yes, reading this book Rich Dad Poor Dad Change my life for the better. Read it understand it and it will change your mindset.
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    • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
      I think the major point of this book is MINDSET and showing how the surroundings and mental attitudes of those around us during our formative years, affect us. Today at WF, there are several threads in different areas which address this, sort of.

      First, I'm in agreement with those that think many Warriors undercharge and are asking for pennies and not getting dollars for their work. Raise your prices.

      Another thread in the mind forum, we're on about SELF IMAGE and Identity, and how this ties in with Rich Dad Poor Dad (RDHD hereafter) is fairly direct.

      If our minds have been filled with negativity instead of possibility, there will tend to be a flow of money in that direction, or a lack of flow.

      What many do not understand is, the VALUE of what you have to offer. It helps to seperate what we do from what the market will pay.

      Take for example, a web designer, whereas many a Warrior can make a few hundred dollars from doing this, others are making THOUSANDS of dollars and why the huge gap?

      The VALUE we see in ourselves and not in the VALUE to the buyer or consumer, or customer/client.

      We have to walk in our customers shoes and not our own so we can see VALUE from their perspective. Again, IDENTITY of who we are and what we bring is often sabotaged by our deeper feelings about being worthy or not.

      Making money is all about EXCHANGING VALUE.

      The very fastest way to make more money, is ... UP the value you are giving to your CCC (customers, consumers, clients) and that is mostly about a mindset you bring with you to the game to start with.

      101 is, again...no one gets paid for doing nothing, even lottery winners have to buy or steal a ticket.

      And as long as you are being paid for doing something, deliver MORE value than they expect, and charge accordingly. That is the 101 of it all and too many Warrriors are stubbing their toes on the 101 table.

      GordonJ




      Originally Posted by Jonathan 2.0 View Post

      Hi Gordon.

      Although you briefly mentioned it, I would definitely recommend "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" (By Robert Kiyosaki). Reading his series of books was informative, enlightening, and even mind-blowing ... I suppose a good "takeaway" would be that the Middle class are accumulating liabilities (including houses) that they think are assets.

      (Just search Amazon.com or Wikipedia for more information.)
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      • Profile picture of the author Jonathan 2.0
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        Hi GordonJ

        Originally Posted by GordonJ View Post

        Another thread in the mind forum, we're on about SELF IMAGE and Identity, and how this ties in with Rich Dad Poor Dad (RDHD hereafter) is fairly direct.

        If our minds have been filled with negativity instead of possibility, there will tend to be a flow of money in that direction, or a lack of flow.
        Yup. Unfortunately many people received "negative conditioning" from their Parents. (Often not just about money ― about Life in general as well.) That's one of the reasons why "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" is such a great book for Apprentice Entrepreneurs/Millionaires/Marketers/etc. They're learning what wealthy People understand about money and success that the "average" Person doesn't know about.

        Believing that something is possible is important ― a Person has to have the belief that somehow, someway success is possible ― that if they really apply themselves, they can make their goal(s) a reality.

        Sometimes that takes a lot of work and belief in themselves and what they want to accomplish. As Hellen Keller said: "Life is a either a daring adventure or nothing."

        So don't settle for "average." Dream big ― and make your dream happen.

        Something that isn't often mentioned is "Self-Esteem." Usually if a Person has high "Self-Esteem" they are more likely to believe in themselves and not be discouraged by "failure." (It's not a prerequisite, however it does certainly help.)

        P.S .
        "The 6 Pillars Of Self-Esteem" is a good book. (See Amazon.com) Essentially they are: Living Consciously. Self-Acceptance. Self-Responsibility. Self-Assertiveness. Living Purposefully. Personal Integrity.

        HTH
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        • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
          Originally Posted by Jonathan 2.0 View Post


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          Believing that something is possible is important ― a Person has to have the belief that somehow, someway success is possible ― that if they really apply themselves, they can make their goal(s) a reality.

          So don't settle for "average." Dream big ― and make your dream happen.

          HTH
          Belief is probably the first step for most people, although a small % achieve without believing they could.
          The problem with DREAM BIG or as the famous best seller book, THE MAGIC OF THINKING BIG by David Schwartz is...

          ...as you stated, a lack of belief. See?

          Hard to dream big, THINK big, when one has low self esteem.

          Hill covered this in Think And Grow Rich, overcoming this via a Mastermind group or association. Jim Straw thought it could be overcome with a mastermind between only two people, a mentor-mentee.

          Others say to have less self focus, and try to help others and in doing that, you build self esteem.

          From a practical IM make money idea, the Mentor is a good model, IF IT SUITS one. But there has to be a progression from where one is to where one is going. Almost all good mentoring has ACCOUNTABILITY built into it, we don't want to let our mentor down, or even worse, he keeps our money and disappears. Always got me motivated.

          Having skin in the game as the old saying suggests, is one way to keep on track, even if belief is lacking, did I do this today as I was supposed to? THE RESULT is found through daily results of doing an assignment, not necessarily with belief, but rather with the pain of losing money if we don't do it.

          I agree belief is the first step, or should be, but if a low self image or low self esteem or an Identity of doubt exists, the first step might be to somehow overcome that.

          Thanks for the link about the pillars, one of many good books on the subject.

          GordonJ
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          • Profile picture of the author Jonathan 2.0
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            Hi GordonJ.

            Thanks for the David Schwartz recommendation. Another great book. : )

            Regarding "Thinking Big" ― sometimes having low "Self-Esteem" can be the "catalyst" for wanting to achieve more in Life. Something I learned from Napoleon Hill and W. Clement Stone ("Success Through A Positive Mental Attitude") is something they call:

            "Inspirational Dissatisfaction." Basically like it sounds: Being dissatisfied by something can be the inspiration for achieving more.
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            • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
              Thanks for bringing this into play, we don't discuss it enough. Sometimes this Inspirational Dissatisfaction (ID from here), is the catalyst to action and overcoming low self esteem.

              A clear picture is the famous Charles Atlas cartoon ad showing a skinny kid getting sand kicked in his face, the before ID, and then impressing his girl after building up his muscles all thanks to Chaz At.

              Normally, for a person with low self esteem to have this type of ID reaction will require an "inciting incident", like the sand in the face from the bully.

              Sometimes it is revenge, an I'll show you. But all too often, as we have seen in school shootings across the country, the person might take action, but of a negative/destructive nature.

              We, of course, want positive reaction/motivation from our ID.

              As a marketer, or a copywriter, we want to appeal to that dissatisifaction in our prospect and become the inspiration for their action.

              We don't talk enough about it, but it comes in handy, when marketing to dissatisfied people IF we have a satisfactory solution for them.

              GordonJ

              Originally Posted by Jonathan 2.0 View Post

              Hi GordonJ.

              Thanks for the David Schwartz recommendation. Another great book. : )

              Regarding "Thinking Big" ― sometimes having low "Self-Esteem" can be the "catalyst" for wanting to achieve more in Life. Something I learned from Napoleon Hill and W. Clement Stone ("Success Through A Positive Mental Attitude") is something they call:

              "Inspirational Dissatisfaction." Basically like it sounds: Being dissatisfied by something can be the inspiration for achieving more.
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              • Profile picture of the author Jonathan 2.0
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                Originally Posted by GordonJ View Post

                Thanks for bringing this into play, we don't discuss it enough. Sometimes this Inspirational Dissatisfaction (ID from here), is the catalyst to action and overcoming low self esteem.
                Welcome. : ) Many times I hope.

                Originally Posted by GordonJ View Post

                A clear picture is the famous Charles Atlas cartoon ad showing a skinny kid getting sand kicked in his face, the before ID, and then impressing his girl after building up his muscles all thanks to Chaz At.

                Normally, for a person with low self esteem to have this type of ID reaction will require an "inciting incident", like the sand in the face from the bully.
                Maybe so: However that's not always the case. A Person can have a general sense of low "Self-Esteem" and still be motivated to do something amazing with their Life.

                Originally Posted by GordonJ View Post

                Sometimes it is revenge, an I'll show you. But all too often, as we have seen in school shootings across the country, the person might take action, but of a negative/destructive nature.

                We, of course, want positive reaction/motivation from our ID.
                Well Duh.

                Originally Posted by GordonJ View Post

                As a marketer, or a copywriter, we want to appeal to that dissatisifaction in our prospect and become the inspiration for their action.

                We don't talk enough about it, but it comes in handy, when marketing to dissatisfied people IF we have a satisfactory solution for them.
                Sure ― and that's the most important part. Many Marketers cater to their Market without really helping them.

                2C
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                • Profile picture of the author savidge4
                  So that maybe we are all on the same page here, and to ensure that I am interpreting correctly...

                  @socialentry, at this moment in time does not have anything to sell, so there is no marketing of product or service or target or hiden agenda. They are embarking on a learning process, to become familiar with and understand Machine Learning.

                  Originally Posted by socialentry View Post

                  snips from Arxiv,
                  There is probably a handful on WF that know what this is: ( https://arxiv.org/ ) and even after many click on that link there will still only be a handful that know what this is ( hahaha )

                  I am going to ASSUME - an aspiration here is to publish on Arxiv. A lofty aspiration.

                  @socialentry as I am seeing it, needs to document their educational process, much like a Degree on the wall. We are talking about Authority here.. the building of specifically. The Product or Service, might come later... OR there maybe some kick tail Job interview.

                  The greater and broader point is developing the site development skills... developing the Content creation skills, Neutralizing the doubt - in this case the edit edit edit..oh thats not good enough mentality. Just let it rip, It was probably better than good enough,and it was the edits that made it bleh - Oh I have so been there done that.

                  I personally have a forum almost like the one we are on right now, that is offline and used internally and all of the programmers and myself post code snippets etc as a library. Could have very easily done it online - and WOULD HAVE done this online, if there was a need to develop Authority

                  If nothing else what is being built is a diary of sorts... hopefully a library that YOU ( socialentry ) can use and refer to as a reminder when needed of what you have learned, and tried etc. If you keep it up, it will be an absolute ASSET, to YOU for sure, and those that find and read it.

                  Like I stated before, you have nothing to lose, AND no need to gain outside of yourself and that is where winning begins.
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                  • Profile picture of the author Profit Traveler
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                    Originally Posted by savidge4 View Post

                    So that maybe we are all on the same page here, and to ensure that I am interpreting correctly...

                    @socialentry, at this moment in time does not have anything to sell, so there is no marketing of product or service or target or hiden agenda. They are embarking on a learning process, to become familiar with and understand Machine Learning.



                    There is probably a handful on WF that know what this is: ( https://arxiv.org/ ) and even after many click on that link there will still only be a handful that know what this is ( hahaha )

                    I am going to ASSUME - an aspiration here is to publish on Arxiv. A lofty aspiration.

                    @socialentry as I am seeing it, needs to document their educational process, much like a Degree on the wall. We are talking about Authority here.. the building of specifically. The Product or Service, might come later... OR there maybe some kick tail Job interview.

                    The greater and broader point is developing the site development skills... developing the Content creation skills, Neutralizing the doubt - in this case the edit edit edit..oh thats not good enough mentality. Just let it rip, It was probably better than good enough,and it was the edits that made it bleh - Oh I have so been there done that.

                    I personally have a forum almost like the one we are on right now, that is offline and used internally and all of the programmers and myself post code snippets etc as a library. Could have very easily done it online - and WOULD HAVE done this online, if there was a need to develop Authority

                    If nothing else what is being built is a diary of sorts... hopefully a library that YOU ( socialentry ) can use and refer to as a reminder when needed of what you have learned, and tried etc. If you keep it up, it will be an absolute ASSET, to YOU for sure, and those that find and read it.

                    Like I stated before, you have nothing to lose, AND no need to gain outside of yourself and that is where winning begins.

                    You are right about that. But much more exciting...

                    I watched a guy hack a chip on YouTube and helped a guy recover a password that unlocked $2 Million Dollars.

                    https://www.youtube.com/c/JoeGrand
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                    • Profile picture of the author Profit Traveler
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                      Meta took an epic dive in it's Stock price an Zuck got very specific in regards to TIK TOK an they are very focused now on Instagram Reels.

                      They already had in place cash incentives for creators of short videos (many are not even aware of) but you can bet they are going to roll out alot more ways to get paid from video shorts.

                      Could be some great additional income.
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                • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
                  Originally Posted by Jonathan 2.0 View Post


                  ... and that's the most important part. Many Marketers cater to their Market without really helping them.

                  2C
                  Maybe this is true, but only the person can say this. The "market" are people in general, and maybe with a common problem, want or need.

                  But as for the HELP they get, that gets down to an indivdual level and I would reject a blanket statement about many marketers.

                  There are many times the "help" may come from ownership or possession of a given marketers knowledge. The application, if it is needed, is always left in the hands of the buyer. But there are "MANY" marketers who cater to their market and don't know (or care) if it helps or not.

                  An example of this can be seen in the Copywriter as a Biz-Op field, where many a would be copywriter has his Bat Cave and offices' bookshelves filled with courses, books and all things copywriting in his possession, but can't write a promotion to pay for his Starbucks latte.

                  It hardly falls upon the marketer where results of their marketing are dependent on doing or applying.

                  There are scams of course, and some borderline offers, but most marketers deliver what they offer.

                  As for it being of HELP, that depends.

                  GordonJ
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                • Profile picture of the author Profit Traveler
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                  I love observing and evaluating Funnels. Here is a simple but very effective one.

                  It is a Yahoo Article with perfectly planted and relevant Amazon links.

                  I am not sure if the original article gets the commission or Yahoo but it is a great example of a transactional type post same as "Comparisons."

                  https://sports.yahoo.com/stronger-ha...012517475.html
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                  • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
                    Originally Posted by Profit Traveler View Post

                    I love observing and evaluating Funnels. Here is a simple but very effective one.

                    It is a Yahoo Article with perfectly planted and relevant Amazon links.

                    I am not sure if the original article gets the commission or Yahoo but it is a great example of a transactional type post same as "Comparisons."

                    https://sports.yahoo.com/stronger-ha...012517475.html
                    Thanks Profit Traveler, this article is a very good mini article (affiliate) template because:

                    It states a premise, how stronger hands can benefit/prevent pain...based on RESEARCH right up front and then deftly inserts the links to products. Thanks for sharing this, and I could create a dozen articles using this template to offer almost anything.

                    The 'secret' sauce is to get the article read, or picked up by a feed that has large numbers of readers, but it would be easy to post several of these a day.

                    Good find.

                    GordonJ
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                • Profile picture of the author socialentry
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                  Originally Posted by GordonJ

                  A job vs a business, or income. From what I understand from this dialog, and I may not understand most of it, is there is someone who doesn't really know what they want, and is now going to get a job. Or did I miss something?
                  You did, but I left out a lot of details so I get why it can be open to misinterpretation. So that's on me. TLDR version: No data. No supercomputer. Whatever I pick today, in 4-5 years,all roads lead to Rome.
                  More as to why at an Internet MARKETING forum,...
                  Well,if the FAANGs aren't internet marketers, then pray tell: who is?
                  My confusion, is about anyone who does not have a passion, doesn't know what they want to do, or where to go next after failing in IM,is about how to help that person proceed.
                  You don't need to feel like I'm expecting everyone to have answers.

                  .I get the gist that a lot of people on the WF are not actually looking for money, they're looking for a higher purpose or a lifestyle and they hope IM is an embodiment of this.

                  I'm not one of them. To me, IM is a tool, like a wrench. Same thing with sales, copywriting, etc.Tools hold no metaphysical value to me.
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                  • Profile picture of the author savidge4
                    Originally Posted by socialentry View Post

                    .I get the gist that a lot of people on the WF are not actually looking for money, they're looking for a higher purpose or a lifestyle and they hope IM is an embodiment of this.

                    I'm not one of them. To me, IM is a tool, like a wrench. Same thing with sales, copywriting, etc.Tools hold no metaphysical value to me.
                    This is so well articulated... TOOLS... A REALLY hard concept to get people to understand... even as clear as this is written, i dont think most will understand.

                    Thanks for sharing this!
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  • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
    I think the reason we are not taught how to actually make money is that it isn't socially acceptable to talk about how to make money.

    It's acceptable to talk about saving money, managing money, donating money, even getting a job.

    But making money? No.
    Why? Because the vast...vast majority of ways to make money, every facet of it, strikes the majority of people as either manipulative, cheating, taking advantage of people, or evil.

    That's why it will never be taught in schools.

    The same with selling. Never. Even "advertising and marketing" are really just institutional advertising. branding, surveys, that sort of thing.

    Educational systems like colleges and institutes teach you how to be great employees.

    Another reason would be...who would teach such classes? Would you want to teach any entrepreneurial subject to a group of college students?

    I wouldn't. Every 5 minutes would be a debate about morality.....about "The rich get richer and the poor get poorer'...about "income inequality".

    I feel like throwing up, just typing the words.
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    • Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

      Educational systems like colleges and institutes teach you how to be great employees.
      You might be right.
      • Even in primary school, I remember many public and private schools here taught us to bake cupcakes or something then sell it.
      • But they focused solely on the baking or cooking part -- As if paying customers will buy as soon as we serve whatever.
      • They didn't even touch basic business dev. Basic process chain management. Basic selling strategy. Not even the fundamentals of these things ...
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    • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
      Thank goodness I wasn't college material, even had a counselor tell me to take the dummy classes, which I did.

      Back in the covered wagon days, we had AP courses, college prep, shop, auto, secretarial and even 4H, then we had the dummy classes. These were mostly guys who were designated; "don't waste your time on, they'll dropout, be shipped to Vietnam and" that was that.

      So, I had to take BUSINESS MATH. SALESMANSHIP, BUSINESS ENGLISH, all the things far beneath those Harvard or even Kent State bound.

      What a blessing for me. I still keep in touch with the U of Akron business college, where the students actually WANT to learn about making money, and have the teachers and instructors from the business world to teach them. But, I think you may be right, these young people are in the minority.

      But in 10 years, when the other group become Warriors looking to make a buck because they hate their jobs and bosses and everything else in the world, they will be woefully unprepared...unless of course, they listen to me and you and a boy named Sue, and few other savvy Warriors.

      GordonJ


      Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

      I think the reason we are not taught how to actually make money is that it isn't socially acceptable to talk about how to make money.

      It's acceptable to talk about saving money, managing money, donating money, even getting a job.

      But making money? No.
      Why? Because the vast...vast majority of ways to make money, every facet of it, strikes the majority of people as either manipulative, cheating, taking advantage of people, or evil.

      That's why it will never be taught in schools.

      The same with selling. Never. Even "advertising and marketing" are really just institutional advertising. branding, surveys, that sort of thing.

      Educational systems like colleges and institutes teach you how to be great employees.

      Another reason would be...who would teach such classes? Would you want to teach any entrepreneurial subject to a group of college students?

      I wouldn't. Every 5 minutes would be a debate about morality.....about "The rich get richer and the poor get poorer'...about "income inequality".

      I feel like throwing up, just typing the words.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jamell
    You made some very intesresting points .Money is a tool and those that "say money isn't everything" usually complain about it the most or have the least .

    I have learned to let my money work for me in capital appreciating assets where it earns compound interest .

    The book I would recommend is intelligent investor.
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  • Profile picture of the author Matthew North
    I grew up in an entrepreneurial family with both my parents, brother, and half of my extended family owning their own businesses so a lot of what I've learned has been passed down in terms of general business sense. The rest was learned from people who are much smarter than I am - some who were simply charismatic and those who had real insights to share with me. I learned from both types of teachers.

    I believe that people generally live up to their own self-concept most of the time. If they aren't an entrepreneurial type of person, to begin with then it's unlikely they would even be interested in growing a million-dollar company. The same applies to comfort zones with how much money people have in the bank. I know people who are talented but are perpetually broke no matter the time of year, while others are always buying the newest cars and going on long trips overseas while being only average people. I feel that it's largely down to your will and intention to make money that allows it to happen. Intelligence and talent are required too, but you only need to be as smart as you need to be depending on the task at hand.

    I learned some of these ideas in a book named Success Is for You: Using Heart-Centered Power Principles for Lasting Abundance and Fulfillment by David R Hawkins. All of his books are great but I thought this one would apply here.

    Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post


    Another reason would be...who would teach such classes? Would you want to teach any entrepreneurial subject to a group of college students?

    I wouldn't. Every 5 minutes would be a debate about morality.....about "The rich get richer and the poor get poorer'...about "income inequality".

    I feel like throwing up, just typing the words.
    I recently went back to university to finish a business degree I started in my early 20s, and I can say that the above is true. Most kids taking these courses are liberal, as well as most professors - even in my business course. I don't blame younger people for thinking this way as they don't know any better. They mostly listen to what social media tells them. It would help though if the professors would be the ones to explain that incomes follow a power-law distribution like many other data sets that we can observe in nature and elsewhere. The fact is that the rich do get richer, exponentially so as time goes on. But it's not because they're evil people most of the time, it's just how economics in a free market works. Like other things that follow power-law distributions, wealth is as impersonal and agendaless as the size of raindrops or the growth of forest patches.
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    • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
      Originally Posted by Matthew North View Post


      I learned some of these ideas in a book named Success Is for You: Using Heart-Centered Power Principles for Lasting Abundance and Fulfillment by David R Hawkins. All of his books are great but I thought this one would apply here.
      ^^
      ^^ Edited for brevity.

      This is a look at the HOW. The idea of How To... is one of the fastest and easiest entries into the whole world of making money. And we have tons of templates to choose from, but for this post, let us take a look at those who have "mindset", or about thinking, feeling and the doing.

      I see already, many Warriors have been influenced by a book which comes from this niche, call them self improvement, or self enlightenment or personal development teachers but they all have the same basic principles of HOW to create either wealth or steady streams of income (controlling your thinking).

      Mentioned already: Tony Robbins, David Hawkins, Catherine Ponder, Mary Baker Eddy and a couple from marketing, which I will connect here today. Here is a partial list of people offering "Spiritual/Business" advice, and for lack of a better term, the spiritual part covers the spectrum of all belief.

      Wayne Dyer, Esther and Jerry Hicks, Joe Dispenza, Bruce Lipton, Marianne Williamson, Gary Renard, Helen Schucman, Leo Buscaglia, Phil McGraw, Gary Chapman, Gary Zukav, Eckhart Tolle, Don Miguel Ruiz and hundreds of others.

      From our marketing gurus, T. Harv Eker was mentioned, and Joe Vitale has his work too.

      What do they ALL have in common we can learn and borrow from? One thing, IP, Intellectual Property.

      Warrior, do you want a big shortcut? WRITE a book. Or a report, manifesto, guide or simply post your ideas and thoughts on the Internet where there is traffic.

      Almost all of these persons of enlightenment, have made a ton of dough, they aren't living in a van down by the river eating cheese. And one amazing thing, if you have the ability to see the macro, away from any belief or bias...you will see a lot of this is simply OPINION, or some, just made to order ideas to attract a following.

      Before you begin or continue your IM money seeking ventures, ask yourself, what do I have to offer?

      You will see, if you choose to, that those Warriors reaching the 10k a month income level and sustaining have something to offer, the something being what people want and will pay for.

      It isn't about funnels, systems, or methods or platforms even, it is about having SOMETHING to give which people want. Get that, and things take a rapid pivot in your bank accounts.

      Look not only what the teachers say, but also at what they do. And what do they all do? They have something to promote.

      GordonJ
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    • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
      Originally Posted by Matthew North View Post

      The fact is that the rich do get richer, exponentially so as time goes on. But it's not because they're evil people most of the time, it's just how economics in a free market works. Like other things that follow power-law distributions, wealth is as impersonal and agendaless as the size of raindrops or the growth of forest patches.
      Yup.
      Wealthy people just do things that generate more money than they spend. Poor people do things that spent the money they earn.

      Another hard truth is that humans are not equal to each other.

      Intelligence, drive, potential, imagination, desire for more, social skills, attractiveness, emotional stability, ability to think rationally, ambition, work ethic, life experience, family influence...are different for all of us.

      And so we will have different actions, which produce different results.

      I know a truth about salespeople (maybe not true in every field). 10% of the people make 90% of the money. And 1% of the salespeople make 50% of the money.

      Same company, same pay structure, same customer base, same economy.

      Different salesperson. Different capabilities, habits, drive, skills.
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      • Profile picture of the author discrat
        Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

        Yup.
        Another hard truth is that humans are not equal to each other.

        Intelligence, drive, potential, imagination, desire for more, social skills, attractiveness, emotional stability, ability to think rationally, ambition, work ethic, life experience, family influence...are different for all of us.
        Different salesperson. Different capabilities, habits, drive, skills.
        I hate to say it but this cannot be stressed enough. I know in my lifetime I have come in touch with numerous people who from the onset were NOT born with the innate ability to even comprehend what Success means let alone go out and try to accomplish it.

        Call it DNA, basic intelligence or whatever. It's just NOT there ! It does sound harsh but it is the Truth , and we have all stumbled upon them at one point in our lives.
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        • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
          Originally Posted by discrat View Post

          I hate to say it but this cannot be stressed enough. I know in my lifetime I have come in touch with numerous people who from the onset were NOT born with the innate ability to even comprehend what Success means let alone go out and try to accomplish it.

          Call it DNA, basic intelligence or whatever. It's just NOT there ! It does sound harsh but it is the Truth , and we have all stumbled upon them at one point in our lives.
          Some of it is in the DNA.

          Some of it has to do with where you grew up, what your parent's taught you, who your friends were growing up.

          I was in a group of business owners, driving (In Phoenix, I think) past a very run down area of migrant worker apartments.

          The woman sitting next to me said "Look at those people. They will never be successful in life". She said it with contempt.

          I said "They have no experience with making a good living. They have no idea how to go about it. They don't have the experience or the family examples to see how to change their lives. They work far harder than I ever have. Show them respect".


          Something that is true that you touched on.

          Half of the people on the planet have below average IQs. Most people see rich people as evil. Take salesmen for example. Every movie that has salesmen in it (Boiler Room, Wall Street, Glengarry Glen Ross, Tin Men) all depict salesmen as hucksters..the lowest of the low.

          CEOs are nearly always depicted as evil greedy power hungry men. And that isn't true at all.

          Even geniuses are shown as awkward nerds that have no social skills. Why? Genius is not normal...not attainable for almost everyone. So it has to be seen as something slightly distasteful, to make everyone else feel better.

          That's my theory, and I'm sticking to it.
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          • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
            Yes, you are both right (discrat too).

            Success has many definitions, and is totally subjective. When it comes to either Entrepreneurship or desire to be independent, those people born without much help as far as DNA or childhood experiences have what Napoleon Hill called the Mastermind association, and the ones who overcome their innate limitations are often found with good mentors, role models and associations.

            Sure, not everyone is cut out for Entrepreneurship, but giving the benefit of the doubt to most WARRIORS, who come here to find help, seek mentorship, develop associations and the skills needed to become whatever their version of success means...

            I feel that Warriors, for the most part, are not in that group of the people challenged by DNA or circumstances.

            If making money is a person's idea of success (and for many it is), I know plenty of stupid people in this world who would be considered very successful.

            I'm not trying to argue your points, I agree, just that here, at the WF, I'm going to cut our members some slack, until they prove otherwise.

            And as it goes, making money, especially with IM does not require a lot of brain power or even knowledge but it does ask for persistence and focused activity with adjustments in the directions of one's goals.

            GordonJ

            P.S. To the point of my original post, I wonder how many Warriors use any sort of a Private Label agreement other than PLR? Is anyone getting their stuff via Private Label? I think it would make for a good discussion.


            Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

            Some of it is in the DNA.

            Some of it has to do with where you grew up, what your parent's taught you, who your friends were growing up.

            I was in a group of business owners, driving (In Phoenix, I think) past a very run down area of migrant worker apartments.

            The woman sitting next to me said "Look at those people. They will never be successful in life". She said it with contempt.

            I said "They have no experience with making a good living. They have no idea how to go about it. They don't have the experience or the family examples to see how to change their lives. They work far harder than I ever have. Show them respect".


            Something that is true that you touched on.

            Half of the people on the planet have below average IQs. Most people see rich people as evil. Take salesmen for example. Every movie that has salesmen in it (Boiler Room, Wall Street, Glengarry Glen Ross, Tin Men) all depict salesmen as hucksters..the lowest of the low.

            CEOs are nearly always depicted as evil greedy power hungry men. And that isn't true at all.

            Even geniuses are shown as awkward nerds that have no social skills. Why? Genius is not normal...not attainable for almost everyone. So it has to be seen as something slightly distasteful, to make everyone else feel better.

            That's my theory, and I'm sticking to it.
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            • Profile picture of the author discrat
              Originally Posted by GordonJ View Post


              Sure, not everyone is cut out for Entrepreneurship, but giving the benefit of the doubt to most WARRIORS, who come here to find help, seek mentorship, develop associations and the skills needed to become whatever their version of success means...

              I feel that Warriors, for the most part, are not in that group of the people challenged by DNA or circumstances.

              .
              Gordon I would have to agree with you on that one. Although language barriers can be a bit stifling I find those with that problem here have a decent head on their shoulders when it comes to having potential for success in entrepreneurship.

              And like you I find that most people here at WF that post do have that DNA it takes to be successful. But I think the DNA of working hard is what some may be missing. Or is that actually DNA ? May just be upbringing , the environment around them etc..etc..

              Lots of interesting things to ponder.
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              • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
                Since I don't mind bashing the educational systems of the world, especially in the West and USA in particular... they (so called educational systems) don't teach what is needed.

                And you touched on something important, upbringing and environment.

                There is ONE thing which I have yelled about for decades now, and that is...almost all of tomorrow's goals are based on the today. The past has been forgotten.

                Forgive me if I get a bit esoteric here. See, those self improvement and personal development teachers discussed, tell you to focus on tomorrow.

                What most of them miss out on is the ASSESSMENT of the past. One's old habits, routines and deeply held beliefs are going to be future walls which will stop them dead in their tracks.

                We see it here. Warriors who are told to start NOW, and none of the WSO's, or consultants or advisors tell Warriors to examine their past. I say know what you bring to the table, to know what you have to offer first, then you can expedite your success.

                And that needs an ASSESSMENT of skills, knowledge, and includes the failures and reasons why they may have happened.

                So, if one is willing to take an honest look at where they come from, BEFORE they set sail toward harbors of success, they can often see the hidden reefs which they will crash upon and disappear.

                VERY important idea.

                GordonJ



                Originally Posted by discrat View Post

                Gordon I would have to agree with you on that one. Although language barriers can be a bit stifling I find those with that problem here have a decent head on their shoulders when it comes to having potential for success in entrepreneurship.

                And like you I find that most people here at WF that post do have that DNA it takes to be successful. But I think the DNA of working hard is what some may be missing. Or is that actually DNA ? May just be upbringing , the environment around them etc..etc..

                Lots of interesting things to ponder.
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            • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
              Originally Posted by GordonJ View Post


              Sure, not everyone is cut out for Entrepreneurship, but giving the benefit of the doubt to most WARRIORS, who come here to find help, seek mentorship, develop associations and the skills needed to become whatever their version of success means...

              I can only go by the people that comment here. I don't know the number of active members.

              But I know maybe 5 world class salespeople. Three of them are here.
              And as far as how successful they are..

              Language gives me a lot of clues. People who make money in marketing or selling talk a certain way. And the wannabes talk a certain way.

              And people who lie about their success give themselves away. Every successful person here knows what I mean by that. When you don't know how to do something, it stands out to the people who do.

              By "Successful" I mean they make a comfortable living in some sort of marketing or selling.

              Anyway, at least on the offline forum, the real deals are more the rule than the exception, I think.

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              • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
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                Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

                I can only go by the people that comment here. I don't know the number of active members.

                But I know maybe 5 world class salespeople. Three of them are here.
                And as far as how successful they are..

                Language gives me a lot of clues. People who make money in marketing or selling talk a certain way. And the wannabes talk a certain way.

                And people who lie about their success give themselves away. Every successful person here knows what I mean by that. When you don't know how to do something, it stands out to the people who do.

                By "Successful" I mean they make a comfortable living in some sort of marketing or selling.

                Anyway, at least on the offline forum, the real deals are more the rule than the exception, I think.

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  • Profile picture of the author discrat
    Hey Gordon,
    One of many that come to mind is William J Oneil's "How to Make Money with Stocks". I've read this book probably 5 or 6 times. Just a great way to learn about the fundamentals of a stock and what to look for in the best stocks to own as well as solid look in the stock market and how it works as well as some advanced teachings in this book.

    I think anyone who cares about money and keeping it should give this book a thorough reading!
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  • As we take in the sublime Joocy of Gordon's post, I would wanna conjoinify a coupla stuffs ...

    Originally Posted by GordonJ View Post

    Sure, money isn't EVERYTHING. It doesn't beat faith, family, friends or health.

    GordonJ
    Originally Posted by GordonJ View Post

    So, if one is willing to take an honest look at where they come from, BEFORE they set sail toward harbors of success, they can often see the hidden reefs which they will crash upon and disappear.

    VERY important idea.

    GordonJ
    Ain't there DEPTHS in faith, fam, friends & health plenty people can't plunder too easy?

    Plenty despairin', lonely, loveless & sick people pump more money than I gaht into schemes fulla no actschwl valyoo.

    But all these sorry souls are sailin' I guess.

    Crossin' oceans to escape their torment an' meet up with sum fyooture self gonna save 'em.

    So I would wanna postulate a yearnin' ocean of impossibility as the worst kinda interface between circumstance an' dream.

    Might there be an easiah connect between stuff you gaht, shit in abundance kinda bores you or you figure has no valyoo ... an' dearth of same closah to home than paddlin' through the Pacific?

    Meantime, I coulda done with less math in school an' more hoola hoopin'.

    Them teachahs presoom kids pick up all that exotic stuff instantly, but I nevah figured it out till I was 22 an' developed pseudo hips.

    Mebbe there is a market sumplace for hoops slung offa wire trailed from an exotic wig.

    "Huh! Nowan will notice this hoop is suspended from muh head as I wiggle exotically an' mesmerise all with muh hoola antics -- less'n they remembah I ain't no blonde an' only ended up this way bcs the damn wig was on speshl offah ..."
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  • Profile picture of the author Matthew North
    Thinking more on the subject of wealth in general. Most people in the world are considered poor. Poor people can be blessed with all the right skills, personal qualities, and experiences to be financially stable, yet don't have control over the context or the composite of causes of what keeps them in poverty. Some of the conditions that influence poverty include: timing, intention, probability, potential, likelihood, momentum, favoritism, selection, randomness, the weather, economic conditions, morale, political climate, availability, supply, need, affordability, social morality, etc. All these things and more determines the context that allows poverty or wealth to thrive.
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      Originally Posted by Matthew North View Post

      Thinking more on the subject of wealth in general. Most people in the world are considered poor. Poor people can be blessed with all the right skills, personal qualities, and experiences to be financially stable, yet don't have control over the context or the composite of causes of what keeps them in poverty. .
      What is considered poverty in the USA is upper middle class/affluent in moch of the world

      People who never figure out how to store econic value and grow it are doomed to live off what they can earn day to day

      Broke is a much different condition than poor or poverty .
      If you get in domes car and have to move a pile of 20$ scratch tickets and the a hungover from spending a hundred dollars at the bar the night before . That is being broke not poor or poverty.

      You can fix being broke far far easier than you can fix being poor. Poverty is do to the environment you are in . And as long as you stay in the environment and it doesn't improve.
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    I grew up on welfare raised by a single mom, I've been homeless twice , you are very right that getting rich from nothing is definitely a slow burn.
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  • Profile picture of the author Profit Traveler
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    Another magnetic GordonJ contribution.

    What really steams my buns is people like Suze Orman who travel the world telling people to pinch and scrape but she never suggests to them that they create their own brands, DVDs, Tutorials as she does and become a Millionaire now.

    Same for YouTube. You can get a quick estimate of how much a Channel is generating if they are monetized. And when I see someone earning a decent living on YouTube suggesting to scrape and sacrifice and never mention to create a popular YT channel it makes me cringe

    I have said this before that if I was on a webinar and it got me so excited I had credit card out ready to pull the trigger on a "must have" life changing $2000 infoproduct then that is the time I need to add Webinar Marketing to my arsenal.
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    • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
      I predate cassettes. YIKES. Thanks to a local businessman, I had a great second hand collection of talking vinyl. Including THE STRANGEST SECRET, a million dollar album, and maybe the only gold one produced.

      These often came with small printed booklets to complete the "course"...then mid 60's, BAM, came the cassette, and not long after that guys like Paul J. Meyer of Success Motivation Institute and Earl Nightingale and Lloyd Conant started producing cassette courses, the forerunner to the Greg Renker-Bill Guthy which took the industry to a whole "nuther level.

      Today, one can get MP3 and other audio versions of these things.

      The six words that Earl Nightingale (by the way, a survivor of the Pearl Harbor attack being a marine on the U.S.S. ARIZONA) credited Napoleon Hill with changing his life are:

      "We become what we think about."


      My version of this is: Where the head goes, the body follows.

      The IM success usually has this FOCUS on doing, adjusting and continuing.

      There is an idea, which says MONEY IS ENERGY, and with Crypto of today, a fact.

      But it is also a belief, that not only money is Stored Value and a Medium of Exchange (although not the only one) it is also an energy, both potential when stored, and KINETIC when in motion. Circulation is the key to making more money, and not scrimping and saving.

      Thanks for pointing out some of the hypocrisy we see from those who would have us scrape by while flying first class to their next seminar.

      Don't scrimp and save, make more money. MAKE MORE.

      Circulate more, be in MOTION. And adjust the motion in the direction of a goal.

      GordonJ

      P.S. There was/is a template from the 60's, much like a funnel of today, any Warrior can use.

      TALK. Cheapest, easiest, fastest way to give information, a consumable, renewable form of energy.

      WRITE. In some way, shape or form, even talk can be put into print easily these days.

      PROMOTE. Place your offers of the above at an intersection where the target market goes.

      It has worked for many decades now.






      Originally Posted by Profit Traveler View Post

      Another magnetic GordonJ contribution.

      What really steams my buns is people like Suze Orman who travel the world telling people to pinch and scrape but she never suggests to them that they create their own brands, DVDs, Tutorials as she does and become a Millionaire now.

      Same for YouTube. You can get a quick estimate of how much a Channel is generating if they are monetized. And when I see someone earning a decent living on YouTube suggesting to scrape and sacrifice and never mention to create a popular YT channel it makes me cringe

      I have said this before that if I was on a webinar and it got me so excited I had credit card out ready to pull the trigger on a "must have" life changing $2000 infoproduct then that is the time I need to add Webinar Marketing to my arsenal.
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      Originally Posted by Profit Traveler View Post

      Another magnetic GordonJ contribution.

      What really steams my buns is people like Suze Orman who travel the world telling people to pinch and scrape but she never suggests to them that they create their own brands, DVDs, Tutorials as she does and become a Millionaire now.
      I suppose this will sound like I'm coming to her defense....

      Her audience isn't made up of entrepreneurial people. They are consumers that have jobs. Any mention of making money outside of Index funds or buying a home would scare her audience.

      These people would never be receptive to a "Make money this way" message. It has to be about safely investing and saving money. That is her brand. That is her audience.

      My guess (I don't follow her at all) is that she doesn't speak to groups of business owners. That would be completely off brand for her.



      Originally Posted by brothinvesting View Post

      I grew up on welfare raised by a single mom, I've been homeless twice , you are very right that getting rich from nothing is definitely a slow burn.
      It's very slow at the beginning.

      For the vast majority of us, it takes money to make money. But it takes so very little money.

      Having zero money severely limits your options, but having very little money is enough, if you are willing to take the time and effort.

      The fact that you grew up on Welfare with a single Mom only matters in that your beliefs about money, and how to make it, may be skewed.

      We all have stories like yours.
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        Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

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        It's very slow at the beginning.

        For the vast majority of us, it takes money to make money. But it takes so very little money.

        Having zero money severely limits your options, but having very little money is enough, if you are willing to take the time and effort.

        The fact that you grew up on Welfare with a single Mom only matters in that your beliefs about money, and how to make it, may be skewed.

        We all have stories like yours.
        If you are trying to get out of poverty. You have to hide what you are doing from most of the other people around you . And not by nice things until you have move away from those who would steal your nice things while at work.

        Part of the the poverty trap involves replacing stuff other people steal

        I was totally unaware of that before I went on me travels the last 6 years
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          Originally Posted by Odahh View Post

          If you are trying to get out of poverty. You have to hide what you are doing from most of the other people around you . And not by nice things until you have move away from those who would steal your nice things while at work.

          Part of the the poverty trap involves replacing stuff other people steal

          I was totally unaware of that before I went on me travels the last 6 years
          Wow. I really never had that problem. My problem was learning to not explain what I was doing.

          Friends and family thought I was doing something wrong

          It's very hard to explain selling or marketing to an uninitiated person. It all sounds like a scam. I lost several friends, because I no longer talked like they did, or had the same outlook.

          I remember as a young man (maybe 20 years old) driving through a very high end neighborhood with a carload of my friends.

          They said things like "I bet tax write offs paid for this", "i wonder who they screwed over for afford this"....that sort of thing.

          I said "I wonder what they know that we don't".

          They all looked at me like I was a Martian. That was one of the rare moments when my thinking started to shift.
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            Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

            Wow. I really never had that problem. My problem was learning to not explain what I was doing.

            Friends and family thought I was doing something wrong

            They all looked at me like I was a Martian. That was one of the rare moments when my thinking started to shift.
            My thinking majorly started to shift when I work on the strip in Las Vegas. I saw people who could make a lot of money a day and not keep a roof over their head . While other people who had been doing it for a decade had bought houses after the Great Recession. . And owned costume he rented out to people to work with him. But he wasn't from the USA

            But being out on the strip all hours of the day and into the night was a rough environment and you make 100 dollars in 20 minutes an 20 dollars in the next 5 hours

            But I realize the amount of anger I was filled with. And I saw enough people destroying their lives to bury emotional pain that is was the main thing I had to fix when I left Vegas. And I think I a only fully settled down in the Las few months
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          Originally Posted by Odahh View Post

          If you are trying to get out of poverty. You have to hide what you are doing from most of the other people around you . And not by nice things until you have move away from those who would steal your nice things while at work.

          Part of the the poverty trap involves replacing stuff other people steal

          I was totally unaware of that before I went on me travels the last 6 years
          You are only as successful as the people that are around you. Success has nothing to do with "Nice Things"... a by product of sorts.. but on the rise and WANTING nice things, but still living in and amongst poverty - you will remain there. Be it being stolen, or just throwing money to the wind, a New TV with every stim check or bottles of champagne, or new clothes do NOT make you richer, in my book dont even make you look rich.

          In the current state of the world, you can very quickly determine some ones ability for success by asking a simple question "What did you do with your stimulus checks?"

          How would I answer that question? I bought my wife and I a new pair of glasses, and my son and I a pair of electric scooters. Every other penny went into the stock market, and it is currently sitting at about 400% growth. I would suggest that is what success might look like.

          And to answer the question... what book or course or information? I would say 99.9% of the time... do the exact opposite of what you have been doing, and figure out what that is. How did you spend your stimulus checks? is a great place to start. HOW did the answer to that question create wealth in your life?
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            Originally Posted by savidge4 View Post

            You are only as successful as the people that are around you. Success has nothing to do with "Nice Things"... a by product of sorts.. but on the rise and WANTING nice things, but still living in and amongst poverty - you will remain there. Be it being stolen, or just throwing money to the wind, a New TV with every stim check or bottles of champagne, or new clothes do NOT make you richer, in my book dont even make you look rich.
            I understand what you are saying . I am just pointing out why so many people born into poverty in the USA stay in poverty. Or what is considered poverty in the United States.

            Where people who immigrate to the USA from much worse poverty . Tend to not stay in poverty generation after generation

            I have to be careful because I basically want to say people conditioned to living in poverty and that social environment in the USA . Generally can't adapt to living outside that environment a small number can .
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            • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
              Originally Posted by Odahh View Post

              I understand what you are saying . I am just pointing out why so many people born into poverty in the USA stay in poverty. Or what is considered poverty in the United States.

              Where people who immigrate to the USA from much worse poverty . Tend to not stay in poverty generation after generation
              My guess is that people that immigrate to the US, tend to be the type that are used to working long hours, and what the US offers appeals to them. I don't mean assistance, I mean an opportunity to better their lives through their own efforts.

              They are ambitious and industrious from the start.
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                Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

                My guess is that people that immigrate to the US, tend to be the type that are used to working long hours, and what the US offers appeals to them. I don't mean assistance, I mean an opportunity to better their lives through their own efforts.

                They are ambitious and industrious from the start.
                I am trying to study people from all parts of India . As that group does well wherever they migrate to in mass and not just the USA.

                There is the hard work , frugal nature,ability to save lots of money and more likely to get educated and go to high paying fields. And I don't think people from India have to deal with a mafia or other India based organized crime
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            Originally Posted by savidge4 View Post

            "What did you do with your stimulus checks?"
            What's weird is that I know what some people did with their check, they came in my store and bought a high end vacuum cleaner.

            We used to be located right next to an H&R Block office. People would go in there, come out with their refund check, and walk ten feet to our store, and spend it all.

            Many people cannot wait to spend every dollar they get. Stand in any gas station line, and see the people who spend their money on cigarettes, beer, and lottery tickets.

            What did I do with our stimulus checks? I just added them to our retirement fund. But that's an older guy with the wisdom of age. A 25 year old Claude would have just spent it on nothing.
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              Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

              What's weird is that I know what some people did with their check, they came in my store and bough a high end vacuum cleaner.

              We used to be located right next to an H&R Block office. People would go in their, come out with their refund check, and walk ten feet to our store, and spend it all.
              .
              For the years I was working I claimed 0 on my taxes and ended up owning state taxes and getting a few hundred back from and I did my own taxes up until you basically had to exile

              I found it really odd people thought I should get more taken out to get a bigger refund .

              I just don't understand so called normal people.
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              Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

              What did I do with our stimulus checks? I just added them to our retirement fund and put a portion in entertainment with throwing Benjamins at Riffle's personal Lap Dancing. But that's an older guy with the wisdom of age. A 25 year old Claude would have just spent it on nothing.
              Fixed that for you big guy

              Seriously though, we did the same thing. But we took out a small portion to visit the beach at Corpus Christie and the rest in retirement savings
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              Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

              What's weird is that I know what some people did with their check, they came in my store and bought a high end vacuum cleaner.
              I dont think it is weird... its right up there with taking candy from a baby... and i am saying this with a smile on my face. and it only gets better! There are 36 MILLION families getting at a minimum of $250 per child every month until Dec. and THEN they will get a MINIMUM of $1500 when they do their taxes.

              What is a marketer to do?

              If you are asking me... I would be manipulating my marketing message to incorporate how the spend for your product or service would benefit the children.

              Do your kids have asthma or sinus infections? clean your home with a state of the art hepa filter vacuum cleaner. A clean home environment is the foundation to a healthy life for your kids.

              Is your child embarrassed by your appearance? Try XYZ weight loss today - do it for your child!

              Go GREEN for Xmas with a new electric scooter for your child or children.

              I think some of us at least understand human nature... all these families are getting all this cash because they have kids... They have every intention on spending the money on the kids... but we all know that is not how it works... so to manipulate the message that a purchase for the parent that benefits the child, becomes a win ( for the marketer at least )
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          • Originally Posted by savidge4 View Post

            "What did you do with your stimulus checks?"
            I sent it to a good friend.
            A paraplegic street musician.
            He modified his wheelchair.
            He integrated a speaker setup connected to a mobile phone and a karaoke app.
            Along with holders for shakers and tambourines.
            And he worked alongside his dog, trained to wear a neck-strapped donation bag and walk over to the audience ...

            But he completely lost his sole livelihood.
            Because of this global crisis.
            And our local quarantine policies ...

            That stimulus check was for 6K PHP (125 USD).
            And it was the best $125 that I gave away ...

            Because I learned that the happiest people on the planet live their lives, in their own terms.
            He passed, last year, from complications of bone and muscle bedsore infections.

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              Originally Posted by Marx Vergel Melencio View Post

              I sent it to a good friend.


              That stimulus check was for 6K PHP (125 USD).
              And it was the best $125 that I gave away ..

              I sent much of mine over to help a friend in the Philippines. I was basically paying her to have someone to talk to most of the day through the lockdowns.

              But she was going from one crisis to another. It got tiresome. I put it down as an educational expense. Women tend to be my most expensive bad habit. As in trying to help women in distress. Who will never get out of distress.
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                Originally Posted by Odahh View Post


                But she was going from one crisis to another. It got tiresome. I put it down as an educational expense. Women tend to be my most expensive bad habit. As in trying to help women in distress. Who will never get out of distress.
                Friends who want you to give them money are really seldom friends.

                Sure, after you know them for years, and they need $100 for something....but if they are long distance, and you send them money, you aren't their friend, you're their customer.

                And if they met you online, and you send them money....you are their patsy.
                a Forum member here years ago asked us for advice because his "relationship" kept asking him for large sums of money....which he had been sending.

                We yelled at him for days , to convince him that he was just a victim of a scam.

                Guys in strip bars do the same thing. They think they are in a relationship...that costs hundreds of dollars a week.

                Anyway, no idea if this applies to you, but I thought I would brighten your day.
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                  Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

                  Friends who want you to give them money are really seldom friends.

                  Sure, after you know them for years, and they need $100 for something....but if they are long distance, and you send them money, you aren't their friend, you're their customer.

                  .
                  It was mostly for entertainment and education. But I could dream of going back to the Philippines and being with her.

                  I haven't wanted to be in a real relationship for many years that filled the role. And cost far less money over the years than other options.

                  Anyway I'm probably keeping my travels in North America and the Caribbean for the distant future . So when I get on the move again when Covid settles down. I'll head where I can learn Spanish.
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              Originally Posted by Marx Vergel Melencio View Post

              I sent it to a good friend.
              A paraplegic street musician.
              He modified his wheelchair.
              He integrated a speaker setup connected to a mobile phone and a karaoke app.
              Along with holders for shakers and tambourines.
              And he worked alongside his dog, trained to wear a neck-strapped donation bag and walk over to the audience...

              Because I learned that the happiest people on the planet live their lives, in their own terms.
              There are few things that I personally spend money on - meaning personally for myself. Any medical expense is a given, be it a doctors visit or Glasses. I spend money on things that will enrich my life - not to be confused with things that are ment to waste time. IE electric scooters for me and the son to tool around town on. ( father son time ) and I will give my LAST dollar to anyone that the money will enrich their experience ( such as you had done )

              I look at EVERYTHING in terms of investment or wants. "Needs" are investments... food health, a roof over your head etc. I dont buy TV's just to sit relax and watch... i could be spending my time doing far more productive things. The only TV's I own within my own home are in front of computers, or an Xbox. I dont have "Cable" or satellite tv in the house.

              Right down to something as basic in average American life, a TV is seen as a tool to make money. My son plays games / streams and earns money by doing so... new games are no longer a "WANT" but an investment. How fast can he start streaming a new game and pay the expense of the game off?

              Its ( i think ) a very minor brain shift... from "Wanting" something, to figuring out how that something can pay for itself - making it an "Investment".

              This is not something I have ever read or heard... but it stands at the very center of "Business"

              Can you succeed as a entrepreneur? I think you need look no further than say high school. Did you have a hustle back then? did you start even younger than that? This would be a glimps into the fact that "selling" is in your blood.
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                Originally Posted by savidge4 View Post

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                Its ( i think ) a very minor brain shift... from "Wanting" something, to figuring out how that something can pay for itself - making it an "Investment".

                This is not something I have ever read or heard... but it stands at the very center of "Business"
                Harvey Brody sold many different courses back in the 70's/80s, two of which had the "cow's milk" idea were THE CONCEPT course, and his TOLL POSITION course. It is a way of thinking, just as you describe, finding a way to turn a want into an investment, and having it pay for itself.

                One way for business sellers is to finance the transaction, acting as the bank/loan agent, and it is just one of many examples. I like your idea of what an investment is, but for many it might be hard to wrap their head around.

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                Originally Posted by savidge4 View Post


                Its ( i think ) a very minor brain shift... from "Wanting" something, to figuring out how that something can pay for itself - making it an "Investment".
                Wow. In this thread and others, you're really hitting it out of the ball park recently.

                What you just said here may be a minor brain shift, but it's life changing if internalized.

                Thank you.
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                  Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

                  Wow. In this thread and others, you're really hitting it out of the ball park recently.
                  Uh Claude... uh no, thank YOU!

                  Hopefully to keep on the roll... "The Shift" ( I believe ) is an easy one. Its simply understanding the dynamics at play. So there are 2 thought process' at play here, there is the investing mind set, and then there is the Paycheck mindset.

                  Lets start with the basics of the Paycheck mindset. you work 40 hours a week ( I am assuming the average for any working person ) and at the end of the week or every other week you get a check. With that check you pay rent / mortgage, electric, cable, entertainment, food, etc etc THIS is a never ending cycle...we have heard the phrase before... I have lived it, and I will assume MOST do... you "live paycheck to paycheck" Somehow, you have to break the cycle.

                  So the alternative is then the Investment mindset. Making your money WORK for you. It literally takes $40 to break the cycle. Probably could be done for less if needed. Start with reading this: ( https://www.warriorforum.com/warrior...days-ebay.html ) In the time of 1 month, my son and I turned $40.00 into $7962.00 ( Gross ) or $3998.00 ( Net Profit )

                  In that thread I do a 30 day summary: ( https://www.warriorforum.com/warrior...l#post11494254 ) and the number that REALLY needs to be looked at is "Cost of Goods" starting with $40.00 in hand, my son and I spent $2162.00.

                  - I F - we only kept investing the $40 over and over we would have not made $3998.00 in the first month. So if we had had the "Paycheck Mindset" we would have reinvested the $40 and SPENT the remaining profit. THIS is placing you right back into the Paycheck Mindset cycle. Your not getting "Ahead" you are spinning your wheels and staying in place.

                  So following the Profit equation I used in that very thread, I wanted each purchase to produce 3x, $40,00 turned into $120.00 WE DID NOT remove $80.00 and reinvest $40.00, we reinvested the ENTIRE $120.00 So we bought $120.00 worth of product, We bout $360 worth of product, we bought $1080.00 worth of product... and in reality the MAX out number for that project was a bit less, we were only working 2 HOURS DAY.

                  There comes a point were the "Operating Capital" ( cash in hand to buy stuff to sell ) reaches a level of sustainability in terms of the income it produces. In this case $1000.00 would provide a $4000.00 a month income. THIS is the shift. Understanding it TAKES MONEY TO MAKE MONEY and having the ability to break the Paycheck Mindset and re-invest vs spend.

                  So that was 2 hours a day 7 days a week. what happens if that becomes 8 hours a day? My wife operates ( full time) our online platform sales division ( eBay, Etsy, Amazon, Facebook, etc ). Her "Operating Capital" is $50K, and she NET's ( profits ) 7 Digits - in excess of $1,000,000.00 in sales a year. You could NEVER reach that number trying to turn $40.00 over and over.

                  So by simply starting with $40 and reinvesting, reinvesting, and reinvesting, you could have $4000 sitting in a bank account. For the sake of just because... when we started that $40.00 challenge we let the money accumulate for an entire year in a account. It ended up being 6 digits.

                  You can literally go from barely being able to pay rent to serious house down payment money ( unless you live in Ca or something ) in 1 years time, starting with $40 - with ONE minor mind shift... just because you made the money does not mean you need to spend the money - and if you have to spend the money right off the get.. then you need to get a job, and do this on the side.

                  The term "Intellectual Property" ( IP ) got thrown around on this thread ( Thanks GordonJ ) so what is IP? IP as it translates the way it was used is taking your time, and creating a small report, that in turn you could sell. Your "Time" or investment there of, translates to a product IE a report you can sell. No different than many, as they were kids, had an asset IE a lawnmower and mowed yards to earn money.

                  YOU could invest in a lawnmower and pay off the expense by mowing some of your neighbors yards. you could INVEST in a snow shovel and shovel your neighbors driveways. You could invest in a Cricut and make crafty cards that the hair salon you visit would let you display and sell. Or you could make stickers for peoples cars and sell them on Facebook / Instagram marketplace.

                  The secret is the mind shift. If I buy X, how can I sell something, and reinvest over and over to KEEP SELLING. Your Cricut stickers you start selling locally, and as you sell more you then invest in boosted listings and offer shipping and sell nationally. The more you invest ( once you have a working model ) the more you sell, and the more you make.

                  It is literally that simple - its just a matter of breaking the Paycheck Mindset IE make it spend it. The minute you make it and reinvest it, you start multiplying your income and break the cycle of "Paycheck to paycheck."

                  Hope that Helps!
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                  I agree with all you said, Savidge, except the easy part.


                  I mean, it's easy to understand, as concept. It's hard to internalized. Why do I say it's hard to internalize? Because I've known many who understood, intellectually, the concepts quite well, but could not make their lives reflect that intellectual understanding.


                  I think one of the reasons is that nobody's thought them how it feels to be in the investor's life... in the beginning, in the middle, in the end.


                  They have examples of the other all around them, so they know.


                  They do not have examples of the other, or not enough.


                  People want certainty. Without examples of the investor mind around, they don't get it... Well, some go online or the movies or books, and find them there. Many do not. It goes against the mindset of most people to do those extra steps.


                  They seem easy, but, when faced with so many distractions, it's not.


                  Part of what people don't get (or are too scared of) is the wait between when you start putting in the effort and when you see the positive results.


                  Savidge, you thread on ebay, should help a lot... I feel not enough people see it or pay attention... read it all.


                  Plus, paychecks for employees, they come early and at regular times. You know when you're going to have it and how much it is for.


                  Someone close to me did not want me self-employed because of the $0 to $3,000/ month times. I could not get her to understand *emotionally* that $0 +$2140 + 274 +27,490 +341 + 18941 + 13400 +800 +13284+3100 after expenses (in other word 79,700) is safer than $5000/month, month in and out. Not even after explaining that all that's above 60,000 goes back in and makes the next year almost twice as good. Because I could not guarantee no months of less than $5k. I could only guarantee an average of 5000 or more.


                  The other part of internalizing is breaking things into actionable steps.


                  And learning not to chase after the shinny objects. In RE, Savidge, there are lots of people who buy courses on investing but never locate a good house/ building... Often, because they do not have the money to do it themselves and they are too afraid to get a house under contract and sell the contract for a couple of thousands more.


                  And the fear comes from the fact that they have not understood that they need to make friends with a bunch of people who have the means to close on the contract but not the time or inclination to look for suitable properties... or so busy with doing it that they do not have the time to do it.


                  Or, at least, find people who'd give them $500 for introducing them to the owner of a house suitable for their investment needs.


                  It takes effort to overcome fear. And vision. I mean, seeing yourself in your future shoes. That is hard for most people.


                  And, then, it takes putting in effort consistently. And that's hard for many people... unless there's a boss who monitors them.


                  Thanks for your posts. Because I'm just going to direct a few people to them (as opposed to me spending the time and covering the info).



                  Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

                  Wow. In this thread and others, you're really hitting it out of the ball park recently.

                  What you just said here may be a minor brain shift, but it's life changing if internalized.

                  Thank you.
                  Originally Posted by savidge4 View Post

                  Uh Claude... uh no, thank YOU!

                  Hopefully to keep on the roll... "The Shift" ( I believe ) is an easy one. Its simply understanding the dynamics at play. So there are 2 thought process' at play here, there is the investing mind set, and then there is the Paycheck mindset.

                  Lets start with the basics of the Paycheck mindset. you work 40 hours a week ( I am assuming the average for any working person ) and at the end of the week or every other week you get a check. With that check you pay rent / mortgage, electric, cable, entertainment, food, etc etc THIS is a never ending cycle...we have heard the phrase before... I have lived it, and I will assume MOST do... you "live paycheck to paycheck" Somehow, you have to break the cycle.

                  So the alternative is then the Investment mindset. Making your money WORK for you. It literally takes $40 to break the cycle. Probably could be done for less if needed. Start with reading this: ( https://www.warriorforum.com/warrior...days-ebay.html ) In the time of 1 month, my son and I turned $40.00 into $7962.00 ( Gross ) or $3998.00 ( Net Profit )

                  In that thread I do a 30 day summary: ( https://www.warriorforum.com/warrior...l#post11494254 ) and the number that REALLY needs to be looked at is "Cost of Goods" starting with $40.00 in hand, my son and I spent $2162.00.

                  - I F - we only kept investing the $40 over and over we would have not made $3998.00 in the first month. So if we had had the "Paycheck Mindset" we would have reinvested the $40 and SPENT the remaining profit. THIS is placing you right back into the Paycheck Mindset cycle. Your not getting "Ahead" you are spinning your wheels and staying in place.

                  So following the Profit equation I used in that very thread, I wanted each purchase to produce 3x, $40,00 turned into $120.00 WE DID NOT remove $80.00 and reinvest $40.00, we reinvested the ENTIRE $120.00 So we bought $120.00 worth of product, We bout $360 worth of product, we bought $1080.00 worth of product... and in reality the MAX out number for that project was a bit less, we were only working 2 HOURS DAY.

                  There comes a point were the "Operating Capital" ( cash in hand to buy stuff to sell ) reaches a level of sustainability in terms of the income it produces. In this case $1000.00 would provide a $4000.00 a month income. THIS is the shift. Understanding it TAKES MONEY TO MAKE MONEY and having the ability to break the Paycheck Mindset and re-invest vs spend.

                  So that was 2 hours a day 7 days a week. what happens if that becomes 8 hours a day? My wife operates ( full time) our online platform sales division ( eBay, Etsy, Amazon, Facebook, etc ). Her "Operating Capital" is $50K, and she NET's ( profits ) 7 Digits - in excess of $1,000,000.00 in sales a year. You could NEVER reach that number trying to turn $40.00 over and over.

                  So by simply starting with $40 and reinvesting, reinvesting, and reinvesting, you could have $4000 sitting in a bank account. For the sake of just because... when we started that $40.00 challenge we let the money accumulate for an entire year in a account. It ended up being 6 digits.

                  You can literally go from barely being able to pay rent to serious house down payment money ( unless you live in Ca or something ) in 1 years time, starting with $40 - with ONE minor mind shift... just because you made the money does not mean you need to spend the money - and if you have to spend the money right off the get.. then you need to get a job, and do this on the side.

                  The term "Intellectual Property" ( IP ) got thrown around on this thread ( Thanks GordonJ ) so what is IP? IP as it translates the way it was used is taking your time, and creating a small report, that in turn you could sell. Your "Time" or investment there of, translates to a product IE a report you can sell. No different than many, as they were kids, had an asset IE a lawnmower and mowed yards to earn money.

                  YOU could invest in a lawnmower and pay off the expense by mowing some of your neighbors yards. you could INVEST in a snow shovel and shovel your neighbors driveways. You could invest in a Cricut and make crafty cards that the hair salon you visit would let you display and sell. Or you could make stickers for peoples cars and sell them on Facebook / Instagram marketplace.

                  The secret is the mind shift. If I buy X, how can I sell something, and reinvest over and over to KEEP SELLING. Your Cricut stickers you start selling locally, and as you sell more you then invest in boosted listings and offer shipping and sell nationally. The more you invest ( once you have a working model ) the more you sell, and the more you make.

                  It is literally that simple - its just a matter of breaking the Paycheck Mindset IE make it spend it. The minute you make it and reinvest it, you start multiplying your income and break the cycle of "Paycheck to paycheck."

                  Hope that Helps!
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                  • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
                    Originally Posted by DABK View Post

                    Someone close to me did not want me self-employed because of the $0 to $3,000/ month times. I could not get her to understand *emotionally* that $0 +$2140 + 274 +27,490 +341 + 18941 + 13400 +800 +13284+3100 after expenses (in other word 79,700) is safer than $5000/month, month in and out. Not even after explaining that all that's above 60,000 goes back in and makes the next year almost twice as good. Because I could not guarantee no months of less than $5k. I could only guarantee an average of 5000 or more.
                    I was explaining to a highly intelligent friend decades ago how I made money in selling (I bought wholesale, and made a profit when selling)


                    She asked me if I wouldn't rather have a salary (She was a college professor).

                    The conversation went like this....


                    Me; "Let's assume someone has a salaried job. Here's what a salary is: an agreement between you & your employer that they will pay you a certain sum per hour, week, or month. Let's say it's $10 an hour. Your work will make your employer much more than $10 an hour, or you'll lose your job. So the agreement is; Your employer will pay you the FIRST $10 an hour that you earn for him. and he keeps the rest."

                    Friend- What do you mean 'The rest'?"

                    Me- "If you get paid $10 an hour, but you generate less than $10 an hour in profits to your employer, how long do you keep your job?"

                    Friend- "Not long, I guess"

                    Me- "Right, in fact most employers make a multiple of your salary off your results. They have to, if they want the business to grow"

                    Friend "That almost seems unfair"

                    Me-" Actually, it's completely fair. If you agree to work for a specific amount & they give it to you, how can it be 'unfair'?"

                    Friend- "So what's so great about commission?"

                    Me- " This, You know the employer that pays you $10 an hour? He's on commission. Every CEO of a company, every self-employed person, every farmer, every landlord, almost every wealthy person in the world works on the profits of their work, we call it a commission"

                    Friend-"You make commission sound better"

                    Me-"It is better. You ever hear of someone getting promoted to 'Partner' in a business?"

                    Friend-"Sure"

                    Me-" The person was making a salary. When they become a partner, they now get a share of the company's profits; A 'Commission'. Commission is a Promotion. Commission is more".

                    Anyway, the discussion reminded me of that.

                    Added later;

                    This was a conversation I had maybe 35 years ago. It's not anything I could ever say to any relative, any of my wife's relatives, any employee, any current friend who doesn't own a business. Or anyone I met, not in business for themselves. I know this, a discussion like this would sound evil to about 40% of the country.

                    I only had this talk with my close friend, decades ago, because she asked.
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                  • Profile picture of the author savidge4
                    Originally Posted by DABK View Post

                    I agree with all you said, Savidge, except the easy part.


                    I mean, it's easy to understand, as concept. It's hard to internalized. Why do I say it's hard to internalize? Because I've known many who understood, intellectually, the concepts quite well, but could not make their lives reflect that intellectual understanding.
                    I understand what you are saying... And I can tell you exactly WHY there is a disconnect. The disconnect is in that step of getting paid for what you have sold... that becomes a "Paycheck" and they spend it... you make enough money in a year and it comes to tax time and they haven't put 40% away and they are in big trouble. OR the get paid and spend the money and dont re-invest. OR They buy $5.00 worth of pencil to sell out on the street corner and hold $5.00 for tomorrow and spend the rest and dont understand that once they sell the $5.00 worth their next buy should be for $10.00 and then $20.00 and then $50.00

                    What is truly understood by the masses is they make money and they spend it. Or as I stated above you can sell stuff on eBay starting with $40 and bank roll it ALL for 1 year and have $100,000 sitting in a bank account. THIS is the mind shift


                    Originally Posted by DABK View Post

                    I think one of the reasons is that nobody's thought them how it feels to be in the investor's life... in the beginning, in the middle, in the end.


                    They have examples of the other all around them, so they know.


                    They do not have examples of the other, or not enough.


                    People want certainty. Without examples of the investor mind around, they don't get it... Well, some go online or the movies or books, and find them there. Many do not. It goes against the mindset of most people to do those extra steps.
                    How it feels? and I would say this is another disconnect... owning a business and being at any level of success.... "Feeling" really isnt an option. In my eBay thread I speak about taking "Thinking" out of the equation... numbers numbers numbers If I am consistently buying and selling $5.00 worth of pencils every day... wouldnt you try to sell $10.00 in one day? and MOST people would answer "No" to this question.


                    Originally Posted by DABK View Post

                    They seem easy, but, when faced with so many distractions, it's not.
                    My eBay thread... about as easy as it gets... In my world, there are no "distractions" there are "priorities" When I started that eBay thread...there were PLENTY of "distractions". The PRIORITY was #1 meeting the agreement with my son that 2 hours a day we were going to do this, and #2 following through with the thread. Its about Midnight right now and I have about another 2 hours of "Work" in front of me. But I am prioritizing this conversation. I havent responded in the last few days cuz things are crazy hectic, and this was not high on the priority list.


                    Originally Posted by DABK View Post

                    Part of what people don't get (or are too scared of) is the wait between when you start putting in the effort and when you see the positive results.
                    We live in the "Now" society. "all things come to those who wait" - Violet Fane
                    AKA Lady Mary Montgomerie Currie

                    Originally Posted by DABK View Post

                    Savidge, you thread on ebay, should help a lot... I feel not enough people see it or pay attention... read it all.
                    I will admit, that reading that and trying to do it... sounds like to much work... people have this vision of making money and sitting on a beach somewhere, and sitting at home and buying and shipping stuff does not meet that criteria.


                    Originally Posted by DABK View Post

                    Plus, paychecks for employees, they come early and at regular times. You know when you're going to have it and how much it is for.
                    I can say this for eBay.. the more you list, the more you sell... We have our payments set for once a week. And with the exception of the minor slow down during the summer and the HUGE boom sept through Dec its pretty scarry how consistent the numbers are.


                    Originally Posted by DABK View Post

                    Someone close to me did not want me self-employed because of the $0 to $3,000/ month times. I could not get her to understand *emotionally* that $0 +$2140 + 274 +27,490 +341 + 18941 + 13400 +800 +13284+3100 after expenses (in other word 79,700) is safer than $5000/month, month in and out. Not even after explaining that all that's above 60,000 goes back in and makes the next year almost twice as good. Because I could not guarantee no months of less than $5k. I could only guarantee an average of 5000 or more.
                    On a fairly regular basis I hear from my mother in law and my own mother, I should get a job. My Wifes aspect of the business makes more in 1 year than my Mother in Law made in her lifetime - I cant help but laugh ( out loud I might add )


                    Originally Posted by DABK View Post

                    The other part of internalizing is breaking things into actionable steps.


                    And learning not to chase after the shinny objects. In RE, Savidge, there are lots of people who buy courses on investing but never locate a good house/ building... Often, because they do not have the money to do it themselves and they are too afraid to get a house under contract and sell the contract for a couple of thousands more.


                    And the fear comes from the fact that they have not understood that they need to make friends with a bunch of people who have the means to close on the contract but not the time or inclination to look for suitable properties... or so busy with doing it that they do not have the time to do it.


                    Or, at least, find people who'd give them $500 for introducing them to the owner of a house suitable for their investment needs.
                    This was the part of this post i really wanted to comment on. "Those" programs and I would say damn near ALL OF THEM are tailored to attract "Paycheck" minded people. Buy a house with little or no money down right? Buy a house that is undervalued and collect the difference at closing right? what is this? a "Paycheck" THEN.. you rent the house and what do you get every month? a "Paycheck" right?

                    But here is what those programs DONT tell you. if you buy a property and dont have at least 20% equity in the property you have to pay this thing called PMI insurance. on a $100,000 house / property that equals give or take an additional $250 onto your payment.

                    So you buy this property and you now have 30 years of payments. If they would have not taken the paycheck at closing, they would then drop $250 off the mortgage payment and then rented the property with a 15 year mortgage and had an "Asset" in half the time. I could go on and on about this subject.

                    I only buy properties that need fixing up, and that I can have paid off ( initial buy price + fixing cost ) in less than 10 years. I then have an "Asset" in 1/3 the time and probably 40 to 50% less expensive than the course investor.


                    Originally Posted by DABK View Post

                    It takes effort to overcome fear. And vision. I mean, seeing yourself in your future shoes. That is hard for most people.
                    and yet people go on blind dates looking for a life long relationship - sorry had to.


                    Originally Posted by DABK View Post

                    And, then, it takes putting in effort consistently. And that's hard for many people... unless there's a boss who monitors them.
                    My "can" answer for this... it takes consistency and effort NOT do do something... probably MORE effort than it would take to actually just do whatever it is.


                    Originally Posted by DABK View Post

                    Thanks for your posts. Because I'm just going to direct a few people to them (as opposed to me spending the time and covering the info).
                    You are so welcome.
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          • Profile picture of the author 1Bryan
            Originally Posted by savidge4 View Post


            In the current state of the world, you can very quickly determine some ones ability for success by asking a simple question "What did you do with your stimulus checks?"
            Forums make me snarky for some reason. But wealthy people didn't get stimulus checks. They phased out at $ 75K income for single and $ 150K for married.
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            • Profile picture of the author savidge4
              Originally Posted by 1Bryan View Post

              Forums make me snarky for some reason. But wealthy people didn't get stimulus checks. They phased out at $ 75K income for single and $ 150K for married.
              And I haven't heard a single "Wealthy Person" complain about not getting one. A joking must be nice here and there maybe. and in that is the point. "Wealthy People" didnt need the money. And as I said, a good point of reference looking at ones ability to be "Successful" is how they spent their checks. I know VERY FEW that actually used the money to invest in themselves. I know a lot of people that used it to pay off credit, but would bet any amount of money they regressed to the same credit hole that they were in prior to the payments.

              And for the record... "Wealthy People" got the checks... Elon Musk as an example.. he earned $0.00 and has 5 kids... pretty sure he got a fat check. Im not anywhere near that level, but the salary I pay myself on a yearly basis qualified me for the checks as well. "Net Worth" and what you actually make are 2 different things.
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              • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
                Originally Posted by savidge4 View Post

                And I haven't heard a single "Wealthy Person" complain about not getting one. A joking must be nice here and there maybe. and in that is the point. "Wealthy People" didnt need the money. And as I said, a good point of reference looking at ones ability to be "Successful" is how they spent their checks. I know VERY FEW that actually used the money to invest in themselves. I know a lot of people that used it to pay off credit, but would bet any amount of money they regressed to the same credit hole that they were in prior to the payments.

                And for the record... "Wealthy People" got the checks... Elon Musk as an example.. he earned $0.00 and has 5 kids... pretty sure he got a fat check. Im not anywhere near that level, but the salary I pay myself on a yearly basis qualified me for the checks as well. "Net Worth" and what you actually make are 2 different things.
                There were 3 stimulus checks. I got the first one and the third one. my wife got all three. I missed one because of my reported income...I think.

                But when relatives asked us if we got our check, I said "You mean the check I did nothing to deserve, and didn't earn? Yes, we got those checks"

                Not that anyone here asked.
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              • Profile picture of the author 1Bryan
                Originally Posted by savidge4 View Post

                And I haven't heard a single "Wealthy Person" complain about not getting one. A joking must be nice here and there maybe. and in that is the point. "Wealthy People" didnt need the money. And as I said, a good point of reference looking at ones ability to be "Successful" is how they spent their checks. I know VERY FEW that actually used the money to invest in themselves. I know a lot of people that used it to pay off credit, but would bet any amount of money they regressed to the same credit hole that they were in prior to the payments.

                And for the record... "Wealthy People" got the checks... Elon Musk as an example.. he earned $0.00 and has 5 kids... pretty sure he got a fat check. Im not anywhere near that level, but the salary I pay myself on a yearly basis qualified me for the checks as well. "Net Worth" and what you actually make are 2 different things.
                I'm done. You want me to believe you are on par with Elon Musk. Haha. I don't buy it. You are not some secret multi-millionaire in rural West Virginia. Stop playing.
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                • Profile picture of the author savidge4
                  Originally Posted by 1Bryan View Post

                  I'm done. You want me to believe you are on par with Elon Musk. Haha. I don't buy it. You are not some secret multi-millionaire in rural West Virginia. Stop playing.
                  Uh bud.. I think I said " Im not anywhere near that level," so no, i dont think I am even close... BUT based on taxable income I make more than he does - and that is not saying much.

                  Read it for yourself ( https://www.businessinsider.com/elon...80%20in%202018. )
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                  • Profile picture of the author 1Bryan
                    Originally Posted by savidge4 View Post

                    Uh bud.. I think I said " Im not anywhere near that level," so no, i dont think I am even close... BUT based on taxable income I make more than he does - and that is not saying much.

                    Read it for yourself ( https://www.businessinsider.com/elon...80%20in%202018. )
                    And before that he was taxed on several hundred million dollars worth of stock sales. There's a bigger picture than one single year. Lots of millionaires that make their wealth via stocks will have a year that they technically don't have an income. But it's sandwiched in between years where they had millions of dollars of taxable income.

                    My sister is an accountant for multi-millionaires and blah blah blah. She can tell you. One single year makes for good clickbait articles.

                    But is not the full picture.

                    Here's my link lol: https://www.seattletimes.com/busines...-income-taxes/

                    Edit: Bezos 10 years ago had "zero income" but in recent years has been selling off billions worth of stocks. It's the big picture that matters. Not a year or two.
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            • Profile picture of the author Profit Traveler
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              Originally Posted by 1Bryan View Post

              Forums make me snarky for some reason. But wealthy people didn't get stimulus checks. They phased out at $ 75K income for single and $ 150K for married.

              Oh they went big. Very big.


              Paycheck Protection Program

              PPP scams are in the Millions. Yacht buying, Mansion purchases, on and on.
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              • Profile picture of the author 1Bryan
                Originally Posted by Profit Traveler View Post

                Oh they went big. Very big.


                Paycheck Protection Program

                PPP scams are in the Millions. Yacht buying, Mansion purchases, on and on.
                Hi,

                PPP and the Advanced Child Tax Credits and Economic Impact Payments sent to families are different programs. Yes, the PPP program was abused. But was also way easier to abuse because of the differences in the programs and all the blah blah blahs.
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        • Profile picture of the author Matthew North
          Originally Posted by Odahh View Post

          If you are trying to get out of poverty. You have to hide what you are doing from most of the other people around you . And not by nice things until you have move away from those who would steal your nice things while at work.

          Part of the the poverty trap involves replacing stuff other people steal

          I was totally unaware of that before I went on me travels the last 6 years
          I lived in the third world for some time as part of my digital nomad adventure, namely in Vietnam and Cambodia, so I think I know what you're talking about. My head needed to be on a swivel to avoid theft, scams, shortchanging, road traffic on the sidewalk, and the aggressive touts who were always pushing drugs, tuk tuk rides and illegal services on me. The apartment I rented out had a door and two sets of security fences to keep the thieves out. The fences were secured with a heavy chain and padlock that could be opened with a key outside. I had to redo the chain every time I left the house in the morning and again when I got home at night. The only safe place to park my motorbike was inside the living room.

          People there didn't leave anything remotely of value outside - not even a pair of old jandals or pot plants because people would steal them. One time I saw a woman get stabbed in the arm because a thief tried to cut through the strap of her handbag in an attempted robbery. I've had streetwalkers and gangs of small children try to steal my wallet. I also saw some guy sprint out of a market holding a live chicken by its legs.
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  • BiggerPockets - Community/Forums/Podcasts. It's beyond just a Real Estate knowledge dump. Been an active member ever since I jumped onboard the passive investing train. You get to learn how to make, keep and grow money from accomplished millionaires.
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    • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
      Originally Posted by Chandana Raghunath View Post

      BiggerPockets - Community/Forums/Podcasts. It's beyond just a Real Estate knowledge dump. Been an active member ever since I jumped onboard the passive investing train. You get to learn how to make, keep and grow money from accomplished millionaires.
      Thanks. Real Estate with the exception of the Sub Prime fiasco, has withstood the test of time, for those suited to it. Some of us, just don't want all the people interaction.

      As you pointed out, forums and communities about RE investing have numbers into the tens of thousands of people. And once again, we can learn from what they are DOING, and adapt THAT to our own pursuits.

      BiggerPockets charges 39 a month, or 390 for the year. So, whomever is running that is having money come in, via their VIRTUAL RE, aka, website. Membership sites are also a tested and proven way with a long track record of viability, if the match; message to market, is right.

      The Warrior Forum, has several ways to take your money, so it serves as yet another example of how to DO the money making ventures...at one time it was a stream of income for an individual and then sold for a pretty penny too.

      That is also a great model, build it, milk the cash cow, sell it for a profit.

      As some have pointed out, there is great disparity between those who struggle, the working poor, and those with some investment funds, to those who were able to put all of their stimulus check into an investment. A chasm exists.

      This also demonstrates markets, in that, RE investment sites attract those people with money to invest and other sites, like WF, attracts those with little to no money to work with.

      From reading this thread, it appears that desire and motivation plays the largest role, and education also is important. Those who are in need and want, have a hard time spending their time DOING the money making activities, while chasing pots of gold at the end of the IM rainbow.

      Here is a simple way to think about making money:

      Why would anyone give you money? A-could be a gift. B-You hold a gun to their face. C-You find it on the ground. Or

      D. You have something they want/need.

      The first 3 ways, either get you into trouble, or debt, not welcome outcomes, eh?

      D. So, if people give you money for SOMETHING you have...and they want/need, and I'm not one to spend a lot of time differentiating the two...

      Then it becomes a question of: What do you have? What will you give them for their money?

      Where and when will they give it to you?

      By answering those simple questions, any Warrior can form a foundation to build off and from there it is a matter of learning how to scale up, out and widen your offers.

      Very few beginners or newbies, can make much happen quickly with RE, it is an area which requires (with few exceptions) TIME and study, and both those are in short supply for many here at the WF.

      GordonJ
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    • Profile picture of the author Profit Traveler
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      Some excellent insights begin shared!

      I wanted to leave a link to an article I was just reading on selling your baby.

      Your Business.

      He shares so many moments to learn from. Building. Scaling. Then the Acquisition and all it's high and lows.

      Great little read or watch. (Has a transcript as well.)

      https://builttosell.com/radio/episode-268/
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      Gordon, thanks for starting this thread. I love it.
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    • Profile picture of the author Frank Donovan
      Originally Posted by GordonJ View Post

      And my opinion as to why so many struggle is: the IMPORTANCE of knowing how to make money, isn't taught in our school systems. It never was, probably never will be. It doesn't serve Big Education's agenda.
      Originally Posted by Charlyne Masongsong View Post

      This is so true! This is especially true here in the Philippines.
      We are raised to become workers, not entrepreneurs. We are taught to earn money by means of a job, not make money from selling or creating something.
      The simple fact is that teachers are salaried employees, and nobody on a salary is qualified to teach entrepreneurship. Our current education system has largely been organized to make it easier for employers to filter suitable candidates for employment. That's the basic purpose of examinations and it's what determines what's taught in schools and colleges.

      Until the educational priorities change - and don't forget, our current system is still pretty much experimental, being a relatively recent addition to social culture - it's down to parents, guardians and the cultural environment to school the next generation in the importance of independence and self-sufficiency.
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      • Profile picture of the author Odahh
        Originally Posted by Frank Donovan View Post

        The simple fact is that teachers are salaried employees, and nobody on a salary is qualified to teach entrepreneurship. Our current education system has largely been organized to make it easier for employers to filter suitable candidates for employment. That's the basic purpose of examinations and it's what determines what's taught in schools and colleges.

        Until the educational priorities change - and don't forget, our current system is still pretty much experimental, being a relatively recent addition to social culture - it's down to parents, guardians and the cultural environment to school the next generation in the importance of independence and self-sufficiency.
        Think about the last thirty years any valuable marketable skills where removed from k-12 education. So people had to be conditioned to take on debt to go to college to get so called marketable skills.

        A full time worker with a high school diploma make about 38,000 a year working full time.a person with a degree earns double that on average. And that is mostly by the time they are 40 . Degrees are the only legal form of discrimination in the USA so employers can demand a degree for almost any job.

        Also the economic growth of the USA has been tied to ever higher levels of debt. And having Americans consume as much as possible. If that stops everything crashes hard.

        Savage and I are having two different discussions He is talking about what the best do . Im talking about the options the majority of people have . As many options besides a 9-5 become available to support themselves.
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    • Profile picture of the author Profit Traveler
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      I read a story about a young man in a very poor country who needed to figure out how to make money with no money.

      His neighbors thought he was crazy when he started rounding up old tires every day and piling them up in his yard.


      After he had a huge supply of old used tires he got to work.


      He began creating very durable foot sandals out of the rubber. Even made some of them look designer.


      They became so popular now his neighbors work for him.


      I read another story of a woman who is Billionaire because she shipped U.S.A. used cardboard to China for recycling.


      Pay attention to "waste" there could be gold in it.
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      • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
        Originally Posted by Profit Traveler View Post



        They became so popular now his neighbors work for him.


        I read another story of a woman who is Billionaire because she shipped U.S.A. used cardboard to China for recycling.


        Pay attention to "waste" there could be gold in it.
        Another thing to get out of these stories is that once someone finds a way to make money, there is now evidence that the particular method works, and is duplicatable.

        If they can do it (and they have proven that they can) then others can do it.
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        • Profile picture of the author Odahh
          Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

          Another thing to get out of these stories is that once someone finds a way to make money, there is now evidence that the particular method works, and is duplicatable.

          If they can do it (and they have proven that they can) then others can do it.
          But it is a common model even people in the USA use to build business and wealth.

          Turn streams of waste into a product people want to buy. But it tend not to be sexy and require actual hard work where someone gets dirty. Not hours a day sitting in front of a computer . Most of it watching motivation videos
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          • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
            Originally Posted by Odahh View Post

            But it is a common model even people in the USA use to build business and wealth.

            Turn streams of waste into a product people want to buy. But it tend not to be sexy and require actual hard work where someone gets dirty. Not hours a day sitting in front of a computer . Most of it watching motivation videos
            Yup.

            Another way anyone with a computer can make money is to shop in yard sales and estate sales...put the items on E-bay. I know a few people making a really good living just doing that.

            I used to make a small fortune just putting classified ads in newspapers offering to buy specific things cheap, and another ad selling them.
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            • Profile picture of the author Odahh
              Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

              Yup.

              Another way anyone with a computer can make money is to shop in yard sales and estate sales...put the items on E-bay. I know a few people making a really good living just doing that.

              I used to make a small fortune just putting classified ads in newspapers offering to buy specific things cheap, and another ad selling them.
              Yes arbitrage is a great way people can earn money.

              But I was talking about people who take what s waste from some industrial process and turn it into a product .

              One day it's industrial waste the next it fluoride in water or whey protein or skim milk

              Buy low sell high is something everyone knows but few people actually get right most of the time and those who get it right build wealth the fastest.

              But there is also make stuff and sell for more than the cost to produce. Which get much easier it inputs are either free or something people pay you to take away

              Elon musk has an odd way of making the biggest problem Tesla faces into another business. So sometime in the near future Tesla will design is own semi conductor and build a factory to produce it's chip
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    • Profile picture of the author Profit Traveler
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      Was on Facebook couple weeks ago and saw a friend had posted her screenshot displaying her Credit Score and you could see her bank Wells Fargo.

      A Perfect 850!

      I stopped by there today and a post stating she was hacked and any messages are not from her.

      People work so hard for their lifestyle but may not work as hard to protect it.
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  • Profile picture of the author Odahh
    Savage you have great info.

    Instead of the paycheck/investor spli the split that is becoming more dominant. Is people who earn money to support their lifestyle. And The Who earn money from their lifestyle.

    The more wages from full time jobs don't provide enough money for people to have the lifestyle they want. The more they find other ways to earn the money to get the lifestyle they want. And the harder it gets for employers to find workers.
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    • Profile picture of the author savidge4
      Originally Posted by Odahh View Post

      Savage you have great info.

      Instead of the paycheck/investor spli the split that is becoming more dominant. Is people who earn money to support their lifestyle. And The Who earn money from their lifestyle.

      The more wagers from full time jobs don't provide enough money for people to have the lifestyle they want. The more they find other ways to earn the money to get the lifestyle they want. And the harder it gets for employers to find workers.
      The split you speak of those that earn to support their lifestyles... are living paycheck to paycheck... Those that earn money FROM their lifestyle... These are investors. Ill buy a dope stupid expensive car to make videos with and get tons of views. I cant have a dope car without a dope house with a dope pool and then I can make videos in the house and get tons of views. I can can get the other cool kids to rent a room in my dope house to pay for the house. The whole experience will be FIRE.

      What you see on YouTube, on Insta etc... are a bunch of young kids that UNDERSTAND Investment unlike any other age category.

      look at someone like Tanner Fox on Youtube. everything you see in his videos.. a Investment AKA a tax deduction. The videos themselves? they are Advertising expense for his clothing line. Roman Atwood, some thing... The Paul brothers... same thing

      In terms of finding employees... The economy has shifted, no question about that. The real pinch is the Boomers leaving the work force. retiring early.. saying "Screw it" to a 9 to 5 and moving into consulting... a great number of factors.

      There are far less kids under the age of 18 working this year say compared to 2 years ago, and I think for good reason.

      Employers have to shift with the times... I could see Encouraging my employees to "Share" their day in the life experiences on the job. The employee gets "content" and the employer gets we hope good exposure.

      As an example all of the "Assets" within my business are wide open for use by my "employees" and their family. Kids making decals... parents using my sound booth for podcasts... teaching husbands and kids about 3d printers and CNC machines etc. Have a green house dedicated to my employees coming in and growing their own veggies.

      Work to me is more than a "PayCheck" Look at Apple or Google it is the business culture that attracts the "BEST" Seen a Chic Fil A short staffed lately?
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      • Profile picture of the author discrat
        Originally Posted by savidge4 View Post


        What you see on YouTube, on Insta etc... are a bunch of young kids that UNDERSTAND Investment unlike any other age category.

        look at someone like Tanner Fox on Youtube. everything you see in his videos.. a Investment AKA a tax deduction. The videos themselves? they are Advertising expense for his clothing line. Roman Atwood, some thing... The Paul brothers... same thing
        Yeah, I watched some of that Atwood's YT videos. He really pushes the envelope. And the Paul brothers were my kids' fav back 4 years ago. They are not interested in them much anymore.

        Nonetheless they have really hit gold and they understood ,despite their bonehead shenanigans on camera , what building up wealth is all about. It's pretty impressive how they got to their positions at such a young age.

        I agree with Claude, Savidge has gone beast mode with his posts
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  • And my opinion as to why so many struggle is: the IMPORTANCE of knowing how to make money, isn't taught in our school systems. It never was, probably never will be. It doesn't serve Big Education's agenda.
    This is so true! This is especially true here in the Philippines.

    We are raised to become workers, not entrepreneurs. We are taught to earn money by means of a job, not make money from selling or creating something.

    Sad.
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  • Worst thing 'bout 'entreprenoor'?

    Nowan can actschwlly spell it.

    That is naht a cool start when you communin' with the Cosmos.

    Stars gaht authority that way.

    Tahp down burn.

    (You would want always for watery stuffs to trickle, but incineration says NO!)

    So I would want all these speshl people up their own ass to figure what happens next a little bettah, tyvm.

    All laddahs up lead equally noplace if'n laddahs may no longah stand.

    There!

    Now I put evrythin' right for evrywan!

    You Sound Unequivocal, O Princess!

    Are You CERTAIN?

    All I know is, I am makin' my way through a way neat burgah.

    It has a lettuce accompaniment an' everythin'.

    A troo nootrient mix.
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  • Profile picture of the author Odahh
    Claude

    I remember my teachers in the fifth grade talking to each other whining how unfair it was people got paid millions of dollars to hit a baseball. When what they did was so much more important.

    Then later on about as much about business I learned in school was the widget. You invent a widget then go build a factory to make the widget. Then sell the widgets

    First full time job I had working in food processing I learned things work far differently.

    Now if we wanted to teach about money and business in school. The best this to do would be to have the IRS form a curriculum to teach the tax code.

    The majority of people with investment are not real investments their wealth is in the equity In their home and their retirement plan. Then you get into speculators.

    The only thing most Americans can really invest in is ammo
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    • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
      Originally Posted by Odahh View Post




      The only thing most Americans can really invest in is ammo
      ,

      OK, THE educational systems are lacking. HOWEVER, for any given Warrior, starting right here, there is as much useful, practical and applicable know how and how to as anyone would need.

      Well, maybe someday, somewhere, someone will improve the educational ideas, but it isn't a concern nor worry for anyone here in pursuit of some form of financial freedom, is it?

      It shouldn't be.

      Start at WF, use bing, google and youtube and find out pretty much anything you want on how to make money online. Making the right choice becomes the issue.

      And to circle back to the ranch, it begins with an assessment of skills, knowledge, experiences BEFORE the goal is set, which is opposite of what we see so many Warriors do.

      As for ammo, I'm not too scared of someone THROWING bullets at me, even the largest caliber, I probably can withstand.

      And that is what too many Warriors are doing, buying the ammo of how to make money online without having the means nor experience to fire it off, or if they do, to hit the target.

      Ten years, we see a lot of 10 year Warriors still NOT making it, why? They can't blame education for that, can they?

      For many years, I've stated the real lack of education in schools isn't about any given subject matter, but it lacks the ways of the world.

      How things, and PEOPLE, actually work and function in the real world.

      A simple thing like setting a goal X number of dollars isn't that complicated, nor need it be. Yet we see here, day after day, untold numbers who just can't DO it.

      So, sure, most of Big Education sucks (except for specialists) when it comes to Entrepreneurship, but then, the very idea that it is even needed may eliminate one from being one, eh?

      GordonJ

      Also, too many General Borders giving orders, and

      not enough Drummer Hoffs to fire it off.
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      • Profile picture of the author Odahh
        Originally Posted by GordonJ View Post

        ,


        And to circle back to the ranch, it begins with an assessment of skills, knowledge, experiences BEFORE the goal is set, which is opposite of what we see so many Warriors do.

        As for ammo, I'm not too scared of someone THROWING bullets at me, even the largest caliber, I probably can withstand.


        Ten years, we see a lot of 10 year Warriors still NOT making it, why? They can't blame education for that, can they?

        How things, and PEOPLE, actually work and function in the real world.

        A simple thing like setting a goal X number of dollars isn't that complicated, nor need it be. Yet we see here, day after day, untold numbers who just can't DO it.

        GordonJ
        This may be snobbery on my account. But no one struggles at this for 10 years . I bet before the internet there where a large number of people with shelves full of mail order business opportunities. Who never did anything. But kept looking for that one that would make them rich with little work.

        People have their sights on passive income well before they make any income.

        Non of the stuff I read or watched mattered as much as as the when I went to Vegas the first time and ended up working in a costume I bought and grinding every day for well over a year.. and I was living off of what people chose to give me for taking photos.

        And I stayed in the mind warrior section until what 3 years ago so I have only kinda been on the forum for over ten years .

        The last course I bought was a 39$ course on domain flipping when I was in Vegas.

        If you dig into the people struggling for ten years you could do all they have really done over that ten years in a week. If you take your time.

        As for how people and things function in the real world. I have more of an appreciation at how well things function most of the time. Despite how dysfunctional most people and many of the things are.

        And personal opinion we don't need an educational system. We need a better free daycare system for working parents. The technology we have we can apply machine learning to education of humans and have a much better system in a year
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        • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
          Originally Posted by Odahh View Post

          This may be snobbery on my account. But no one struggles at this for 10 years .
          Let's change that to...
          Nobody struggles at this for 10 years, if they are working daily to get better at marketing (or whatever the goal is).

          The 10 years isn't what's important...it's the cumulative effort.

          When someone says "I tried that for ten years and never made any money" (no matter what the endeavor was), what they mean is "Ten years passed while I dabbled...occasionally".

          There. I feel better now.
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          • Profile picture of the author Odahh
            Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

            Let's change that to...
            Nobody struggles at this for 10 years, if they are working daily to get better at marketing (or whatever the goal is).

            The 10 years isn't what's important...it's the cumulative effort.

            When someone says "I tried that for ten years and never made any money" (no matter what the endeavor was), what they mean is "Ten years passed while I dabbled...occasionally".

            There. I feel better now.
            I have been eating pizza all my life. If I never make and sell pizza I can never claim to be in the pizza business.

            In the IM world just buying products regularly let people claim to be entrepreneurs and in the IM business .

            The cumulative efforts probably don't even amount to anything that be called trying

            Trying means you apply effort and something fail. Rather the attitude is the marketing made it look easy but reading through the first few page of this e course . This might take work.
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            • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
              Originally Posted by Odahh View Post

              I have been eating pizza all my life. If I never make and sell pizza I can never claim to be in the pizza business.

              In the IM world just buying products regularly let people claim to be entrepreneurs and in the IM business .

              The cumulative efforts probably don't even amount to anything that be called trying

              Trying means you apply effort and something fail. Rather the attitude is the marketing made it look easy but reading through the first few page of this e course . This might take work.
              That reminds me of people that buy exercise equipment or diet plans.

              "I've tried every diet for ten years, and none of them work" or "I've been exercising for ten years and have nothing to show for it"

              What they mean is that they have bought 25 diet plans, or 15 pieces of exercise equipment...and have stayed on each program for about one day.

              Want to build muscle? work the muscle harder than average.

              Want to lose weight? Eat fewer calories than you burn.

              I actually get slightly nauseated when I think about when I sold marketing and advertising courses from the stage...and saying that any result they have had in the past, wasn't their fault.

              It was a lie that made me choke...but if I didn't say it, nobody bought.

              Because 95% of the buyers of courses on marketing/selling/advertising....almost anything else, are bought by the dreamers that will never actually do anything, except buy courses.

              Thank God for the 5% that actually did something.
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              • Profile picture of the author Odahh
                Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

                That reminds me of people that buy exercise equipment or diet plans.

                Want to build muscle? work the muscle harder than average.

                Want to lose weight? Eat fewer calories than you burn.

                Thank God for the 5% that actually did something.
                I'm going to do this again. But when rich/ wealthy people want to lose weigh get in better shape . They hire a personal trainer and a personal chef to prep meals.

                Yeah they might be eating a lot of chicken and broccoli but it pasture raised hormone free chicken.

                Before you wrote that I was watching YouTube of famous people diets and home gyms. From actors to athletes. One had a dozen of eggs in their fridge but it was the eggs that cost like8$ a dozen from Whole Foods

                Side note I watch YouTube from people who live outside the United States for years. And naturaly lose a good amount of weight. Then come back to the states and find the only way Americans tend to socialize with each out is when the go out to eat somewhere. Or gather together and drink large amounts of alcohol.

                People must not go to each other's houses any more and chat around the kitchen table or the living room
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  • Profile picture of the author Odahh
    I am not going to requote Gordon's post . But I am going to ask what seems like a stupid question. What exactly is financial freedom? Or is it basically just another meaningless concept.

    I am overly biased so I will say for a majority of people it's when they no longer need to go into a job they hate every day . To earn the money to support their lifestyle.

    Where the people who achieve financial freedom where they can live off the income from their wealth. Will continue to work every day and keep building wealth.

    I'm naive, biased,and idealistic so so I believe the people in jobs they hate need to get into work they enjoy doing. Where I takes a long time to actually achieve financial freedom.

    Wealthy people and high earners do not speak the same English as the rest of the English speakers. Several of the terms and words have completely different meaning to people in different economic spheres.
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    • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
      First, some heresy. I know many, many happy, fulfilled, successful people who ...

      get this...

      have a job. Or a career, profession or work for a paycheck and are thrilled with their lives. Some even have financial freedom, meaning, that if said career or job were lost, they would still be good financially.

      A specific example? OK. A former eye doctor, who could no longer work due to his own illness, was forced to give up his LUCRATIVE practice, and then fretted over his family's future and their financial security.

      He got some advice, and today, makes many multiples of his eye practice by doing something else (in his case, he went into injectables {like botox}).

      As for defining financial freedom, that has to be done on a personal level, doesn't it?

      The fisherman in San Felipe who only goes out twice a week and has enough to take care of his family for the rest of the week, while living the beach life, could consider himself to be financially free...and if he got sick, he could still lease his boat, put it to work 7 days a week and make more money than he ever did.

      I think most new Warriors come here with a couple of ideas, first to replace their current income, or to get one, mainly because they are NOT satisfied with their lives.

      Then, if they do get something going, a longer term idea might be to get to the point where they work less...

      HOWEVER, here is a truth.

      Most Warriors don't get it. Success, usually loves what it is doing. You'll see guys here who are multi-millionaires, and instead of working less, they are doing more, creating more projects, expanding existing ones, taking care of their employees.

      Financial freedom, is hardly ever a concern for success, because they know that if they lose everything, they just have to execute a new strategy to get back to it.

      So, define financial freedom however you want. But peace of mind, even if temporarily broke, is a good state to live in.

      GordonJ

      P.S.
      Those who live in the state of peace of mind,
      don't work in jobs they hate. It is almost always about the internal, not what is going on externally.


      Originally Posted by Odahh View Post

      I am not going to requote Gordon's post . But I am going to ask what seems like a stupid question. What exactly is financial freedom? Or is it basically just another meaningless concept.

      I am overly biased so I will say for a majority of people it's when they no longer need to go into a job they hate every day . To earn the money to support their lifestyle.

      Where the people who achieve financial freedom where they can live off the income from their wealth. Will continue to work every day and keep building wealth.

      I'm naive, biased,and idealistic so so I believe the people in jobs they hate need to get into work they enjoy doing. Where I takes a long time to actually achieve financial freedom.
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      • Profile picture of the author savidge4
        Originally Posted by GordonJ View Post

        HOWEVER, here is a truth.

        Most Warriors don't get it. Success, usually loves what it is doing. You'll see guys here who are multi-millionaires, and instead of working less, they are doing more, creating more projects, expanding existing ones, taking care of their employees.

        Financial freedom, is hardly ever a concern for success, because they know that if they lose everything, they just have to execute a new strategy to get back to it.

        So, define financial freedom however you want. But peace of mind, even if temporarily broke, is a good state to live in.

        GordonJ

        P.S.
        Those who live in the state of peace of mind,
        don't work in jobs they hate. It is almost always about the internal, not what is going on externally.
        AMEN BROTHER... I "Work" more now than I ever have.. I am involved with more things now than I ever have been. Success begets success. BUT I love each and every minute of it, and if there is something I dont love... I simply dont do it.. and let me be real clear with that statement when i say "I dont do it" it does not mean me personally but hire someone else to... uh no, if I wont, no one around me is going to either - UNLESS there is some amount of communication and someone raises their hand and says "I love doing that"

        The other part of "Success" I have learned in literally the last few years is DIVERSITY... Look at the 2 "Richest" people on earth.. does one of them just make electric cars and does the other just sell books?
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        • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
          One of my mentors, local businessman ED BARR, was a 'serial' Entrepreneur; owning oil leases, stables, gift shops, restaurants...you remind me of him, he too was a great guy who looked after his employees and made a strudel to die for.

          Since you reminded me, and if it doesn't get me into too much hot water with the admins, I have created a new sig file which links to a distilled version of one of my more popular reports, FREE, of course. If this violates any rules, please delete, I think many Warriors reading this thread could find it useful.

          Anyhow, thanks savidge4 for making WF a priority when you can, you and your wisdom are greatly appreciated.

          GordonJ



          Originally Posted by savidge4 View Post

          AMEN BROTHER... I "Work" more now than I ever have.. I am involved with more things now than I ever have been. Success begets success. BUT I love each and every minute of it, and if there is something I dont love... I simply dont do it.. and let me be real clear with that statement when i say "I dont do it" it does not mean me personally but hire someone else to... uh no, if I wont, no one around me is going to either - UNLESS there is some amount of communication and someone raises their hand and says "I love doing that"

          The other part of "Success" I have learned in literally the last few years is DIVERSITY... Look at the 2 "Richest" people on earth.. does one of them just make electric cars and does the other just sell books?
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  • Profile picture of the author Odahh
    Savage

    As for the two richest people in the world currently. They are in the business of creating the next economy. And developing robots and other technology to replace human workers.

    Tesla has been turning vehicles into robots. And Amazon is developing or buying the companies developing the robots that replace their human workers.

    Did you read that not only has Elon sold all his mansions he has had boxable tiny home place near his giga plant in the USA that he stays in.

    Anyway there is so much the companies both of these guys are involved in are doing. They are latterly creating the next economic system. The post great reset economy.
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  • The phone rings in the 'secret multi-millionaire hideout in rural West Virginia'.

    "Hello," says Cynthia. "Who you wanna speak to, zackly?"

    Her $50,000 earpiece stays silent for a moment. Perhaps she hears a cough. Then a voice barks, "I'm after HIM. You know ... THE ONE."

    "I'd love to help you," says Cynthia, her voice filling with warmth and compassion till she takes a breath and dishes the hard deets, "but the whole purpose of a secret multi-millionare hideout in rural West Virginia is that I can reveal nothing about the 2,372 extraordinary people who hang out here. I'm not even permitted to tell you this secret multi-millionaire hideout isn't even in rural West Virfrickinginia."

    "But I need him to fix up my stuff," the voice continues, bark morphing uncomfortably into a poodle stance with visibly parabolic piss oozing from every skin pore.

    Cynthia HRMPHED with such venom she knew instantly her current $750 month pelvic floor therapy with DUANE was TOAST. "Yeah, everyone who calls in here says that. What makes YOU so special?"

    Five minutes later, she'd forgotten the whole incident.

    Just another asshole trying to get lucky.

    As she slipped on her coat on her way through security, a voice rang out from beyond the $1,000,000,000,000 diamond Zeus statuette display. "Did anyone call for me today, Cynthia?"

    She averted her gaze from the shallow specter peering from the doorway. "They did not."

    The car waiting outside sped her home, as always.

    Who cared if this wasn't rural West Virginia?

    The secret multi-millionaires paid well enough for now, and she would surely make it to the place of her dreams in the end ...
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  • Profile picture of the author Stuart Stirling
    Referring to the original question of the OP, a book that I read ages ago and really impressed me was "The Magic Of Thinking Big" by Richard J Schwartz. Of course Napolean Hill's "Think and Grow Rich" was also very impressive to me as that was the first time I'd ever really read about creating wealth.


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  • Profile picture of the author socialentry
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    Originally Posted by GordonJ View Post

    And my opinion as to why so many struggle is: the IMPORTANCE of knowing how to make money, isn't taught in our school systems. It never was, probably never will be. It doesn't serve Big Education's agenda.

    Well, I'm not going down that rabbit hole today, although I could, and maybe when I have my own daily radio program, I will...

    but, even the very basics of handling money are deemed less important in most school systems.


    ....
    So, I have a question for you all, for anyone really...what, in your opinion is the best book, course or information on gaining an understanding of how money works, how to get it, keep it and make it work for you.

    I have my own "ideas" of what this would be, but I want yours too.


    GordonJ

    I think it really boils down to:
    Am I happy with my current lot in life?

    Of course, like most I can write a novel but each time I ask myself questions along these lines it simply comes back again to this.
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    • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
      Originally Posted by socialentry View Post

      I think it really boils down to:
      Am I happy with my current lot in life?

      Of course, like most I can write a novel but each time I ask myself questions along these lines it simply comes back again to this.
      Thanks socialentry,

      When I first posted this thread, I thought I would contact 2 or 3 a day from one of three groups.

      1) Doers. 2) Sellers. 3) Professionals and what happened was...

      I ended up talking to on average, 6 people a day, and now have over 100 conversations in the bag in the last 25 days. Once you get em started, just stand by.

      A couple of revelations. One, so many hairs got split, those who I thought were Doers claimed to be sellers, and others had different ideas altogether, so I just went with the flow.

      A sampling of people and I tried to get at least 2 doing the same thing or something similar. All contacts were made either within a mile or two of my place, or in NYC (Brooklyn mainly) when I took a long weekend there.

      Location wasn't relevant for the most part other than the huge concentration of people in a city make some businesses and money makers easier, just from traffic.

      Here is a partial list of some of the doers I spoke with:

      Lawncare guys (although most had landscaping on their trucks, albeit, I know professional landscapers, these guys mowed yards, big difference)...although I did talk to a couple of landscapers too.

      Window washers in business districts. Power washers, those cleaning homes, drives, parking lots etc,, also a couple of small asphalt guys. Tree trimmers. Trash collectors.

      Tennis and golf coaches, swim instructors, and gymnastic and dance teachers.

      Almost all of these DO something in exchange for value, dollars or otherwise.

      As stated, most sell too, but they don't think of themselves as salespeople, I really was able to split some hairs a dozen or so ways.

      SELLERS. A few car salespeople, new and used. An antiques dealer (shop keeper), two insurance agents, several Realtors at Open Houses and just as I came across them. Some door to door types, and in the big box and specialty retail stores.

      It wasn't comprehensive, nor scientific, just casual conversation about the STATE OF THEIR BUSINESS. Are they making money?

      Do they have enough work? What are they worried about? How do they perceive their futures?

      If anyone is interested, I'll share some of the conclusions I came to, much like this discussion, it took a lot of turns and twists...and I was actually WRONG about a couple of things I was so certain of (silly me).

      Talking and observing people is interesting and challenging and from my perspective, I had to do a little manipulation to get truth, rather than bias blather and talk which is very opposite of what the truth is.

      Anyhow, one CONCLUSION I have come to, both with this thread and my 100+ convos in the real world...

      is...

      very few people operate above a 202 level. If 101 is basic business and 999 is the top of the class with financial independence, very few make it to the 303 level. And the majority are barely passing the 101 business or making money level. That is one thing I am not wrong about.

      GordonJ
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      • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
        Originally Posted by GordonJ View Post


        If anyone is interested, I'll share some of the conclusions I came to, much like this discussion, it took a lot of turns and twists...and I was actually WRONG about a couple of things I was so certain of (silly me).

        Of COURSE I'm interested!

        What conclusions did you come to?
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          Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

          Of COURSE I'm interested!

          What conclusions did you come to?
          OK, this could just be me and you, but what the hey, we're good for discussion, eh?

          Well, like I said, most of all, business people at all positions, don't really go beyond all they need to know to make a living, with modest increases yearly.

          Surprisingly, this goes to professionals too. Very few, including shop keepers like yourself, have any desire to go beyond where they are now. Sure, they may want to increase business, or make more profit, but as socialentry said, if they are basically happy, they just continue with what they do.

          I asked about retirement, savings and the future, and of course no stranger would come out and give me details, but by asking some questions, which seemed innocent enough, led me to believe, THERE IS VERY LITTLE SAVINGS taking place these days.

          And little to NO planning on expansion or growth.

          The DOERS tend to be (in a very general sense) anti-social, at least at holding jobs...they don't like bosses in general and don't want to be around other people. Now, that is a broad sweep...and only a small sample.

          But, they also aren't the best groomed folk either...and as far as that goes, neither am I.

          They want to DO something and get paid. Most with little to minimal skills, once they master the lawnmower, trimmer, leaf blower for example, they would not be interested in LEARNING about decorative plants. And this appears across the board.

          MINIMUM SKILLS to DO. Suits many people just fine.

          And here, we can correlate that to newbies who want to learn how to make money, with the most minimal skills needed...and so, like their real world counterparts remain in a cycle of

          minimum sustainable income.

          If the doer isn't doing, he/she isn't going to last long, but many have learned to get to that minimum level and SUSTAIN IT. X numbers of lawns mowed per week, X numbers of windows washed, X number of pizzas sold, etc., etc.

          Even the new shop owners on Front St. have minimal selling skills, a guy like you could come to town and do a workshop on retailing and clean up, all puns intended. But they really don't know ding about selling, or how to make their stores more appealing or attractive or how to get people in the door.

          Also, in professionals, talked to one of the most successful Commercial Realtors in town, and another, just down the street, one is BOOMING, the other starving. Difference? Don't really know, but just from our chatter, I'd say it was a MINDSET problem for the guy struggling, complaining he can't get listings, too much space available, too little demand, and the other doesn't have enough hours in his days for his business.

          Could be other factors, but just TALKING to them, the successful guy made me want to buy something, and the other guy, I left feeling depressed, had to stop in the ice cream store to cheer myself up.

          And THEY (ice cream) aren't marketing geniuses either, although they did great on these last couple of months of very hot summer days.

          I have other observations but for now.

          Your reactions would be appreciated:

          My very non scientific conclusions: MOST doers just have a job, and even though they might support themselves with it, it is a job and the boss doesn't really know what he is doing.

          Retail. Same thing.

          Food. All of our downtown restaurants ARE BOOMING since the Pandemic ended (so seems to be the general consensus). Food trucks on Mon,. Fri. and Sat. almost all said they were doing well...but "well" I suspect is that they barely sustain themselves.

          What do you think?

          Also, I feel (if I were a younger man) I would go into the LEAD GENERATION business and make a fortune from that, because marketing skills are lacked across the board of 80% (opinion) of all Doers, Sellers and Professionals.

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          • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
            Originally Posted by GordonJ View Post

            Also, I feel (if I were a younger man) I would go into the LEAD GENERATION business and make a fortune from that, because marketing skills are lacked across the board of 80% (opinion) of all Doers, Sellers and Professionals.

            GordonJ
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            OK, I group them more in the Doers, sellers, business owners.

            By that I mean the people who working their business, doing physical work.

            Sellers are almost all buying and selling. That's how they make nearly all their money.

            The Business owners, i separate because i mean these are the business owners that chiefly are growing their business. I've known all three extensively. To me, professionals are just doers or sellers with a permit or a license on the wall.

            Doers. I know, from your post , that you actually met these people. you are right, the majority are anti-social, and that's why they don't have jobs working for someone else. If I need someone to cut my grass, it may take three phone calls to listings before one returns my call at all. I don't know how these guys survive.

            And yes, most make a subsistence living.
            For example, in my core business of retail vacuum cleaner sales, the majority of the industry is made up of doers...thee are repair people that rent a small space and spend all day repairing vacuum cleaners. To them, they get paid by the hour. Most earn about the same as a decent job. Almost none make enough to grow or save any money. It's week to week.

            The sellers are a little different. 90% of sellers barely make enough to survive. But at least 10% actually make a good living. In my retail niche, the guys that actually sell, make far more than the repair guys. But even the sellers in my niche almost never read a book on selling.

            In fact, at my industry's annual trade show, about 2,000 retailers show up. These are at least able to afford the trip. These are people who all have a retail location, advertise at least a little, and have a business phone.

            Of the 2,000...maybe 1,200 are basically repair people who work for themselves. Maybe 800 actually make sales on a daily basis. How many actually show up to marketing and sales seminars? Maybe 100. and every year, it's the same 100. These are the people that are real sellers. But they are also the ones I call business owners.

            Business owners are the marketers. They may also know selling, but not always. But they always study marketing.

            My guess is that 5% of people that own a business know anything at all about marketing or selling. Unfortunately, they don't really want to know. The 5% that are actively growing their business are the ones that study marketing, read books on selling, and are friends with the other people at the top of their industry.

            You said "Also, in professionals, talked to one of the most successful Commercial Realtors in town, and another, just down the street, one is BOOMING, the other starving. Difference? Don't really know, but just from our chatter, I'd say it was a MINDSET problem for the guy struggling, complaining he can't get listings, too much space available, too little demand, and the other doesn't have enough hours in his days for his business."

            Man, that sure rings true. I've been told the same thing by lots of businesspeople that are starving. "Nobody is buying, the economy stinks, all buyers are liars, everyone is a low price shopper, advertising doesn't work in my area...in my business".....and they go on and on.

            As I listen, I want to scream "But we are all selling the same people! In the same area, the same consumers, the same economy, the same weather, the exact same prices".

            And after decades, the painful truth is this...they are doing it to themselves. And they cannot see it. This is who they are. And if you tell them how to double their business, they won't believe you. Why? It isn't who they are.

            If they suddenly made a good living, and started actually growing their business...they would have to change who they are...change what they are, how they think. They would have to change their friends, maybe lose the spouse that is also used to life being a certain way.

            When I was a very young man, I remember my car's gas tank was always under a quarter of a tank. I had friends that never had a full tank of gas. One day it dawned on me "For a one time price of $15,(more than I'm spending now) my tank would always be near full. I would never have to worry about gas again".

            But for awhile, my self image was the guy without gas in his tank. So I know how these strugglers think.

            Anyway, there's probably more, but I'm out the door again. I'm enjoying this immensely.
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            • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
              Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post


              Shortened for a quote.



              My guess is that 5% of people that own a business know anything at all about marketing or selling.

              Unfortunately, they don't really want to know.

              The 5% that are actively growing their business are the ones that study marketing, read books on selling, and are friends with the other people at the top of their industry.



              Anyway, there's probably more, but I'm out the door again. I'm enjoying this immensely.
              Thanks Claude for engaging, looking forward to more.

              A couple of points. One, I live in a medium city (50K) which is very condensed. We don't have the farms and cow pastures right out side of town. I walk about 5 miles a day, always a different route, but almost always through our 3 block downtown. Library, high school, community center, aquatic center, fitness center, banks, Post Office, City Hall, and a strip of downtown merchants. So everyday, I engage with a lot of people.

              Most would tell you I'm a friendly fellow, always chatting...but the chats are always purposeful. One thing I love about the Sandler system is we (using it) always know where we are at, even if the other person PERCEIVES rambling and roaming. It has a purpose or a finish line. Well, not every "Hi, how's it going?" needs that structure, but when mining for INFORMATION, which most people readily and easily give you, if you don't offend them or make them think you want something from them.

              Anyhow. The opportunity.

              I think Claude is right on when he says: "My guess is that 5% of people that own a business know anything at all about marketing or selling.

              Unfortunately, they don't really want to know. {Emphasis mine}

              The biggest mistake Warriors and others make when trying to pitch these businesses on whatever it is they are selling...they start off as salespeople, and unless you disarm them first, and then agree to give you a little time...what might better work for them would be...

              to start with acknowledgement of their NOT WANTING TO KNOW.

              I'm sure Claude has a lot more technique and tricks in his bag than I do, but setting up the conversation from the get go, even if it is taken as light conversation (weather, business good//OK, sports)...is one key to getting DATA as we now know it, which can be transmuted to a foundation of a very lucrative relationship.

              Today, one of my ice breakers, is, are you as sick as I am of all the ads on the Internet, I almost hate to check my email. Is there anyone reading this who wants to see even more advertising coming at you online? Really?

              So the opportunity is a DONE FOR YOU program, but if you come at them from YOU trying to SELL them SOMETHING...you will get the more than normal resistance.

              BUT, if you are either thinking out loud or asking the right questions, so up at my local vacuum store (been there for 40+ years) I might start a convo with sports, but soon will tell of my friend in Wooster who has this vacuum business figured out...and what HE does is__________________ This not very good example just to illustrate conversation turning toward the

              I know a guy

              Like Denzel in the movie...

              I know a guy, who does INSERT DONE FOR YOU MARKETING technique...

              for people like ME and YOU who hate marketing.

              But just to reiterate a point, if you are young and want a great business, spend the next 3 years setting up and learning all you can about LEAD GENERATION because you have about 95% of those that don't care about learning but may gladly pay you to do the marketing for them.

              LEAD gen, one of my big take aways from my little urban walk about.

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          • Profile picture of the author savidge4
            Sorry for not posting on this thread sooner. I have been in Importing product from China purgatory.

            A couple of points that remained in my mind...

            The discussion of lawn care individuals and how the heck do they stay in business. I happen to provide services for a good amount of these individuals. The problem is they "Work" so if you call them at 2 in the afternoon, no they do not answer, they are working. The solution I provide for my clients is to "Set Expectations" In all of their advertising and even their voice mail message... "It is best to call between 5pm and 7pm for new inquires" Obviously doesn't work 100% of the time, but it sure helps a whole lot.

            And this leads me to the next point. Sales DOES NOT equal work, and Generating leads DOES NOT equal work. How many times have we heard advertising takes to much time or selling takes to much time? Using the lawncare guy above, but you can insert a shop owner or a service provider, or any tradesman into this scenario... They are to busy WORKING 8 hours a day to do any of this stuff that might actually get them business. Pushing a mower is "Working". Standing behind a register in your little mom and pop store is "Working" Being out in the field replacing freon in an AC system is "Working" and in ALL of these instances, the annoying phone call of do you have or can you fix is taking them all away from "Work".

            So to get passed this you have to "Grow" In one of 2 directions. Someone else is doing the work, OR someone else is answering the phone. And to be honest finding someone competent enough to do either of these is not an easy task. I know more than my share of people that have delegated to their significant other, and I am not so sure that is a viable answer 99% of the time.

            There is a third route in all of this as well. Something that I have personally practiced for years. dedicate a block of time each day for selling. Like the lawncare example above call us from 5 to 7pm right? 2 hours right? In the same time frame every day someone could have taken photos from the work day and posted before and after photos on social media. Or simply just post on social media Hey, I am a plumber and my office is located in X town, and we would be happy to assist you with any plumbing issues you might have.

            If I am onboarding a client for each and every service I provide,., if the prospect can not dedicate 2 hours a day.. they simply may not be a perfect fit for me. I can drum up more business for a client than they can shake a stick at, but if they cant answer the phone, then no matter what I do, my services are useless to them, and wasting my time and their money. For me, and my business THIS is critical, for the relationship I hold with my clients AND for personally for my business.

            Mastery - 10,000 hours. 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, 50 weeks a year for 5 years that is what mastery looks like. Is all of that time required to be successful? uh no. Does it help to know someone with the time put in already? and the answer I think is YES. I didnt know even close to all I should know to break ground on a hydroponic green house, BUT I surrounded myself with people that did. Trying to think back I am not sure I had 20 hours invested in the idea before I was making phone calls. I had a base knowledge of a small DIY project to feed my sons rabbits, and after that, it was just a matter of scale.

            Towards the bottom of this post ( https://www.warriorforum.com/warrior...l#post11494254 ) I shared the amount of time it took to make a silly amount of money in a month selling on eBay. Ironically it was 2 hours a day for 30 days that totaled 56 hours in total.

            20 hours in 2 hour a day increments is 10 days in total. In most things in life that one wants to do that should be all that is needed to get into the right direction towards "Success". Its simply a matter of finding someone that knows way more than you that provides their knowledge of the subject within those first 20 hours.

            We live in a day and age when anything and everything is right there in front of you, you simply have to spend some time to find it. I would go so far as to say that if you spend enough time, everything you would ever need to know about just about anything is going to be FREE.

            Want to know more about copywriting check out Brian Clark at copyblogger com. Want to start an online business look up Pat Flynn at smartpassiveincome com. Want someone to yell at you and ask why haven't you done this yet? check out Gary Vaynerchuk at garyvaynerchuk com

            FREE resources are all around you... success isnt having the best idea in the world. Success is directly correlated to those around you. And thats the beauty of living in the current time... you dont even have to KNOW the person to reap the benefit of "knowing" them. There simply are tons of people that wear their watch on their sleeve and take off their shirt.

            Hope that Helps!
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              Originally Posted by savidge4 View Post

              Sorry for not posting on this thread sooner. I have been in Importing product from China purgatory.


              FREE resources are all around you... success isnt having the best idea in the world. Success is directly correlated to those around you. And thats the beauty of living in the current time... you dont even have to KNOW the person to reap the benefit of "knowing" them. There simply are tons of people that wear their watch on their sleeve and take off their shirt.

              Hope that Helps!
              With what is going on in China and the expenses going on now getting stuff shipped from China how rapidly do you thing we will see manufacturing moved to North America.

              Between the free resources and the rapid drop in capital equipment costs or consumer equipment that can be used as capital equipment. And the number of people showing how they are using lower cost technology to produce things. For personal use or to sell.

              You have mentioned setting up many of your operations on renewable resources. If you build from the ground up do you build a passive building that requires much less energy to heat and cool then go with geothermal. But I bet you put the systems in for a fraction the cost a normal system is put in. And then use solar panels. To generate the needed power.
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                Originally Posted by Odahh View Post

                With what is going on in China and the expenses going on now getting stuff shipped from China how rapidly do you thing we will see manufacturing moved to North America.
                The short answer to this is we will NOT see an increase in manufacturing. With the current political condition in the States, its simply not possible. #1 the energy required, #2 the chemical and solid components, and #3 the environmental impact of #1 and #2 make the idea non feasible.

                How many batteries for solar energy are made In the United States currently.. as in 100% made here? not a one.. its all coming from China, if its not China directly then its Taiwan. I can see a shift towards India happening thats for sure. The current position on Solar panels from China ( as in you cant import them right now ) let alone even getting the parts to make them, because again they are in China.. nd the Solar industry is looking at a huge crash in inventory, and huge increase in pricing - and we are already seeing this.

                Originally Posted by Odahh View Post

                Between the free resources and the rapid drop in capital equipment costs or consumer equipment that can be used as capital equipment. And the number of people showing how they are using lower cost technology to produce things. For personal use or to sell.
                I get what you are saying, but none of this is at "Scale" Its great for the little guy, but wont work at scale... and again even below scale where are the "Raw" materials and pre assembled parts coming from? and again the answer is China.

                Originally Posted by Odahh View Post

                You have mentioned setting up many of your operations on renewable resources. If you build from the ground up do you build a passive building that requires much less energy to heat and cool then go with geothermal. But I bet you put the systems in for a fraction the cost a normal system is put in. And then use solar panels. To generate the needed power.
                I absolutely build passive. There are standards for "Passive Building" and in each instance in the last 5 years, I have met and 99% of the time exceeded "Passive" requirements. I have a building right now, about 2000 sqft that has no heating system in place. The heat generated from conditioning the outside air ( removing the moisture ) is enough to heat the entire space. Basically 2 hair dryers are heating 2000 sqft. And it "blew" a .26 on its blower door test - SUPER tight building.

                Heating a space is obviously a lot easier than cooling a space. I try to implement in floor heating whenever possible. Its super easy to heat water to 90 degrees that in turn heats an insulated concrete slab. Which works wonderfully a green house environment. Works really well in living and work spaces as well. Its the cooling aspect that has to be looked at. 4 inches of Poly Iso foam on the outside of exterior walls creates a R24 ( continuous ) value, then add the R19 in the 2x6 walls and you end up with a R34 to R38 Insulated wall. Same 4 inches of Poly Iso on the roof with an R30 Bat in the ceiling and you are sitting at R50ish... then on new builds you can have 4 inches of Solid core foam with a below floor R20 value... You can heat rooms with Candles ( literally ) And your cooling costs plummet drastically.

                The only real added expense in building this way is #1 obviously the insulation, and #2 using thermal broke triple pained glass windows and doors.

                The expense with installing geo thermal as an example is the holes the piping needs to get to below surface temperature, after that the expense is about the same be it a gas fired unit, or electric. And yes i use Solar to power the blowers. Even in my own home I have a gas fired furnace, and the blower portion of the system for heating and cooling is operated on Solar energy. My 20amp blower can run for 8 days without the battery being charged, and of course its hooked to panels.. so the chance of my system "running out of power" is slim and none.
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    Gordon

    Great post . Did you ask the lawn care guys if they had plow to put on their trucks in the winter to clean off driveways and parking lots.

    I find those I know who do the thing have a few other things they do in the slow period to do and earn money. And there is a fair amount of bartering or service trading. That might not get documented

    Anyway very good post
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    • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
      Originally Posted by Odahh View Post

      Gordon

      Great post . Did you ask the lawn care guys if they had plow to put on their trucks in the winter to clean off driveways and parking lots.

      I find those I know who do the thing have a few other things they do in the slow period to do and earn money. And there is a fair amount of bartering or service trading. That might not get documented

      Anyway very good post
      .

      YES, Odahh, you are right on all counts. Almost all had trucks. In winter the plows come out. Many "rent" their trucks out, not officially of course, but do deliveries at the holidays and such. And the Barter too, but I believe it is more of a trading of services, and more like a you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours, but nonetheless is mutually beneficial.

      Now the PRO landscaper, goes into his green house in the winter and starts preparing for the next season, and has plenty to do, even though his income may drop down, over the course of the year, he'll make far more than the lawn mower/snow shoveler/tow truck driver will.

      We don't discuss much barter here at WF, but it really can be a terrific money maker if one learns how to do it right.

      GordonJ
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    Money buys pretty much all those things lol

    well except faith

    thanks for the book recommendation
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  • Profile picture of the author Odahh
    HA!

    Of course they don't really want to be successful or grow a business their families probably thing they are bums who can keep a job or should be working for a corporation with benefits and retirement plans.

    As long as they are struggling every week but still paying their bills they can play the game of being to busy. If they got it down to earning all the money they needed in a few days. They would have people showing and thinking the are a source of free labor

    "Well sense you are not to busy can you help with. Blah blah blah

    Added later

    Gordon mentioned the pro landscaper with the green house. Landscaping trees and shrubs can take 1 to 2 years to grow with a few dollars and a square foot of floor space with occasional watering . When the landscaper plants them in a customers yard. They easily charge from 30$ to over $100 per tree or shrub.

    So we get into the mindset of sales people and business people. Versus the people selling their labor week to week.

    And with that model they can raise shrubs and trees and sell them to other landscapers and still make nice profits

    So you start getting in real entrepreneurs

    I have been convinced for a long time most who start businesses are just replacing what ever income they had. So it is interesting to study how people make good amounts of money.

    The pro landscaper also will sell to wealthy clients willing to spend thousands or tens of thousands on landscaping every year
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    • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
      Originally Posted by Odahh View Post

      HA!
      As long as they are struggling every week but still paying their bills they can play the game of being to busy.


      Most Doers (guys who are the workers in their service business), have a strong tendency..

      The time it takes to do a job expands to fill all the time, so they can always say that they are working. Of course, not everyone does this, but I see it all the time.

      Take my business, for example. Guys have small shops and they service vacuum cleaners.

      I'm not joking. They are always backed up for two weeks. It's like an immutable law. If they get backed up for a month, they work faster. If they get close to current, they work slower. And the truth is, they could always...always give next day service if they ever wanted to catch up...once.

      Me? I try very hard to handle any service while they wait. I get paid right away, and their dirty vacuum isn't junking up my store. At most, they wait a day for me to get a part.

      But the industry is stuck in the idea that it takes two weeks to get anything done.

      I was at my friendly competitor...a very nice guy who fixes vacuum cleaners and sewing machines. He told me that he had a record week. He was very happy to tell me that he took in over $1,000 that week. It would have been cruel to tell him we average that every day. In the same town, selling the same people, in the same economy, the same advertising opportunities, buying from the same suppliers.

      And to be clear, there are people doing what I'm doing, that take in a million or more a year. My limiting factor isn't belief, or understanding what's possible. My limiting factor is a lack of interest in building a business that requires employees.
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      It was before Y2K. I sat in his dining room eating fresh baked cookies, his boys played in the next room. We made a little "kitchen table" interview, back then we were still selling VCR tapes.

      His website is now one of the longest running online, you can find it at freeplants dot com. His name is Mike McGroarty, today, his son Dustin is a successful Internet Marketer too.

      Mike caught my eye with his backyard gardens, and selling several thousand plants in the Spring, from his driveway, for 5 bucks each. He made more in 3 weeks than most IMer's today make in a year. He also has produced some great information products on IM.

      Back then, he was mostly into landscaping plants, but I see today, he covers all the garden, orchard and even how to make money with your own backyard garden.

      The other pro landscaper I know is also a millionaire, and he works his butt off, but loves what he does. He now has a full year round place, and even a Christmas tree farm. His specialty is the WALL, especially those railroad ties, anyone with a wall knows the earth will reclaim its space. He is one of a few that I know of which ANCHORS the wall, at least 10 feet back, and his walls stay straight for decades, where most last a couple of years and have to be redone.

      Anyhow, Both Mike and Fred are hard working guys, both LOVE what they do.

      Much different from the guy riding the lawnmower, working for his pack of Marlboros and 12 pack every evening.

      If you want an education on how one guy did the Internet, use the wayback machine and start looking at McGroarty's site from 1998 on, and you will see a growth pattern which is pretty hard to beat. His son Dustin has become an expert in affiliate marketing too.

      Claude made a great point about EMPLOYEES too, how he (nor I) doesn't want any. I think we both know we are leaving money on the table, but it isn't worth it to me to have to deal with employees, which is for me a four letter (cuss) word...in spite of the numbers of letters. EMPLOYEES= YIKES.

      Most Warriors, may operate as one person operations, many of the successful ones which post, have several (many even) employees and love that part of their business too.

      As we explore the making of money, from 101 the basics to 999 the PROS, there is a lot to choose from, but it seems, and you will find this to truth out...most of the Warriors who operate successful businesses seldom just dove in, but gave consideration to their own skills, knowledge and lifestyle preferences.

      Although my place only has a 21 year wayback machine depth, guys like Mike were hitting it on the head in those ancient days of the 90's, I guess we can now call them the Roaring 90's, not many have learned about times before they existed...although history can certainly turn up some winning ideas which could be modernized.

      GordonJ

      P.S. As an afterthought, I met a guy over a decade ago who started growing horseradish plants, and he experimented. Maybe 6 or so years ago, he started making different flavors and selling them, I think within the last year, he sold his "farm" and factory off for an 8 figure sale. Something to think about.




      Originally Posted by Odahh View Post

      HA!

      Of course they don't really want to be successful or grow a business their families probably thing they are bums who can keep a job or should be working for a corporation with benefits and retirement plans.

      As long as they are struggling every week but still paying their bills they can play the game of being to busy. If they got it down to earning all the money they needed in a few days. They would have people showing and thinking the are a source of free labor

      "Well sense you are not to busy can you help with. Blah blah blah

      Added later

      Gordon mentioned the pro landscaper with the green house. Landscaping trees and shrubs can take 1 to 2 years to grow with a few dollars and a square foot of floor space with occasional watering . When the landscaper plants them in a customers yard. They easily charge from 30$ to over $100 per tree or shrub.

      So we get into the mindset of sales people and business people. Versus the people selling their labor week to week.

      And with that model they can raise shrubs and trees and sell them to other landscapers and still make nice profits

      So you start getting in real entrepreneurs

      I have been convinced for a long time most who start businesses are just replacing what ever income they had. So it is interesting to study how people make good amounts of money.

      The pro landscaper also will sell to wealthy clients willing to spend thousands or tens of thousands on landscaping every year
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      • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
        Originally Posted by GordonJ View Post

        His website is now one of the longest running online, you can find it at freeplants dot com. His name is Mike McGroarty, today, his son Dustin is a successful Internet Marketer too.
        Small world. Mike McGroarty is a very good friend of mine. One of the most generous and smartest marketers I know, His son Dustin, always very quiet, is a remarkable marketer in his own right.

        One of my aunts found out that I knew Mike, and it was like she found out I knew Elvis Presley.
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        • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
          Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

          Small world. Mike McGroarty is a very good friend of mine. One of the most generous and smartest marketers I know, His son Dustin, always very quiet, is a remarkable marketer in his own right.

          One of my aunts found out that I knew Mike, and it was like she found out I knew Elvis Presley.
          Mike has left the garden.

          HA! (He'd never do that.)

          I think he is the most consistent marketer out there, I wouldn't bet against him wearing the same overalls he did in the '90's. Few gurus go back over 20 years and have retained their message, and have consistently evolved as Mike has done.

          Dirt farmer? Sure. OK. But dumb? I have to call him out on that part.

          GordonJ

          Also, I think he hums an Elvis version of MY WAY as he propagates his profits.
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        • Profile picture of the author Odahh
          Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

          Small world. Mike McGroarty is a very good friend of mine. One of the most generous and smartest marketers I know, His son Dustin, always very quiet, is a remarkable marketer in his own right.

          One of my aunts found out that I knew Mike, and it was like she found out I knew Elvis Presley.
          The more I study the top 10 percent not just in the USA but around the world. For the most part they do everything different from those not in the top.

          The top 10 percent on average live ten years longer and put off the onset of diseases of old age for 9. Seems the chronic stress of living paycheck to paycheck in survival mode. Causes the body to break down sooner. Consider how many bad habits are tied to people coping with this stress.

          But then without stress humans wither until it causes its own stress.

          But the top 10 percent apply stress where it challenges them to get better and over come that stress then go on to the next challenge. Rather than just getting better at coping
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          • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
            Originally Posted by Odahh View Post

            The more I study the top 10 percent not just in the USA but around the world. For the most part they do everything different from those not in the top.

            The top 10 percent on average live ten years longer and put off the onset of diseases of old age for 9. Seems the chronic stress of living paycheck to paycheck in survival mode. Causes the body to break down sooner. Consider how many bad habits are tied to people coping with this stress.

            But then without stress humans wither until it causes its own stress.

            But the top 10 percent apply stress where it challenges them to get better and over come that stress then go on to the next challenge. Rather than just getting better at coping
            There are other reasons the top earners live longer.

            They tend to be smarter than average. And they need to keep up energy. If you see 100 runners, most will be more successful. They take better care of themselves, because top earners have a healthy self image, and it takes work to maintain it.

            Also, they tend not to completely retire. Most don't have jobs they hate. Most people cannot wait to retire....to stop working. But achievers actually tend to enjoy the work.

            And...I hate to say this, but we aren't all born with the same health, strength, intelligence, drive, self image, and willingness to do more to get ahead.

            One thing that stands out to me though, is that intelligence only helps with financial success up to a point. For example, most wealthy people have above average IQs. But past 140 or so, it doesn't help more.

            Spending habits are way different between the top 10% and the rest of us. Not because there is more or less money, but the way they see money. the way they manage their money. What they spend it on.

            An interesting statistic in salespeople is that the top 10% of earners earn half off all the money. The other 90% earn the remaining half.

            So the average "Top 10% rep" earns an average of 9 times what the average "Lower 90%" earns.

            The same products, same industries, same economy, same pricing...different reps.

            In fact, a big difference between salespeople and other professionals is a vast one.

            With the vast majority of professions, there is an earnings bell curve. The majority of the professionals are grouped at the middle, with a small number at the bottom, and a small number at the top.

            With salespeople, that curve is inverted. 10% make the real money, and the other 90% are barely surviving...with almost nobody in the middle.

            Why? Because 90% of all of us don't have the ability or initiative to learn how to sell, In other professions, technical ability can make you a great living. You don't need great sales ability to be a high earning doctor, dentist, contractor, plumber, firefighter.

            But in selling, sales ability is everything. It's the whole job. So the "non-salespeople" just don't make it very far. But the ones with sales ability, group at the top.

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      • Profile picture of the author Odahh
        Originally Posted by GordonJ View Post

        It was before Y2K. I sat in his dining room eating fresh baked cookies, his boys played in the next room. We made a little "kitchen table" interview, back then we were still selling VCR tapes.



        GordonJ

        P.S. As an afterthought, I met a guy over a decade ago who started growing horseradish plants, and he experimented. Maybe 6 or so years ago, he started making different flavors and selling them, I think within the last year, he sold his "farm" and factory off for an 8 figure sale. Something to think about.
        These are my favorite business to study. I naturally gravitate too ingredients over finished products. If I go the route of growing ingredients. I am setting in on thing that preserve their flavors and nutrients with freeze drying that can then be stored for 20 years.

        Focus on high end stuff for the wealthier people in the prepper market..I prefer wealthy lifestyle peepers versus poor doomsday preppers
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        • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
          Originally Posted by Odahh View Post

          These are my favorite business to study. I naturally gravitate too ingredients over finished products. If I go the route of growing ingredients. I am setting in on thing that preserve their flavors and nutrients with freeze drying that can then be stored for 20 years.

          Focus on high end stuff for the wealthier people in the prepper market..I prefer wealthy lifestyle peepers versus poor doomsday preppers
          I know savidge4 has his greenhouses, and would love an update if he is willing on how Covid affected that part of his business. Maybe a year or so ago, WF had a nice discussion on micro gardens.

          Just wanted to point out, there ARE people going hot and heavy at this, but to get to that big buyout, and savidge4 would know about that too...creativity doesn't hurt.

          From basement mushrooms, snails, spices or weeds (not weed, albeit a pretty good cash crop I hear) but weeds like horseradish and such...with a twist, a turn, some savvy MARKETING and one can carve out a niche in an existing industry with a little time and effort.

          I do disagree about poor doomsday preppers, most I know are not poor at all, more like middle class and the wealthy, well sure, they get the nitrogen packed survival food for 20 years, but they don't handle the guns or bullets themselves and IFFIN the IT comes at them, they'll find their private security forces default to the self interest side...and the Hell's Angels types know where they keep all that tasty food. And won't hesitate to confiscate what they need.

          Anyhow, there is STILL huge opportunities for small little specialty growers of something different, unique, and it will remain that way until Angels freeze over.

          GordonJ
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  • Profile picture of the author Odahh
    Basic math and running numbers. How does he stay in business if $1000 a week is a high earning week for his business.

    I remember reading that it wasn't Walmart that destroyed many small retail stores it was the credit and debit card machines . Because a lot of small shops where doing a lot of cash business that didn't get recorded. I don't know how true it was though.

    Honestly I don't think 90 percent of people are still thinking in terms of what was a lot of money to make 30 years ago and not increase it with inflation.

    It great when the conversation gets deeper that mindsets and explain what behaviors are present in each mindset. So someone can identify where they need to change. Or if they can't change accept the mindset. They have without beating them selves up
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    • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
      Originally Posted by Odahh View Post

      Basic math and running numbers. How does he stay in business if $1000 a week is a high earning week for his business.
      He pays very little rent. He probably averages $500 a week in business, of which $300 is his to keep. He probably takes $1,200 a month out of the business as profit.

      He also gets a pension for being in the service, and he gets Social Security. His wife works too.

      To him, it's more a hobby than business. He often takes vacations from work, and just closes his store for several days. He says he has a business, but he treats it as a part time job.

      He's a wonderful guy. But he's at the bottom of the scale as far as business. In my industry, I used to be in the top 1%...now I'm somewhere in the middle for a well run store.

      This may be interesting. In my business, the retail store owners come from two places.

      The majority used to fix vacuum cleaners for another store, and then decided to do it on their own. These guys are the fix-it shops. And once in a while they stumble onto a sale.

      The other group used to sell high end vacuum cleaners in people's homes. They are used to selling $2,000 vacuum cleaners to people who aren't interested at all. Once they open a store, and people actually walk in the store...at least thinking about buying...the sales are pretty easy, and the average sale is much higher than in the fix-it shops.

      So, my buddy may sell 2 or 3 vacuum cleaners a month. Maybe less. And his business is maybe 95% service (and over the counter sales) and 5% sales of new machines.

      My business is 95% new vacuum cleaners and about 5% everything else.
      He and I are a different species.

      He owns a business (sort of) but he still thinks like an employee. There is nothing wrong with that. But we just think in a different way.
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    • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
      Originally Posted by Odahh View Post

      I remember reading that it wasn't Walmart that destroyed many small retail stores it was the credit and debit card machines . Because a lot of small shops where doing a lot of cash business that didn't get recorded. I don't know how true it was though.
      It isn't the credit card machines. Cards make selling easier.

      It used to be Walmart and other discount stores that hurt small retailers. Now it's Amazon and all online shopping.

      And people who still buy from small local retailers are shrinking in number, getting older.

      For example, in my business, the average business owners are in their 60s and 70s. And it's now very rare that we sell a vacuum cleaner to someone in their 20s and 30s. Nearly all are middle aged or elderly.

      We are aging out, and the customers are aging out. I'm only speaking about small local specialty stores.

      For the last several years, our business has shrunk a few percent a year. I suspect that in 10 years, we wouldn't be able to make a living in our store, without selling online an matching online prices.

      We are scheduled to close in about April or May of next year.
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      • Profile picture of the author Odahh
        Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

        It isn't the credit card machines.

        For the last several years, our business has shrunk a few percent a year. I suspect that in 10 years, we wouldn't be able to make a living in our store, without selling online an matching online prices.

        We are scheduled to close in about April or May of next year.
        What I am paying to know is that with automation it is getting much cheaper to produce things in the USA or at least North America. And with the shipping issues. Supply chains will come back over the next few years.

        Manufacturers can also employ models where the produce small batches and send them out as customers order or manufacture the product after it is order and send it out. When you remove the assembly line worker and only need a machine operator or a technician to fix the machine. There is a lot more flexibility and much less overhead keeping dozens of worker busy and off their smart phones for 8 hours a day


        My view people will have little choice but to figure out hotties create their own jobs as Bezos and musk are automating every thing they can as fast as they can.
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  • Profile picture of the author Odahh
    Gordon I agree with you .

    All though all preppers are called doomsday preppers the upper middle class and wearisome it more as a chosen lifestyle. While the poor who pre do it because their incomes give them little choice. And they despise handouts.
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  • Profile picture of the author Odahh
    Top earning people tend to have to sell people on their abilities. And sell to people with the money to pay them what they believe they are worth.

    They tend to be competitive but only when it comes to those with about the same skill level or slightly better. And they work around or with the best in other fields if it means they do better.

    Much of the focus ends up being on the unicorn or super stars when it comes to success. But around them they attract the best.

    I think I finally nailed the element i was looking for with the response to stress. As far as where people need to start focusing as they shift mindsets .

    Then it figuring out what you can do to be among the best where is that line to get in the top 10 percent. Because that is where those who make the most money in a field do so

    Blah blah I'm rambling
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    • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
      Originally Posted by Odahh View Post


      Much of the focus ends up being on the unicorn or super stars when it comes to success. But around them they attract the best.
      The unicorns and superstars aren't in the top 10%. They are in the top .001% (I suppose that also puts them in the top 10% as well).

      The top 10% are just competent. If you just have slightly higher than average intelligence, luck, ambition, and persistence. you'll almost be in the top 10% automatically.
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      • Profile picture of the author Odahh
        Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

        The unicorns and superstars aren't in the top 10%. They are in the top .001% (I suppose that also puts them in the top 10% as well).

        The top 10% are just competent. If you just have slightly higher than average intelligence, luck, ambition, and persistence. you'll almost be in the top 10% automatically.
        A high level of commence in one or a few related areas maybe not the best .

        The unicorns and super stars are like savage and master several areas.

        You get in the top 1 percent when people cross into mastery. And people either have the drive to achieve mastery or they don't.
        Less drive and more unearthly levels of obsession.

        With some amount of ability someone can build competency even to high levels. But I don't thin obsession with mastery of something can be learned. Or efforts into in any conscious way.

        But people do need to get into the top earners in their field to build wealth and if they are obsessed with frugality so they save and invest a large chunk of their income it a short antic time before working is a choice
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        • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
          Originally Posted by Odahh View Post


          With some amount of ability someone can build competency even to high levels. But I don't thin obsession with mastery of something can be learned. Or efforts into in any conscious way.
          I only really know about selling, and to a lesser degree marketing.

          Mastery requires obsession. You cannot teach obsession. You cannot develop obsession. Obsession is an internal drive. Like an addiction. It occurs with or without your permission.

          If you want to be a master of selling (and I'm assuming of most skills), it takes a decade or more of near constant study and effort. Long after boredom would normally stop progress. Long after you are competent and making a good living.

          When salespeople tell me "I want to be really good". I ask them how many sales books they read this week. Occasionally, I'll hear "I read sales books and listen to recordings when I have time". But nearly always, the idea of studying what you do for a living never occurs to them.

          I see this with advertising reps. The thought of actually reading a book about how to advertise has never occurred to any ad rep I have ever talked to. Learning more about the profession you are in has never occurred to any rep that sells to me, in any field. Never.

          If they aren't making a great living, they blame the economy, the weather, politics, luck, the competition...anything but the fact that they are barely competent at all.
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            Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post


            Mastery requires obsession. You cannot teach obsession. You cannot develop obsession. Obsession is an internal drive.
            Some good comments, and they are appreciated. These threads can often hold very interesting and deep discussions on a given subject.

            I would like to make a couple of points, first, about Mastery. It is NOT required to make money online. We need look no further than the rise of social media (the precursor to rise of the monkeys??)...and the so-called INFLUENCER to see that mastery or even intelligence is not required to gain a following...

            A few dance moves, some make-up, some attention attraction and BOOM, one has followers and that is all that is needed.

            For those of us NOT involved in social media that way, to become "someone" (fame?) then we have many other choices.

            And mastery is seldom required to extract some moolah from someone's pockets.

            However, FOCUS is a requirement. Especially for Warriors who have not yet arrived at their set goals, financial or otherwise.

            You must exchange value, in lieu of being "someone" worth following, and your knowledge doesn't need be at a Master's level, in fact, just a little bit ahead of the person who you may be teaching.

            Many a grade school teacher only stays a lesson or two ahead of the students in the classroom, but their AUTHORITY comes from location, and force (yea, hard to think kids are forced to go to school, but they are{if not homeschooled})

            You don't need to know everything, but what you offer should be actionable or have value to those who would buy from you.

            Making Money 101 is a simple transaction, YOU are selling, I am buying, let's make a deal.

            One thing here at WF is we see a lot of complication and layers added to that simple way of making money.

            LEVERAGE is needed to go from the 101 to the higher levels, where YOU the Warrior may not be a factor, or where the product has demand and you simply fill that demand.

            So, we start from a very simple idea, what are you selling?

            What is the demand for it? Where? How do you get your sales message in front of the starving crowd? This is the basic premise.

            The higher levels are used once your plane gets off the ground, but you can't stay on the tarmac forever, you got to kick out the chocks and get going down the runway.

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            • Profile picture of the author DABK
              Mastery takes 10,000 hours, I read. And mastery is often nice to have. But you do not need it in most things.


              I do not remember the guys name, but there is a guy on the webs who's got a video where he argues that, to produce significant results in any aspect of your life, you need 20 hours, because you do not need mastery. You need to get going. Once you're going, you can add more hours, if you see fit, based on what you've learned and want at the time.


              20 hours works in many things. Some will need 30 or 50. But he's right, you do not need to be a master to do things well enough that you benefit.


              Marketing including. You do not have to be a master at FaceBook ads to make money with FaceBook ads. You just don't need to suck so much that you don't make any profit.


              Obviously, the more the profit per dollar spent, the better off you are.


              But if you get anything, you can leverage that into a lot of money, even if it's a penny, by just doing more (or a lot more) of it.


              Originally Posted by GordonJ View Post

              Some good comments, and they are appreciated. These threads can often hold very interesting and deep discussions on a given subject.

              I would like to make a couple of points, first, about Mastery. It is NOT required to make money online. We need look no further than the rise of social media (the precursor to rise of the monkeys??)...and the so-called INFLUENCER to see that mastery or even intelligence is not required to gain a following...

              A few dance moves, some make-up, some attention attraction and BOOM, one has followers and that is all that is needed.

              For those of us NOT involved in social media that way, to become "someone" (fame?) then we have many other choices.

              And mastery is seldom required to extract some moolah from someone's pockets.

              However, FOCUS is a requirement. Especially for Warriors who have not yet arrived at their set goals, financial or otherwise.

              You must exchange value, in lieu of being "someone" worth following, and your knowledge doesn't need be at a Master's level, in fact, just a little bit ahead of the person who you may be teaching.

              Many a grade school teacher only stays a lesson or two ahead of the students in the classroom, but their AUTHORITY comes from location, and force (yea, hard to think kids are forced to go to school, but they are{if not homeschooled})

              You don't need to know everything, but what you offer should be actionable or have value to those who would buy from you.

              Making Money 101 is a simple transaction, YOU are selling, I am buying, let's make a deal.

              One thing here at WF is we see a lot of complication and layers added to that simple way of making money.

              LEVERAGE is needed to go from the 101 to the higher levels, where YOU the Warrior may not be a factor, or where the product has demand and you simply fill that demand.

              So, we start from a very simple idea, what are you selling?

              What is the demand for it? Where? How do you get your sales message in front of the starving crowd? This is the basic premise.

              The higher levels are used once your plane gets off the ground, but you can't stay on the tarmac forever, you got to kick out the chocks and get going down the runway.

              GordonJ
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              • Profile picture of the author Odahh
                Originally Posted by DABK View Post

                Mastery takes 10,000 hours, I read. And mastery is often nice to have. But you do not need it in most things.


                But if you get anything, you can leverage that into a lot of money, even if it's a penny, by just doing more (or a lot more) of it.
                I understand what both you and Gordon said. Just like the employee mindset and paycheck to paycheck are used by many marketers in the mmo community as insults.

                It also seems that the general advice is nothing short of mastery is acceptable..

                At this point in time good advice to noobs to IM .Would be starting getting google certificates. Then try making some money with them.

                Apparently there is something in that that will improve anyone's attempt to earn money online.

                Where is someone now in their ability and their income needs . What do they need to do to make the money to provide the income they need. If that is what a vast majority of people end up doing anyway.
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              • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
                Originally Posted by DABK View Post

                Mastery takes 10,000 hours, I read. And mastery is often nice to have. But you do not need it in most things.
                I agree with that almost completely.

                I would want my heart surgeon to have a mastery of his craft, but other than that, it's not necessary.

                In fact, it can be argued that mastery (meaning you are on par with the best in the world) offers a law of diminishing returns.

                I was being interviewed by a minor guru, and he asked me about my 40 years in selling.

                I told him that after several years, the rate of improvement decreases, and the difference between 10 years of intense learning...and 40 years of intense learning....was a performance improvement of maybe 20%. And I was competent after about 2 years of real study and practice.

                And most activities require only a basic competence to do the same job as an expert.

                I can relay my experience in learning how to advertise locally.
                It took me two years of daily study...looking at magazine ads that were repeating. And trying to figure out why some ads worked, and some didn't. I read maybe 12 classic books on advertising. I advertised my store at least once a week in a display ad, both by direct mail and in the local newspaper.

                It took me two years, before my ads consistently made a profit.

                But advertising is a very complex area.
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                Originally Posted by DABK View Post


                I do not remember the guys name, but there is a guy on the webs who's got a video where he argues that, to produce significant results in any aspect of your life, you need 20 hours, because you do not need mastery.
                Source: https://www.you tube.com/watch?v=5MgBikgcWnY&vl=en

                He wrote a book too. Pretty good. He argues for competency. Not mastery.

                P.S. Broke the link on purpose. It outputted some weird shit lol.
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                • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
                  Originally Posted by 1Bryan View Post

                  Source: https://www.you tube.com/watch?v=5MgBikgcWnY&vl=en

                  He wrote a book too. Pretty good. He argues for competency. Not mastery.

                  P.S. Broke the link on purpose. It outputted some weird shit lol.
                  Josh Kaufman and THE FIRST 20 HOURS. Good book.

                  Over the years, I've had scores of people tell me they had 20 hours a week to work on their Internet or off line business marketing or money making gigs. FEW did.

                  I found the real avg to be about 12 hours a week, which is 2 a day for six days. Do this for ONE month (48 hours) and almost every Warrior could build a 50 to 100 dollar a day business in their first month.

                  IF, their time was focused. It rarely is.

                  As for learning quickly, Josh Kaufman has some good techniques, but one thing missing his lack of understanding the STICKING points There are maybe 5 of them, but that's just me.

                  First one is right up front, and this has happened to me several times. I go to Youtube to watch a video on something I want to learn and as often as not, in the first few minutes, they show something my version of the software doesn't have, or I have the wrong tools to start. And frustration, when they say to hit the X button, and you don't have an X button on your thingy, I want to go all postal.

                  So first thing, make sure you are on the same page as the instructor. If you have a C key harmonica and he is teaching jazz riffs in G ... best to get your tools and versions lined up to avoid this frustration.

                  Secondly, work in time frames which you normally do, I like 90 minutes, 2 hours and I lose attention and focus, and start where you left off with a little review of the previous lesson.

                  Take your own kind of notes, Kaufman refers to scaffolding, research first, but don't count that as the 20 hours, make sure you WANT to learn and WHY you are.

                  For a Warrior to spend 20 hours learning Canva for example and all he wants to do is audible, it might be a good skill to have for tomorrow, but it doesn't fit with the goal of today, does it?

                  Apply as you go along. There are so many FREE places and web sites even for a Warrior to practice at, to be able to post audio, video, or artwork, graphics or pictures, spend the time DOING what you want to do.

                  Whether you spend 20 hours or 10,000 hours depends on what your goals are, and for most Warriors, I believe, making money is the basic thought and the quicker the better too. But I could be wrong.

                  I also might dispute the whole 10k mastery top % too. I've know dozens of professional golfers, most have the hours in, few have won a professional tournament, let alone a major. Experts? Yes. Masters of the skill. Yes. Best in the world, well top 2% for sure but not Tiger, Jack or even Arnie are they?

                  GordonJ

                  PS. True 20 hours a week FOCUSED on learning how to make money online should easily get a Warrior started her first month doing it.
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                  • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
                    Originally Posted by GordonJ View Post

                    I also might dispute the whole 10k mastery top % too. I've know dozens of professional golfers, most have the hours in, few have won a professional tournament, let alone a major. Experts? Yes. Masters of the skill. Yes. Best in the world, well top 2% for sure but not Tiger, Jack or even Arnie are they?
                    I'm, glad you brought that up.

                    Having the hours and effort in, doesn't guarantee greatness. The hours and effort are just part of what's required. Intelligence and aptitude are also needed. The effort will give you extreme competence....but like I said before, you can be competent way before 10,000 hours.

                    And not all skills take the same training, the same effort, the same natural skill.

                    For example, I've never played golf in my life. If I dedicated 10,000 hours to practicing golf, I may end up being barely as good as a casual player. Maybe not even that.
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                Originally Posted by DABK View Post


                20 hours works in many things. Some will need 30 or 50. But he's right, you do not need to be a master to do things well enough that you benefit.
                Here is my 20 hour quick start guide to the WF. Feel free to add your own or advise Warriors on best practices.

                A new Warrior, just arrived, here is my best 20 hour suggestions.

                First hour, read the rules. Know what you can and can't do, don't get banned or deleted first thing, this could be one of the most valuable places you ever visit, so first hour, read the rules and go through the forums.

                After reading and understanding the rules of the forum, take a look and list the top 3 sub forums which attract your attention. You probably come here with some idea of wanting to make money with Internet Marketing but don't know how, or don't know which way you might want to do it.

                What appeals to you first thing?

                Second hour, go through the Warrior Special Offers, just to get a feel for the many different types of things Warriors are doing to make their moolah online, I don't suggest BUYING just yet, just get familiar with what is being OFFERED.

                Third hour. Find the voices which resonate with you. In all the subforums, you will find expertise, often with very different advice and experience. Choose the PEOPLE you want to keep an eye on and learn from. Once you do this, the next couple of hours will be spent reading through the archives with a purpose, maybe to follow said person or a thread which might interest you.

                In the first 5 hours, you should have an inkling of what might suit you, which way of making money online attracts you first thing. Those with no money or little to invest, usually go with affiliate marketing or something like that. Desperate people should spend a couple of hours reading through those threads...about desperate people.

                After your first 5 hours of looking over the WF, getting some ideas, learning about the various Warriors and their offers and expertise...

                The next few hours are about YOU. I call it ASSESSMENT.

                I make an assumption, which may not suit you, but I assume new people coming to the Warrior Forum are interested in learning how to make money with Internet Marketing. If you have a different reason for being here, then you decide how to spend your time, fair enough?

                What skills, education, knowledge or experiences do you bring with you? What, if anything, are you good at? How do you think that will help you with your Internet Marketing (IM)?


                After 10 hours of assessment, perusal, reading, studying, and getting to know the WF and who's who...

                Decide to DO something. Maybe the doing is asking questions, participating, or actually making a web site, or starting a blog, it really doesn't matter this early, but you don't want to become one of those Warriors who spends years reading and never gets around to doing, do you? I think not.

                Making money online is about OFFERS, or selling something to someone for an exchange of value.

                After 10 to 12 hours, you should be ready to begin that part of it. SELL SOMETHING.

                And most might choose an affiliate offer, easy to get into, easy to start, and by having something to sell, by selecting an offer...

                you will very rapidly encounter all the problems you will face with your online efforts.

                The biggest problems are the WHO is going to buy what you offer? WHERE do you find them? WHAT do you say or show to them to make them want what you have? HOW do you take their money? HOW do they get what they pay for?

                Those are not only basic IM problems, they are the jist of making IM profits. The earlier you find out some of the answers to those questions, the faster your progress will be.

                I contend that if you FOCUS on those 20 hours, complete an honest self appraisal and get started, you will have begun to build a solid foundation which you could profit from for years to come as many of us Warriors have done.

                This is my first 20 hours of WF for beginners (or those starting over even).

                What are yours?

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  • Achievement is mebbe eternal.

    Sum wishful fling into anyplace 'long the impossible-improble axis that credits you with sum kinda plus on your time an' effort.

    Course, to be a supah speshl person, any persnl advantage you gain don't gotta mean ZILLIONS now feedin' offa the primordial slime c/o your personal genius.

    As it turns out, if'n they happen alongside durin' the manifestation of your own miraculature, the only ones gonna suffah are the lame shitbrains outside of the loop.

    Thankfully, the ignorant ain't evah gonna suffah extra bcs this.

    But you would wanna ask srs questions of The Perfectly Informed, who then bunk out on a (prolly "bettah informed tvm") kinda whim.
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  • Profile picture of the author Odahh
    Claude

    After all the effort many of these people went through to get a degree. They are stuck paying off their student debt in a job that has nothing to do with what they studied in college.

    I am over generalizing .the people who study how to be better sales people usually move on to sales training or starting their own business. I have run into several sales people who claimed they where good. And a common thread is their employers stealing commissions.

    But then I have run into very skilled crafts people who had a refined sales/ marketing message to sell the much higher price they are selling their thing for

    As far as obsession goes I know what triggers my obsessive nature I just have not figured out the business I can build around it yet .so I am gradually learning skills around what I am going to do.
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  • Profile picture of the author Odahh
    Claude if you where still practicing martial arts regularly you would be able to transfer the physical conditioning a self control and be above average soon after starting golf.

    My lower back is f'd I am generally not in pain but I was shopping today and stressed my bag moving to fast to pick a couple packages of bagels from the bottom rack. So I am not about to walk a golf course and swing a club I would end up throwing out my back.

    Anyway that whole idea of transferring skills developed in one area into another needing similar skills. Gets lost in the mastery discussion.

    Usually only people with way above average iq and aptitude can achieve mastery. In the120 to just over 130 you can simulate mastery build high levels of proficiency in multiple supporting skill sets
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    • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
      Originally Posted by Odahh View Post

      Claude if you where still practicing martial arts regularly you would be able to transfer the physical conditioning a self control and be above average soon after starting golf.

      Actually, I started daily training again about a year ago. But I'm not naturally athletic, and I'm uncoordinated.


      The distancing, angle of swing...all of it would be alien to me. Plus, at 66, my ability to develop new physical coordination skills is severely hampered.

      I can't read my own writing now. I have very little feeling in my fingers now (from decades of Kung Fu practice). And my joints are in constant pain. All of which I work through, but golfing or tennis aren't in my future. On the plus side, I can hit very very hard. Something that will come in handy, during the coming zombie apocalypse.

      (Years ago, a guy came to the forum and tried to convince us we were in the middle of a real zombie apocalypse. He kept getting really mad, because we weren't going along with it.)
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  • Profile picture of the author Odahh
    If you wanted to play golf. You would even with the conditions you list. I played in my early twenties and had a problem with my vision and couldn't track a golf ball after I hit it. So I lost a big pleasure of the game.

    You would figure out how to play at a basic level if you got into selling golf equipment.
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    • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
      Originally Posted by Odahh View Post

      If you wanted to play golf. You would even with the conditions you list. I played in my early twenties and had a problem with my vision and couldn't track a golf ball after I hit it. So I lost a big pleasure of the game.

      You would figure out how to play at a basic level if you got into selling golf equipment.
      If I got into selling golf equipment, I'd get good enough to always lose convincingly.
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      • Profile picture of the author Odahh
        Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

        If I got into selling golf equipment, I'd get good enough to always lose convincingly.
        You would not need to lose . All you need to do is show how the gear you sell and use makes you a better golfer than you would be without the gear.

        But Gordon sells expensive golf equipment he can better explain what works on that front.

        If when I get into something I ignore advice from average players or businesses and look for those doing better than everyone else. Or those selling to the wealthiest clients. If I don't believe I can learn to do what they do . I look for a different thing.
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  • I haven't read much books lately, but through one of my college courses, I realized having money isn't everything. What's valuable to me are the tools used to create passive (or aggressive) income.

    For almost a year, I kept redoing my goals and strategic ideas to fit everyone's expectations perfectly. However, my boyfriend made it clear that less is more. Ever since then, I used that concept. Now, I'm pushing beyond my own boundaries to perfect my craft and enhance my passion.

    Ha, I'm 25 and I know how to balance a check book and write a check! My dad made sure I learned that.

    Reading these comments is speaking to me on a different level. I'm increasing my passion for networking and marketing. I love writing and illustration, but when I visit my stats page or pay attention to different avenues when increasing traffic, I feel... Idk how to put it, I guess hungrier and different. I want to know more behind the numbers and the time people take reading or admiring my craft. My boyfriend is the same way, except he's not as hands on as I am, unless he occasionally check his progress.

    He's a musician, and I get aggressively passionate when he opens up about which platform streams the most, or how much time he needs to dedicate towards his skills to earn consistent passive income.

    Sorry for sounding like a newbie. I'm amazed with what I'm reading and how much knowledge y'all hold and willing to share.
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  • Profile picture of the author nicenet
    I have gained so much from this thresd. Thanks a lot.


    In my younger years I read 'Think and Grow Rich' by Napoleon Hill and 'Men who made America great.'



    It helped me over the years.
    I believe we become what we think. If what's inside does not change positively. then the outside is gabbage.
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      Originally Posted by nicenet View Post

      I have gained so much from this thresd. Thanks a lot.


      In my younger years I read 'Think and Grow Rich' by Napoleon Hill and 'Men who made America great.'



      It helped me over the years.
      I believe we become what we think. If what's inside does not change positively. then the outside is gabbage.

      "NiceNet" I love optimism.
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    wealth dynamics by roger hamilton should do good basics n foundation for this
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    • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
      Originally Posted by visimedia View Post

      wealth dynamics by roger hamilton should do good basics n foundation for this
      Roger Hamilton has built a beautiful cult. Now I know some have a problem with that word, and that is on them...so, if one prefers: a CLUB. An association of people who believe in the same thing, kindred souls.

      Anyhow, if one were to study the Roger Hamilton method...what he did...which is genius in itself

      is...

      To incorporate OLD ideas, in his case the I-Ching and Carl Jung into a NEW concept. With a new vocabulary and pitch it to market. It worked like gang busters.

      Self assessment is a key, one which I preach here, and there are dozens if not scores of ways to find out who you are, like the Myers-Briggs tests used for decades in social services, and for those of Eastern followings, the I-Ching, and Western Runes to Tarot...people have always had a deep need to understand who they are.

      Roger Hamilton offers a modern solution with his Wealth Dynamics Profile, which by the way is a proven way used by many cults and religions as a gateway to their thinking...some may call it an audit, or a personality profile, or whatever.

      But it taps into our deeper wants for understanding. So anyhow, what one does if they would want to follow this MODEL, and it is indeed brilliant and proven over and over again is to set up a doorway, some might argue a top of funnel...then wrap a complete course of ongoing study, in the name of self-improvement, around it and market the snot out of it.

      Any Warrior who wants to use this as a model, need only go back 3 decades, go over the best seller lists, top products being sold back then, a generation and a half ago, and bring their fresh to the idea and BAM, you could have everything you want.

      Thanks for bringing him up, it is a brilliant way to build a business.

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      • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
        Originally Posted by GordonJ View Post

        Any Warrior who wants to use this as a model, need only go back 3 decades, go over the best seller lists, top products being sold back then, a generation and a half ago, and bring their fresh to the idea and BAM, you could have everything you want.

        GordonJ
        I've done that with self improvement books and sales books.

        I'll read a book that offers some sort of insight, positioned as new and revolutionary, and then go back a decade or so and read a book that says the same thing...then go back a decade and see the same thing.

        Tony Robbins was a preview speaker for Jim Rohn. And he just studied NLP, called it something else, changed the labels, and off he went.

        Think And Grow Rich and The Laws Of Success are a rewriting of a few books written by Orison Swett Marden.

        I suspect that if we actually knew the origin of belief systems we hold so dear, we would be shocked and disappointed.

        There are tons of books written around 1880-1920 on self improvement that are virtual mirrors of what we get today from our esteemed self improvement gurus. I know because I've bought them and read them.


        Never meet your heroes.
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        • Profile picture of the author Jonathan 2.0
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          Interesting point Claude:

          However I think there's a difference between an Author being influenced by other teachings than ― like you suggested ― a "rewriting" of other books. (For the record I'm sure that does happen sometimes however certainly not all the time.)

          For example, is all the information and advice (that I'm sure is stellar) in your One Call Closing book 100% all your own ideas/concepts/etc? Or were you influenced by other teachings?

          By the way, I would love to meet my Heroes. : ) Even if I was disappointed in some way ― that would never take away everything I have learned from them.
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          • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
            Originally Posted by Jonathan 2.0 View Post

            For example, is all the information and advice (that I'm sure is stellar) in your One Call Closing book 100% all your own ideas/concepts/etc? Or were you influenced by other teachings?

            That's a fair question. Here is the answer.

            Nothing is original. Everything we know was learned somewhere. Everything I wrote in my book was tested by me, and was something I used in the field...usually thousands of times.

            After 45 years of selling, it all becomes a blur of were I learned it. I assume some of it was discovered by me...on my own. But again, everything has to be learned somewhere. Some of what I wrote was learned in the field, some was originally learned from other top salespeople. I'm sure some of it was learned directly from reading 2,000 books on selling

            The difference is, I didn't take someone else's book, retitle it, change some of the terms used, and pass it off as my own discovery.

            Even the guys that wrote the self help books in 1880, didn't discover everything on their own....they read earlier works. I just haven't read the books on self development written before 1880.

            I used the example of Napoleon Hill's book Think And Grow Rich.

            If you read any of the books written 30-40 years before that, by Orison Swett Marden, you'll see that the content is nearly identical.

            The problem comes when an author or Guru claims that he discovered 'The Secret' to whatever...when really, he discovered it by reading a few books, and deciding to claim the discovery as his own.

            By the way, the story Hill wrote about him interviewing Andrew Carnegie, and Carnegie giving him "The secret", and telling him to interview other millionaires....was invented by Hill after Carnegie died. And the interviews he talks about in his book, that he had with famous successful people of the time, were never talked about, until these people were dead. The only thing Hill added...was his invented story of how the book came about. And truth be told, it was a good story, and it sold books.

            It's a common activity of some gurus to fabricate stories about their interaction with famous people, after that person has died.

            OK< maybe meeting your heroes isn't that bad. But never get to know them. You'll always be disappointed, because the fantasy we have of who they are is never real.

            I am not friends with any celebrities. But I know dozens of speakers and Gurus. I get to know them over long weekends at events. The person you see on stage is not who they are. This includes when you see me.
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            • Profile picture of the author Jonathan 2.0
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              Thanks the reply Claude.

              Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

              That's a fair question. Here is the answer.

              Nothing is original. Everything we know was learned somewhere. Everything I wrote in my book was tested by me, and was something I used in the field...usually thousands of times.
              Good point. : ) "There's nothing new under the Sun" as they say. Creativity happens (sometimes) when People take certain "elements"/sources and combine them in new ways and combinations. As for your tenacity/determination as a Salesman, well I think it's just great.

              Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

              Im sure some of it was learned directly from reading 2,000 books on selling
              Wow -- massive respect for that. : )

              Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

              The difference is, I didn't take someone else's book, retitle it, change some of the terms used, and pass it off as my own discovery.
              Sure. I agree: that's definitely not a good thing. However most of the "New Thought" books I have read aren't just a copy/rewrite of other material. I think your "Think And Rich" example -- if it's even accurate -- is the exception and not the rule.

              I appreciate the book recommendation ... Do you know the title of the Orison Swett Marden book because I would be interested in reading it. TIA.

              Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

              The problem comes when an author or Guru claims that he discovered 'The Secret' to whatever...when really, he discovered it by reading a few books, and deciding to claim the discovery as his own.
              Again, I agree: That's not good practice.

              The Problem is we will (probably) never know if that's the case with TAGR. Just because someone put it online doesn't mean it's accurate. (Lol) ... However, if you could provide the Website/etc. with the claim I would like to see it.
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              • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
                Originally Posted by Jonathan 2.0 View Post


                I appreciate the book recommendation ... Do you know the title of the Orison Swett Marden book because I would be interested in reading it. TIA.
                There are lots of books written by Marden. Here's a link to a free Kindle copy of An iron Will. . I mean no disrespect, but the books I have from Marden are over 100 years old, and cost me hundreds of dollars each. Maybe there are PDFs of some of them somewhere.

                https://amzn.to/2ZDFJZF

                If you've read Think And Grow Rich, and read An Iron Will, you'll see that it's nearly the same thing.

                The thing that sets Hill apart from the other authors of these books is his story about him and Carnegie (and other noted millionaires).

                Just read the Wikipedia page on Napoleon Hill.
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                  Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

                  Maybe there are PDFs of some of them somewhere.
                  https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1515
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                • Profile picture of the author Jonathan 2.0
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                  Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

                  If you've read Think And Grow Rich, and read An Iron Will, you'll see that it's nearly the same thing.
                  Actually I have read both "Think And Grow Rich" and "An Iron Will" (one of my favourites) ... And they are respectfully completely different and both originall books of success. And that's OK ― you keep your beliefs and I'll keep mine.

                  Peace. : )
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                  • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
                    Originally Posted by Jonathan 2.0 View Post

                    Actually I have read both "Think And Grow Rich" and "An Iron Will" (one of my favourites) ... And they are respectfully completely different and both originall books of success. And that's OK ― you keep your beliefs and I'll keep mine.

                    Peace. : )
                    i want to apologize.

                    It's been several years since I bought and then read my books by Orison Swett Marden. Since these books are so old, I read them once and then put them away.

                    I just remembered the title An Iron Will.
                    And I remember thinking that his writings were nearly the same as Hills, although not arranged the same.

                    After years, the memory gets muddled a little..

                    And I hate to admit, I'm not eager to reread a dozen books I no longer have interest in.

                    So if you'll forgive me for not matching my books correctly, I'll appreciate it.
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                      No worries Claude: No need to apologize. Thanks for the discssion.
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                Originally Posted by Jonathan 2.0 View Post

                Thanks the reply Claude.


                The Problem is we will (probably) never know if that's the case with TAGR. Just because someone put it online doesn't mean it's accurate. (Lol) ... However, if you could provide the Website/etc. with the claim I would like to see it.
                I don't think it really matters at this point their are tens of millions of millionaires around the world at this point and enough research on how wealth is built from scratch. And the main skill set to build to build wealth. Which is engineering not sales.

                I believe bill gates Jeff bezos and Musk have degrees in some type of engineering.

                Fields the depend on developing or following systems to produce repeated results
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              • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
                Arguments, or rather "discussions" aside about this or that book and whether or not it is a derivative, original, or boat load of plagiarism, here are some ways a Warrior can prosper from the works of the long ago departed.

                Two people, one of whom just very recently retired (Tony Mase) have/had websites dedicated to the works of some Old Masters. You can amazon Tony Mase and see what derivatives he has to offer. He built a great website around Wallace Wattles.

                The other guy, of Kallisti Publishing is Anthony, who offers a wide variety of works to attainers, and he specializes in the works of Charles F. Haanel. Both Haanel and Wattles, along with Marden, who's PUSHING TO THE FRONT was the book which Hill most likely took his notes from, were new thought practitioners.

                And we come to the SO WHAT? part of my post.

                The idea is that any Warrior here, could go back, and using Project Gutenberg to cull from could create a derivative work which she could build a solid business around.

                Now, I don't agree to the idea "nothing new under the sun"...there is a lot new, especially in our understanding today of neuroscience which these old Masters knew not of. But that doesn't matter either.

                If a Warrior is looking for a relatively quick and easy way to create a product, they could have something ready to go in a few hours, just by using the insights and ideas of dead people of 100 years ago.

                The "funnel", and I use that lightly, could look like...a simple HOTSHEET, a short 4 page report, a more detailed report, maybe a book, course or video all of which could be put together in a week's time.

                But then there is the finding the customer part of it all.

                There has always been and will be a STARVING crowd when it comes to self-improvement and one doesn't have to reinvent the wheel before cashing in.

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                Originally Posted by Jonathan 2.0 View Post

                Thanks the reply Claude.

                Good point. : ) "There's nothing new under the Sun" as they say. Creativity happens (sometimes) when People take certain "elements"/sources and combine them in new ways and combinations. As for your tenacity/determination as a Salesman, well I think it's just great.
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                  Originally Posted by GordonJ View Post

                  If a Warrior is looking for a relatively quick and easy way to create a product, they could have something ready to go in a few hours, just by using the insights and ideas of dead people of 100 years ago.

                  The "funnel", and I use that lightly, could look like...a simple HOTSHEET, a short 4 page report, a more detailed report, maybe a book, course or video all of which could be put together in a week's time.

                  But then there is the finding the customer part of it all.

                  There has always been and will be a STARVING crowd when it comes to self-improvement and one doesn't have to reinvent the wheel before cashing in.

                  GordonJ
                  And if you don't want to rewrite the content, so you can take credit for discovering the Secret.......

                  These books are all in the public Domain, and can be reproduced for free, without seeking permission.

                  And a book chapter can be a report, a book can be a course.

                  Marketer Matt Furey is known for finding old bodybuilding courses from the late 1800s and early 1900ss, that are in the pubic domain...and just selling them as is...maybe with a short introduction.
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                • Profile picture of the author Jonathan 2.0
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                  Thanks for the post Gordon.

                  Founder of WF Allen Says had a Website selling NewThought /LOA books (including "The Master Key System") however that was back when most People didn't know they were in the Public Domain. Anyways, thanks to you and Claude for the example that a resourceful Person/Marketer can take all this free content and do something great with it.
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                  • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
                    More ideas.

                    I was thinking, and thought I would share. Making Money. When I started the thread I was hopeful it would generate some good discussion and it has.

                    Now, step into my time machine (aka Project Gutenberg)...when I went there I typed in making money,

                    seemed like the thing to do. The books were sorted by popularity. I selected the #2 and #4 books, let us look at the first one: ONE THOUSAND WAYS TO MAKE MONEY by Page Fox.

                    Here is a link to that book:

                    https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub...06-images.html

                    Spend a few minutes quickly browsing through the thing like I did. Very early on, in Chapter V (that is 5) the list of 148 work from home ideas caught my eye.

                    All told, I spent maybe an hour going through this one book, published in 1900, 121 years ago, and from my notes I have over 25 ideas for potential information products which could be easily and quickly created.
                    #148 is POP CORN. We have two pop corn stores in our city, one block from each other...and I talked with a lady who is gearing up to sell popcorn balls at a local holiday event and she is projecting a thousand dollar day at her little "fair".

                    Of course some of it is laughable, and outdated. But when you do these exercises, you can train yourself to spear out the nuggets and polish them up.

                    #659 is 659. Fly-Killer.--There is needed some powerful chemical that will destroy flies the moment they enter{198} the house, and yet be harmless to man. He will become richer than CrÅ"sus who shall give us the much needed boon.

                    Sixty years later a guy named Joe Cossman sold millions of dollars of FLY CAKES. Today, with all the flies gone, eliminated, there is not a need for such things, eh?

                    As you race through the 1000 ways, make notes, QUICKLY, without thought and at the end, see what caught your eye...which of the ideas did you give pause to, an extra thought? There might be a clue you could pursue.

                    How about the idea itself? A book of money making ideas? The second book I referred to was published in 1919.

                    Then after WWII, when mail order boomed, George Haylings sold a book of business ideas...and it has been a staple for over a century.

                    My partner, Dien Rice, publishes a newsletter of business ideas.

                    This may fall under the "nothing new under the sun".

                    OK. So there are TWO sources of books. What would I do? First, make sure the subject matter from my lists of IDEAS WHICH INTERESTED ME, has relevance today...who is selling this sort of information? Where? How?

                    What expertise or experience do I have with those 1000 ideas?

                    In less than 2 hours, I have identified potential products. Just for the sake of this example, and because of a recent Warrior forum post, let's say I will take the first topic, which he calls GETTING a PLACE (the Fox book) or a JOB.

                    Yes, even in 2021 some people, not most of us of course, but still there is a demand for people wanting to find a J O B. Yikes.

                    I had a resume business. Made over $1,000.00 a day by offering a 90 day money back guarantee that I could find their ideal job.

                    So, if I were to start a resume business today, I might first gather some FREE resources as we are doing here. I might get the US Gov't publication available here

                    https://pueblo.gpo.gov/Publications/...php?PubID=1207

                    And combine that with any FREE information at the many, many free resume building sites. My funnel might be:

                    FREE report on current HOT job markets.
                    Within report bring up POSSIBILITIES for creating a business or make your own job.
                    I could then offer a LOW cost assessment of skills and experiences, get some feedback and information and then offer a higher priced CUSTOM made resume, CV, or Resuletter or advise on other possibilities.

                    See, all this from just spending a little time skimming a 121 year old outdated book.

                    So, any Warrior can use these books as IDEA STIMULATORS, and without spending much time and NO money, could have some areas of interest to explore.

                    Anyhow, just wanted to share my rabbit hole of Project Gutenberg, it was a good trip for me Alice.

                    GordonJ

                    P.S. Contrast the two books, see what 20 years difference there is. Between 1900 and 1919, amazing technology emerged; autos, radio, airplanes. In the last 20 years of the Warrior Forum, we have also seen amazing tech, haven't we. Between the two books, with their combined hundreds of ideas, we should be able to mine some gold.

                    Originally Posted by Jonathan 2.0 View Post

                    Thanks for the post Gordon.

                    Founder of WF Allen Says had a Website selling NewThought /LOA books (including "The Master Key System") however that was back when most People didn't know they were in the Public Domain. Anyways, thanks to you and Claude for the example that a resourceful Person/Marketer can take all this free content and do something great with it.
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            • Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post


              The difference is, I didn't take someone else's book, retitle it, change some of the terms used, and pass it off as my own discovery.

              2nd user wisdom masqueradin' as nouveau smarts is evrywhere.
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              • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
                Originally Posted by Princess Balestra View Post

                2nd user wisdom masqueradin' as nouveau smarts is evrywhere.
                Succinct as always PrincessB,

                Even 10th USER wisdom presented with a twist, can be valuable.

                Mostly, I go back to Plato, Aristotle and what they lack, Shakespeare suffices. Not much new there. But great stuff.

                And Kilgore is right about the Execution of an idea, and he says:

                For me the books that have been most helpful are the books that have helped me to think about business in new ways:

                To THINK about business in new ways, or to paraphrase, to think about IDEAS in new ways. Then

                To make a PLAN OF ACTION (POA)...

                Then...EXECUTE THE POA

                Adjust, and continue.

                How does one make a plan and execute it?, and since this is the Warrior Forum, I try to stay with the general idea of Warriors come here looking for money making ideas/solutions via Internet Marketing, albeit, we offer a lot for offliners too.

                There are several ways to go about it, but my opinion, and please feel free to offer up your own, the majority of newbies start the wrong way, with a product...and as often as not, it is affiliate marketing. That works, but it takes time and effort, TIME and effort.

                I believe starting with a PROSPECT first, a known buyer who frequently buys and has recently purchased is the best starting square for a new venture, even with an old idea.

                THE WHO.

                Oh Tommy, where art thou?

                The who as in who is going to give you their money for what you are offering? I think this is a good starting point.

                And it is one which gets some pretty nifty gloss overs...to tell people to

                find a starving market...

                Or find a problem. That sort of plabumatic advice...without any details...is often one of the most regurgitated sayings here at the WF

                Best WHO to find is in the mirror. You don't have to look very far or hard to find someone with a problem, a challenge, a situation. So self assessment comes in handy.

                A new marketer will make a huge mistake pursuing something she is not suited for...if an introvert, for example, a career of public speaking (although many an introvert have carved out brilliant careers as speakers)...

                And this is when we hear about PASSION, or following one's passion, an idea I subscribe to when not making money a priority. Sure, do what you love. I prefer to have the money to do what I love to do which is not all about making money. IM gurus think otherwise.

                A good POA begins at the END. Where does it go? What is the result of all the effort? What are the obstacles between here and there? A good POA will have examined these things.

                Then what does the EXECUTION look like? One of my fav books to read to my kids was DRUMMER HOFF by the Emberleys.

                A story of command, and execution. At the end, after General Border gave the order, all the way down to chain...until low man on the totem pole, the drummer, had the responsibility of firing the cannon off.

                What happens to many a Warrior, they get stuck listening to the higher authorities, the Generals, and by the time they get around to lighting the fuse, TIME and MONEY have been wasted.

                One thing about PLANS is...they are never perfect, but one thing about ADJUSTMENT as you DO, it takes you closer to the goal.

                So, sure, get ideas...even 100 year old ideas will do.

                Think of a plan, after you have a WHO, and ask HOW you will intersect with that WHO and WHAT and HOW you will say to them to get the reaction you want? What is the STIMULUS you use to get the RESPONSE you want.

                Then DO, asap, TODAY better than tomorrow, DO...then adjust and tweak and this is one way one can take any idea, new or old, and turn it into some modern cashola they can bank on.

                Your thoughts?

                GordonJ
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                • Profile picture of the author socialentry
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                  Originally Posted by GordonJ View Post

                  How does one make a plan and execute it?,

                  Funny, I am more or less at this point. There really isn't a how-to guide to what I want to do anywhere so I had to craft my own plan.Yet I often take the wrong action, but I almost never seem to really run out of things to do.


                  In my experience, there aren't POA or books, it's more like piecing disparate puzzle pieces together with a pattern like 3 step forward, 1 step back.

                  Or perhaps like uncovering those Russian dolls, where a problem will lead to another and another and another. E.g. I might do a few prospective calls, and realize that my offer was way too generic, thus sending me back to the drawing board. Taking action uncovers a problem which uncovers antoher and another...

                  To be quite frank, I suspect most of the "not taking action" has to do with lack of motivation.


                  Suppose you didn't know how to swim and you were thrown in the Mississipi river at night... with people with sticks trying to keep your head under water and actively trying to drown you. You'll start splashing around wildly.You won't care about looking like an idiot. You won't care if what you're doing aligns with the Moon Goddess or the LOA or wtv. In any case, you'll do something.
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                  • Profile picture of the author Odahh
                    Originally Posted by socialentry View Post

                    Funny, I am more or less at this point.

                    To be quite frank, I suspect most of the "not taking action" has to do with lack of motivation.

                    What if it has nothing to do with motivation.

                    The majority of people are looking for a way to replace their income. They are not 6 figure earners and have no experience running a business.

                    So for the people who are not entrepreneurs and are fine with making less than 6 figure incomes think about how the messaging can kind of shit on these people. And paint them as failures.

                    A large number of people are doing just that right not refusing to go back to miserable kid that end up not being safe and looking for a way to earn money to replace what they where earning. And not becoming entrepreneurs building businesses that can be sold.

                    So there is a very hungry crowd but the products being sold to them are not what they are really looking for.
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                    • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
                      Thanks Odahh,

                      You are right on. Most who come here seeking IM how to are NOT Entrepreneurs, and do not have much if any of a business background.

                      And there is a huge culture in IM of being a WINNER. But when we allow others to define what a winner is, or what a LOSER is, and one accepts that, well all sorts of self image problems appear.

                      Sure, many an IM guru uses the bait of financial freedom or tens of thousands of dollars a month coming in and anything short of that makes you a loser, certainly can see that in how many MMO (Make Money Online) info is marketed.

                      But the seeker, even just wanting not to go back to his crummy job, has to accept the responsibility of setting the goal without succumbing to the beating of drum of get rich online easily crowd. There are scores of ways to make money, online and off, so it does fall on the person to pick and choose what they want, and I contend, most don't.

                      Sure they want to replace their job income, if they even have a job...but they don't know what they want in their own life's bigger picture. And the end result often begins with the first step taken, which determines the path.

                      I would argue, there is a hungry crowd BUYING the wrong products because of how they start, but there are tons of both free and useful information available, which may be harder to find when all those shiny sparkly easy to find diamonds of IM are blinding one from setting realistic goals.

                      GordonJ

                      P. S. Turns out, most of those diamonds are cubic zirconium and well, just not worth the thing they are mounted on.


                      Originally Posted by Odahh View Post

                      What if it has nothing to do with motivation.

                      The majority of people are looking for a way to replace their income. They are not 6 figure earners and have no experience running a business.

                      So for the people who are not entrepreneurs and are fine with making less than 6 figure incomes think about how the messaging can kind of shit on these people. And paint them as failures.

                      A large number of people are doing just that right not refusing to go back to miserable kid that end up not being safe and looking for a way to earn money to replace what they where earning. And not becoming entrepreneurs building businesses that can be sold.

                      So there is a very hungry crowd but the products being sold to them are not what they are really looking for.
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                  • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
                    Thanks socialentry,

                    When we watch old movies and see subs fire torpedoes, they go in a straight line and either hit or miss. Post WW II they had GUIDED ones, which zig zaged while pinging the target, and then hit it.

                    Here is a PLAN OF ACTION:

                    https://www.dropbox.com/s/xtrvglmsn0mi3cj/poa.jpg?dl=0

                    A couple of weeks ago I drove from Akron, OH to New York City, and the route I took was I-76 to I-80, and this is what most IM offers, a route to X number of dollars...see almost any WSO and this is what is offered.

                    So, if all I have is the route, and there is semi overturned and it will cause a several hour delay, if I don't have a MAP, I'm stuck...dead on freeway, at the mercy of others.

                    But if I look on the MAP (the big picture), I may be able to figure out an alternative way to get there, or to get around the blockage. I know that if I just sit there, I'm going to be late and miss my appointments and opportunities. Maybe even just turn around and come home, all that effort for nothing.

                    As we see on my POA, a zig zag from beginning to end, ADJUSTMENTS (or the step back, as in two forward, one back) and recognition of where I am at on the journey.

                    Note the several EXITS, which represent when people quit or give up on their quest.

                    A clearly defined goal, with a MAP and not a ROUTE, is a better plan of action. The reason why so many Warriors spin their wheels for so long is they bought into the route of someone else and find it full of turned over trucks, obstacles and have no idea as to which way to go from there.

                    Motivation plays a part, and this is why we hear so much about fire in the gut, or a burning desire, or a must win attitude...but it comes from the setting of the original goal, and whether that was done realistically or in some fantasy world.

                    GordonJ


                    W
                    Originally Posted by socialentry View Post

                    Funny, I am more or less at this point. There really isn't a how-to guide to what I want to do anywhere so I had to craft my own plan.Yet I often take the wrong action, but I almost never seem to really run out of things to do.


                    In my experience, there aren't POA or books, it's more like piecing disparate puzzle pieces together with a pattern like 3 step forward, 1 step back.

                    Or perhaps like uncovering those Russian dolls, where a problem will lead to another and another and another. E.g. I might do a few prospective calls, and realize that my offer was way too generic, thus sending me back to the drawing board. Taking action uncovers a problem which uncovers antoher and another...

                    To be quite frank, I suspect most of the "not taking action" has to do with lack of motivation.


                    Suppose you didn't know how to swim and you were thrown in the Mississipi river at night... with people with sticks trying to keep your head under water and actively trying to drown you. You'll start splashing around wildly.You won't care about looking like an idiot. You won't care if what you're doing aligns with the Moon Goddess or the LOA or wtv. In any case, you'll do something.
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                    • Profile picture of the author Odahh
                      Originally Posted by GordonJ View Post

                      Thanks socialentry,

                      When we watch old movies and see subs fire torpedoes, they go in a straight line and either hit or miss. Post WW II they had GUIDED ones, which zig zaged while pinging the target, and then hit it.

                      Here is a PLAN OF ACTION:

                      https://www.dropbox.com/s/xtrvglmsn0mi3cj/poa.jpg?dl=0

                      A couple of weeks ago I drove from Akron, OH to New York City, and the route I took was I-76 to I-80, and this is what most IM offers, a route to X number of dollars...see almost any WSO and this is what is offered.

                      As we see on my POA, a zig zag from beginning to end, ADJUSTMENTS (or the step back, as in two forward, one back) and recognition of where I am at on the journey.

                      GordonJ


                      W
                      I bet you built the skills to drive around the USA in a vehicle 50 years ago. You don't just have a map and a destination. But you have a vehicle that will reliably make the journey. And if after you get you to New York and get your business done. You can drive to the coast of main and get amazing fresh off the boat seafood if you wanted.

                      And if you want to avoid traffic from experience you could choose to make the road trip at night

                      Most people actually have goals but uses great your example they go from Akron to New York City in a way that gets them stuck in the city

                      In effect people are setting goals but basically choosing to lose 100 pounds by flying down to Columbia and doing cocaine and drinking the water to get diarrhea. Yeah they might lose the weight but they are much worse off and might have much bigger problems
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                      • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
                        This may be your best yet, Columbia water and coke diet. Great.

                        Yes, I drove.
                        And have the skill to do so.

                        But, I could have flown. Taken an Uber or Taxi, gotten a ride at rideshare, taken the train, a bus, or walked or hitchhiked too. Lots of ways to get there, some faster than others.

                        And it begins with the destination. Knowing where I wanted to go first, then decided on the available options which best suited my needs/wants AT THE TIME.

                        I'm not sure I agree with most people have goals. I don't think they do. They have thoughts, sort of cloudy ideas, some wants, but actual goals I am not so sure.

                        Do new Warriors have goals when they first arrive? It seems they have an idea, or got here by some search for making money online, which WF ranks high on most search engines for. And a couple of days later, they have some ideas, but not many set goals and fewer still have plans of action.

                        GordonJ

                        What if I want to gain 50 pounds, what sort of diet do you suggest?

                        Originally Posted by Odahh View Post

                        I bet you built the skills to drive around the USA in a vehicle 50 years ago. You don't just have a map and a destination. But you have a vehicle that will reliably make the journey. And if after you get you to New York and get your business done. You can drive to the coast of main and get amazing fresh off the boat seafood if you wanted.

                        And if you want to avoid traffic from experience you could choose to make the road trip at night

                        Most people actually have goals but uses great your example they go from Akron to New York City in a way that gets them stuck in the city

                        In effect people are setting goals but basically choosing to lose 100 pounds by flying down to Columbia and doing cocaine and drinking the water to get diarrhea. Yeah they might lose the weight but they are much worse off and might have much bigger problems
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                  • Profile picture of the author DABK
                    I am going to disagree with you about the lack of motivation while agreeing with you.


                    Lack of motivation is the result of two strong forces duking it out with neither being much stronger than the other:


                    1. you have the desire to make money, to succeed
                    2. you have the desire to save face, to not be proven a failure.


                    Many people are not aware why they're not doing what they're supposed to do, what they know they need to do to get what they want.


                    Many do.


                    Most do not know that a bit of reframing can get the 2nd to decrease, thereby, allowing the 1st one to move forward.


                    I am just as guilty as anyone else. I just know why I'm not moving forward with whatever it is I am procrastinating.


                    Originally Posted by socialentry View Post

                    Funny, I am more or less at this point. There really isn't a how-to guide to what I want to do anywhere so I had to craft my own plan.Yet I often take the wrong action, but I almost never seem to really run out of things to do.


                    In my experience, there aren't POA or books, it's more like piecing disparate puzzle pieces together with a pattern like 3 step forward, 1 step back.

                    Or perhaps like uncovering those Russian dolls, where a problem will lead to another and another and another. E.g. I might do a few prospective calls, and realize that my offer was way too generic, thus sending me back to the drawing board. Taking action uncovers a problem which uncovers antoher and another...

                    To be quite frank, I suspect most of the "not taking action" has to do with lack of motivation.


                    Suppose you didn't know how to swim and you were thrown in the Mississipi river at night... with people with sticks trying to keep your head under water and actively trying to drown you. You'll start splashing around wildly.You won't care about looking like an idiot. You won't care if what you're doing aligns with the Moon Goddess or the LOA or wtv. In any case, you'll do something.
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                • Profile picture of the author DABK
                  Something I learned:


                  If you want to increase the odds that you will take action on something, do something physical within 5 seconds of taking the decision to do so.


                  For instance, you want to sell on Ebay? Write that desire down. Open Ebay and create an account. Check if they sell the types of shoes you're planning to sell and for how much.


                  How big the physical thing you do is, how long it takes, it's not relevant. What is relevant is that you 'marry' an idea/decision with a physical action.


                  It does not guarantee that you will end up doing it; it increases the odds a lot.


                  PS. If you're like me, do not write what you want to do on your planner or to-do list, that's where my ideas go to die.


                  Do something else. If you must write, write in your future projects notebook, like I do. (Don't ask me why, but things in the future project notebook do not die forgotten like they do in my planner or on my to-do lists.)




                  Originally Posted by GordonJ View Post

                  Succinct as always PrincessB,

                  Even 10th USER wisdom presented with a twist, can be valuable.

                  Mostly, I go back to Plato, Aristotle and what they lack, Shakespeare suffices. Not much new there. But great stuff.

                  And Kilgore is right about the Execution of an idea, and he says:

                  For me the books that have been most helpful are the books that have helped me to think about business in new ways:

                  To THINK about business in new ways, or to paraphrase, to think about IDEAS in new ways. Then

                  To make a PLAN OF ACTION (POA)...

                  Then...EXECUTE THE POA

                  Adjust, and continue.

                  How does one make a plan and execute it?, and since this is the Warrior Forum, I try to stay with the general idea of Warriors come here looking for money making ideas/solutions via Internet Marketing, albeit, we offer a lot for offliners too.

                  There are several ways to go about it, but my opinion, and please feel free to offer up your own, the majority of newbies start the wrong way, with a product...and as often as not, it is affiliate marketing. That works, but it takes time and effort, TIME and effort.

                  I believe starting with a PROSPECT first, a known buyer who frequently buys and has recently purchased is the best starting square for a new venture, even with an old idea.

                  THE WHO.

                  Oh Tommy, where art thou?

                  The who as in who is going to give you their money for what you are offering? I think this is a good starting point.

                  And it is one which gets some pretty nifty gloss overs...to tell people to

                  find a starving market...

                  Or find a problem. That sort of plabumatic advice...without any details...is often one of the most regurgitated sayings here at the WF

                  Best WHO to find is in the mirror. You don't have to look very far or hard to find someone with a problem, a challenge, a situation. So self assessment comes in handy.

                  A new marketer will make a huge mistake pursuing something she is not suited for...if an introvert, for example, a career of public speaking (although many an introvert have carved out brilliant careers as speakers)...

                  And this is when we hear about PASSION, or following one's passion, an idea I subscribe to when not making money a priority. Sure, do what you love. I prefer to have the money to do what I love to do which is not all about making money. IM gurus think otherwise.

                  A good POA begins at the END. Where does it go? What is the result of all the effort? What are the obstacles between here and there? A good POA will have examined these things.

                  Then what does the EXECUTION look like? One of my fav books to read to my kids was DRUMMER HOFF by the Emberleys.

                  A story of command, and execution. At the end, after General Border gave the order, all the way down to chain...until low man on the totem pole, the drummer, had the responsibility of firing the cannon off.

                  What happens to many a Warrior, they get stuck listening to the higher authorities, the Generals, and by the time they get around to lighting the fuse, TIME and MONEY have been wasted.

                  One thing about PLANS is...they are never perfect, but one thing about ADJUSTMENT as you DO, it takes you closer to the goal.

                  So, sure, get ideas...even 100 year old ideas will do.

                  Think of a plan, after you have a WHO, and ask HOW you will intersect with that WHO and WHAT and HOW you will say to them to get the reaction you want? What is the STIMULUS you use to get the RESPONSE you want.

                  Then DO, asap, TODAY better than tomorrow, DO...then adjust and tweak and this is one way one can take any idea, new or old, and turn it into some modern cashola they can bank on.

                  Your thoughts?

                  GordonJ
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          • Profile picture of the author socialentry
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            Originally Posted by Jonathan 2.0 View Post

            By the way, I would love to meet my Heroes. : ) Even if I was disappointed in some way ― that would never take away everything I have learned from them.

            but wat if ur hero shows up in a modified honda civic, gets drunk and start making donuts on ur front lawn
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            • Profile picture of the author Odahh
              Originally Posted by socialentry View Post

              but wat if ur hero shows up in a modified honda civic, gets drunk and start making donuts on ur front lawn
              I get around this dilemma by only giving the term hero to people who despite being broken human beings. Can still pull themselves together enough to be productive and make the world a better place for other people.

              Look at Elon musk total space case who didn't even settle for shooting for the moon. And wood sleep on the floor of any Tesla factory
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            • Profile picture of the author Kay King
              the books I have from Marden are over 100 years old

              He linked to a free download - but referred to physical books.
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              • Profile picture of the author socialentry
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                Originally Posted by Kay King View Post

                He linked to a free download - but referred to physical books.

                hey if you want to spend hundreds on the collector's edition, all power to you.


                All He can do is show you the way to the free download.
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            • Profile picture of the author kilgore
              Coming into this late so I don't claim I've read every post on this thread. If I bring up something that's already been talked about I apologize and feel free to ignore this comment. (Of course, feel free to ignore it regardless!)

              I definitely see what Gordon, Claude and others are saying, about old money-making ideas not only being relevant today but how many of them are rehashed and rebranded to be sold over and over again as "new" ideas today.

              All that said, I think this discussion misses an important point: ideas are easy, execution is hard. This is why, for my money, the best books for someone starting a new business aren't idea books or even step-by-step guides -- business is far too complicated and changing to distill into a simple how-to guide.

              For me the books that have been most helpful are the books that have helped me to think about business in new ways: things like helping me distill what I'm working on into a minimum viable product or perhaps helping build my intuition on when it makes sense to keep pushing an idea that hasn't yet succeeded or when it makes sense to pivot.

              Two books that were helpful for me when I was starting my business almost 10 years ago were:
              The Four Steps to the Epiphany by Steve Blank
              Founders at Work by Jessica Livingston
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              • Profile picture of the author DABK
                You are quite right. But you can take info from here and with a twist still have a way for you to make money while offering value.

                Let's take Gordon's idea about looking through old books and ending up with a resume writing service/company.

                You can look for different kind of info, come up with different kind of products:

                Getting a mortgage is hard for many people. You can find out info about the process, package it a certain way, and sell it as a booklet... with a little funnel where you can, for $0.99 get a one page cheat sheet, for $17 all you need to know to get a renovation loan, or a reverse mortgage or... (you can end up with several products).

                You can do it for other things: like buying shoes, or wedding dresses... though, there, I fear, the price points would be lower... your funnel entry would be a free report and your product(s) would be selling for $5 to $7.

                Warriors have sold how to make money with postcards (shared advertising space)... One such product went for $25. I assume the info for the product was gathered from experience. But all of it could have been gathered intellectually...

                Would have worked as part of a book on business ideas with step-by-step basic set up to make the first sale... To which you kind of object.

                So, I do agree with you. And I see equal value in the other way.

                The other way is for a quick way to end up making money and (if people so desired, they'd repeat with other ideas, and make it big that way, but it's meant to get someone started).

                The way you described, for most people, it would be for long-term success with little immediate financial results.

                They are not mutually exclusive. On the contrary. More like tactics vs strategy... You need both.

                Savidge's turning $40 into $250 on Ebay for the benefit of his son... A good thread which covers mainly the first, with hints at the second...

                But I bring it up because what he does there is use other people's discarded / obsolete items to make money... By presenting them to different people on a different platform.

                Gordon's way requires you to create the product from obsolete / forgotten / discarded ideas. Savidge does it by finding buyers for such products.

                If you pay attention to these two ways and find a few more, you get some learning that can make you think about business in new ways (even if you've been running a business or two for a couple of decades) though neither is provided to do that.

                Execution is hard, it's true. Business is more complicated than one tactic for making and selling / finding and selling a product. But execution for many is hard because they lack the step-by-step part. Not just big ideas.

                Originally Posted by kilgore View Post

                Coming into this late so I don't claim I've read every post on this thread. If I bring up something that's already been talked about I apologize and feel free to ignore this comment. (Of course, feel free to ignore it regardless!)

                I definitely see what Gordon, Claude and others are saying, about old money-making ideas not only being relevant today but how many of them are rehashed and rebranded to be sold over and over again as "new" ideas today.

                All that said, I think this discussion misses an important point: ideas are easy, execution is hard. This is why, for my money, the best books for someone starting a new business aren't idea books or even step-by-step guides -- business is far too complicated and changing to distill into a simple how-to guide.

                For me the books that have been most helpful are the books that have helped me to think about business in new ways: things like helping me distill what I'm working on into a minimum viable product or perhaps helping build my intuition on when it makes sense to keep pushing an idea that hasn't yet succeeded or when it makes sense to pivot.

                Two books that were helpful for me when I was starting my business almost 10 years ago were:
                The Four Steps to the Epiphany by Steve Blank
                Founders at Work by Jessica Livingston
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              • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
                Thanks Kilgore, very valid observation.

                A book you might like is by Alex Hormozi called 100M OFFERS. Great stuff, CURRENT and in areas other than tech (I think FOUNDERS covered mostly tech and mostly men, but I'll pull it down later and review it).

                I think 100M OFFERS will resonate with the Blank book, Hormozi has carried out Blank's discussion with several businesses.

                Maybe this week, we can refocus the thread to execution and get into some nitty gritty of HOW to take the idea, and execute it without a lot of slop and mess and dead ends.

                Although I have always subscribed to the idea of TARGETS first, before products, but that is very old school, mail order thinking on my part. One of my more popular reports from yesteryear was THE PROSPECT AS PRODUCT, which laid out the idea that serving the prospect first, rather than trying to sell a stranger something...but to make it about HIM/HER/THEM and you have tremendous life time value with strategy.

                So, please continue, I'm swamped this weekend, but I'll be back and looking forward to discussions on

                HOW TO EXECUTE your Plan of Action for your new (old) ideas and make bank like Ex Presidents do.

                EXECUTION of a well thought out marketing/distribution plan is what propels ideas into the money making stratosphere.

                GordonJ


                Originally Posted by kilgore View Post

                Coming into this late so I don't claim I've read every post on this thread. If I bring up something that's already been talked about I apologize and feel free to ignore this comment. (Of course, feel free to ignore it regardless!)

                I definitely see what Gordon, Claude and others are saying, about old money-making ideas not only being relevant today but how many of them are rehashed and rebranded to be sold over and over again as "new" ideas today.

                All that said, I think this discussion misses an important point: ideas are easy, execution is hard. This is why, for my money, the best books for someone starting a new business aren't idea books or even step-by-step guides -- business is far too complicated and changing to distill into a simple how-to guide.

                For me the books that have been most helpful are the books that have helped me to think about business in new ways: things like helping me distill what I'm working on into a minimum viable product or perhaps helping build my intuition on when it makes sense to keep pushing an idea that hasn't yet succeeded or when it makes sense to pivot.

                Two books that were helpful for me when I was starting my business almost 10 years ago were:
                The Four Steps to the Epiphany by Steve Blank
                Founders at Work by Jessica Livingston
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            • Profile picture of the author savidge4
              Im reading a lot of excuses here.

              So there are kind of 3 types of people. People that blame... its the economy, its the web server, its my SEO guy... it this its that its the other, and never them.

              There are those that know what success looks like in their life, BUT cant translate that to success online. And when I mean success, I mean they have a job they dont like, but they pay their bills every month. THIS is success! There are people the world over that are happy with this.

              Then there are those of us that are serial entrepreneurs that can do things.

              I dont have the skills is an excuse. Like I have stated earlier here, we live in a day and age f the world literally being at your fingertips... There is just short of nothing you cant learn with the use of the internet.

              So what exactly motivates ME? and the answer to that comes right down to passion. Its generally a passion for whatever the project is... But sometimes it is in the process more so than the product / service.

              Very hard for me personally to speak about how to get started... I started growing greens for a rabbit, had extra, found a market, and from there it went into hyper drive. Opportunity literally surrounds EVERYONE - IF they are willing and capable of seeing it.. . and I think its the SEEING part that needs to cultivated.

              People KNOW they want to make more money but dont see HOW, and with what. I will say with the utmost of confidence the answer is right in front of them on a daily basis.

              If you dont have 2 pennies to rub together, selling FOREX is probably not the answer. If you weigh 135 lbs, weight loss is probably not the answer. If you look around the room you are in and there are more than say 10 of something.. books or Funko Pops or lego kits... you know what? THAT maybe for you.

              Maybe what needs to happen is that people need to understand where they are at TODAY. Try Googling "How to remain poor". Success? is the opposite of all of this.

              You want to sell an info product? pick a reason from that search and create content on how YOU are going to reverse that, and document the journey. And one by one, you can run down a list.. at some point you will not be poor any more, and your online efforts will have built enough traction that you can quit your job.

              Which leads me to this... DONT QUIT YOUR DAY JOB thinking you are instantly going to replace the security it provides... Remember what I stated success looks like... and not having a job, and not being able to pay your bills, and your car gets repossessed all because you had enough and wanted to be self employed, is NOT what success looks like.

              Employed - having a paid job

              If you have a job and quit and are not making money and losing everything, its because you are not "employed" meaning you are not making money.

              We have discussed in this thread..2 hours a day.. that is ALL it takes... keep your job and work 2 hours a day on the 10 of something that surrounds you right now, OR your path to removing a point of poverty from your life.
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              • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
                Originally Posted by savidge4 View Post

                Im reading a lot of excuses here.
                ... {edited } ...

                Employed - having a paid job

                If you have a job and quit and are not making money and losing everything, its because you are not "employed" meaning you are not making money.

                We have discussed in this thread..2 hours a day.. that is ALL it takes... keep your job and work 2 hours a day on the 10 of something that surrounds you right now, OR your path to removing a point of poverty from your life.
                Warriors. We come from everywhere, all types, all sexes, shapes, colors and sizes.

                Our common things are: We want to know about Internet Marketing and we are HUMAN.

                This is not for the bots, trolls or dipshits.

                A long 20 year look at the WF, and one sees tens of thousands of posts, and a handful of topics discussed.

                In the Mind sub forum, much discussion about PASSION and procrastination, or overcoming feelings of the moment, like being down and feeling blue or sad.

                In the Beginners section, we see confusion, too many choices, chaos in their minds.

                There are those who seem to be superhuman, Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos for example, what drives these guys, do they ever get depressed?

                Combine being human with being bombarded with tales of Internet Marketing success, look through the WSO section, and the carefully crafted sales funnels and machines designed to tickle your lizard brain into submitting your savings...

                and we can see why and how CONFUSION runs rampant, and what may look like excuses to some, are natural human reactions. And the nature of mankind, is what has to be personally overcome.

                Few are born with the gift of purpose. Many have it instilled in them during childhood.

                As an adult, YOU (I, one, everyone) get to choose your purpose, you can choose your passion.

                But that is often lost on the daily mundane of living, like keeping a roof over our head, food in the belly, the costs of living...and as Joe Karbo of yesteryear often said:

                "Most people are too busy earning a living they don't have time to make money."


                I would amend my old friend's saying with they don't MAKE time to make money.

                Two hours a day is my premise, and that is of FOCUSED time.

                But the time spent, in a focused pursuit of a GOAL, has to begin with a goal or purpose.

                Choices have to be ELIMINATED. Which today is difficult to do because there are so many of them and crafty copywriters make them all so alluring, we don't want to miss out on anything.

                In his book, P.T. Barnum wrote that FOCUS on one thing at a time was his key to success. And we see it here at the WF, the Warrior Path has several examples of Warriors trying to do new things, while losing focus on their number one and end up wasting time chasing rainbows.

                I think it is normal, natural and matter-of-course to have human feelings along the journey. Almost all of us get sad, melancholy, off-keel at times. There are days we just don't want to even go online, let alone do the things we need to do to keep our journey going.

                It is ok.

                OK to be a human.

                As long as you don't stay one too long. If you must become a bot, be a bot...be mechanical, do what you need to do for those 2 hours a day, overcome your lack of motivation with automatic routines, just do those 2 hours and take the rest of the day off to binge Netflix shows dubbed in English. Whatever you need to do, but give yourself the 2 hours a day, to be an IM Zombie, be a robot, be autopilot without thought...and set a time so when you can go back to sadness, depression, unmotivated.

                Or spend those two hours to get a passion, find one, think of one, give yourself a reason...give yourself an

                EXCUSE

                to DO IT, rather than not do it.

                Maybe you can overcome your human proclivities and develop a penchant for Planning, Execution and Adjustment and go wee, wee, wee all the way to the bank. Or maybe you can't.
                GordonJ
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            • Profile picture of the author savidge4
              For every Action there is a re-action right?

              So I got caught in this conversation yesterday about success... And the discussion quickly went to "Planning" As I was listening, I was kind of thinking about this thread... Plan and act right? I am not so sure that is actually correct. Or at least not for me. In my little world.. for every re-action, there is an action. Growing greens for my rabbit, I had left over food from my small A-Frame hydroponic setup. The re-action was seeing if I could maybe sell some of the leftovers ( because in my attempt to grow "enough" I grew way to much ) From that re-action... grew a plan of action to scale the whole operation.

              Look at someone like Elon Musk. Wants to put humans on Mars... That was the "PLAN" right? or is it? That might be a goal. So is the development of a Rocket factory, an action or reaction to the goal? I will bet to this day there is still NOT a written plan to getting people on Mars... Plans to get people into space, Yes. Plans to get people or thigs to the Moon, Yes... but not Mars.

              Which leads me to what I call my 3rd rule of Action Re-Action.. and that is preemptive actions. These are sometime disjointed actions, that with time aid in the ultimate goal. What I think is a REALLY REALLY REALLY good example of this. The race for an Electric pick-up truck. GMC or Chevy are playing catch-up.. on a GOOD day. Ford on the other hand I would argue preemptively started moving on this in 2015 and obviously earlier. Batteries are heavy right? so in 2015 Ford switched its truck frames to Aluminum. Tell me thats not an Ah Ha moment after reading that. name another company that has swappable electric "Crate Motors"? Ford has quietly been playing this game for along time now.

              So ideally we are looking for preemptive experience or knowledge. Say with coffee... it might be in a mug right in front of you right now. You will have a preferred brand... depending on how far into the culture you have gotten you may have preferences on actual beans. You have knowledge. How many here have actually traded Forex? Does anyone even know what it is? That is NOT a money making opportunity, thats a failure waiting to happen. Coffee or Water, or Tea, or Soda on the other hand, thee is an amount of knowledge, and THAT is the foundation to success.
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              • Profile picture of the author Odahh
                Originally Posted by savidge4 View Post

                For every Action there is a re-action right?



                Look at someone like Elon Musk. Wants to put humans on Mars... That was the "PLAN" right? or is it? That might be a goal. So is the development of a Rocket factory, an action or reaction to the goal? I will bet to this day there is still NOT a written plan to getting people on Mars... Plans to get people into space, Yes. Plans to get people or thigs to the Moon, Yes... but not Mars.

                Which leads me to what I call my 3rd rule of Action Re-Action.. and that is preemptive actions. These are sometime disjointed actions, that with time aid in the ultimate goal. What I think is a REALLY REALLY REALLY good example of this. The race for an Electric pick-up truck. GMC or Chevy are playing catch-up.. on a GOOD day. Ford on the other hand I would argue preemptively started moving on this in 2015 and obviously earlier. Batteries are heavy right? so in 2015 Ford switched its truck frames to Aluminum. Tell me thats not an Ah Ha moment after reading that. name another company that has swappable electric "Crate Motors"? Ford has quietly been playing this game for along time now.
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                The space mining step is something Elon isn't going into with the public . The boring company is a way to profitable developing the mining equipment that can go into space. And to meet the needs to build batteries Tesla is getting into the refining business.

                I to doubt there is a plan to put humans on Mars until after robots can be put on Mars to build habitats. Elon himself has said full self drive makes cars into robots and the technology can be used to build humanoid robots.

                So it is less a plan and more developing the technology that will make it possible to get to Mars.

                I hope Bezos does something more productive with his time than try to slow down space x with lawsuits.

                Amazon educational services would be a big area of growth. But then again google/alphabet probably has a better shot.

                The one thing the richest seem to do best is identify trends and create business based of the long term trends or creating the trends by pushing the technology that creates them.

                The biggest trend right now is digital money that will be as easy to transfer as handling cash to people but can be moved anywhere in the world in small amounts with near zero fee. The central banks and the crypto community are working on it
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                • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
                  We, of the Internet, almost always assume that EVERYONE is online, connected and plugged in.

                  Maybe a majority are. But their use of online is vastly different from that of an IM marketer or would be IM marketer.

                  And for every crypto miner out there touting the coming of a cashless society, I'd bet there are 10 who don't or won't want to use anything on their computers or phones.

                  Barter is alive and well, flourishing in rural areas of USA, where both cell and Internet hookup is either expensive or sketch.

                  I think there is money to be made with ANTI trends, just as easily and as much as there are with trends, which when one evaluates them, come from the main stream media. We don't know what Musk is thinking, or even doing for that matter, other than what he WANTS us to know.

                  How many red herrings do Musk, Bezos and Zuckerburger send up? These illuminati guys may have other motives other than money (NAH). Their ONLY trend is to get richer, but we might become profiteers from their greed.

                  See a trend? Go the opposite direction. Pick the low hanging fruit and that already laying on the ground.

                  GordonJ



                  Originally Posted by Odahh View Post

                  The space mining step is something Elon isn't going into with the public . The boring company is a way to profitable developing the mining equipment that can go into space. And to meet the needs to build batteries Tesla is getting into the refining business.

                  I to doubt there is a plan to put humans on Mars until after robots can be put on Mars to build habitats. Elon himself has said full self drive makes cars into robots and the technology can be used to build humanoid robots.

                  So it is less a plan and more developing the technology that will make it possible to get to Mars.

                  I hope Bezos does something more productive with his time than try to slow down space x with lawsuits.

                  Amazon educational services would be a big area of growth. But then again google/alphabet probably has a better shot.

                  The one thing the richest seem to do best is identify trends and create business based of the long term trends or creating the trends by pushing the technology that creates them.

                  The biggest trend right now is digital money that will be as easy to transfer as handling cash to people but can be moved anywhere in the world in small amounts with near zero fee. The central banks and the crypto community are working on it
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  • Profile picture of the author Odahh
    Gordon
    How fast do you want to gain it and how long have you been at the same weight

    First you have to screw up your metabolism by trying to lose weight replicating famine and starvation. So cut your intake of calories and start doing several hours a day of cardio remove all fat from your diet and only eat green vegetables raw so you have to spend hours a day chewing foods.

    Once you have destroyed as much of your lean muscle mass flip the diet to pasta drowning in olive oil and as much deep fried foods as you can afford.

    Depending how close you are do a convince stop the sell the 64 oz fountain soda and alcohol drink enough alcohol while you are eating and eat enough food to fall into a food coma after every meal. An make sure from the moment you wake up to when you go to sleep you are drinking soda and keeping your blood sugar as high as possible.

    Once you put the 50 pound on you will probably be showing signs of being diabetic because you body is trying to shut of the weight gain. But if you want to keep getting fatter go on diabetic medications cut down on real sugar but go to eat and drinking as much artificial sweeteners as possible

    Of course people have goals in the USA the general goal is retirement. The people who don't think they will retire are on the slow suicide plan following some version of the diet plan I just wrote out so they die before they run out of money

    Say someone smokes a pack of cigarettes a day and they spend 8$ per pack their goal is to spend about 3,000$ a year on cigarettes and they probably need to earn 4000$ a year to do that

    Before new goals are set one Ned to write down what will happen if they continue doing the things the are doing now. And where that will get them in 6 months a year and so on.

    Because those are the goals most people have
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  • I so love WF when procreational cool drips from outta its dialog like sweat from sum superathleticly transformational Greek Goddess as she busts a gut to save mortalkind.

    Howevah, I am naht of that ilk, so prolly I missed plenty subtlty here as I flounced around on my slacker ass.

    Hey, but here is one thing I saw -- upon which I am now actin' steada merely scrollin' ...

    Originally Posted by DABK View Post

    If you want to increase the odds that you will take action on something, do something physical within 5 seconds of taking the decision to do so.
    I would wanna exalt the enthoosiasm here but query the delay.

    As a yogah gal figures stillness is a yardstick to measure actschwaahn, I would naht wanna be jumpin' about noplace at random on a whim 24/7, howevah inspirin' my hellbentiture.

    It is the diffrence, I guess, between kissin' guys in a pheromone haze or pausin' for a sec to take in their Total Frickin' Dork Factor -- then watchin' Dr Strange in the lotus position with a bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon.

    Impulse demands immediacy, but as I matyoore into an older gal, I figure you gotta slow things down.

    This way, the decision becomes the moment, without delay, all kinda flooid.

    A merciless cavortin' with all emergence!

    Less dowin', more flowin'.

    Evry gymnast or dancah knows decision is an immediate stance toward the reality of gravity an' perhaps sum stoopid costoom ridin' up their crack whenever they flickflack their glory before a pernickety judgin' panel.

    An' even serious chess guys gotta sit up propah to manifest their cerebral Spock-bustin' prowess.

    So prolly anythin' decidy happens at the same time we movin' our respective lumps, humps & protuberismo.

    Whatevah innervates our flesh permits no delay.

    Drives me frickin' crazy, tellya.
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    • Profile picture of the author DABK
      You can, obviously, do it the second the idea hits. But if you wait more than 5 seconds, the odds against you doing it grow bigly.


      Originally Posted by Princess Balestra View Post

      I so love WF when procreational cool drips from outta its dialog like sweat from sum superathleticly transformational Greek Goddess as she busts a gut to save mortalkind.

      Howevah, I am naht of that ilk, so prolly I missed plenty subtlty here as I flounced around on my slacker ass.

      Hey, but here is one thing I saw -- upon which I am now actin' steada merely scrollin' ...



      I would wanna exalt the enthoosiasm here but query the delay.

      As a yogah gal figures stillness is a yardstick to measure actschwaahn, I would naht wanna be jumpin' about noplace at random on a whim 24/7, howevah inspirin' my hellbentiture.

      It is the diffrence, I guess, between kissin' guys in a pheromone haze or pausin' for a sec to take in their Total Frickin' Dork Factor -- then watchin' Dr Strange in the lotus position with a bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon.

      Impulse demands immediacy, but as I matyoore into an older gal, I figure you gotta slow things down.

      This way, the decision becomes the moment, without delay, all kinda flooid.

      A merciless cavortin' with all emergence!

      Less dowin', more flowin'.

      Evry gymnast or dancah knows decision is an immediate stance toward the reality of gravity an' perhaps sum stoopid costoom ridin' up their crack whenever they flickflack their glory before a pernickety judgin' panel.

      An' even serious chess guys gotta sit up propah to manifest their cerebral Spock-bustin' prowess.

      So prolly anythin' decidy happens at the same time we movin' our respective lumps, humps & protuberismo.

      Whatevah innervates our flesh permits no delay.

      Drives me frickin' crazy, tellya.
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  • Profile picture of the author Odahh
    Gordon

    I was not talking about cashless society. I was talking about central bank digital currency. It should be simple to understand.

    Anyway as far as trends go it depends on the lifestyle you want and the trends that offer opportunities to earn money of those who want similar lifestyle.

    After all the American dream is dead for many people so they are exploring different options

    At what point does marketing stop being marketing and become IM . You have seen most of the direct marketing progression the last 45 years.
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      Originally Posted by Odahh View Post


      After all the American dream is dead for many people so they are exploring different options
      Why is it dead? My grandfather (born 1911) raised me. He was the main male figure in my life. The American Dream is right now. 3 of his 11 siblings died in childhood. They had 12 kids in a 3 bedroom house in a shit neighborhood.

      The PERCEPTION of the American Dream changed. It changed to where multiple generations believe they should all drive BMW's and live in posh houses simply because they exist. And if not? OMG they think they are poor lol.

      When most are really middle class.

      I've been homeless. So when people talk poverty it makes me laugh. The fact that it's possible to make $ 100K a year or more talking about dumb shit on Youtube or whatever means the American Dream is kicking ass.

      But you have to be OPEN to seeing that. And not lost in "woe is me".
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      • Profile picture of the author savidge4
        Originally Posted by 1Bryan View Post

        Why is it dead?
        I think there is an obviously less than obvious reason for this...

        So what is the American Dream? I think the definition is determined by some amount of variables, but lets shoot through the variable of time shall we?

        In the 1930s, it meant freedom, mutual respect and equality of opportunity. It had more to do with morality than material success.

        In the 1950s, the American Dream was to have a perfect family, a secure job, and a perfect house in the suburbs.

        In the 1970s was to live a peaceful life. Part of the American Dream for everyone, no matter the race or religion

        In the 1990's the dream was to have money, power, and status.

        In the 2000's the dream was becoming a millionaire, staring on a reality show, and becoming a celebrity.

        Where did the idea of "The American Dream" come from? The phrase "American Dream" was first used in 1931 by the historian James Truslow Adams in his book The Epic of America. It meant, he wrote, "that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone."

        So, like I said there is a less than obvious but obvious reason for the shift. The answer I would suggest is MEDIA. In the 30's we had radio right? then in the 50's we now had TV. In the 70's life became a point of reflection of sorts for all of the things that evolved and changed ( for the better in most cases ) in the 60's and was watch nightly on the news and read in newspapers.

        Progress into the 90's and we start seeing the influence of the internet. The dotcom craze and all of that. Now more recently, live feeds and video and the almost barrier less access to information.

        If we look at a more recent definition of The American Dream by YouGov we see "The American Dream is the belief that anyone, regardless of where they were born or what class they were born into, can attain their own version of success in a society where upward mobility is possible for everyone. The American Dream is generally thought to be achieved through sacrifice, risk-taking, and hard work, rather than by chance."

        And its that last sentence... "The American Dream is generally thought to be achieved through sacrifice, risk-taking, and hard work, rather than by chance." That throws a wrench in many a persons world.

        The time frame of The American Dream has decreased... from a life time of achieving, to the need to have it instantly. from being achieved "through sacrifice, risk-taking, and hard work" to now being achieved by chance. From a roof and a job, to lifestyle. From doing YOU and what's right for everyone around YOU, to not just keeping up with the Jones's but in every way surpassing them.

        Lets REALLY define the American Dream in todays world... 7 words actually:
        • Lust
        • Gluttony
        • Greed
        • Sloth
        • Wrath
        • Envy
        • Pride

        The EXACT OPPOSITE of when the coin was phrased in the 30's "It meant freedom, mutual respect and equality of opportunity. It had more to do with morality than material success."

        I personally live the American Dream... IVE EARNED IT, and I feel its a MORAL obligation to nurture the same values with those around me. Those that are within my close circle of influence will all tell you they are living the American Dream as well. Yes, I have material success, but THAT in itself is simply a by-product of valuing Freedom, Mutual Respect, and equality of opportunity. There has been no amount of CHANCE in me being where I am today. It takes/took time, hard work, dedication, risk and sacrifice.
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        • Profile picture of the author DABK
          10 words, actually:
          egotism
          instant gratification.


          Sometimes, I think avarice should go there too.




          Originally Posted by savidge4 View Post

          I think there is an obviously less than obvious reason for this...

          So what is the American Dream? I think the definition is determined by some amount of variables, but lets shoot through the variable of time shall we?

          In the 1930s, it meant freedom, mutual respect and equality of opportunity. It had more to do with morality than material success.

          In the 1950s, the American Dream was to have a perfect family, a secure job, and a perfect house in the suburbs.

          In the 1970s was to live a peaceful life. Part of the American Dream for everyone, no matter the race or religion

          In the 1990's the dream was to have money, power, and status.

          In the 2000's the dream was becoming a millionaire, staring on a reality show, and becoming a celebrity.

          Where did the idea of "The American Dream" come from? The phrase "American Dream" was first used in 1931 by the historian James Truslow Adams in his book The Epic of America. It meant, he wrote, "that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone."

          So, like I said there is a less than obvious but obvious reason for the shift. The answer I would suggest is MEDIA. In the 30's we had radio right? then in the 50's we now had TV. In the 70's life became a point of reflection of sorts for all of the things that evolved and changed ( for the better in most cases ) in the 60's and was watch nightly on the news and read in newspapers.

          Progress into the 90's and we start seeing the influence of the internet. The dotcom craze and all of that. Now more recently, live feeds and video and the almost barrier less access to information.

          If we look at a more recent definition of The American Dream by YouGov we see "The American Dream is the belief that anyone, regardless of where they were born or what class they were born into, can attain their own version of success in a society where upward mobility is possible for everyone. The American Dream is generally thought to be achieved through sacrifice, risk-taking, and hard work, rather than by chance."

          And its that last sentence... "The American Dream is generally thought to be achieved through sacrifice, risk-taking, and hard work, rather than by chance." That throws a wrench in many a persons world.

          The time frame of The American Dream has decreased... from a life time of achieving, to the need to have it instantly. from being achieved "through sacrifice, risk-taking, and hard work" to now being achieved by chance. From a roof and a job, to lifestyle. From doing YOU and what's right for everyone around YOU, to not just keeping up with the Jones's but in every way surpassing them.

          Lets REALLY define the American Dream in todays world... 7 words actually:
          • Lust
          • Gluttony
          • Greed
          • Sloth
          • Wrath
          • Envy
          • Pride

          The EXACT OPPOSITE of when the coin was phrased in the 30's "It meant freedom, mutual respect and equality of opportunity. It had more to do with morality than material success."

          I personally live the American Dream... IVE EARNED IT, and I feel its a MORAL obligation to nurture the same values with those around me. Those that are within my close circle of influence will all tell you they are living the American Dream as well. Yes, I have material success, but THAT in itself is simply a by-product of valuing Freedom, Mutual Respect, and equality of opportunity. There has been no amount of CHANCE in me being where I am today. It takes/took time, hard work, dedication, risk and sacrifice.
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      • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
        Well, some like to take the discussion about making money, in particular Warriors making money and go down some alleyway, mostly irrelevant, about HOW that happens.

        I don't know what the American dream is, or means to any given someone. Being more global, rather than national, HOW does a Warrior, who lives anywhere other than USA make their money...whatever their ultimate dream might be, if they come here and stay, they ARE interested in making money via Internet Marketing, which differs from marketing in general due to the use of the Internet, is that hard to understand? I think not.

        Money is "made" by way of exchanging value, whether that value is some central bank fiat currency or whether the value is knowledge exchanged doesn't really matter.

        HOW does the Warrior make money? Well, we know there are lots of different ways and also know that many, if not most, are not interested in what we think the American dream might be...they come here seeking the how...

        or am I wrong about that?

        Whatever else this discussion is, it is about the how to make the money for Warriors, who are International, from around the globe, who seek useful and practical information and advice for their DREAM, whatever it is.

        Exchanging VALUE is key one. Job one even. What value do you bring with you to the WF, or what value are you willing to gain through study, work and experience which can then be transmuted into money or whatever currency you want?

        Just my opinion here, but opinions have little to no value to most of the Warriors, but I could be wrong on that one too.

        GordonJ


        Originally Posted by 1Bryan View Post

        Why is it dead?


        But you have to be OPEN to seeing that. And not lost in "woe is me".
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        • Profile picture of the author savidge4
          Originally Posted by GordonJ View Post

          Well, some like to take the discussion about making money, in particular Warriors making money and go down some alleyway, mostly irrelevant, about HOW that happens.
          HOW is everywhere... look at the post right above this... HOW. My thread on eBay... HOW and any other number of sources. The questions really at hand is WHY, and how much effort is one willing to displace.

          Why is Instagram and TicToc so popular? WHY? because its a photo, its 30 seconds of dancing like a fool. ANY moron can do this... The predecessor to all of this, YouTube... thats to much work. 2 hours? thats to much work. Actually INVESTING time to acquire and develop skill sets... oh geeze W A Y to much work. How does the "American Dream" fit in all of this... expectations man.... A life time of development or instant gratification?

          I trade, I do barter all the time. Just yesterday I agreed to a deal that was $1000 worth of services for $3000 worth of product. BUT in order to to do this.. YOU have to have the leverage. a skill set is a place to start... A skill set and the ability to list items to sell is a HUGE bonus. Trading stuff for stuff doesnt pay bills. and without the ability to leverage a trade into cash, your dead in the water.

          We have over and over made any and every attempt to help those that need help, weather they know it or not sometimes. But how often does our effort fall on deaf ears? How often do we ( or should I say I ) get berated for supplying the obvious answers... I recall a recent post with 500,000 followers and no method of conversion. 2 hours a day man... do the leg work... but no, im a moron for suggesting such a thing.

          WE cant help an excuse.. WE can help those that are like minded and have the same goals and ambitions... dreams of 5000 sqft houses and Lambos in the driveway from doing as little as possible is not something any of us do... I cant help those people. Mad respect tho for those that actually obtain it - but people dont see the work in getting there, they just see some young girl ( Charli D'amelio ) doing dance tictocs and making millions.

          We should be setting expectations... WHY you would do something.. and THEN, and only then HOW to do that.
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          • Profile picture of the author 1Bryan
            Originally Posted by savidge4 View Post

            How often do we ( or should I say I ) get berated for supplying the obvious answers... I recall a recent post with 500,000 followers and no method of conversion. 2 hours a day man... do the leg work... but no, im a moron for suggesting such a thing.
            That was me and you're taking it personal and completely out of context. Nobody said you were a moron. Unhurt your feelings. Haha.

            Edit: The context was me mentioning about a kid in my son's school who had picked up 500K RANDOM followers. And trying to tell him that he needed to find a theme/niche. And him not listening. Which is fine. He's not my child. Does that make sense now?

            Not every post is a chance to "show off" what an expert you are. Sometimes you can just toss in an anecdote for the sake of being social.
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          • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
            Think I'll head down to the river, grab some flagroot along the way and chew on life at Mary Campbell's cave for a few hours, clear my noggin.

            YES, we are knee deep in the HOW. I'm reminded of a book, Stephen Greenspan's tome ANNALS OF GULLIBILITY, How We Get Duped, and How to Avoid It.

            The book, a bit ponderous, certainly not POP, gives a historical look at being gullible, and about the time his book came out, Bernie Madoff was arrested, and it turns out that Mr. Greenspan had a lot of his money invested with BM. OUCH, the book critics had a field day with that one.

            For over 30+ years I have asked two simple questions; what do you want? and WHY?

            So, I think I need to read my own work. Sometimes we need a slap on the head, so thanks for that.

            And I agree with everything you have posted. Really, the HOW often becomes obvious once the WHY has been answered, and I should know better.

            Off I go, meditation, reflection, and a lot of what I am doing today, and WHY?????

            GordonJ


            Originally Posted by savidge4 View Post

            HOW is everywhere... look at the post right above this... HOW. My thread on eBay... HOW and any other number of sources. The questions really at hand is WHY, and how much effort is one willing to displace.

            Why is Instagram and TicToc so popular? WHY? because its a photo, its 30 seconds of dancing like a fool. ANY moron can do this... The predecessor to all of this, YouTube... thats to much work. 2 hours? thats to much work. Actually INVESTING time to acquire and develop skill sets... oh geeze W A Y to much work. How does the "American Dream" fit in all of this... expectations man.... A life time of development or instant gratification?

            I trade, I do barter all the time. Just yesterday I agreed to a deal that was $1000 worth of services for $3000 worth of product. BUT in order to to do this.. YOU have to have the leverage. a skill set is a place to start... A skill set and the ability to list items to sell is a HUGE bonus. Trading stuff for stuff doesnt pay bills. and without the ability to leverage a trade into cash, your dead in the water.

            We have over and over made any and every attempt to help those that need help, weather they know it or not sometimes. But how often does our effort fall on deaf ears? How often do we ( or should I say I ) get berated for supplying the obvious answers... I recall a recent post with 500,000 followers and no method of conversion. 2 hours a day man... do the leg work... but no, im a moron for suggesting such a thing.

            WE cant help an excuse.. WE can help those that are like minded and have the same goals and ambitions... dreams of 5000 sqft houses and Lambos in the driveway from doing as little as possible is not something any of us do... I cant help those people. Mad respect tho for those that actually obtain it - but people dont see the work in getting there, they just see some young girl ( Charli D'amelio ) doing dance tictocs and making millions.

            We should be setting expectations... WHY you would do something.. and THEN, and only then HOW to do that.
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            • Profile picture of the author savidge4
              The book that was the catalyst for me way back in the day was "How To Master The Art Of Selling" by Tom Hopkins. In many ways I still practice many of the principles I learned from reading that book.

              However, with the advent of "The Internet", things changed up a bit. It has become learning how to master the art of PRE SELLING. I would suggest this is NOT a subject that is covered often, or maybe to the point of not covered ever.

              Many on the WF are looking and wanting to get into Affiliate marketing, Selling other people stuff right? Many parts of the formula to selling are already done for you, you dont have to make anything.. all you have to do is find people to sell to? Its just really not that simple.

              If I was going to sell something I made, I would have 2 choices; #1 List the item on a platform that already has traffic, or #2 List my item for sale on a website that I created and draw traffic to that website.

              Looking at option #2... I would more than likely create a funnel that has 3 working parts. I would have an ad, or bait as i would call it that goes to step 2 that would be a lander page. On the lander page you want to make a trade with the end user right? Give me your e-mail and I will give you X. Once you have the e-mail you can then send a e-mail sequence to sell what it is you are trying to sell. Very simple stuff really - IN PRINCIPLE.

              So that is what happens when I am trying to sell something I have made.... So lets change this up to something someone else has made.

              We are going to create an ad.. but it WILL NOT be for the thing we are selling directly... It will be for something that parallels what it is ultimately what we want to sell. On the lander, we then want to offer in trade the parallel item in trade for the e-mail address, and then at that point we can introduce the offer to sell.

              In the affiliate model, you are NOT selling, you are PRE SELLING. If you try and sell something, and then send the end user over to yet another sales pitch selling the same thing, it just doesnt work - it is simply a train wreck of a selling sequence.

              I believe the general mentality is you find a thing on say clickbank, and its your job to sell it, and that simply is not the case. It is your job TO BRING TRAFFIC to the offer that is selling the thing. DONT sell the thing, find traffic that would buy the thing. make sense?

              I will say it again, this principle is probably the least covered concept in affiliate marketing. Interestingly enough, once you actually understand how to use parallel offering, it not only works for affiliate marketing it works when selling your own thing as well.

              So what exactly does this look like? A real life example... I sell coffee. I sell coffee specifically targeting "Keto" diet users / people / whatever you want to call them. I target keto terms with something like how to order coffee for your keto diet. They click the link, they land on a page that says Hey I will give you this guide to ordering coffee at your favorite coffee shop if you give me your e-mail. Once they have done that they get passed directly to a page with an info graphic on how to order coffee. On the same page there is a link to making better coffee at home - from there they are introduced to a website dedicated to Coffee and Keto

              At the same time they get an e-mail that includes the same infographic. Over the next weeks on end, they get coffee tips and tricks, and a link to the Coffee and Keto site is ever present.

              The KEY is in the delivery.... the Ad, the lander, the offer, and the e-mails all have to be equal in context. How to order coffee, and coffee you can make at home are parallels right? vs get recipes, get recipes, and hey Im selling diet pills. Once you break expectations, you are fighting a losing battle. Keep things consistent and or parallel and things become a lot smoother and easier.
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              • Originally Posted by savidge4 View Post


                The KEY is in the delivery....
                Also, the door.

                The door you been waitin' to open.

                Beyond which lies prohibited/excloosive/luxury (etc) treasures.

                All you gotta do is turn the key waitin' for you in what would otherwise be THE LOCK.

                Such is your 'delivered horizon'.
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            • Profile picture of the author Profit Traveler
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              12 Year Old Set to earn $400,000 selling Whale NFTs

              https://www.cnbc.com/video/2021/09/0...ling-nfts.html

              They now have Block Chain Games to earn Crypto merely playing Video Games.

              Selling Air in a Can....Not a Joke.

              https://vitalityair.com/

              Are we making "Making Money 101" More complicated than it is or it really is complicated?
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              • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
                Originally Posted by Profit Traveler View Post

                12 Year Old Set to earn $400,000 selling Whale NFTs

                https://www.cnbc.com/video/2021/09/0...ling-nfts.html

                They now have Block Chain Games to earn Crypto merely playing Video Games.

                Selling Air in a Can....Not a Joke.

                https://vitalityair.com/

                Are we making "Making Money 101" More complicated than it is or it really is complicated?
                Well, right you are. Which is why I went from 101 to 999, the more advanced stuff.

                According to Google, an informal definition of 101 means:

                denoting an introductory course at college or university in the subject specified.


                So making money 101 means (as I intended it), INTRODUCTORY.

                Here at the WF University, any given college has its basic course of instruction to the more advanced ideas.

                Basics are simple to understand. Making Money= Exchanging Value.

                The 900 advanced classes have more complicated values and exchanges involved.

                Two things from your post struck me, the growing use of NFT (Non Fungible Token for those who don't yet know {you should|) is an area where a lot of young people or those old dogs willing to learn new things...is going to release wealth at an unprecedented rate.

                The other thing I thought of in looking over the air site, and also important for Warriors to know, you can sell anything...if gullible is your target then you have more fish in the sea than you can possibly get.

                GordonJ

                P.S. More advanced money making usually comes to those who have some money to invest, who have some idea of the basics then add leverage and scale to their efforts.
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                • Profile picture of the author Profit Traveler
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                  Originally Posted by GordonJ View Post

                  Well, right you are. Which is why I went from 101 to 999, the more advanced stuff.

                  According to Google, an informal definition of 101 means:

                  denoting an introductory course at college or university in the subject specified.


                  So making money 101 means (as I intended it), INTRODUCTORY.

                  Here at the WF University, any given college has its basic course of instruction to the more advanced ideas.

                  Basics are simple to understand. Making Money= Exchanging Value.

                  The 900 advanced classes have more complicated values and exchanges involved.

                  Two things from your post struck me, the growing use of NFT (Non Fungible Token for those who don't yet know {you should|) is an area where a lot of young people or those old dogs willing to learn new things...is going to release wealth at an unprecedented rate.

                  The other thing I thought of in looking over the air site, and also important for Warriors to know, you can sell anything...if gullible is your target then you have more fish in the sea than you can possibly get.

                  GordonJ

                  P.S. More advanced money making usually comes to those who have some money to invest, who have some idea of the basics then add leverage and scale to their efforts.

                  That was a very smooth break down!


                  Yes I definitely over simplified that but each of us knows better especially with anything Crypto there is certainly levels of learning including just the server setups and in regards to NFTs "Gas Fees" for example to actually convert it into cash in pocket.

                  And whenever I read "kid" I know it usually means a parent is a very highly skilled Tech and or professional at something.

                  But when we have our "Entre Eyes" wide open at all times we can put ourselves in position to catch a trend with perfect timing and hit a grand slam.

                  I remember a WSO on Adult Coloring Books. The WSO creator did not actually create Adult Coloring Books. He/she realized a hot topic/trend and compiled a resource on it that others could leverage.


                  That tactic works in so many niches. Especially newer ones.


                  There was another Popular WSO years ago where someone just observed and researched all the top sellers at that time over at Flippa Auctions and shared what they had in common and what was selling.


                  You can make something of value from almost nothing by highlighting real case studies others can leverage and learn from.
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            • Profile picture of the author socialentry
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              101 to 999 implies a linear progression, but I'm not sure if that's the case.

              I started learning how to sell with minimal skillset in anything.

              In retrospect, I would have concentrated on having a high-ticket item before starting on the sales journey.

              The only downside would have been the added stress of owning delivery on top of learning sales but while i recognize its impossible to know for sure I believe the rewards would have been much greater.

              Easier said than done. I know. But I feel life is a lot like playing video games.

              When a new multiplayer video game hits the market,it goes roughly through this lifecycle (or at least it did when I was playing multiplayer games):

              A) Near launch time, everyone's a scrub and having fun. Even Claude can play the game and have fun.

              B) 2 weeks later, the ubernerds will pwn you the moment you step in the lobby. It takes serious time investment to even play the game. The game becomes unfun for all but the most hardcore players because getting pwn3d all the time is not fun.

              C) Rarely, a troll will find an exploit in the system and break the game. The veterans will complain.The dev might make a patch to please the whiners. Or the trending strategies will adjust to deal with the ursurper. Either way, equilibrium and high barriers of entry are achieved once again.

              It's the same thing IRL,except the timeframe is not 2 weeks but over several years, if not decades or even centuries.

              I think it's the same in all industries.For all eras, there will be always will be some industry at phase A) or beginning of phase C) where a greenhorn has a real chance to beat seasoned veterans.
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              • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
                Originally Posted by socialentry View Post

                101 to 999 implies a linear progression, but I'm not sure if that's the case.
                I know something about marketing, but I know a lot about selling.

                And sales skill comes in fits and starts.

                I can track trace my success in selling to maybe a dozen AHA moments that changed what I was doing. Some were tiny changes that would double my production, others were wholesale changes in my methodology.


                Sometimes years would go by where I learned little more, and then, when I was ready to understand it, an insight would hit me...and it would make a dramatic difference.

                Weird how that happens.

                In the beginning of learning, the progression seems more uniform because everything you do is wrong, and every day you are learning better strategies and techniques.
                I don't know if these jumps and plateaus happen in learning music, sports, or playing games, but that's how it happens in selling.
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                • Profile picture of the author Odahh
                  Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

                  I know something about marketing, but I know a lot about selling.



                  In the beginning of learning, the progression seems more uniform because everything you do is wrong, and every day you are learning better strategies and techniques.
                  I don't know if these jumps and plateaus happen in learning music, sports, or playing games, but that's how it happens in selling.
                  There are jumps in plateaus in video games but it depends on who you compete against and who is willing to team up with you.

                  In music sports and other entertainment categories it how big of audiences you can draw and sell tickets to and how many songs your fans download.

                  It is probably just my biased view point looking at those who build a paying audience.

                  I'm just changing the find a hungry crowd. To build and audience you can monetize and not piss off. That you can grow over many years.
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                  • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
                    Originally Posted by Odahh View Post


                    In music sports and other entertainment categories it how big of audiences you can draw and sell tickets to and how many songs your fans download.

                    It is probably just my biased view point looking at those who build a paying audience.

                    I'm just changing the find a hungry crowd. To build and audience you can monetize and not piss off. That you can grow over many years.
                    Yes, Sports and some entertainment have TURNSTILE crowds. And the online version might be subscription sites like iTunes, Youtube, even Netflix.

                    And there is a lot to be said for building an audience, it has shown some remarkably fast money is being made.

                    A starving crowd is an old offline idea, albeit, a very good one.

                    I will argue there is a difference, and however a marketer views things, will determine their speed of profitability, maybe.

                    Wants/needs, are in my opinion, both passive ideas, whereas DESIRE is an active hunger.

                    So as we discuss the hows and whys of making money, at whatever level or gear of operation, keep in mind that today there is great opportunity in TURNSTILES, and maybe a combination of both finding a hungry crowd and creating a DRAW toward your thing.

                    What do you all think?

                    GordonJ
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                    • Profile picture of the author 1Bryan
                      Originally Posted by GordonJ View Post


                      Wants/needs, are in my opinion, both passive ideas, whereas DESIRE is an active hunger.

                      So as we discuss the hows and whys of making money, at whatever level or gear of operation, keep in mind that today there is great opportunity in TURNSTILES, and maybe a combination of both finding a hungry crowd and creating a DRAW toward your thing.

                      What do you all think?

                      GordonJ
                      I'd disagree. In that wants/needs are what triggers desire. I don't think wants/needs are passive at all. I think they drive "seeking" and while that is definitely more "surface" level to observe ...

                      The wants/needs are driving it. If seeking behavior is the car, wants/needs are pushing the gas and holding onto the wheel.

                      Example, in the face of death (Covid) hooking up was at an all-time high. But hooking up with a stranger seems counter-intuitive. More risky for catching Covid right?

                      Ultimately tho, REPLICATION is more at work than SURVIVAL. Because replication is long-term.

                      And Nature would select for that behavior. Nature needs to replace those that would die, with new members of the species.

                      Triggering record setting Tinder downloads haha.
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                    • Profile picture of the author Profit Traveler
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                      Originally Posted by GordonJ View Post

                      Yes, Sports and some entertainment have TURNSTILE crowds. And the online version might be subscription sites like iTunes, Youtube, even Netflix.

                      And there is a lot to be said for building an audience, it has shown some remarkably fast money is being made.


                      A starving crowd is an old offline idea, albeit, a very good one.

                      I will argue there is a difference, and however a marketer views things, will determine their speed of profitability, maybe.

                      Wants/needs, are in my opinion, both passive ideas, whereas DESIRE is an active hunger.

                      So as we discuss the hows and whys of making money, at whatever level or gear of operation, keep in mind that today there is great opportunity in TURNSTILES, and maybe a combination of both finding a hungry crowd and creating a DRAW toward your thing.

                      What do you all think?

                      GordonJ

                      When you think about it The WSO Marketplace is a great example of that in action.

                      Built in targeted audience we can leverage and service.

                      There is a network of marketers many of us know well that all got their start from WSOs and I am still on their email lists for years.

                      They have been going strong for years to this day crushing it with their email lists, launch promos and their own products and services.

                      All started right here.
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                      • Profile picture of the author 1Bryan
                        Originally Posted by Profit Traveler View Post

                        When you think about it The WSO Marketplace is a great example of that in action.

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                        Can we please stop talking about Warrior Forum like it's still 2011?
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                        • Profile picture of the author Odahh
                          Originally Posted by 1Bryan View Post

                          Can we please stop talking about Warrior Forum like it's still 2011?
                          Well with tens of millions of people looking for better ways to earn money. The marketing in IM is geared to offend these people.

                          And being offensive to the vast majority of of potential customers is great for business in 2021 .
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                        • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
                          Originally Posted by 1Bryan View Post

                          Can we please stop talking about Warrior Forum like it's still 2011?
                          You recently said forums make you snarky, is this an example of that?

                          Well, putting you aside... I see Warriors from 2010, at the top of todays WSO section, still selling, still profiting, where as so many Warriors, have had to take on jobs.

                          Nothing wrong with jobs. But a WSO today, is NOT Your Grandpa Warriors WSO, is it?

                          TODAY, the WF gets traffic, and most of it looking for ways to do IM. The WSO is a place to find tested and proven things (along with some not very good ideas) for those NEW people to look, Warriors which haven't reached the snark level of some.

                          Starting here is as a good a place to start as any, and just as good as it was in 2011.

                          So, snark away, we've come to expect it from you.

                          GordonJ
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                          • Profile picture of the author 1Bryan
                            Originally Posted by GordonJ View Post

                            TODAY, the WF gets traffic, and most of it looking for ways to do IM.
                            GordonJ
                            But it doesn't. The facts are in. Warrior Forum does NOT get the traffic it used to. Nowhere near it. To make money you have to live in REALITY. In REALITY, Warrior Forum fell off.

                            JV Zoo, founded by former Warriors, put a huge dent in the WSO marketplace. That's what really happened. Google's algorithms took WaFo out of tons of 1st page rankings. That really happened.

                            Fake accounts - Alexa Smith comes to mind - turned people off from being active in any of the Discussion sections.

                            Facebook Groups? Replaced forums on the internet for the most part.

                            All of that really happened.

                            Talking FACTS is not being snarky. Unless your feelings get hurt by facts. If, in my business, a main traffic source underperforms ...

                            I have to deal with THAT reality.

                            Times change. Forums are passe. Warrior Forum already had a bad rap for the WSO section 10 years ago.

                            Junk sellers and junk customers.

                            Just like you can't talk about Digg.com, EzineArticles.com like it's 2010 or 2011 ...

                            You can't talk about Warrior Forum the same way.

                            Go look at the last login dates for the big name Warriors. It's been a long time. A very long time.

                            But I'm a snark for mentioning reality?

                            Okay Gordon.

                            Fair enough.
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                        • Profile picture of the author Profit Traveler
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                          [quote=1Bryan;11682370]Can we please stop talking about Warrior Forum like it's still 2011?[/quote

                          That was the entire point actually.

                          As Gordon also pointed out there are Warriors who were here 2011 and I am personally on their email lists currently and they are still launching and promoting at very profitable levels.

                          Even if promotions are not currently here on the forum they still got their core subscriber base from here.


                          The entire world is not what it used to be, we are in a Global Pandemic, but still New Millionaires are being made.
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                • Profile picture of the author socialentry
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                  Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

                  I don't know if these jumps and plateaus happen in learning music, sports, or playing games, but that's how it happens in selling.

                  Isn't that the same everywhere in life?
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                  • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
                    Originally Posted by socialentry View Post

                    Isn't that the same everywhere in life?
                    I don't know. I only know about selling, and a little about marketing.

                    I just know that my journey wasn't a smooth one, with one step in front of another. It was full of brilliant insights, each separated by years of being a dullard.


                    Originally Posted by savidge4 View Post


                    We are going to create an ad.. but it WILL NOT be for the thing we are selling directly... It will be for something that parallels what it is ultimately what we want to sell. On the lander, we then want to offer in trade the parallel item in trade for the e-mail address, and then at that point we can introduce the offer to sell.

                    In the affiliate model, you are NOT selling, you are PRE SELLING. If you try and sell something, and then send the end user over to yet another sales pitch selling the same thing, it just doesnt work - it is simply a train wreck of a selling sequence.
                    I've never been an affiliate marketer. So there is that.

                    That's weird, because it has occurred to me to sell my own offer that way, but not affiliate offers.

                    Some pretty advanced insights there for affiliate marketers, I think.
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                    • Profile picture of the author socialentry
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                      Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

                      I don't know. I only know about selling, and a little about marketing.

                      I just know that my journey wasn't a smooth one, with one step in front of another. It was full of brilliant insights, each separated by years of being a dullard.

                      While I wouldn't qualify all plateau-breakers as brillant insights, in most things I've understaken, there's a lot of little tweaks that take realtively little efforts, but can make a huge difference in performance.

                      In general, I also find that a concept from a field often easily translates to another.
                      For example, one book you kept recommending at one point was SPIN selling.

                      And you said (its been a while forgive me if I'm wrong), the last chapter, which detailed the keeping of statistics was the most important. But if you played video games as a kid, it's already obvious.

                      Much of video games is min/maxing : figuring out the best way to get the most reward in as little time as possible.

                      A classic scenario is a hero that is trying to get better weapons. So he has to go kill monsters who drops trinkets. Each monster has a % chance to drop a trinket upon death(drop rate).Each monster species has different drop rates for each trinket. Each monster has different difficulty. Each monster also has different appearance rate. and so on so forth.

                      In sales, you are also min/maxing. The monsters are the prospects. The monster species is a market segment.The drop rate is closing ratio.The monster with the highest drop rate your ideal prospect. The trinket is a successfully closed deal. Trinket value is average sale value.etc

                      Long story short, you can use the same train of thought to optimize one or the other.

                      The main difference is the values you guesstimate and how you collect the data.
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                      • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
                        Originally Posted by socialentry View Post

                        In sales, you are also min/maxing. The monsters are the prospects. The monster species is a market segment.The drop rate is closing ratio.The monster with the highest drop rate your ideal prospect. The trinket is a successfully closed deal. Trinket value is average sale value.etc

                        Long story short, you can use the same train of thought to optimize one or the other.

                        The main difference is the values you guesstimate and how you collect the data.
                        That's what I would call an insight. Taking something, usually a principle, from one subject and applying it to another.

                        Something I noticed about the few AHA moments I had in my life....I didn't recognize them at the time. Sometimes it took many years before i realized the shift in thinking I had, and then pinpointed the event (or discovery) that shifted my thinking.
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            • Profile picture of the author Profit Traveler
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              Just got reeled into watching a legendary high stakes Poker Game documentary.

              The Corporation (a band of Professional Poker Players who created an Alliance to take down a very wealthy "Whale") Vs Andy Beal ( A Billionaire Banker...The "Whale" referenced)

              Beal's super powers were Math and creating a strategy behind probability.

              The Pros were masters of reading tells,signs of another player.

              Ironically, Beal was the one that wanted the stakes to be as high as possible because he felt it threw the Pros off their game to lose alot quickly.

              For the most part this was true and he racked up Millions from the Pros at one point.

              They went back and forth for several months as he kept returning to Vegas from Texas but in the end it was Phil Ivy who helped the "Corporation" retire Beal from Gambling with a total haul of 16 Million.

              There are people with money and people who want you to part with it or some of it at least.

              The Best email conversions dive more into a story background, something you can immerse yourself into and visualize.


              I think that also happens with every level of Con game. You get sucked in.

              That was a memorable scene in the Movie Glen Garry Glen Ross where Al Pacino is at a bar talking deeply about "life" over drinks with a guy, but in the end closes him on a real estate deal.
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            • Profile picture of the author Profit Traveler
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              Carmen Mola, Popular Spanish Female Thriller Author, picks up $1.2 Million Dollars Award for writing...then Revealed To Be 3 Men

              https://www.huffpost.com/entry/spani...b00cb3cbd7485c

              I guess it's all good considering the book would be in the fiction section anyway.
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              • Profile picture of the author DABK
                Now, we have proof it takes 3 men to match 1 woman?


                Originally Posted by Profit Traveler View Post

                Carmen Mola, Popular Spanish Female Thriller Author, picks up $1.2 Million Dollars Award for writing...then Revealed To Be 3 Men

                https://www.huffpost.com/entry/spani...b00cb3cbd7485c

                I guess it's all good considering the book would be in the fiction section anyway.
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                • Profile picture of the author Profit Traveler
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                  Originally Posted by DABK View Post

                  Now, we have proof it takes 3 men to match 1 woman?

                  Amazing.

                  Good news is that will really inspire young women to go for it.

                  $1.2 Million for fiction ...hmmm.
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                  • Profile picture of the author DABK
                    Makes me wonder if I am in the wrong business.

                    Also, from the article you linked to:

                    Critics accused the men of using their fake female persona for marketing purposes. Beatriz Gimeno, former director of Spain's Women's Institute, slammed the trio as "scammers" for using the faux profile "to take in readers and journalists."

                    Used to be that women had to pretend to be men to publish.

                    Also: if they had not marketed, it would have been ok?

                    Originally Posted by Profit Traveler View Post

                    Amazing.

                    Good news is that will really inspire young women to go for it.

                    $1.2 Million for fiction ...hmmm.
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                    • Profile picture of the author Odahh
                      Originally Posted by DABK View Post

                      Makes me wonder if I am in the wrong business.

                      Also, from the article you linked to:

                      Critics accused the men of using their fake female persona for marketing purposes. Beatriz Gimeno, former director of Spain's Women's Institute, slammed the trio as "scammers" for using the faux profile "to take in readers and journalists."

                      Used to be that women had to pretend to be men to publish.

                      Also: if they had not marketed, it would have been ok?
                      Did you catch the dig from the authors at the end of the article. We didn't expect the series to be a success and it probably would have sold more if we had used a made up male name.

                      But on the other hand if a bunch of women get upset publicly they will be the ones doing the marketing to get people to buy more books.

                      If made up female names where a benefit. Women should be happy. But it not possible to make women happy.
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                    • Profile picture of the author Profit Traveler
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                      Originally Posted by DABK View Post

                      Makes me wonder if I am in the wrong business.

                      Also, from the article you linked to:

                      Critics accused the men of using their fake female persona for marketing purposes. Beatriz Gimeno, former director of Spain's Women's Institute, slammed the trio as "scammers" for using the faux profile "to take in readers and journalists."

                      Used to be that women had to pretend to be men to publish.

                      Also: if they had not marketed, it would have been ok?

                      Reminds me of Eben Pagan.... otherwise known as "David DeAngelo"
                      $20 Million in the Dating Advice Niche Business.
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            • Profile picture of the author Profit Traveler
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              Instagram pays some members to create a couple of reels/short videos and get paid hundreds of dollars just for that.

              But some members are not even aware of it or have the option yet.

              I remember when Pat Flynn of Smart Passive Income used to share his Income Statements and he mentioned that he got his Blue Host Commissions DOUBLED and DOUBLED again.

              Many other affiliates probably are not even aware they would do this for some members.

              So always good to find out the little perks that may be available when you earn little leverage from your hard work.

              Same for making a call to your credit card companies and merely asking for better rates..sometimes it works like a charm.
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            • Profile picture of the author savidge4
              WANT and NEED are the very base of my personal and business philosophies. The 2 play differently in each aspect.

              Personally you have NEEDS like Shelter and food. But you WANT a mansion and steak and lobster for dinner. DESIRE is the bridge between both points.

              From a business perspective there are NEEDS and WANTS as well, BUT when "Selling" I have learned that the bridge is the 7 deadly sins - in order to meet the requirement of "desire".

              It has been interesting to teach this to my son, as he became more business minded the rules of NEEDS and WANTS change. as a young boy just playing a video game, say a skin for Fortnite was a WANT... but as a streamer ( business ) that same skin becomes a NEED.

              As marketers... we are ALMOST always selling WANTS. The potential client may actually NEED what you are selling, but you have to bridge the gap from WANT to NEED in order to close the sale and DESIRE is a pretty perfect term for that bridge.
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              • Profile picture of the author Odahh
                Originally Posted by savidge4 View Post

                WANT and NEED are the very base of my personal and business philosophies. The 2 play differently in each aspect.

                As marketers... we are ALMOST always selling WANTS. The potential client may actually NEED what you are selling, but you have to bridge the gap from WANT to NEED in order to close the sale and DESIRE is a pretty perfect term for that bridge.
                How are you advanced marketers leaving out status . A mansion a yacht the penthouse the the1000 escort. The private jet status items brand items 200 dollar sneakers.

                What status does owning and using these things give people. And what social groups does it get them into or show others they are in . Status is probably the main desire.
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                • Profile picture of the author savidge4
                  Originally Posted by Odahh View Post

                  How are you advanced marketers leaving out status . A mansion a yacht the penthouse the the1000 escort. The private jet status items brand items 200 dollar sneakers.

                  What status does owning and using these things give people. And what social groups does it get them into or show others they are in . Status is probably the main desire.
                  "Appearance" isnt everything, but it gets you places. BUT projecting a lifestyle vs an amount of utilitarianism is where I think many go overboard. I wear work boots, I wear dicky short sleeve work shirts, I wear Wrangler Rigg pants, and I drive a hella nice F250. Its not so much about placating to someone else, it kinda just who I am... It is in a way a lifestyle... But because one minute I am selling, and the next I might be tearing down a wall my outward appearance is utilitarian to my lifestyle, if that makes sense.

                  I had a meeting not to long ago with some hot shot builder... Drove up in his Mercedes and was wearing designer clothes and the minute we hit the meeting room and the blueprints got rolled out it was beyond clear the guy had no clue how to read them. It was very clear the guy was NOT a "builder" but a salesman - and to be honest not someone I would do business with. His flash and glam may work with many, but it wasnt working with me.

                  The point trying to be made is... Your lifestyle attracts others within the same frame of mind - and if its "Fake" then you will be surrounded by "Fake". and sure many a man / woman make a mighty fine living in those realms, but I personally dont find anything honest about any of it.

                  Living within your means says more to me than living beyond your means. Living beyond your means is simply a train wreck waiting to happen.

                  I honestly dont care what people think of me and how I "Look" People come to me because of what I have done, and will do for them. Because, I have been told, that it is clear to most that I treat others as I treat myself.

                  And in THAT ( how I treat myself ) is the outward expression of how I will act professionally. Henry Ford wasnt afraid to work, Elon Musk isnt afraid or to good to work, Bill Gates isnt afraid or to good to work. All 3 of these being what I would call models of success... not in what they did, but how they did it. THAT is the legacy that will get passed as time goes by... Colonel Sanders dead and gone, great chicken and all that but I will for ever know him as 1 more NO to a YES.

                  GREATNESS is in ACTION and not in the clothes you wear or the car you drive and the 1000 escorts... thats LIFESTYLE, and has nothing to do with ones ability to deliver.
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            • Profile picture of the author Profit Traveler
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              As marketers we hear news and trends differently than the general public.

              If we hear how many views people are getting on a platform like Tik Tok we realize there is monetary opportunity instantly and automatically.

              One of my first thoughts would be what tools to help Tik Tokers go viral can I promote or even create.
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            • Profile picture of the author savidge4

              Johann Hari is kinda my recently found best self help guru... not that I think he is actually a Guru... but damn spitting truth for sure!
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              • Profile picture of the author Odahh
                Originally Posted by savidge4 View Post

                Joe Rogan - Avoid The Trap of Materialism If You Want To Succeed In LIFE - YouTube

                Johann Hari is kinda my recently found best self help guru... not that I think he is actually a Guru... but damn spitting truth for sure!
                I wish I could add that clip to the post I made the to seemed to rant against and disagree with

                You live in a state no one wants to live in where ther is nothing to do but work . What else is there to do in the state you live in..



                Because that is what I was saying here is why people but much of the stuff they buy.

                You live in one of the poorest states in the USA the reason you are so much better then every one around you. Is smarter people leave the state you live in.

                The average cost of a house in Massachusetts where I am now is over 400,000 the city you live in is over 200,000 the state you live in barely over 100,000.

                Where you are it is very easy to be so much better than everyone around you.

                The people with talent or ability know too leave any go where they can have a better life than what can be gotten in West Virginia. Anywhere in West Virginia no matter how much money someone has
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            • Profile picture of the author Profit Traveler
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              This is one of those little money observations...

              Signs you should register a few catchy and creative domains to flip later on a popular or trending theme...

              https://www.huffpost.com/entry/truth...b010d933128fdc
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            • Profile picture of the author savidge4
              So lets REALLY get to the crux of why "You Advanced Marketers" are leaving out STATUS.

              STATUS buys NOTHING... STATUS expects something for FREE, I dont give a flying 2 cents about ones STATUS, I care about their cash flow - in 2 respects; #1 they have the ability to pay, and #2 they have the desire to invest to make more.

              The absolute #1 failure in business, and more and more TODAY, is the concept of reinvestment. People make money and then they spend money. A simple question:

              If I invest $1000 in ads and sell $2000 worth of product, Did I just make $0.00, $1000.00 or $2000.00?
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              • Profile picture of the author Odahh
                Originally Posted by savidge4 View Post

                So lets REALLY get to the crux of why

                If I invest $1000 in ads and sell $2000 worth of product, Did I just make $0.00, $1000.00 or $2000.00?
                I do not know your other numbers like the other costs besides marketing that went into the sale or how much recurring revenue that customer will bring in.

                And you are right about investment or reinvestment being a problem that has been the problem for 40 years with most companies and why Amazon and Tesla where looked at critically because they where investing in infrastructure that was not going to pay off for years .

                The problem the last 40 years is what ever investment was mad had to return in a few quarters.

                We don't have to disagree about everything

                You probably have a training program in place for your employees looks like a large number of businesses don't want to invest in employees training.

                I talk about lifestyle but I find it best to keep recurring expenses as low as possible. Which I believe you do. You will put the money in at the start to eliminate monthly cost or get them at low as possible because you have a long term mindset. The investment can pay back in thre years but save money for 40 years.

                You hedge against rising prices or benefit from them while the majority struggle to keep up or fall behind.
                I think the10-30 percent inflation of the stuff most people need to buy is going to break most people.


                Im not a steak or lobster person. Once in a while is fine I'm more a shrimp.pork chop,chicken parmigiana hamburger person. And kielbasa.
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              • Profile picture of the author 1Bryan
                Originally Posted by savidge4 View Post

                So lets REALLY get to the crux of why "You Advanced Marketers" are leaving out STATUS.

                STATUS buys NOTHING... STATUS expects something for FREE, I dont give a flying 2 cents about ones STATUS, I care about their cash flow - in 2 respects; #1 they have the ability to pay, and #2 they have the desire to invest to make more.

                The absolute #1 failure in business, and more and more TODAY, is the concept of reinvestment. People make money and then they spend money. A simple question:

                If I invest $1000 in ads and sell $2000 worth of product, Did I just make $0.00, $1000.00 or $2000.00?
                Humans evolved to want status. Where you are, Rural West Virginia, a Ford F-250 is as much of a status symbol as a Bentley is in Westchester, NY. Status is a way to get both Survival and Replication. Status sells TRILLIONS of dollars worth of product every year.

                In Rural areas -- Wrangler jeans and Ford pickups are status symbols. It's contextual. Look up Yellawolf. He's a rapper from Alabama. And when they "floss" or "flex" in the videos, it's stuff that is kinda "redneck" because that's status where he's from.

                I grew up in an urban area. In the 1980s and 1990s. What people call "the hood" and status for us?

                Was things like Timberland boots, 8 ball jackets,carpenter jeans - cuz you could stash your beeper and your baggies, and if we had cars -- Hondas and Acuras.

                Where I was from, having a 10 yr old Acura Legend on chrome rims, was status.

                But would not be status to a kid from Orange County California. it's all relative. But we all totally chase status.

                We're 98% DNA of monkeys, gorillas, and apes.

                We're hardwired to chase some form of status. Even the "New Agey" types are chasing some form of spiritual status.

                We can't ever reject the material world. Because we only inhabit the material world. From a science point of view.

                My house? Is part of Nature. But most people consider "nature" to be the woods.

                But I'm a human animal. So my house is nature. My car is nature. My clothes is nature. And I totally try to elevate in a pecking order --

                Status.

                Status doesn't just mean "luxury". The cool thing about having traveled to many areas - is seeing what "status" is in those areas.

                But it all comes back to evolution. The higher my status is, the more I feel "protected" (survival) and the more likely I have better choices of sex partners (replication).

                We ALL want some form of status. It just looks different, depending on where you are, and what group you wanna be a part of.
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                • Profile picture of the author Jonathan 2.0
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                  @1Bryan.

                  Thanks for sharing your opinion/perspective.

                  I was part of The Seduction Community for a brief time ... And although there are a lot of good Teachers (etc.) there is also a lot of bad advice. Lots of it. Personally, I think there's a lot more to Life than just "survival " and "replication." In fact there's something called "evolution." (And that basically means: "How living things change over time and how new species develop.") Similar to being stuck in another "Matrix" ... People can transcend being a "PUA" (etc.)

                  Personally I think that looking at Life just in terms of "survival" and "replication" is kind of bleak. Don't get me wrong -- I think Erik von Markovik is a genius of "Social Dynamics" ... However there is much more to Life than that.

                  In fact I think "Spiritual Values" are much more important and significant than S&R Values ... What are they though?

                  "Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, gentleness, and self-control."
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                  • Profile picture of the author Profit Traveler
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                    Originally Posted by Jonathan 2.0 View Post

                    @1Bryan.

                    Thanks for sharing your opinion/perspective.

                    I was part of The Seduction Community for a brief time ... And although there a lot of good Teachers (etc.) there are also a lot of bad advice. Lots of it. Personally, I think there's a lot more to Life than just "survival " and "replication." In fact there's something called "evolution." (And that basically means: "How living things change over time and how new species develop.") Similar to being stuck in another "Matrix" ... People can transcend being a "PUA" (etc.)

                    Personally I think that looking at Life just in terms of "survival" and "replication" is kind of bleak. Don't get me wrong -- I think Erik von Markovik is a genius of "Social Dynamics" ... However there is much more to Life than that.

                    In fact I think "Spiritual Values" are much more important and significant than S&R Values ... What are they though?

                    "Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, gentleness, and self-control."

                    Awesomeness! Now how do we earn a living with that?

                    Actually endless ways.

                    The first is becoming the best person you can be will make you more productive.

                    Also Niches/Markets like Self Improvement are huge, evergreen, and lucrative.

                    But applying it first will give you an even bigger edge I believe.

                    Even right here on the forum I remember years ago creating a WSO and any Sales Copy I include just naturally flows from what I know is inside the content but the WSO Rules included a tip something like copy what successful WSOs have.

                    It is and will always be a part of this world we all love.

                    Even Anthony Robbins says to "model" after success one way or another.

                    I think it is pretty cool though to see a reminder that we do not have to sell our souls to make bank. High 5.
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                    Originally Posted by Jonathan 2.0 View Post

                    @1Bryan.



                    In fact I think "Spiritual Values" are much more important and significant than S&R Values ... What are they though?

                    "Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, gentleness, and self-control."
                    I was never much into pick up artists and Mgtow and alpha mindsets stuff is a turn of.

                    When things settle down and travel becomes easier again if I go somewhere rent an apartment and live there for a while and learn some of the local language I will date women I find attractive. But that is because I go where there are many attractive women.

                    I am also able to hold discussion with attractive women without trying to pick them up or push the issue and that will lead to a friend they think you should meet.

                    I need to take 50 pounds off before I do that though. And get my internet income up to levels that will qualify for digital nomad visas.

                    The main problem with status is the manager running an office with 200 employees has more status that a manager with 10 employees even if because of automation and advanced technology. Those ten employees generate far more profit.
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                    On the internet, survival and replication are seen as "seduction". In biology, not so much.

                    I was talking about biology. Real, factual biology based on Darwin. Not based on Mystery or Neil Strauss lol.

                    If you look for it, you'll see it. Male zebras, for example will stomp a newborn baby zebra to death.

                    Why?

                    Because if the baby dies, the female goes into heat. The male wants her to go into heat. So people are "shocked" when they see a male zebra stomp a newborn to death.

                    There's a viral video on that. A bunch of posh English girls are mortified.

                    Evolution is replication and survival. That's the core. If you don't think so? You don't believe in evolution.

                    Most people actually don't.
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                    • Profile picture of the author Jonathan 2.0
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                      Hi 1Bryan.

                      Originally Posted by 1Bryan View Post

                      I was talking about biology. Real, factual biology based on Darwin. Not based on Mystery or Neil Strauss lol.
                      Ha ― fair enough. Good point. : )

                      Note:
                      To be honest I was somewhat concerned that I was being too "critical" with my post ... (I shouldn't post when I've had a couple.) However thankfully it seems like you didn't mind. AllTheBest : )
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                  • Profile picture of the author Profit Traveler
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                    In the Era of the Viruses that is exactly what makes us a ton of money.

                    Going Viral.

                    But unlike physical virus we definitely want to ENGAGE.

                    Having huge followers is cool but engagement is what advertisers want to see.

                    Huge totally Free Opportunities is definitely one of if not the biggest advantage of this era to stack some chips.
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                    • Profile picture of the author Odahh
                      Originally Posted by Profit Traveler View Post

                      In the Era of the Viruses that is exactly what makes us a ton of money.

                      Going Viral.

                      But unlike physical virus we definitely want to ENGAGE.

                      Having huge followers is cool but engagement is what advertisers want to see.

                      Huge totally Free Opportunities is definitely one of if not the biggest advantage of this era to stack some chips.
                      The era we are in would have come about even if the was no cough cough.

                      We get an opportunity previous generations did not have as there is plenty of cash flowing around the planet and many advances and adaptations that will smooth out the massive changes we see now.

                      The cough cough has killed significantly less people than a world war which has tended to be the only way to make so many changes so fast. In history.

                      And now we are seeing world wide economy upheaval as many people are exploring the new options and don't want to go back to the old normal.

                      This is over simplified but the old normal if the steak you wanted in a restaurant was pricey you basically had to go earn more money to eat restaurant style steak

                      Now if the price of going out to eat jumps there are many ways to buy the needed equipment and buy quality steak and make a better than restaurant steak at home for a fraction of the cost and that equipment also allows you to cook other meats after some experimenting and learning so after only a few meals the savings of the equipment.

                      Now if you have a couple and one works outside the home and the other stays home makes some money but does a lot of value add to attain a higher standard of living for the family without earning a lot of money.

                      The 1 in 1000 determined to be great might have many ways to be great and be very rich.

                      I'm focused on what the majority of people can do to improve their lives
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                  • Profile picture of the author Profit Traveler
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                    @Odahh WELL SAID.

                    Now you have me thinking about Steaks Delivery Business. But like lobsters I know it is being done but always room for more.

                    The term Foodie I always laughed at when I first heard it but probably making some people a heck of alot of money.

                    I saw on a dating site part of the girls profile description said "Foodie" I immediately thought she is destined to be overweight. Never know.

                    But point is people are making some major bank just discussing Food and uploading images of food.

                    And can not forget the South Korean woman making nearly $10,000 a month just EATING FOOD ON CAM!

                    What a world we live in.
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                      Originally Posted by Profit Traveler View Post

                      @Odahh WELL SAID.

                      Now you have me thinking about Steaks Delivery Business. But like lobsters I know it is being done but always room for more.

                      And can not forget the South Korean woman making nearly $10,000 a month just EATING FOOD ON CAM!

                      What a world we live in.
                      My preference is supplying ingredients the jobs of done the best in even the way I used to earn ingame money in mmorpgs was ingredients.

                      I would skip steak or lobster if I was to get into the food business after I figure out where I want to stay and build such a business I'd star with quail or aquaponic system that produced tilapia .

                      My proffered end client would be people who used souis vide set ups and the product would be preseasons vacume package meals you pul out of the freezer and cook in the souis vide

                      As far as foodi goes I am starting to think authentic is a posh word for standardization and foodie people want their exotic dishes to taste about the same where they eat.

                      Poor people outside the USA understand the value of quality ingredients and know how to cook good tasting meals based on the best ingredients they could afford that day. That is true authentic anything cooking

                      If I was to post videos online it would be how to make low cost and taste food I might start that once I head back down south in a few weeks I just don't know where I am gayer just that I am going.

                      The only foodie I would listen to is a poor mother in a developing country who takes pride in cooking the best food for her children.

                      I am critical of the USA food wise because of the food as fuel and macro components mindset that turns eating into a stressful experience.

                      One thing I get from listening to successful people even savage is that lifestyle and work are intertwined.

                      So instead of the majority mindset where people do this thing over here to make money so they can do the stuff they really want to do when not working. The minority figure out what they really want to do and a way to make money doing it.
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                      • Profile picture of the author savidge4
                        Originally Posted by Odahh View Post

                        One thing I get from listening to successful people even savage is that lifestyle and work are intertwined.

                        So instead of the majority mindset where people do this thing over here to make money so they can do the stuff they really want to do when not working. The minority figure out what they really want to do and a way to make money doing it.
                        YES YES and YES... If you dont love doing it, then WHY the flipside of a turnip are you doing it?

                        If you happen to fall in the Majority.. sure there is a time frame that you have to do what you have to do, to get your passion thing going... And this is where the whole budget thing... the compounding of profits right back into the passion, and living within the means of your hated majority side of your life. My eBay thread... My son and I rolled over $100,000.00 in ONE YEAR. Thats when you quit your job, and keep going.

                        My total monthly expenses ( for a family of 3 ) if I had a car and house payment would be less than $2500 a month. $100,000 in the bank... thats 4 years of doing nothing... and then understanding that $100K was amassed in 2 hours a day?

                        My problem in these discussions is I am not tied to a specific thing as an interest... I LOVE the PROCESS. I can buy low and sell high all day long and love every minute of it. Ironically the one thing I do have a passion for... for the most part I dont monetize it. I do woodworking to relax. I make stuff and give it away most of the time. Im making a kick ton of wooden trucks and cars to donate to different organizations for Christmas. I enjoy it, therefore I do it. I like buying crap at Goodwill and selling it... Dont so much like the garage sale scene, and guess what... I dont go to them

                        EVERYTHING in life is a choice. you are where you are at RIGHT NOW, by choice. The sooner people understand that.. the sooner people start adjusting their choices, the happier people will be.

                        Im sorry, but hey Im gonna start after this that or the other.. EXCUSES all day long. START today and goto goodwill or something similar and start buying and selling Kitchen stuff... build a BANK, and enjoy doing it.

                        And once you start with the cooking and videos... you will have a STORE full of second hand finds you can link to and sell - Welcome to the world of marketing... Have something to sell... find those interested in it, become one of them, and sell the living day lights outta your inventory to them - It really is THAT EASY

                        Read my signature line... anything less, is an excuse... its not some cute line, its a way of life... Its a lifestyle.

                        And Odahh Im really not picking on you... here we are at this point discussing all this enlightened stuff... and wanting to help? In my maybe not so humble opinion.. YOU ask for far 2 little. Think about what you have said in recent posts in this thread... you want to help... BUT that is countered by all I need is to make enough to get a nomad visa... thats all about YOU, there is no helping in that. There is NOTHING wrong with acquiring money... its even better when you can help others while doing it. YOU have PLENTY to offer, and are holding yourself back.

                        Think for a moment what it is I do for a living... I provide a myriad of services to business owners to manifest their WANTS. I make DREAMS a reality. And in the process ( my strength ) I define their NEEDS, that make the whole thing possible. THAT is what I do for a living - It gets NO BETTER really.

                        2 months ago I got the absolute best referral ever. A recently retired couple just left 40 years each of their MAJORITY I hate my job to start their own business. They were months from losing it all. It was their accountant that referred me. I walked in colder than cold, and the accountant didnt even tell them I was coming, talk about awkward. 2 months later... they are working twice as many hours as they were before, making profit, and loving every minute of it.

                        I have been reading you here for a long time now... you want to be free... you want to travel... you want to go places that are better for your health... i pay attention... BUT none of this is going to just fall in your lap... UNLESS you win the lottery, and you cant win the lottery if you dont at least put in the effort to buy tickets. You need to get over the whole money and work is evil thing... THATS a choice, and again, a choice that has you where you are today. You need to start making new choices.. you need to choose happiness above and beyond anything else... and DO WHAT YOU ENJOY.

                        If cooking and ingredients gets your rocks off... make it happen, You COULD start first thing in the morning. $40 and a dream bro ( https://www.warriorforum.com/warrior...days-ebay.html ) your way IN, is right there, and I am right there with you... DM me - ill answer. YOU can be happy, YOU can enjoy what you are doing, and YOU can enjoy from where you are doing it - CHOICES
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                    • Profile picture of the author 1Bryan
                      Originally Posted by Profit Traveler View Post


                      And can not forget the South Korean woman making nearly $10,000 a month just EATING FOOD ON CAM!

                      What a world we live in.
                      Just to add to that. I recently found a guy who is a former gangbanger. And all he does is goof on wannabe gangstas on the Internet. Each one of his Youtube videos gets around 50K views. And he creates about one a day.

                      And you can see he's gotten himself out of the hood and into a nice upscale apartment. Just by goofing on fake gangstas. And not even really being famous.

                      The opportunities we have in 2021 are crazy good.
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                      • Profile picture of the author Odahh
                        Originally Posted by 1Bryan View Post

                        Just to add to that. I recently found a guy who is a former gangbanger. And all he does is goof on wannabe gangstas on the Internet. Each one of his Youtube videos gets around 50K views. And he creates about one a day.

                        And you can see he's gotten himself out of the hood and into a nice upscale apartment. Just by goofing on fake gangstas. And not even really being famous.

                        The opportunities we have in 2021 are crazy good.
                        I watch a wide verity of YouTube channels . A few hundred or a few thousand extra a month is a big difference for most people.

                        Now uncle roger building millions of subscribers crapping on Jamie Oliver fried rice that is a great example but hard to replicate. Sorry children .

                        The biggest opportunities come from understanding there are a lot of people with money who will spend it on rare hard to find stuff . The people who spend 7 dollars for a Starbucks coffee and five buck on a eggbite to go with it.

                        And you can use social media to connect with these people
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                      • Profile picture of the author Profit Traveler
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                        Originally Posted by 1Bryan View Post

                        Just to add to that. I recently found a guy who is a former gangbanger. And all he does is goof on wannabe gangstas on the Internet. Each one of his Youtube videos gets around 50K views. And he creates about one a day.

                        And you can see he's gotten himself out of the hood and into a nice upscale apartment. Just by goofing on fake gangstas. And not even really being famous.

                        The opportunities we have in 2021 are crazy good.

                        Interesting!

                        I would rather take my chances ragging on Beyonce and take the heat of "The Beygency" then even a fake gangsta.

                        Because there is no Fake Crazy on the Net it's all real all the time.


                        There was a guy that was taking Magic Tricks Direct from Instagram and putting them on YouTube with just a "sorry if I did not give proper credit"

                        This was his stats all year...in the $Millions.

                        But it caught up to him and YouTube just Shut Him Down recently. His Channel was just called "MAGIC
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                  • Profile picture of the author Profit Traveler
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                    I got a lottery ticket today.

                    I only get one. Because if I get any more that Guarantees I have losers in my pocket.

                    I am sure the smart ass kids that figured out the lottery math in college recently in the news and using the Lottery like a broke ATM spitting out money would not agree with my rationale completely.

                    It's a numbers game. But on a high level.

                    We make alot of decisions in life not really based on math and odds.

                    If you ask most people that just left Las Vegas totally broke many can not wait to go back!


                    And now I am changing channels in my head....

                    I remember once when I owned a BMW Convertible and it had a sweet wooden steering wheel and super shiny paint job. Tan Top and Red body and I had a custom spoiler kit on it. (A speeding ticket magnet even if it was parked.)

                    One day I am going to shop at one of those big house renovations warehouses to buy something I get out the car and this woman is sitting in driver seat of her car parked and angrily screams at me "I hope you get Testicular Cancer! right out the blue.

                    She was really angry! I just kept walking maintained my cool but once I got inside I had to share it with someone and told the cashier who said oh she is probably just having a bad day.

                    I was not feeling that at the time but was good to hear that because my brain could not fully process it at that moment.

                    But right now from top to bottom I just shared several ways we humans think about MONEY.
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                    • Profile picture of the author savidge4
                      Originally Posted by Profit Traveler View Post

                      I got a lottery ticket today.
                      Is this the secret? I buy 2 at a time 3x a week... Mega Millions, and Powerball. Are you suggesting I should be buying 1 a day 6 days a week?

                      I have won $4.00 this year... I go weeks without even having a number... Its so bad that the gas station I go into every day all I have to do at the counter is ask for "2 losers please" and they know to get a mega millions and a powerball ticket. I am sure my $12.00 a week is going to something good - actually in WV it goes to the States general fund and helps provide programs for the elderly and such... not to bad, but in say South Carolina it pays for in state college tuition - education and future.. probably a better use of the funds.

                      Maybe I should work to change that in my home state?
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                      • Profile picture of the author Profit Traveler
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                        Originally Posted by savidge4 View Post

                        Is this the secret? I buy 2 at a time 3x a week... Mega Millions, and Powerball. Are you suggesting I should be buying 1 a day 6 days a week?

                        I have won $4.00 this year... I go weeks without even having a number... Its so bad that the gas station I go into every day all I have to do at the counter is ask for "2 losers please" and they know to get a mega millions and a powerball ticket. I am sure my $12.00 a week is going to something good - actually in WV it goes to the States general fund and helps provide programs for the elderly and such... not to bad, but in say South Carolina it pays for in state college tuition - education and future.. probably a better use of the funds.

                        Maybe I should work to change that in my home state?

                        That is hilarious!

                        The Key Take Away for Making Money from the Lottery.

                        Build a Website for people that love it. Just keep posting stories of "Winners"

                        I have seen a few. Huge traffic and selling courses. Definitely seasoned marketers at work. Some even made sense.


                        Want to know who was getting truck loads of cash and wasting it?

                        One of the worse money managers in history.

                        MOTHER TERESA The Patron Saint.

                        At the time of her death, Mother Teresa had opened 517 missions welcoming the poor and sick in more than 100 countries. The missions have been described as "homes for the dying" by doctors visiting several of these establishments in Calcutta. Two-thirds of the people coming to these missions hoped to a find a doctor to treat them, while the other third lay dying without receiving appropriate care. The doctors observed a significant lack of hygiene, even unfit conditions, as well as a shortage of actual care, inadequate food, and no painkillers.

                        The problem is not a lack of money--the Foundation created by Mother Teresa has raised hundreds of millions of dollars--but rather a particular conception of suffering and death:

                        https://scienceblog.com/60730/mother...g-but-a-saint/
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                    • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
                      Originally Posted by Profit Traveler View Post

                      I got a lottery ticket today.

                      I only get one. Because if I get any more that Guarantees I have losers in my pocket.

                      But right now from top to bottom I just shared several ways we humans think about MONEY.
                      Thanks Profit Traveler, we humans do have many ideas about what money is, can do and all that.

                      It triggers all of the so-called deadly sins, identified by medieval writers reading a bible.

                      It is, for all but the very smallest factions of people, something we have to deal with.

                      What is great about the WF is we are able to see so many different ways to make money, and so many different ideas of what it is; the good, the bad and the ugly.

                      As for lottery (and in the spirit of transparency, I do offer a lottery method for sale), it is much like any business start up, MOST, the majority don't have a clue.

                      The problem with lottery is, like with IM here, it attracts the poor and desperate, those in need of money NOW. For whatever reason (although on close examination, it is almost always a result of their own behavior and making some bad choices), the people without money turn to the lure of quick cash the lottery offers. Same as many here turn to the lure of affiliate marketing as a solution to their dire straights, thinking it to be a fast and easy to learn way of IM.

                      Those college students you mentioned, did their homework, and SPENT a lot of money to get their winnings (the Black Swan group if you do a search)...take note they are Ivy leaguers not from the community college.

                      Actually, savidge4 would be a huge winner if he were a gambler, I say that because his penchant for data and details, if applied to any big payoff gambling

                      like NFL football, since today is Sunday...

                      would give him as much an edge in gambling games as it does in business, although he is too smart for the lure of easy moolah.

                      Take today's game in Cleveland. I write this before it is being played. But will Baker Mayfield's shoulder give out? Will injuries make the difference?

                      Just as little ball took the Oakland A's to the playoffs and a record win streak along the way, statistical analysis when used by gamblers, can produce some huge ROI, if approached with a business sense.

                      Alas, it isn't. Getting a 2 digit ROI on lottery requires tracking and developing a feel too. It isn't just ALL science and math, although most of it is.

                      I spent a lot of money playing golf for decades (although I won a lot more than it cost to play), and when I gave up golf, I took on lottery as my weekly hobby, with the same intent, it has to pay its own way, otherwise, I'll just stick with baking sticky buns.

                      But as for making money...

                      it really does begin as a thought, an idea...then maybe belief coupled with focused activity, and as humans we tend to avoid pain and seek pleasure, so it makes sense to make money doing something which doesn't repulse us, eh?

                      Anyhow. We have a lot of different ideas about making money, and all contributions to the thread are appreciated.

                      GordonJ
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                      • Profile picture of the author socialentry
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                        Originally Posted by GordonJ View Post

                        The problem with lottery is, like with IM here, it attracts the poor and desperate, those in need of money NOW.
                        I also wonder about this.

                        I don't know much about gambling but from the limited amount I've read of people finding an exploit in lotteries or casino games, it often had to do with the Random number generator the house used or rather human error related to it. E.g. a programmer that used a 3-digit number instead of a 16-digit one.

                        I wouldn't be surprised if 30 years from now, state lotteries and casinos still make these mistakes, but It really takes a certain kind of personality that I think most would-be lotto winners don't have.

                        In all cases, googling "how to beat the lottery" or checking self-help books is likely the wrong answer.

                        I spent a lot of money playing golf for decades (although I won a lot more than it cost to play), and when I gave up golf, I took on lottery as my weekly hobby, with the same intent, it has to pay its own way, otherwise, I'll just stick with baking sticky buns.
                        I wonder if golf gave you a lot non-obvious benefits?

                        I ask because humanities take a very big part of my life. Even without a monetary incentive, I would indulge in them anyways. As a young kid and teen, it didn't see any immediate benefit,

                        I don't think my career will have much to do with the humanities, but as an adult, yeah, in terms of networking, there deff. are. It's something that I can relate to much more easily than drinking at the local watering hole.
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                        • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
                          Thanks socialentry, about this:

                          I wonder if golf gave you a lot non-obvious benefits?



                          Well, now for the Paul Harvey, "rest of the story"....

                          For me, they were not NON obvious. The golf course was one of my labs. Like school was, or many places where I worked. I became obsessed with human behavior at a very young age, thanks to a local salesman giving me two books to read;

                          Elmer Wheeler's TESTED SENTENCES THAT SELL and
                          Elmer Leterman's THE SALE BEGINS WHEN THE CUSTOMER SAYS NO.

                          Wheeler talks about his HUMAN BEHAVIOR laboratories, or, retail stores...where he tested his sentences out and came up with that trope of all selling

                          don't sell the steak, sell the sizzle

                          And other wonderful little gems.

                          Although I was very good golfer, most of the guys I took money from were better, PGA pros with great swings but they all had a chink in their mental armor. Mainly ego.

                          I have hundreds of notebooks full of lab results, which have been field tested. This arsenal may be compared to a successful salesman's bag of tricks or closing techniques.

                          As a copywriter/Creative Marketing Professional, I always began with that blank piece of paper and my TARGET drawn on it first, knowing what her primary preoccupations were regarding the thing I was offering. Thank goodness I had other people's money to play with to learn more from the REMOTE lab of human persuasion and influence.

                          So, my humanities, as I understand your use of it, is colored by decades long curiosity on what makes people do the things they do. Yes, enjoying someone's company has its own rewards and benefits the soul and spirit too.

                          And on the course, there were times of enjoying the moment, but when it comes to the competition, with your wallet on the line, you use all talents and skills you have in your bag to make sure you leave with more than you came with.

                          The good thing about golf was, it afforded both of those times: friends and competitors.

                          GordonJ

                          PS. My work on golf, a book, THINK AND REACH PAR, became the foundation of a report THINK AND REACH PROFITS using the same TARP system I used in the book.


                          Originally Posted by socialentry View Post

                          I also wonder about this.

                          I don't know much about gambling but from the limited amount I've read of people finding an exploit in lotteries or casino games, it often had to do with the Random number generator the house used or rather human error related to it. E.g. a programmer that used a 3-digit number instead of a 16-digit one.

                          I wouldn't be surprised if 30 years from now, state lotteries and casinos still make these mistakes, but It really takes a certain kind of personality that I think most would-be lotto winners don't have.

                          In all cases, googling "how to beat the lottery" or checking self-help books is likely the wrong answer.

                          I wonder if golf gave you a lot non-obvious benefits?

                          I ask because humanities take a very big part of my life. Even without a monetary incentive, I would indulge in them anyways. As a young kid and teen, it didn't see any immediate benefit,

                          I don't think my career will have much to do with the humanities, but as an adult, yeah, in terms of networking, there deff. are. It's something that I can relate to much more easily than drinking at the local watering hole.
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                          • Profile picture of the author Odahh
                            Originally Posted by GordonJ View Post

                            Thanks socialentry, about this:

                            I wonder if golf gave you a lot non-obvious benefits?





                            So, my humanities, as I understand your use of it, is colored by decades long curiosity on what makes people do the things they do. Yes, enjoying someone's company has its own rewards and benefits the soul and spirit too.


                            GordonJ
                            I'm not an economist but economics is interesting. The majority of humans I have run into make sun optimal choices that tend to be against their interests .

                            Now this is my crazy view . Many of those choices are attempts to copy the lifestyles of the rich of previous generations.

                            Only the rich could afford to eat chicken regularly before ww2 . But that chicken probably tasted much better than the mass produced cheap chicken of today.
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                              Yes, chickens were expensive and a treat for the wealthy...in cities and urban areas. This due to lack of refrigeration and transport problems.

                              The Herbert Hoover presidential campaign of 1928 apparently wanted a chicken for every pot and two cars in the garage to celebrate Republican wealth for all. Although the chicken in the country, rural farm areas was a dining table staple even then.

                              Economies of city life, especially pre electric, pre refrigeration could be horrific for the masses, and they were masses of poor. Elizabethan London and end of 19th century New York were the hubs of worldwide "news"...and the centers of culture, or more accurately THE WEALTHY.

                              Honestly, I have no idea what you mean about optimal choices that tend to be against their interests. How does that work?

                              Are you saying the poor or middle class copy so-called lifestyles of the rich of past generations? I would disagree with if this is what you are saying.

                              As a kid who had to cut the heads off of chickens at the farm, I will say I don't know about flavor, I know they were what we call today free range but laden with lard and salt, as was most of that "natural" food we ate.

                              You are right about mass production, and that took off post WWII when antibiotics, and fattening processes were implemented, and that because they could be transported in refrigerated trucks or frozen.

                              So today, is Generation Alpha, and not too far behind is the Z,X and suddenly older "kids".

                              My generation of boomers, I guess we thought Cadillacs and swimming pools, maybe a country club membership, some stocks, riding lawn mowers...were the quest for the nouveau riche of that time. None of which the older generations had.

                              Maybe I just don't get your premise, but I don't think yesterday's status symbols are what most Alphas will be going after, will
                              they?

                              GordonJ

                              Originally Posted by Odahh View Post

                              I'm not an economist but economics is interesting. The majority of humans I have run into make sun optimal choices that tend to be against their interests .

                              Now this is my crazy view . Many of those choices are attempts to copy the lifestyles of the rich of previous generations.

                              Only the rich could afford to eat chicken regularly before ww2 . But that chicken probably tasted much better than the mass produced cheap chicken of today.
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                  • Profile picture of the author Profit Traveler
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                    Excellent interesting comments covering so many facets of that elusive COIN.

                    These days there are Doo Doo Coins and Lassie Coins but sometimes you feel like you missed the train so why bother. But never too late just do your homework.

                    Was reading a story a guy got off the phone with his politician brother and called his stock broker 1 min after.

                    Leverage.

                    Money makes us do crazy things.

                    How many people offed somebody for insurance and got caught anyway.

                    How many families got torn apart over a will.

                    I do not know how the Winklevoss Twins wake up each day and see Zuck is worth $113.5 BILLION from their idea.
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                    • Profile picture of the author Odahh
                      Originally Posted by Profit Traveler View Post

                      Excellent interesting comments covering so many facets of that elusive COIN.
                      .

                      I do not know how the Winklevoss Twins wake up each day and see Zuck is worth $113.5 BILLION from their idea.
                      The twins are doing fine they moved on into crypto and only have a net worth of 6 billion in bitcoin or what ever it would be know .

                      So I think they are fine
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                      • Profile picture of the author Profit Traveler
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                        Originally Posted by Odahh View Post

                        The twins are doing fine they moved on into crypto and only have a net worth of 6 billion in bitcoin or what ever it would be know .

                        So I think they are fine
                        Zuck spends $23.4 Million on Security in a Year.

                        You do not hear anything on that topic for other billionaires.
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                        • Profile picture of the author Odahh
                          Originally Posted by Profit Traveler View Post

                          Zuck spends $23.4 Million on Security in a Year.

                          You do not hear anything on that topic for other billionaires.
                          Well the twins are probably mothers only ones suck and his wife have screwed over. I think there was something about removing the native population from around his property in Hawaii.

                          I wish I could save that the auto correct on my phone changed almost every word

                          Anyway trying again. I am certain zuck and his wife have screwed over many . And he is probably paying several security agencies to watch each other
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                          • Profile picture of the author Profit Traveler
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                            Originally Posted by Odahh View Post

                            Well the twins are probably mothers only ones suck and his wife have screwed over. I think there was something about removing the native population from around his property in Hawaii.

                            I wish I could save that the auto correct on my phone changed almost every word

                            Anyway trying again. I am certain zuck and his wife have screwed over many . And he is probably paying several security agencies to watch each other

                            Wonder what is the motivating factor or lack of it to fly off in a rocket to zero gravity for Billionaires.

                            Big take aways from the Zuckbook....

                            Give away something free...with incentives to keep returning.

                            Make people feel like they own some real estate even when they don't.

                            Study the human brain so you know how to manipulate it to your advantage.
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                            • Profile picture of the author Odahh
                              Originally Posted by Profit Traveler View Post

                              Wonder what is the motivating factor or lack of it to fly off in a rocket to zero gravity for Billionaires.

                              Big take aways from the Zuckbook....

                              Give away something free...with incentives to keep returning.

                              Make people feel like they own some real estate even when they don't.

                              Study the human brain so you know how to manipulate it to your advantage.
                              If someone is a sociopath and has no care the damage they do to people's lives. So they can make as much money as they want.

                              Basically if you doing stuff that isn't banned or illegal yet. But you know it will be and you are just making as much as you can before that point.

                              But if there is no charge for the service you are the product
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                              • Profile picture of the author Profit Traveler
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                                Originally Posted by Odahh View Post

                                If someone is a sociopath and has no care the damage they do to people's lives. So they can make as much money as they want.

                                Basically if you doing stuff that isn't banned or illegal yet. But you know it will be and you are just making as much as you can before that point.

                                But if there is no charge for the service you are the product

                                Well said.

                                I am also in the Motivational Niche on Instagram.

                                Guess what Meme Cover I see as one of the most popular right up there with the Billionaire's Quotes?

                                The Joker! (a violent psycho)

                                Kids these days.


                                Sometimes someone will post a meme like Zuck is a super hero....I have to control myself....

                                There is a saying something about you never take a "Number 2". Where You Eat.

                                And who knows Zuck (owner of Instagram) could be reading my posts.

                                Always apply discipline (never emotions) on a possible income stream. Poker and Investing Philosophy.
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                    • Profile picture of the author 1Bryan
                      Originally Posted by Profit Traveler View Post

                      I do not know how the Winklevoss Twins wake up each day and see Zuck is worth $113.5 BILLION from their idea.
                      That story has a lot more context to it. AOL was doing a crude form of all that in the 1990s. You had a friends list, a profile page, and could Instant Message anyone. The Winklevoss story is more about LOCATION - colleges.

                      It was taking what AOL and Yahoo already started to do, because Yahoo was doing the same thing and then just taking it to the next logical conclusion.

                      Not much original. What was original was FB being able to make it almost as big as Google.

                      And on WaFo that should be appreciated. No idea is really "original" because AOL just built a bit on what BBS boards did.

                      Marketing is the difference and the twins had nothing to do with marketing.

                      The original FB was just Friendster for colleges.
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                      • Profile picture of the author Profit Traveler
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                        Originally Posted by 1Bryan View Post

                        That story has a lot more context to it. AOL was doing a crude form of all that in the 1990s. You had a friends list, a profile page, and could Instant Message anyone. The Winklevoss story is more about LOCATION - colleges.

                        It was taking what AOL and Yahoo already started to do, because Yahoo was doing the same thing and then just taking it to the next logical conclusion.

                        Not much original. What was original was FB being able to make it almost as big as Google.

                        And on WaFo that should be appreciated. No idea is really "original" because AOL just built a bit on what BBS boards did.

                        Marketing is the difference and the twins had nothing to do with marketing.

                        The original FB was just Friendster for colleges.

                        In your opinion what exactly did Zuck get sued for and Paid Millions in Settlement for to the twins.?

                        $65 Million Dollars.


                        Because I would never know that happened according to what you typed above.


                        Fastforward to Current Day...Zuck is in the News for putting Profit before all else.

                        And it affects us all not just the Twins.
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                          Originally Posted by Profit Traveler View Post

                          In your opinion what exactly did Zuck get sued for and Paid Millions in Settlement for to the twins.?

                          $65 Million Dollars.


                          Because I would never know that happened according to what you typed above.


                          Fastforward to Current Day...Zuck is in the News for putting Profit before all else.

                          And it affects us all not just the Twins.
                          Well I can see the dangers Facebook is looking to be the aol of the meta verse and provide the first fully digital currency for the virtual economy . Backed by the network effects of Facebooks 3 billion users.
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                  • Profile picture of the author Profit Traveler
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                    Number one tool fueling Crypto right now is MEMES.

                    Very deliberate direct marketing.
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                    • Profile picture of the author savidge4
                      Originally Posted by Profit Traveler View Post

                      Number one tool fueling Crypto right now is MEMES.

                      Very deliberate direct marketing.
                      I would argue the ONLY tool.

                      I will say it is REALLY COOL watching the single greatest trade ever ( $8000.00 worth of Shibu Inu now worth 5,400,000,000.00 +/- ) The person has transferred about half of his coins around.

                      And on top of that watching Shib unfold at the seams with the sudden appearance of 154,000,000,000 added coins has been a hoot to watch.

                      I say this now... there is a need for a decentralized Crypto Burn facilitator. Once a coin is "Burned" it needs to remain burned... I think a "Dead Wallet" was not so dead, and thats what created the sudden increase in coins.

                      Paying attention to Doge lately? I suspect things are about to get interesting - as in REAL interesting. Musk stated what last week? he was going to be not only the first Trillionaire, but the first DOGE trillionaire... then the other day he is now the "unofficial" CEO of Doge Coin? ( per a tweet from Doge ) Did Musk just BUY Doge?

                      And then Musks Chinese Poem tweet about beans? did you know "Beans" in Chinese is said Doge with an added e on the end kinda like "Dogey"

                      And YET its ALL MEME driven, there is no reason for 9/10's ( and thats being modest ) of the crap I am investing in to actually be worth anything. Woo Hoo I can spend my Shib on movie tickets - yeah ok

                      Read most of the crap that goes on with this stuff... you very quickly begin to realize that NO ONE has even a clue about things like Market Cap... Shib's going to $1.00 they say... $0.01 is beyond a stretch let alone $1.00 Im looking for .00073 and I am out at 100X my investment.

                      Doge on the other hand - to many red flashy lights in the horizon - way to many
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                  • Profile picture of the author savidge4
                    Now that we have determined oh so many ways and topics that can make money..I pose a question - or rather a statement and a question. With my thread ( https://www.warriorforum.com/warrior...days-ebay.html ) demonstrate with proof of concept that this method works. Its not that it worked... its that it WORKS as in repeatable, scalable, and any other good stuff.

                    This method will not only work with buying and selling from Goodwill... but retail arbitrage in general. It also works for goods that could be "Made" like hand crafts and woodworking etc. AND its not just eBay this concept works for... It will work for Instagram Marketplace, Facebook Marketplace, Etsy, Bonanza and to some extent Amazon ( really a different animal but the principles could be applied ) Basically a UNIVERSAL method for selling goods and making money online.

                    So the question then becomes for a "Product" outside of being a physical product, how do WE set a systemin place that anyone could replicate?

                    The idea of using a centralized market place I might suggest is out of the question ( or at least in my mind) someone just beginning and with no actual proven skills has no business selling a report on the Warrior market place telling others how to make money online.

                    So its not so much a question of what to sell - thats been answered over and over... its a matter of HOW to sell. And I dont think there is so much an easy answer. I literally do not sell information - and as I am pointing out for good reason... selling a physical product is simply easier, and repeatable in process regardless of what you are selling.

                    Systematically how does one find a tribe? How does one begin interacting with said tribe? How does one transition from a part of the tribe to an authority? How does one then transition the authority into conversion of an offer?

                    And let me maybe answer some of this... here in lies why you should NEVER pick a niche based on how much money you could make - It adds so many levels of complication, its not even funny. Picking a tribe? should maybe be a tribe you are already a member of?

                    Personal example... I am going to start selling wood products that i make. I have aspirations and skills far greater than the gazillions of wood trucks and cars and rocking horses I produce for local charities during the holidays - Not that I am going to stop doing that, because #1 its therapeutic for me, and #2 its really damn good PR. And SERIOUSLY... the PR aspect is just a side bonus I have done it for years before there was any amount of recognition for my efforts.

                    So I have already started commenting Youtube videos, I have guest written a number of pieces for blogs and youtubers blogs - I have basically started developing Authority right? SO I will continue these efforts and at some point instead of just a Name Drop, I will ask for a link drop right? And then as I preach semi loud and often I will use pillar marketing to get the tribe to my site, and see all of the many other avenues they can reach out to me, and I will begin to sell stuff from PLATFORMS.

                    I am not about to say that selling information wouldn't couldn't and shouldn't be the same... BUT IS IT? Honestly not my area of expertise to answer the question. BUT is the basic same blueprint the same for info as it is for a physical product?

                    So maybe we should start discussing how to develop authority? Isnt that the bridge from being a part of the tribe and monetizing them? I just explained how I do it, maybe some of the others here could do the same?
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                      Can I be the Yin to your Yang? As someone who came online specifically to sell information (digital) products many eons ago.

                      As you know, I was selling information OFF LINE in the real world, and one of those specialty reports was THE CHATTEL REPORT, THE SPRINT TO FREEDOM...all about buying and selling, long before eBay, Facebook, etsy ever existed. In fact Amazon was a baby.

                      Buying and selling in OLD times was much harder, in that you had to leave the house now and then, but very lucrative for those who did. I discovered chatteling (buying and selling) in 1969.

                      On the subject of setting a system, one that can be duplicated, I found my "mentor" in the form of one Marlon Sanders who had sent us a letter telling about his tests on CompuServe, AOL and the selling of digital products. I was excited.

                      At the time I was the lead writer for Ben Suarez' newsletter, a back end to his best selling 7 STEPS TO FREEDOM II, and when Marlon's letter arrived, I made the decision to quit my cushy job and pursue the selling of DIGITAL products on the barely walking toddler known as the INTERNET.

                      I used his "blueprint", THE AMAZING FORMULA, which I consider to be one of the best of the earliest Internet guides. His classic is still full of practical and useful information.

                      OK. Tribe hunting. Back in the real world, pre Internet, but still ONLINE, we had bulletin boards and those of us with our blazing fast 14 baud modems were known to move that green blinking cursor a few sentences down the screen. Before online, TRIBES, or groups of people who share a common interest, were also the backbone of Remote Direct Marketing. Take golf for example.

                      Golfers were fanatics (maybe still are) about equipment, lessons, anything golf. At SCI we had a multi-million dollar golf division wrapped around JERRY HEARD.

                      And we would use lists from GOLF magazine, GOLF DIGEST and lists of BUYERS from those companies selling stuff and renting their mailing lists.

                      All this backdrop savidge4, just to set the tables. Because the foundations are the same for IM, for finding your TRIBE, for often as not success is found in the mirror...the groups, the ideas, the passions, the HOBBIES, like woodworking...

                      as an aside, selling tools to woodworkers is one of the oldest American mail order products going back to right after ol Ben set up the post office.

                      I can see this may have to be broken down, getting kind of long, so I will continue this on a new thread, but just a little bit more history.

                      Finding BUYERS is key one to a successful mail order business, and it is where the whole idea of MONEY IS IN THE LIST comes from...as you have pointed out, eBay is a place where BUYERS gather, and we can see with a couple of clicks what they buy and how much they pay for it. We can SEE, in a matter or minutes, where the hunger in the market is.

                      So, we match that up to etsy. We do a Youtube search (say for woodworkers making toys, not enough hours in the year to watch all those), we use Bing, Yahoo and Google and get the top listed sites on the subject. We find EXISTING authorities.

                      I found Marlon Sanders, and having some authority on Remote Direct Marketing, I was able to transition online doing what I wanted, selling digital, although in those early days many of my products were from the real world still...like written reports sent via USPS. Or cassette tapes, or CDs, or even 3.5 floppies. It was mainly due to Adobe developing the pdf files that many of us inforpreneurs took off.

                      To be continued.

                      GordonJ

                      P.S. Quick 2 minute lesson on becoming a leader (authority).
                      https://youtu.be/Q1v0jB3OswM





                      Originally Posted by savidge4 View Post

                      Now that we have determined oh so many ways and topics that can make money..I pose a question - or rather a statement and a question. With my thread ( https://www.warriorforum.com/warrior...days-ebay.html ) demonstrate with proof of concept that this method works. Its not that it worked... its that it WORKS as in repeatable, scalable, and any other good stuff.

                      This method will not only work with buying and selling from Goodwill... but retail arbitrage in general. It also works for goods that could be "Made" like hand crafts and woodworking etc. AND its not just eBay this concept works for... It will work for Instagram Marketplace, Facebook Marketplace, Etsy, Bonanza and to some extent Amazon ( really a different animal but the principles could be applied ) Basically a UNIVERSAL method for selling goods and making money online.

                      So the question then becomes for a "Product" outside of being a physical product, how do WE set a systemin place that anyone could replicate?

                      The idea of using a centralized market place I might suggest is out of the question ( or at least in my mind) someone just beginning and with no actual proven skills has no business selling a report on the Warrior market place telling others how to make money online.

                      So its not so much a question of what to sell - thats been answered over and over... its a matter of HOW to sell. And I dont think there is so much an easy answer. I literally do not sell information - and as I am pointing out for good reason... selling a physical product is simply easier, and repeatable in process regardless of what you are selling.

                      Systematically how does one find a tribe? How does one begin interacting with said tribe? How does one transition from a part of the tribe to an authority? How does one then transition the authority into conversion of an offer?

                      And let me maybe answer some of this... here in lies why you should NEVER pick a niche based on how much money you could make - It adds so many levels of complication, its not even funny. Picking a tribe? should maybe be a tribe you are already a member of?

                      Personal example... I am going to start selling wood products that i make. I have aspirations and skills far greater than the gazillions of wood trucks and cars and rocking horses I produce for local charities during the holidays - Not that I am going to stop doing that, because #1 its therapeutic for me, and #2 its really damn good PR. And SERIOUSLY... the PR aspect is just a side bonus I have done it for years before there was any amount of recognition for my efforts.

                      So I have already started commenting Youtube videos, I have guest written a number of pieces for blogs and youtubers blogs - I have basically started developing Authority right? SO I will continue these efforts and at some point instead of just a Name Drop, I will ask for a link drop right? And then as I preach semi loud and often I will use pillar marketing to get the tribe to my site, and see all of the many other avenues they can reach out to me, and I will begin to sell stuff from PLATFORMS.

                      I am not about to say that selling information wouldn't couldn't and shouldn't be the same... BUT IS IT? Honestly not my area of expertise to answer the question. BUT is the basic same blueprint the same for info as it is for a physical product?

                      So maybe we should start discussing how to develop authority? Isnt that the bridge from being a part of the tribe and monetizing them? I just explained how I do it, maybe some of the others here could do the same?
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                    • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
                      Originally Posted by savidge4 View Post

                      I am not about to say that selling information wouldn't couldn't and shouldn't be the same... BUT IS IT? Honestly not my area of expertise to answer the question. BUT is the basic same blueprint the same for info as it is for a physical product?

                      So maybe we should start discussing how to develop authority? Isnt that the bridge from being a part of the tribe and monetizing them? I just explained how I do it, maybe some of the others here could do the same?
                      The quickest way I know of to develop authority with a tribe is to be seen as one of the leaders of that tribe.

                      If you comment on their posts, don't comment as a fan, but as a peer. Very soon you can comment as "approving" of the post (or video), adding your own take. Showing you are in the same group as the current leaders of the tribe.

                      One way is to interview them, and have them interview you. First, you ask to interview them. It can be a blog, article, podcast, or video. It can be any length.

                      They will almost certainly return the favor by interviewing you. (assuming they have a platform to post the interview).

                      One way I'm currently getting leaders in my field of selling to notice me is to comment on their blogs, review their books, comment on their Youtube videos, and comment on their podcast interviews. And I do it as a peer.

                      If you do this, you still have to be complimentary. You still have to make them look like the leader. But you have to show that you are in the same league. You aren't just a fan, gushing over how brilliant they are.

                      In years past, attending marketing events, I've had several CEOs and authors approach me because I wrote a great review on their book. This is before I knew about podcasts, or even watched Youtube videos.

                      And they easily granted me an interview (for my paid newsletter and CD).

                      Here is another example....

                      Originally Posted by GordonJ View Post

                      On the subject of setting a system, one that can be duplicated, I found my "mentor" in the form of one Marlon Sanders who had sent us a letter telling about his tests on CompuServe, AOL and the selling of digital products. I was excited.

                      At the time I was the lead writer for Ben Suarez' newsletter, a back end to his best selling 7 STEPS TO FREEDOM II, and when Marlon's letter arrived, I made the decision to quit my cushy job and pursue the selling of DIGITAL products on the barely walking toddler known as the INTERNET.
                      See? Just mentioning Marlon Sanders and Ben Suarez.....as people you knew and worked with, instantly elevates you to superstar status to a segment of marketers (me included) who know of these men, and their stories.

                      Anyway, if you want authority, that's a quick way to get it.
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                  • Profile picture of the author Profit Traveler
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                    This is a nice montage of Crypto enthusiasts all sharing their insights on the State of the Crypt.

                    https://youtu.be/xo-zbRNZ878
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                  • Profile picture of the author Profit Traveler
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                    "I did a search for How to Make an Infomercial 2021"

                    It really has not changed much.


                    Explain The Universal Problem

                    The process starts with knowing your user or prospect. Once you know your customer you should be able to understand their needs and problems.

                    In this step, you need to alert the user or prospect to a common problem by Illustrating the pain associated with their current state.

                    Marketers often use images or video where appropriate that exaggerates the problem, such as a ladder balancing precariously on an uneven surface, a person grabbing their back and grimacing in pain, etc.
                    "Are you losing business because when you are on a sales call, you don't have the key customer or product information you need in the moment?"

                    Share The Ideal Solution

                    In this step, outline the aspirations or desires of a perfect future. Does your user or prospect want to become rich, beautiful, happier, save time, etc?
                    "Wouldn't it be nice if there was a solution where your mobile device could access your back-office database, so you can always have access to customer and product information from anywhere?"
                    In this step, you want the user or prospect to be able to acknowledge and relate to the problem and solution. Often after the problem is clearly presented, it is very clear even without stating the obvious what the ideal solution would look like.


                    Explain Why The Ideal Solution Is Hard To Achieve Or Is Undesirable

                    Explain How What You Offer Is A Pivot And Better

                    Reveal The Special Offer

                    In this final step, explain your offer and use words to encourage the user or prospect to take advantage of your call to action now.

                    The best offers make a case that they are well worth the price but then add additional value, creating scarcity and a sense of urgency to buy now, and assuage fears with a guarantee.

                    Add Value

                    Add Urgency

                    Reduce Friction

                    Another technique is that if your offer is expensive you may tie in urgency by adding that if you act now, we'll offer you two easy payments of only $19.99!

                    Finally, the best offers remove any friction caused by buyer's remorse by offering a 30-day unconditional money-back guarantee.

                    Common Infomercial Phrases

                    To help you craft your own marketing copy here is a list of common phrases that can be used in combination when describing your special offer:
                    • But wait, there's more
                    • Thanks to this special offer
                    • Operators standing by
                    • We'll double your order
                    • Call right now
                    • Act now
                    • Limited time only
                    • Supplies limited
                    • Not available in stores
                    • Money-back guarantee
                    • 2 easy payments
                    2 Legendary Infomercial experts..

                    Tony Robbins and Don Lapre


                    Don got totally absorbed in the pitch and not the product unfortunately, which led to a tragic end.

                    Paying the ultimate price.
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                  • Profile picture of the author Profit Traveler
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                    Was just reading Warner Bros. Will release $5 Million worth of NFT Avatars based on The Matrix @ $50 a pop.

                    https://variety.com/2021/digital/new...os-1235102786/

                    Might as well when you know you have a passionate enthusiastic following.
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        • Profile picture of the author 1Bryan
          Originally Posted by GordonJ View Post

          Well, some like to take the discussion about making money, in particular Warriors making money and go down some alleyway, mostly irrelevant, about HOW that happens.

          GordonJ
          I didn't take it down an irrelevant alley.
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          • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
            Originally Posted by 1Bryan View Post

            I didn't take it down an irrelevant alley.
            I am sorry, I used yours as "nearest" quote to respond to, I should have clarified.

            I wasn't addressing you in particular, so again, I am sorry and I'll try to do better, as the old saying goes, haste makes an ass of me. Next time, I'll not quote anyone, unless I am actually responding to that person.

            See, old dog, new trick.

            GordonJ
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  • Profile picture of the author Odahh
    Anything out the safe job that allows a person to buy a house and eventually retire. Is something besides the American dream for people born in the USA.

    Migrants generally have a far different version of the American dream. Deepening on how the earned money before coming to the USA.

    As you pointed the American dream became a consumer nightmare where people focus more on all the things they don't have.

    The homeless experience resets that if from job loss or financial problems and you can appreciate when and understand what the necessities are. Shower, toilet draw full of clean underwear. Food stored where ants can't get in it.
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  • Profile picture of the author jin Seo
    n my subjective opinion, reading books or watching YouTube videos is only a part of success, until you really start making Youtube and realize that despite applying what you see and hear, the results are still not good.
    I'm also doing Youtube, and even though I tried to make beautiful thumbnail as people say, doing SEO reached 100 points (according to Tubebuddy's score), I still haven't seen good results.
    Now I'm also using automatic sub software named Subblink to translate my videos into many languages to help my channel reaches more viewers around the world. After using this software, everything seems to be improved (probably because I reach more viewers), but I still want better results, so I think I'll need to tinker with YouTube more, instead of just reading books or listen to what Youtubers say. I don't think they will show all the tips they use to boost their channel (these tips are the main factor to make their channel successful )). That's why I don't have any books to recommend.
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  • Mebbe we are at the meet point of what flows from a variety of dreams set before a selection of possible/permissible horizons?

    Like plunderin' the Cherokee, for example.

    Likely this worked as a strategy for survival if'n you on the winnin' side back in 18chafesyunderweahlandtimes.

    But as side quests turn from options to essentials (like evrywan here vs evrywan naht here bcs us & naht sum stoopid accidental asteroid nor nuthin') all stuffs positively confluxual between hoomans gotta figure bettah than we all shoot usselves in the frickin' tits.

    Unless we decide shootin' usselves in the tits actschwlly DOES have value.

    In which case ima writin' no more.

    So let us all work out more gladsy on our intrinsic fuel stuffs an' pull in expertise from on yondah would kill us if'n circumstance compelled us to fill the gap alone.

    Every = is a balance.
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  • Profile picture of the author yarkamir
    Marcus Campbell he has a Youtube channel and he outlines how to make money online these days. He has a course but he covers exactly how to go from point A to Z as you stated in his Youtube Videos. I really suggest his video titled "Hard Work = Zero To $10M - Aggressive Side Hustles!"

    I have watched most of his videos and he really goes into the depths of how to make money online.

    One lesson he teaches is that if someone is making money doing something you can to. Research how they did it and then reverse engineer their process and then put in hard work to get there.
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  • Profile picture of the author Odahh
    The fun part of this.

    We can look at the reasons millions of people people are taking part in the great resignation. Then figure out how much these tens of millions of people are looking to earn. Or as much as 1 in 3 workers.

    A large hungry crowd just not interested in the traditional biz opportunities bull shop. That go back before the internet.
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  • Profile picture of the author 1Bryan
    Back to the spirit of the OP, it wasn't a book. It was advice.

    Go knock on some doors. If I wanted money.

    The doors might be literal. Or just metaphorical.
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    • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
      In the spirit of the Original Post,

      Making money 101 or more advanced ideas. Yes, ideas need to be acted upon, even ideas of psychology. In a different discussion a point was raised about reading a book, and NOT being ready to receive it's golden nuggets.

      The old saying, when you are ready, the mentor appears, may have as much to do with our being READY to receive as much as someone's giving.

      What were you thinking about before you clicked on this post? Or right before you came to the Warrior Forum? And were you also multi-tasking? Doing the WF just one of several things happening right now?

      You can "knock on doors" and ask for money; the little league teams, the high school band and charities do this all the time, they just ask for money. From a practical and more useful to Warriors viewpoint, maybe a knock on doors with some kind of an OFFER.

      Knock on a door with INTENT. To exchange value, to SELL something to someone.

      Retailers often mistake entry as a knock on their door, which is why many retailers struggle.

      BOOKS. Ideas. When you are ready to receive them, they make a huge difference in your life.

      Here are FOUR books which I found and was ready to receive, and they have been worth mountains of gold to me.

      PSYCHOLOGY APPLIED by Dr. George W. Crane. Dr. Crane wrote a syndicated column also about APPLYING psychology.

      One can read a thousand books, highlight the snot out of them, and then go out and knock and doors and never use a single idea highlighted in yellow on that great book back on the desk.

      This book gave me insight into how we need to USE and apply what we learn. Since then, many of Dr. Crane's insights have had science, in particular neuroscience to back up their efficacy.

      THE MAGIC POWER OF EMOTIONAL APPEAL by Roy Garn. If there were only one book to read, study, and apply from, I think this may be my choice. The concept which has lasted me a life time is simple, yet seldom THOUGHT about during our knocking on the doors and it is:

      EVERYONE is preoccupied before you knock. Everyone.

      IS preoccupied, before you try to sell them something, before they hear, see or know about your OFFER, everyone.

      THE SALE BEGINS WHEN THE CUSTOMER SAYS NO by Elmer Leterman. I had experienced this right before this book was given to me. I was READY to receive.

      NO is a knee jerk human reaction to an offer, to a sales pitch, to a knock on our door. NO.
      NO.

      When we understand this, and know and USE it then we expect, maybe even look forward to the first NO when we make our offers. Which is why the whole industry of persuasion, influence and salesmanship became a multi billion dollar industry.

      Enter another Elmer.

      TESTED SENTENCES THAT SELL by Elmer Wheeler. "Don 't sell the steak, sell the sizzle", became a popular selling mantra.

      These four books were influential to me, BECAUSE I WAS READY to receive, and then apply their lessons.

      All of them share one thing, they helped me understand people. What they were thinking, why, and how to get them to think, and then DO something they had no interest in doing before I knocked on their doors.

      Searches are sort of the reverse, people knocking on doors seeking solutions, information, how-to, whatever.

      Websites are like the specialty retail store set up for a specific seeker. If they want to buy popcorn balls, your ice cream shop isn't going to get them in the door, UNLESS, you use all of what you have learned from the many books, courses, webinars and podcasts you have stored in your brain.

      Those are my four go to books, filled with practical, useful information which when REMEMBERED and applied, have been worth a fortune to me.

      GordonJ

      P.S. I carry a little Pocket notebook, filled with the ideas from these and several other books, and I always pull it out and read it, right before I knock on a door.


      Originally Posted by 1Bryan View Post

      Back to the spirit of the OP, it wasn't a book. It was advice.

      Go knock on some doors. If I wanted money.

      The doors might be literal. Or just metaphorical.
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  • Profile picture of the author 1Bryan
    The thing is, I didn't hear a lot of "no's" when I was a kid. Example, when it snowed, I went only to houses that hadn't yet cleared out their sidewalk or driveway. I was learning targeting. But it was just common sense right?

    And that's the thing about sales that I personally see? If you just go with common sense, it ain't that hard.

    Example -- I run FB ad campaigns. And get paid well to do so. But have strict, common sense criteria on who I sell to.

    So I see these programs that'll teach you how to get 50 booked sales appointments per month.

    And I'm fully booked doing 4-5 sales appointments per month.

    Why? Common sense. I only talk to companies that can legit afford my retainer. And who already run paid ads.

    In the niche I specialize in. To get on the phone with me? Is difficult.

    I'm not a sales wiz by any means. I could never write a book or sell a course.

    I just figure out who the perfect client would be. And ONLY talk to them.

    That's what knocking on doors taught me. I think everyone has to go through that stage. Obvious becomes obvious.

    Not the truth. Just my experience.

    As far as books go - the only one that has ever resonated with my experience is Og Mandino.

    I treat everyone like family. Again knocking on doors taught me that. The only way I wasn't nervous as a kid?

    Was to see everyone that opened the door as my grandma, grandpa, uncle, aunt, mother, father, etc.

    And it played out well later on in sales in one of the toughest territories in the US -- the NYC Metro area.

    I didn't need a book for that. I needed people experience.

    Black, white, rich, poor, I can sell to ya. But only if you need what I sell. Otherwise, I don't. Even if I could.

    But again, only life experience could teach me that. Not a book.
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  • Profile picture of the author Naijafinder
    You really don't need a book or to study a book to know how to earn money. Your best option is to make research and see what you are good at doing and invest your time and some money in it. If you spend most of your time online watching videos then consider similar ways from earn from such activities.

    The means of making money are endless but always remember that no money comes easy without an effort.
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    • Profile picture of the author Profit Traveler
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      Originally Posted by Naijafinder View Post

      You really don't need a book or to study a book to know how to earn money. Your best option is to make research and see what you are good at doing and invest your time and some money in it. If you spend most of your time online watching videos then consider similar ways from earn from such activities.

      The means of making money are endless but always remember that no money comes easy without an effort.

      I agree Naijafider.

      It can be easy but you can not also be lazy.

      Right now it is either a Pandemic or a PanOpportunity. Make a choice.

      I saw an Ad recently ... "Face Mask Cream for Sensitive Skin".

      That is probably lotion being repackaged.

      Make your move!
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  • Originally Posted by 1Bryan View Post

    Ultimately tho, REPLICATION is more at work than SURVIVAL. Because replication is long-term.

    And Nature would select for that behavior. Nature needs to replace those that would die, with new members of the species.
    Prahblem you gaht here poppet is that naytyoore ain't gaht no clue in the terms you describe.

    tbh the death-to-life journey you suggest presupposes sum kinda celestial miracle.

    Plus also it gaht no place for myootational quirks kinda level stuff out.

    Such are the parameters of all stuffs purportin' to speak TROO NATYOORE.

    Originally Posted by DABK View Post

    Now, we have proof it takes 3 men to match 1 woman?
    Also, the ratio of men to women hypes up more easily on a gangbang ticket than if'n us gals can simply can spell out no fkr straight.

    Plus also, aincha heard of double figures or nuthin'?

    Evry repricatorial demands a hallway fulla invitorial.
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  • Profile picture of the author Odahh
    Social entry back about the the of the great financial crisis I was playing World ofWarcraft and there where a lot of people who did bad in math in school. That turned around and learned how to use spreadsheets to calculate what effects minor changes in gear would have on their damaged per second/ healing or survival as a tank

    The problem with the education system is if you got in a time machine and went to a classroom 150 years ago it would look like a classroom today.
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  • Profile picture of the author Odahh
    Elon musk is in no way selling a status item. Everyone who buys a Tesla is a humble sort who never would use driving a Tesla to feel better than people who still drive ice vehicles.

    The third richest guy in the world the guy with all the luxury brands.

    And buffet I believe a large chunk of Berkshire holdings is stocks in apple .

    And I'm sure no one is using Amazon to buy stuff that are luxuries. Or status purchases
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    • Profile picture of the author Profit Traveler
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      Originally Posted by Odahh View Post

      Elon musk is in no way selling a status item. Everyone who buys a Tesla is a humble sort who never would use driving a Tesla to feel better than people who still drive ice vehicles.

      I wonder what niche Elon Musk targeted for his sell and promote a real Flame Thrower campaign.
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      • Profile picture of the author Odahh
        Originally Posted by Profit Traveler View Post

        I wonder what niche Elon Musk targeted for his sell and promote a real Flame Thrower campaign.
        Don't really need a niche I bet most people who bought the flamethrower had no idea the really wanted a flamethrower. Until the boring company was selling them for 500$ and there where only 20,000 that where selling fast

        Elon knows the country he is in and that there are more guns than people. Actual scarcity unlike the labor shortages because employers can find workers qualified for their low skilled low paying jobs .
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          Originally Posted by Odahh View Post

          Don't really need a niche I bet most people who bought the flamethrower had no idea the really wanted a flamethrower. Until the boring company was selling them for 500$ and there where only 20,000 that where selling fast

          Elon knows the country he is in and that there are more guns than people. Actual scarcity unlike the labor shortages because employers can find workers qualified for their low skilled low paying jobs .

          I can imagine the meeting at Paypal when he was there and someone said lets Freeze peoples money for 6 Months for any reason or no reason..what can we do with it.
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  • Profile picture of the author 1Bryan
    A 2021 example of evolution -- Covid is here to stay. Most likely. It will evolve much like influenza. It will learn to survive and replicate. That's evolution. Not seduction. That's why there's a "Delta" variant. Evolution.
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  • I would wish always to sweat sweet when I wanna get active an' dream fyootyoores outta their socks when I floppin' out.

    This may naht be evrywan's yardstick, but it is most defolishsly mine.

    Am I evolvin' into all I wish to be?

    Or mutatin' like sum supplicant polyp strung out noplace?

    Hey, the f*ck I care 'bout that schwango.

    Jus' gotta figure evrywan wants to snoopsy on out sumplace kinda feelgood accordin' to all kindsa boundaries.

    Prahblem we gaht rn is how this feachers historically challengin' opportunities for bein' a total c*nnyhole.

    The dialog of adrenaline rush an' soulful reflection is way more important than plenty people think.

    But here is a scale, like a harmonica, I guess.

    (I wanted to add IF'N YOU KNOW HOW TO BLOW ON IT, but I been banned from WF too many times for Curiously Truthful Coarseness, so I ain't runnin' with it this time.)
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  • Profile picture of the author Odahh
    Savage

    I don't see working or making money as evil.

    And yes I might not want all that much stuff. If I earn the money to get the stuff I want. And don't endlessly work to earn more and more money. That is evil or some kind of sin to you.
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    • Profile picture of the author savidge4
      Originally Posted by Odahh View Post

      Savage

      I don't see working or making money as evil.

      And yes I might not want all that much stuff. If I earn the money to get the stuff I want. And don't endlessly work to earn more and more money. That is evil or some kind of sin to you.
      Its not about the WHAT it is the WHY - and your choice has been made.

      And to make something VERY clear here... My personal income for last year, the year before, next year etc, probably qualifies me for food stamps. I for the most part do not own anything... as in I could borrow my company truck and a my company 10' box trailer and pack everything i and my family own, and move tomorrow. You really have no idea what minimalist is until you walk a day in my shoes.

      3 meals a day 30 days a month... I bet on average we cook 85 of the 90 meals a month at home. The only entertainment within my house is "Free" internet ( the company pays for it ) meaning no streaming services, no cable, no satellite NADA.

      Over my MANY years of self employment, I have learned a thing or 2. Its NOT about the money you have, its about the investments you make. My entire existence at this point is buying, selling, and developing ASSETS. AND on top of that they are not "MY" assets, they are my business assets... right down to the house i live in, the truck I drive, the internet I am communicating with you right now with.

      There is a DRASTIC difference between ones "Net Worth" and ones actual liquid worth, if you know what I mean.

      I will say it again... its about CHOICES. I can sit here and share my choices all day long... but the amount of resistance to "Work" and "making money", overshadows the fact I enjoy what I am doing... and the fact I encourage anyone and everyone to do the same... dont do things because you HAVE TO, do it because you WANT TO.

      Being a part of the "Majority" SUCKS - and for just a moment if you could realize that its a CHOICE... and gosh forbid actually take responsibility of that... and make that mind shift and choose happiness - oh what a wonderful world we would live in.

      What one has and how much one has means nothing... are you HAPPY? is a better variable to understanding success.
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  • Profile picture of the author Odahh
    You really think the world would be a better place if everyone was like you . There would be no reason to make most of what is made because people are to cheap to buy.

    The culture you are in offer you the ability to earn so much money because it. Is a consumer based culture and it has gone around the world. People make money doing one thing and buy other stuff they need.

    As jobs pay less than what people need to live on people will refuse to do those jobs and find other ways to earn money or get different jobs and make money on the side.
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    • Profile picture of the author savidge4
      Originally Posted by Odahh View Post

      You really think the world would be a better place if everyone was like you .
      Seeking happiness in all aspects of their lives... damn skippy I believe the world would be a better place.

      Originally Posted by Odahh View Post

      There would be no reason to make most of what is made because people are to cheap to buy.
      Your PROJECTING bro... I believe the exact opposite would be true... granted I think there would be a shift in what is bought and sold - but none the less there would be MORE bought and sold as a result of people leading HAPPY centric lives.

      Originally Posted by Odahh View Post

      The culture you are in offer you the ability to earn so much money because it.
      The culture of being happy... yes because of THAT i have the ability to make money hand over fist.

      You are so tied to greed and money.. you are protecting and defending misery.... LOOK at what you are saying. Your Sub-Conscious, or your Ego if you prefer, is running amuck denying any amount of happiness in your life - and it is THIS that the "Majority" enables - walk towards the light bro... life does not have to be so hard... life does NOT have to be about sacrifice. I cant help it if I made the shift, im sorry for those that havent. But dont sit here and project on me... Your all mad at me for suggesting there is another way, and offered to hold your hand during the process no less... think about that.

      Originally Posted by Odahh View Post

      Is a consumer based culture and it has gone around the world. People make money doing one thing and buy other stuff they need.
      Lemmings I tell you, lemmings... just because everyone you know is jumping of a bridge to their death does that mean you are going to?

      Here is a couple of REAL life examples. I have a construction crew and one of the guys one day was complaining about how he hated painting... guess what he no longer does? to the point that there was a day not so long ago that we didnt need him anywhere else and he was asked to take the day off. Of course he calls me and was like so and so told me not to come to work... and I was like, dude, you are being paid for the day, we just dont have anywhere else to put you and its a paint day, you dont like painting, so your not painting.

      I operate a delivery service... and I heard that someone didnt like driving at night... guess what... they dont drive at night any more.

      Happy workers... means greater production... and Im not talking getting paid more here... im talking actual happiness. I STRIVE to create a culture of happiness around me. Its my JOB to spread light across this dark and miserably god forsaken world the believes in pain and suffering. F THAT

      I can only hope the best for you... but its YOUR choice... you can keep on with your dreams of owning a lot of land, and when you move you will do this and that... go read your postings over the last few years... its a broken record. THERE IS A BETTER WAY, and it starts with doing what you enjoy, and doing it NOW.

      I am far from the poster child of all things wrong in this world... I am a part of the minority that doesnt give a rats tail end about what the "Majority" thinks - and I am much happier for it.

      Do you see the theme in all of this? HAPPINESS - get you some! Its right there... take it... Your ego wont let you... you FEAR success... You will justify and defend darkness and misery until the day, you actually see the light. It could be today, or it could be 40 yrs from now, and it could be never... buts its all about the CHOICE - Choose happiness and see what happens.
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  • Profile picture of the author Odahh
    Socialentry

    The lotto tickets allows someone to dream of how they would spend all that money between the time they purchase a ticket and the drawing

    Scratch tickets users occasionally have streaks where they win money but if they tracked it over time they would most likely be in the red .

    I don't want to argue weather people should or should not buy scratch tickets from being around people who buy these items this is my observation of why people buy.

    Honestly it the high cost of drinking at bars as to why I am fixated on home cooking. That is why food is so salty when you eat out . Salt increases thirst so you drink more. And soda pop with hfcs is as bad for your liver as alcohol.
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  • Profile picture of the author Odahh
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    I think we are talking about the same thing when you say tribe and I say audience.

    Remembering back over 20 years ago when I played golf for a few years I remember spending a few hundred on a putter from an informational that stood up on its own. So you could stand behind it and look at the line. And I did spend a few hundred on a video cassette ultimate gravity golf swing course

    As for gen alpha they will hit their 20s after the great reset
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    • Profile picture of the author savidge4
      Originally Posted by Odahh View Post

      Gordon

      I think we are talking about the same thing when you say tribe and I say audience
      I know I am not Gordon... but my mom always said I could grow up and be anything I want... so Gordon it is LOL But seriously...

      I think, or maybe a better term is I operate as if the 2 terms "Tribe" and "Audience" mean and are different things.

      For me... Followers are very much like Audience... The may very well have an interest, but they sit behind the shroud of the internet and just "Watch" Kinda like the stats for this very thread... 6000+ views, and only 300 responses, and if you break that down responses from what 10 to 15 people? Those 10 to 15 are your "Tribe" any and everyone else I would include as "audience"

      If we go and search a definition of "Tribe" we might run into: "The terms internet tribe or digital tribe are used as slang terms for unofficial online communities or organizations of people who share a common interest, and who are usually loosely affiliated with each other through social media or other Internet routes." - from Wikipedia
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  • Call me frickin' clueless, but since when did tribes become audiences?

    Stop by any Thesaurus, you see TRIBE pulls in clan, band, bunch (etc)

    an' AUDIENCE has wider coalescence of potential volume bcs witnesses, gatherings, *spectators*.

    This is why tribes celebrate the myootyool pluckin' of glop from outta glop as all consequence in the Cosmos ...

    an' audiences of audaceous ear swill fulla song 'spitin' all the muck.

    Tribes will always be tribal.

    Less'n they audible, they deniabl.
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    • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
      Or as the incomparable Cher would sing: /
      https://youtu.be/TOSZwEwl_1Q

      Tribe, members, groups, audiences, cults, what have you. As for IM, I want BUYERS from whatever place or pack they come from..

      I've had BUYERS on my IM lists for over 22 years now, and their LifeTimeValue is into the thousands. I don't think any of them belong to the GordonOski tribe.

      I lost my cult when they disappeared into a blue light and a huge flying disc came.

      In those early days, I used every skill I learned as a copywriter/marketer/salesman to get people to BUY. For over a decade now, maybe two, it is "Here is my latest, take it or leave it, I don't care what you do."

      And still they buy, without having to watch an hour video, read a 20 page sales letter or have testimonials, or fake time deadlines, etc. Buy or don't. It really doesn't matter.

      But it took awhile to get to that state of mind, and once there, my buyers list actually increased. It grew while shooing them away.

      Go away tire kicker.
      Go away looky loo.
      Go spend your 2 grand on a guru launch, I don't care.

      Apparently, that resonates with a __________ of people (you choose).

      In the old world off-line days we used tools like SRDS book of lists to find people to send promotions to. Online, Nextmark is a similar service, just one of several.

      To sell to a compiled list DOES require a lot of copywriting skill. And the response rates are often single digits, which can still be very profitable.

      Very different from either giving a way a FREE lead gen, to create a list, or a low cost buy it and sample it (my preference).

      IM is all about finding BUYERS.

      Yea, yea, I know.

      Build trust. Establish relationships (some of mine are 3 decades now).

      Go slow, funnel them. Upsell. Cross sell, downsell if need be, recruit them to do the work for you (affiliates) and live happily ever after.

      I found out, like savidge4 talks about, that living happily NOW, in the moment, the present and making the money in a pleasant, legal, ethical way without undue stress worked best for me.

      You may differ, obviously.

      HOW do you get buyers for your IM efforts? I'll share my way.

      A bit later.

      GordonJ




      Originally Posted by Princess Balestra View Post

      Call me frickin' clueless, but since when did tribes become audiences?

      Stop by any Thesaurus, you see TRIBE pulls in clan, band, bunch (etc)

      an' AUDIENCE has wider coalescence of potential volume bcs witnesses, gatherings, *spectators*.

      This is why tribes celebrate the myootyool pluckin' of glop from outta glop as all consequence in the Cosmos ...

      an' audiences of audaceous ear swill fulla song 'spitin' all the muck.

      Tribes will always be tribal.

      Less'n they audible, they deniabl.
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      • Profile picture of the author Odahh
        Originally Posted by GordonJ View Post

        Or as the incomparable Che

        I lost

        I found out, like savidge4 talks about, that living happily NOW, in the moment, the present and making the money in a pleasant, legal, ethical way without undue stress worked best for me.

        You may differ, obviously.


        A bit later.

        GordonJ
        My ability to explain concepts in the written word falls far short .

        But that is pretty much the ideal state of living.

        Thank you for refining that into one short message. I
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      • Profile picture of the author socialentry
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        What happens if your tribe is people you don't like?

        E.g. Bob Dylan hated hippies, but unfortunately, his music attracted only hippies.



        he hated them so much that he kept a pistol and rifle to shoot them in case roflmao.

        ""The world was absurd ... I had very little in common with and knew even less about a generation that I was supposed to be the voice of,"
        "I was fantasising about a nine-to-five existence, a house on a tree-lined block with a white picket fence, pink roses in the backyard.
        "Roadmaps to our homestead must have been posted in all 50 states for gangs of dropouts and druggies.
        "I wanted to set fire to these people,""-Bob Dylan
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        • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
          I loved golf.

          Until I didn't.

          I made a lot of money from golf. Had hundreds of students. Doubt if any were tribal, maybe, but when I eventually came to "hate" golf and those who played it...

          I packed my bags and left it all behind. Leaving tons of money for someone else to pick up may sting a few people, I just said, "more power and money to you". I had better things to do.

          For newer or younger IMer's just don't tie yourself to one thing, diversify as soon as you can...all and EVERY IM guru you can name is now diversified, even though they may appear to be making their moolah from one thing.

          So, love what you do today.

          And if you don't tomorrow, then try another way.

          GordonJ



          Originally Posted by socialentry View Post

          What happens if your tribe is people you don't like?

          E.g. Bob Dylan hated hippies, but unfortunately, his music attracted only hippies.

          he hated them so much that he kept a pistol and rifle to shoot them in case roflmao.

          ""The world was absurd ... I had very little in common with and knew even less about a generation that I was supposed to be the voice of,"
          "I was fantasising about a nine-to-five existence, a house on a tree-lined block with a white picket fence, pink roses in the backyard.
          "Roadmaps to our homestead must have been posted in all 50 states for gangs of dropouts and druggies.
          "I wanted to set fire to these people,""-Bob Dylan
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          • Profile picture of the author Profit Traveler
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            When we study funnels as much as we get out of bed it is amusing when we get sold to in person by people that think nope means keep trying.
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          • Profile picture of the author savidge4
            Again with the train of thought of actually at least looking for an actionable and maybe an amount of repeatability a plan to taking an info product to market. We kind of went over how one would create an amount of authority in a space. This would allow you to create an amount of interest in what it is you might be offering.

            Next would be the product itself, right? My thread ( https://www.warriorforum.com/warrior...days-ebay.html ) is in essence an info product. I would suggest more importantly at the very least to what I would feel a info product should provide - an actionable and laid out plan for success for its reader right?

            Myself, and the way I do online sales, I create "Info Products" just short of daily... or at least work on them. I use info products as a method to provide information and help in cementing Authority. I personally dont sell the information, and I don't use the information to create a "List" ( free download with no e-mail required )

            The reason for this, is asking for an e-mail creates an amount of friction, and in my use and purpose, I want to alleviate as much friction as possible. There is a whole technical aspect in the creation of the PDF files I offer freely. I can obviously track how many times its been downloaded, but I can also track to a degree WHO downloaded it, how many times they may have opened it, AND if they shared it, how many times, and again how many times it was opened by the shared parties etc.

            I tend to deal for the most part in higher end deals so understanding the buying process and how many people might be involved in the decision has been very informative.

            So specifically I do a kinda sort drop ship model where i deal with manufactures directly, I creates sites that act as the Manufacture. Since the "Supply Shortage" has taken ahold of almost any and every market, this model is working very well right now, tothe point Manufacture's are now contacting me vs me harassing them.

            MY info product is designed to SELL a product. Create confidence in the right choice, and remove any friction the buyer might have in purchasing. Read My eBay thread... cost of entry is next to nothing, even a 12 yr old can do it, and you only have to work 2 hours a day. Do you see the parallels? Its a formula... it works

            If you are going to create a report on say starting up a lawn care business, that report NEEDS to instill confidence in the reader, that they CAN succeed. break the process down step by step, and lay out the time it will take to be successful.

            If I were to create a info product, "How To Make Money With A Jigsaw and Some Wood" I would have a section on the different types of jigsaws, the blades, and then get to wood. Where to get the wood be it free options or more exotic expensive options. I would have a section on the needed workspace and surface. I would include patterns. I would absolutely reinforce the idea this could be done on weekends or days off, and even in the evening after work. The L A S T thing I would include is some detail on how to SELL the products made. From nothing to money in your pocket and every step in the middle.

            Everyone here that has read my stuff will have heard me talk about parallel offers. THIS example ( Money With A Jigsaw ) would be absolutely no different. I would go out and buy the info product on 15,000 wood plans, and create a site that sells each INDIVIDUAL plan for something silly like $1.00

            I would then create MORE info products like Money With A Scrolll Saw, Money With a Table Saw, Money With a Band Saw... etc etc.

            I would then probably go so far as to create a double parallel that sold the tools, blades, and accessories.

            What I do on a daily basis... no list selling, is sell the item and move on. What we are suggesting here is working with the idea of Lifetime Value of a Customer. So you would want to bring them in on an offer IE Making Money With A Jigsaw, and then over time sell to them again and again.

            Again I suggest the Parallel offer, that is EverGreen and CONSUMABLE. Meaning not just the people buying your infor product will use, and that any and all will use time and again.

            An example I have shared on other threads is I am in the Keto market, I specifically sell coffee etc as an entry, and have a site that sells Coffee Specifically. I then have the double parallel offer of an Amazon affiliate site that sells Keto diet ingredients, and food items. I make good money on the Coffee, I make BETTER money with the Evergreen and Consumable ingredients and food items site.

            I think aside from the point of entry and not understanding how to develop traffic the largest hurdle is short sided thinking.... I hate my job, I am going to pick a product and sell it. You develop a list etc, and then what? you have to have the foresight and understanding you have to FEED your list.

            You MAY be starting a "Business" TODAY, but I am sure the unspoken goal is to still be running a year from now, 5 years from now etc. As much as I live in the NOW.. I really dont... I live in the Future.. always thinking ahead. I dont go fishing with my son... I am creating memories. Make sense?

            Again read above... SEE THE FORMULA, and start from there.

            Hope that Helps!
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          • Profile picture of the author Profit Traveler
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            World Of Supplements.com

            Registered 11 Days ago... No Revenue

            Sold by Buy It Now (Flippa.com)
            Ended 16 hours ago

            $650

            14 bids (It's Legit.)

            *You can also have someone create a website for you for less than you flip it for.
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          • Profile picture of the author Profit Traveler
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            It boggles the mind of how a Ponzi Scheme in the Billions could last so long until you realize banks were totally enabling it. One even got paid $400+ Million in fees.

            https://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/bernard-madoff.asp

            https://www.usatoday.com/story/money...es/7223467002/

            Key Takeaways
            • Bernie Madoff was a money manager responsible for one of the largest financial frauds to date.
            • Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme, which likely ran for decades, defrauded thousands of investors out of tens of billions of dollars.
            • Investors put their trust in Madoff because he created a front of respectability, his returns were high but not outlandish, and he claimed to use a legitimate strategy.
            • In 2009 Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in prison and forced to forfeit $170 billion.
            • As of December 2018, the Madoff Victims Fund had distributed more than $2.7 billion to 37,011 victimized investors in the U.S. and around the world.
            Some people lost money because they had someone managing their money who made the decision to invest with Madoff.

            But some of the "Victimized Investors"....its like when you willingly challenge the 3 Card Monte Guy thinking you can guess where the Ace is for an easy payday.

            Often people with alot of money are just as desperate and hungry to make more of it as someone buying every $7 offer that comes their way.

            I remember the social whining from wealthy Celebrities that Robinhood would not let them buy more GameStop Stock during it's surge.
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          • Profile picture of the author savidge4
            Saw an interesting stat today... 35 MILLION business owners in the States. 500 MILLION entrepreneurs in the world. If there was ever a lot that is fully aware of how billionaires regularly hit the gym etc and somewhat eat right.. its right there.

            MMO move over... how to remain healthy so you can MMO is on its way in LOL
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            • Profile picture of the author max5ty
              Originally Posted by savidge4 View Post

              Saw an interesting stat today... 35 MILLION business owners in the States. 500 MILLION entrepreneurs in the world. If there was ever a lot that is fully aware of how billionaires regularly hit the gym etc and somewhat eat right.. its right there.

              MMO move over... how to remain healthy so you can MMO is on its way in LOL

              You and Gordon are both wrong with the diet thing

              the money right now is in the spiritual market...
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              • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
                Originally Posted by max5ty View Post

                You and Gordon are both wrong with the diet thing

                the money right now is in the spiritual market...
                Yea.

                The money in the diet thing is and has always been in the reason why. There has always been money in the spiritual market, albeit, social media (youtube) has brought it more mainstream, against the backdrop of pandemic, social unrest, political devisiveness...

                And also, there are, what, 101 niches within the Spiritual Market, like with most markets, a one size fits all doesn't work. However, I will agree there is a LOT of money to be made as there always has been in the Spiritual market.

                GordonJ
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              • Profile picture of the author savidge4
                Originally Posted by max5ty View Post

                the money right now is in the spiritual market...
                Was in that space for a long time - traffic consulting more than actual product movement. For me and my current mind set of optimal Niches, Spiritual doesn't really fit. I look for consumables.. and I just cant muster the interest in selling oils and candles.
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                • Profile picture of the author max5ty
                  Originally Posted by savidge4 View Post

                  Was in that space for a long time - traffic consulting more than actual product movement. For me and my current mind set of optimal Niches, Spiritual doesn't really fit. I look for consumables.. and I just cant muster the interest in selling oils and candles.
                  As Gordon said, the spiritual market covers a lot of areas.

                  You were talking about a "healthy lifestyle" in an earlier post. I would also group that into the spiritual marketing genre because changing to a healthy lifestyle also creates spiritual changes.

                  By spiritual I'm not just referring to the religious aspect. I'm referring to the personal motivations a person has to find themselves, take care of themselves, etc.

                  When I say I'm a very spiritual person, I'm not saying I'm a very religious person...I'm saying I'm in tune with my spiritual side.

                  Many have tried every diet there is and are still overweight, and I'm quite sure there will always be money to make...but many are starting to realize dieting is a lifestyle and requires changing among other things their attitude (spiritual changes).

                  It's 3:30 in the morning so hopefully, I'm explaining myself so it's understandable
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                  Originally Posted by savidge4 View Post

                  Was in that space for a long time - traffic consulting more than actual product movement. For me and my current mind set of optimal Niches, Spiritual doesn't really fit. I look for consumables.. and I just cant muster the interest in selling oils and candles.
                  I get it. And agree, although both candles and oils do get consumed. As I type, the 100 year old catholic church across the street is about to start 10 AM mass. Rough count has about 200 people, as did the 8 AM, last night and the noon today. Add in the funerals, weddings and christenings...well a very busy place.

                  I now see adults who were in diapers when they first started showing up, and since it is one of the RICHEST "entities" in the world, a lesson on consumables and having life long customers, well, I'd love to have their take on one Mass from ALL their churches the world over. Plus, they buy a ton of candles too.

                  I certainly agree that consumables are in the OPTIMAL niche category, and not just for the sake of argument, but as a niche, it is hard to beat BELIEF as an optimal market.

                  Now, maybe, to Max5ty's idea, and maybe a splitting of hairs, but I see MINDSET as a different lane of Spirituality, although maybe they have a water/ice/steam relationship?

                  GordonJ

                  P.S. I also wonder how much of "natural, organic, healthy, local grown, free range, etc., etc." is more about the marketing first before the demand. Which came first the organic egg or the free range chicken and whatever happened to LARD, the greatest taste adder in the world. Yes, maybe I'll bring out an organic LARD, YEA, that's the ticket.

                  Maybe CHARLOTTE'S LARD, because Wilbur's lard might get confused with a dead talking horse? (yea, I know the horse was Mr. Ed, of course, but many GenZ don't know that).
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            I too am in touch with my spiritual side. I play Final Fantasy a lot. I also have a level 20 shaman in World of Warcraft.
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          • Profile picture of the author Profit Traveler
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            Recently got a "Fiverr" Gig that was actually $5. Cost me $6.75

            And Love this headline from Today...

            Dollar Tree... (Where everything is only $1)

            Makes It Official: All Items Will Now Cost $1.25


            So does this mean we can make a list of "10 Best Places to Earn Crypto" and only list 9?
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        • Profile picture of the author savidge4
          Originally Posted by socialentry View Post

          What happens if your tribe is people you don't like?
          An interesting question... the enlightened answer would be, "Just because you love them doesnt mean you have to do lunch" - Marianne Williamson I absolutely love that quote.

          The flip side of that answer would be that I might suggest you are to attached. My small town business relationships are way way way different than my online ones, The online "Relationships" are absolutely insincere I dont know these people from Adam. No offense Claude or Odahh or Gordon... and I am sure the same is true in reverse... as much as I know your online personas... I dont KNOW you, or really have a relationship.

          And ALL of the people we sell to online? oh geeze - I have shared this before I keep records of birthday and interests and all of that kind of stuff, and yeah anyone that buys something from me on say facebook will get a "Happy Birthday" from me every year... but I have no clue who these people are - nor do I care actually. But like Claude might say.. If they bought from you once, they more than likely will buy from you again LOL

          As Gordon said... when he had enough.. it was done.. and for ME, if you piss me off more than say 2 times, I probably wont ever talk to you again. You HAVETO draw the line at happiness. Relationships fall 1 of 3 ways, Toxic, Neutral, and Beneficial. 2 of the 3 will keep your Happy meter up,and the third ( Toxic ) brings it down... lose toxic at all costs
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          • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
            Thanks.

            So many Warriors and even IM gurus are shouting out from YouTube videos about building trust, and relationships. Sure, of course.

            But they are superficial. Spurious even. And then there is authentic. I don't know or have any clue what that actually means, I have to ask whomever brought it along to define it.

            I don't know a single person that works for Procter and Gamble, yet, I have been a lifelong customer of theirs. That can be said for probably 80% of the money I spend, on anything, and that means strangers or barely acquainted folk get my dough.

            It is a relatively new idea, mainly due to social media and younger people, that a relationship is needed, or heck, even wanted.

            I love Little Debbie and her snacks, but she never invites me to lunch.

            And we active Warriors have different backgrounds and bias, and that should go without saying, and even the MODEL ME model, is basically flawed. Tony Robbins was/is great at selling the concept of "do what I did, you get what I got"...

            until someone who isn't suited to doing whatever he did tries it and accepts the blame that he/she didn't try enough...when more likely, they simply didn't have the personality, the passion, or the desire to do what others did. Modeling can be very useful, and practical, but it is hardly universal.

            One size suit does not fit all.

            So we see in this thread, and on the forum in general a lot of how to, or what I do, and here is something anyone can do...look no further than the WSO section...and I suggest, as I have for several decades now, all that might or maybe should come after a self analysis, a self audit and know what you really want and why. Because without the bedrock foundation of building on who you are, one is as likely as a leaf in a Forrest Gump movie to be blown about in the often gray and dark skies of IM.

            There are many ways to either make money, if that is a goal, or to have whatever successful adventure you can conjure. Also, in those pursuits, work with the ones, not the twos and threes of the world.

            Even family and loved ones, people you hope and oft expect to see you succeed, have quite the opposite effect.

            GordonJ

            PS. Even the richest of the rich, didn't follow one another down the same path, but carved out their own way, and one might argue...mainly, by being themselves.


            Originally Posted by savidge4 View Post

            An interesting question... the enlightened answer would be, "Just because you love them doesnt mean you have to do lunch" - Marianne Williamson I absolutely love that quote.

            The flip side of that answer would be that I might suggest you are to attached. My small town business relationships are way way way different than my online ones, The online "Relationships" are absolutely insincere I dont know these people from Adam. No offense Claude or Odahh or Gordon... and I am sure the same is true in reverse... as much as I know your online personas... I dont KNOW you, or really have a relationship.

            And ALL of the people we sell to online? oh geeze - I have shared this before I keep records of birthday and interests and all of that kind of stuff, and yeah anyone that buys something from me on say facebook will get a "Happy Birthday" from me every year... but I have no clue who these people are - nor do I care actually. But like Claude might say.. If they bought from you once, they more than likely will buy from you again LOL

            As Gordon said... when he had enough.. it was done.. and for ME, if you piss me off more than say 2 times, I probably wont ever talk to you again. You HAVETO draw the line at happiness. Relationships fall 1 of 3 ways, Toxic, Neutral, and Beneficial. 2 of the 3 will keep your Happy meter up,and the third ( Toxic ) brings it down... lose toxic at all costs
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            • Profile picture of the author savidge4
              Originally Posted by GordonJ View Post

              PS. Even the richest of the rich, didn't follow one another down the same path, but carved out their own way, and one might argue...mainly, by being themselves.
              As much as I would agree with this on the surface, i think digging a bit deeper It kinda doesnt make sense. Henry Ford and Elon Musk... Henry Ford invented the production line right, and What is Elon doing? trying to perfect a production line... to some extent re-inventing the wheel. So kinda the same path, but being true to ones self.

              And then you look at Ford now committing to production of EV's and they will be full on from the moment the factory is opened.. unlike Tesla or Rivian or any of the others... I suggest they will all be swallowed, and at best have a APPLE like market share when it is all said and done. Rivian I dont see lasting 3 years... histories next DeLorean.

              This whole process is simply just watching history repeat itself, only the names and locations have been changed to protect the innocent LOL
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              • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
                Henry Ford = Production line-human intensive.
                Elon Musk = Production line-robots.

                Today a small automated, robotic rubber shop in China can turn out what our rubber companies did with 1000 employees.

                Just as H. Ford built on the industrial revolution of the 19th century, today's Entrepreneur may be able to bank on the technology revolution. Soon, like tomorrow, robots will build TINY HOUSES with very little need for people to do much other than insure the tech keeps running.

                Speaking of reinventing the wheel, one guy, Lou Borick, after having had success in the auto aftermarket, selling steering wheel covers...landed a contract from FORD for the production of aluminum wheels. HISTORICALLY, oil was on the rise, FORD wanted to lighten their product to increase gas mileage. Superior Industries International became a huge profit center.

                So, one lesson could be: as FORD becomes the EV giant as one expects, there will be after market suppliers or primary vendors too, which will grow and some modern day Lou Borick will pocket millions of dollars...just as history has shown us in all and every era.

                You don't have to be THE MAN, but you can go far doing business with/for THE MAN (or his customers).

                So, I would say sure the names and locations change ALONG with the technology and we can clearly see our future profits going back in time with our imaginary DeLoreans.

                GordonJ

                Also, this future sight, based on knowing your history, probably falls under Cross Pathing and Anticipatory Profits, relative modern ideas of doing business. Aaron Montgomery Ward anticipated the completion of the railroad systems commissioned by USA Govt., and because of his look into the future, he saw people getting their goods delivered to all rural parts of the country. And modern mail order was born.

                I think it may be fair to say, that Aaron gave Jeff Bezos a pretty good template to follow, REMOTE selling and delivery.




                QUOTE=savidge4;11684434]As much as I would agree with this on the surface, i think digging a bit deeper It kinda doesnt make sense. Henry Ford and Elon Musk... Henry Ford invented the production line right, and What is Elon doing? trying to perfect a production line... to some extent re-inventing the wheel. So kinda the same path, but being true to ones self.

                And then you look at Ford now committing to production of EV's and they will be full on from the moment the factory is opened.. unlike Tesla or Rivian or any of the others... I suggest they will all be swallowed, and at best have a APPLE like market share when it is all said and done. Rivian I dont see lasting 3 years... histories next DeLorean.

                This whole process is simply just watching history repeat itself, only the names and locations have been changed to protect the innocent LOL[/QUOTE]
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                • Profile picture of the author savidge4
                  Originally Posted by GordonJ View Post

                  Henry Ford = Production line-human intensive.
                  Elon Musk = Production line-robots.
                  I really do not understand this line of thinking... not only HERE but elsewhere across the net. Ohh Aww Elon musk is revolutionizing the world.... I bet you change your mind here in a minute.

                  Have to keep in mind the only "Revolutionary" thing Elon is doing with car manufacturing is the "GigaPress" thats about it. And this is being done to conserve weight and reduce the number of welds. Ford on the other hand.. a few years back introduced Aluminum frames for their trucks and quietly introduced them into many of their cars... obviously to reduce weight - I would suggest forward thinking, and being done to help with the weight ratio of EV's

                  So the proof that Elon is not taking jobs by become robot efficient...
                  Ford plant employment numbers ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ford_factories ) Scroll down to "Future Production Facilities" and you see they plan on employing 6000 people in the plant that produces the F150 and the Batteries

                  Then look at Tesla's employment numbers ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Tesla_factories ) and you see the number of employees( 10,000 ) is at least 30% greater at the main facilities than any of Fords. AND Tesla has separate facilities that produce batteries increasing the overall number of employees for production to even higher amounts.

                  Tesla is not so "Robotic" you should really be looking at FORD as an example of this... Tesla? probably the most human labor robust manufacturing facilities the world over.
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    The Dynamic Laws of Prosperity by Catherine Ponder this is an incredibly valuable and useful book. At the moment, there are many options for making money and how you can make money in a short line. Slots and casinos are also such methods now because they are much more reliable than they were before. You can go on this page and read a detailed review of Aristocrat Pokies, which I have enjoyed playing for several months now.
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    • Profile picture of the author Profit Traveler
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      Originally Posted by Cyrus Nelson View Post

      The Dynamic Laws of Prosperity by Catherine Ponder this is an incredibly valuable and useful book.

      Listening to this now. Thanks. I like it.

      https://youtu.be/2_jvqcOztaE

      I am always absorbing for the knowledge but also observing and note taking for the marketing methods in this lucrative space.
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  • Profile picture of the author Odahh
    Hey savage

    You're already like family to me any discussion with them some how turns into an argument. As least there is some great information in what you say. And pay check or social security check where the only way to earn a living. To them still is.my brothers worked themselves in disability checks .

    I got stuck up here through the pandemic in a few weeks I will be going somewhere else preferably somewhere warm but also not California.

    You mentioned the I hate my job so I will start some kind of business money motivation. It never enter the mindset that they can enjoy the way they make money. Or get their entertainment from their work.

    It is not a natural jump without being around someone who enjoys the work they do.
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  • Profile picture of the author Aaron Kearney
    Personally, money is not important to me. And that's probably why I don't have any. I'm actually trying to place more importance on money because it always seems to elude me. And when presented with opportunities to make or receive money, I turn them down. Strange.

    Don't get me wrong, I want money and success because it means one thing - freedom. And that is what is important to me. Currently trying to become more selfish in regards to money. But without a doubt, the reason why I seem to fail to acquire money despite my best efforts is because of my Christian faith.

    And if anyone could advise me regarding this that would be much appreciated =)
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    • Profile picture of the author savidge4
      Originally Posted by Aaron Kearney View Post

      Personally, money is not important to me. And that's probably why I don't have any. I'm actually trying to place more importance on money because it always seems to elude me. And when presented with opportunities to make or receive money, I turn them down. Strange.

      Don't get me wrong, I want money and success because it means one thing - freedom. And that is what is important to me. Currently trying to become more selfish in regards to money. But without a doubt, the reason why I seem to fail to acquire money despite my best efforts is because of my Christian faith.

      And if anyone could advise me regarding this that would be much appreciated =)
      Here is the hugest misconception ever "Money means one thing - freedom" Freedom from what? With Money comes "Responsibility". Lets just say i could hand you $1,000,000.00 what would most people do? they would buy a house, they would buy a Lambo, they would drink and eat real expensive food and drinks. Do you think the $1,000,000.00 would last a year? Probably not that long. Does that sound "Responsible"/

      YOU specifically are turning down money more than likely because you have issues with commitment. If I accept that, I will have to do this. NOTHING to do with your faith. Lets look ata document such as the Noble Eightfold Path... I know its not Christian based but a good place to start...
      1. Right Resolve or Intention
      2. Right Speech
      3. Right Conduct or Action
      4. Right Livelihood
      5. Right Effort
      6. Right Mindfulness
      7. Right Meditation
      8. Right View

      An absolute foundation for "Right Thinking" in regards to Money. The first rule.. Intention, should be the absolute foundation of WHY you would do anything. My general philosophies on this are to invoke Peace or Happiness - NOT just within myself, but those around me.

      From there the rest of the Path I think falls right into place. Your not going to run around and speak badly of others.. you are going to act apon the intentions you have set. Your Livelihood is going to be based on not harming others, Your efforts will focus on not creating a space other than one of Peace or Happiness. Mindfulness... Being aware or conscious of what you say and what you do. In YOUR case maintaining a state of prayer. and lastly Right View... Actions have consequences... not only in life but after. Meditation - In YOUR case will the actions of this life create choices of what world you visit after death ( on this world ) AKA Heaven or Hell.

      The 10 Commandments is basically the same darn thing - I just think the 8 fold path is more literal, in its delivery, and maybe more actionable because of that.

      Its NOT a SIN like many think to have money... that's just Silly... Thinking you want to live like Jesus and be "Poor" and have no worldly needs? The man had fine looking women rubbing his feet at the end of every day with probably darn expensive anointed oils. He Ate well - to include the last supper. Don't kid yourself... Jesus was F A R from a pauper.

      be Committed in your life - ALL ASPECTS. Lose the dang GUILT man... Right Intentions and Right Mindedness resolves the issues with the 7 deadly sins. Takes them right out of play.

      Get into the game already... Bring Prosperity to YOU and those around you. Its ALL about the Intention - and the words and more importantly the actions that match those intentions.

      Hope that Helps!
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    • Profile picture of the author Odahh
      Originally Posted by Aaron Kearney View Post

      Personally, money is not important to me. And that's probably why I don't have any. I'm actually trying to place more importance on money because it always seems to elude me. And when presented with opportunities to make or receive money, I turn them down. Strange.

      Don't get me wrong, I want money and success because it means one thing - freedom. And that is what is important to me. Currently trying to become more selfish in regards to money. But without a doubt, the reason why I seem to fail to acquire money despite my best efforts is because of my Christian faith.

      And if anyone could advise me regarding this that would be much appreciated =)
      The only reason your faith prevents you from having money. Is the majority of what you imagine you will do with the money is wicked things. The list of thing you hold inside. That the only thing preventing you from doing is lack of money. Not any kind of virtue based discipline.

      You have all these hungry desires inside that want to get fed but you have starved with you self imposed lack of money.

      The real religion getting in your way is the economy and what ever you believe it is doing that effects the money you can make and the costs of the things you buy.
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    • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
      Originally Posted by Aaron Kearney View Post

      , the reason why I seem to fail to acquire money despite my best efforts is because of my Christian faith.
      No. The country is filled with very religious people who have become wealthy.

      The majority of my friends are successful business owners, and almost all of them are also devout Christians and great family men (or women).
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    • Profile picture of the author Jonathan 2.0
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      Originally Posted by Aaron Kearney View Post

      Don't get me wrong, I want money and success because it means one thing - freedom. And that is what is important to me. Currently trying to become more selfish in regards to money. But without a doubt, the reason why I seem to fail to acquire money despite my best efforts is because of my Christian faith.
      Hi Aaron.

      Like Odahh suggested, there's nothing inherently "right" or "wrong" about money and/or being wealthy: It's what a Person does with their money that makes the difference. Like Claude said, many Christians become rich/wealthy ... And some of them even become "Kingdom Builders" ... (That essentially means they donate/use a lot of their money the further the "Christian Faith" (etc.)

      By the way I learned that from Rick Warren's book "The Purpose Driven Life". If you haven't read it yet, then definitely check it out on Amazon.com

      Money is simply a "tool" (or resource) that you can do a lot of good with. : )

      HTH
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      • Profile picture of the author socialentry
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        Originally Posted by Jonathan 2.0 View Post

        Hi Aaron.

        Like Odahh suggested, there's nothing inherently "right" or "wrong" about money and/or being wealthy: It's what a Person does with their money that makes the difference. Like Claude said, many Christians become rich/wealthy ... And some of them even become "Kingdom Builders" ... (That essentially means they donate/use a lot of their money the further the "Christian Faith" (etc.)

        Sounds a lot like the Knight Templars and the Crusaders.



        They looked super cool.


        Except for the fact the KT completely got pwn3d by the end,
        and well, the Crusades got pwn3d continuously after the first crusade, this looks less cool.
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  • Profile picture of the author max5ty
    So I haven't taken the time to read all the comments...

    but, I have a couple thoughts.

    Everybody follows the same path to becoming wealthy. I'm not referring to the inheritance people.

    I'm convinced anyone can become wealthy if they follow the principles other wealthy people have followed.

    Has nothing to do with the what or how they became wealthy...it is all about their mindset.

    I'm convinced you can become wealthy selling pencils...or do hickeys...or dog crap.

    If you've ever been around an extremely successful person, you start to realize...

    they've tried a ton of different things and have probably failed at a ton of different things.

    Often, we look at the end result. We don't see their journey. We don't see their failures and we don't take the time to realize they were probably at their lowest point several times...but they didn't give up. We see the fancy cars and big houses, but we don't see the hard times.

    If I had nothing today and wanted to start over and all I had was an idea to sell pencils on the street corner somewhere, I'm convinced I could become wealthy all over again.

    There's a saying that if you took all the money in the world, and divided it equally to everyone...within a few months the same people would have the same amount of money they had before you divided it all up.

    It's a mindset that only a few have to be able to accumulate wealth.

    The first rule is, you have to start...

    so if I stood on a street corner tomorrow and started selling pencils, I'd probably realize it wasn't the best plan. I'd then figure out how to better sell the pencils. If I was of the mindset that I was going to succeed at any cost, I'd get busy coming up with a plan.

    So, let's say I decided to a better plan would be to go to a big business and sell them pencils in bulk. I'd try that. Let's say that failed. I've got the mindset that I'm going to succeed...and not only succeed, but I'm going to be willing to change course and be ready to pivot quickly.

    I discover that these businesses don't want pencils...they want pens...and not just any pen, but pens with their logo on them. So I get busy and start selling those.

    Probably still wouldn't make me wealthy at first, but I'd soon figure out a way to go national and get more business, then I'd go worldwide, and then probably figure out there was something they wanted more than pens...I'd quickly change course and start with that.

    The journey along the way is where you learn the secrets.

    So, what I'm trying to explain...I wouldn't know what they really wanted or how to become profitable until I had started.

    Usually, what you start with is not where you will finish. But you don't know until you've started.

    It's a journey. It's a journey that only a few will try. Most will give up and quit. Most will take the first failure at selling pencils on the corner and quit. Most will go home and complain that it can't be done.

    The difference between a successful person and most is how quick they can get back up and overcome a setback. Most quit. A successful person with a drive keeps going.

    There is no secret formula. There is no perfect product.

    I've given this speech to people before...

    they'll set a goal...let's say they want to lose 200 pounds. They'll wish it happened overnight, and I tell them that won't prepare you for the end result.

    Between your goal and the end is where your life changes...it's where your mind changes...it's where you prepare yourself for the end goal. Between A and B is where the magic happens. Why would you want to miss out on the magic?

    Put your failure trophies on the wall. Admire them. Be proud of them.

    Don't know if any of what I'm trying to say makes sense, but I'm trying to explain my point without writing a whole blog.
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    • Profile picture of the author Profit Traveler
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      Originally Posted by max5ty View Post


      There's a saying that if you took all the money in the world, and divided it equally to everyone...within a few months the same people would have the same amount of money they had before you divided it all up.
      .

      I dare a very wealthy person to give me a large amount of money to prove I would end up back where I was.

      That was a great post though.,..I enjoyed it thanks.
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      • Profile picture of the author max5ty
        Originally Posted by Profit Traveler View Post

        I dare a very wealthy person to give me a large amount of money to prove I would end up back where I was.
        I feel you on that one...

        but having read your posts, I'm guessing you're smarter than most.
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        • Profile picture of the author Profit Traveler
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          Originally Posted by max5ty View Post

          I feel you on that one...

          but having read your posts, I'm guessing you're smarter than most.

          Observant And always learning. Thanks.

          If we are not fully where we want to be, F the regrets we can all begin today right now.


          @Aaron....The Universe wants us to have and live in Abundance.

          When you have abundance you can positively impact more people.
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      • Profile picture of the author Odahh
        Originally Posted by Profit Traveler View Post

        I dare a very wealthy person to give me a large amount of money to prove I would end up back where I was.

        That was a great post though.,..I enjoyed it thanks.
        You seem like you are in a great place now you would not need a handout you would like a very wealthy person to allow you to house sit their mansions and make sure the staff wasn't slacking or stealing.
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        • Profile picture of the author Profit Traveler
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          Originally Posted by Odahh View Post

          You seem like you are in a great place now you would not need a handout you would like a very wealthy person to allow you to house sit their mansions and make sure the staff wasn't slacking or stealing.
          Alot of "Wealthy" people going to jail for Gov. PPP Loans in Pandemic taking money for payroll protection etc and buying lambos, yachts and mansions.


          In other news....

          NO MORE STAPLES CENTER FOR LAKERS.

          Now called CRYPTO.Com STADIUM. Because Money....even when it is digital....talks.

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    As we know Money to Money...
    That's all
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    • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
      Originally Posted by olivoliv View Post

      As we know Money to Money...
      That's all
      I don't know what this means...maybe, it takes money to make money???

      Whatever. I'm ready for the Holiday season, although, I started planning for it last year, but there might be some very late hour opportunities for those who like to hustle.

      I am ready for FAT season, starting in less than 2 months. Consider this list found at nextmark:

      https://lists.nextmark.com/market?pa...card&id=318899

      (NO affiliation with nextmark, just as an example).

      A pretty big list of people with a HOTLINE and if you are clueless as to how to read this list, then you have some work to do as a marketer, eh?

      I know for a fact...no need to play Nostradamus here....that millions of Americans will be starting DIETS and wanting to lose weight very soon.

      And there will NOT be a shortage of offers made to them, you can bet the farm almost every IM guru of any repute will have something to offer to this starving (HA) crowd.

      Also, every so-called Copywriter and their would be minions will be tossing their hats into the ring to cash in on this very El Gordo Market, some fat cats will be getting fatter as America slims down (or wants to).

      One thing to take note of is how all the copy sounds alike. Very little differentiation here.

      IF you want to cash in, say on the coming LOSE WEIGHT New Year's phenom...then you have to be different. It really may be too late to go up against the Gurus, who have been perfecting their weight loss and DIET pitches for years, but with a little planning and execution, there are lots of small niches here which could lead to a very healthy dose of profits. If you get a few things right.

      For decades, I have taught the importance of the INTERSECTION and how having the right meeting take place there is one of the secrets to getting what you want, and that mainly by helping others get what they want (my mantra and that of many).


      But where the mistake is made is in the language.

      All weight loss desire is NOT created equal. So if you want to cash in on a known future event, then you have to prepare for it and understand your particular splinter group so you use language which SPECIFICALLY resonates with them at the moment of the INTERSECTION.

      So, if you have prepared, then enjoy your windfall profits from this holiday season and if you are wanting to get started or to scale up, then start NOW to prepare for NEXT holiday season and the for sure dieters of 2023.

      Or don't. And struggle on.

      GordonJ

      P.S. Prepare for profits based on your joy to do the effort.
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      • Originally Posted by GordonJ View Post


        All weight loss desire is NOT created equal.

        GordonJ
        Troo.

        As I undahstand the deal, weight loss offahs are naht for Moi.

        As a perfectly desirable wraith who can't cook pound-packin' carb-based meals for shit, I am natchrlly minded to view all CAN'T EVEN PULL UP YOUR PANTIES WITHOUT NO EMBARRASSIN' SOUND EFFECT?? pitches as more or less equally noplace.

        But evrythin' you say 'bout 2022 holds troo.

        It is like a conduit of hope opens up for evrywan soon as Noo Year dawns ...

        a potent moment of change nowan EVAH EVAH EVAH considahs on mebbe May 25th.

        An evergreen pool of wantin' swells up from outta noplace othah than THIS evry 365 days.

        It is a mood gaht no real substance less'n we say it does -- an' don't we jus' shout it from the rooftops?

        Arbitrarily generated propulsion deserves specifically targeted rewards.


        Else'n -- who be playin'?

        That is why a contemporary verve & spin differentiates your offah from the merely formulaic in ways appeal to evrywan NOW.

        So mebbe when muh boobies start floppin' outta my blouse real awkward I will join the ranks of the cellulite-whippin' crayzee.

        Meantime, my needs & desires gotta be fulfilled by sumone, so, like evrywan, I open to the right appeal at the right time.

        (This is naht an offah for casyool smoochie btw -- I jus' tryin' to tell the trooth.)
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          Arbitrarily generated propulsion deserves specifically targeted rewards.


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          Thanks. Could be my new mantra.

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          • Profile picture of the author savidge4
            Originally Posted by GordonJ View Post

            I am ready for FAT season, starting in less than 2 months.

            I know for a fact...no need to play Nostradamus here....that millions of Americans will be starting DIETS and wanting to lose weight very soon.
            Truth be told, "Diet Season" has already started - looking good for holiday season type functions and parties. There is also the bunch that KNOWS they will induldge during the holiday season and work at getting a few pounds off, so they can place them back on.

            Interesting little fact about the "Diet' industry... The month of February is actually the biggest financial month across the board. So large, that more is made in February than the other 11 months combined

            Originally Posted by GordonJ View Post

            IF you want to cash in, say on the coming LOSE WEIGHT New Year's phenom...then you have to be different. It really may be too late to go up against the Gurus, who have been perfecting their weight loss and DIET pitches for years, but with a little planning and execution, there are lots of small niches here which could lead to a very healthy dose of profits. If you get a few things right.
            As many may know I play in this sector a bit... not so much weight loss or "Diet" anything. This aspect of the industry has been in a downward cycle for the last 3 to 4 years. What is replacing "Diet" is "Healthy Lifestyle". So going to a grocery store now that you know there is a downward trend, you might notice there is fewer "DIET" options and more "Organic" or "Healthy" or "Natural" or "Low Sugar" or "Whole Grain" - the most common used buzzword term followed by "High Fiber" and "Multi Grain".

            The Pandemic has done some interesting things to the economy, and the way that consumers think. Without question it has sped up some trends, and there are others it has in a way slowed down, or completely decimated. The "Diet" industry, based on the data I look at, went from slowing down to just short of decimated. There has been a huge shift in mindset and buying power towards "Healthy Lifestyle" vs "Diet"

            I REALLY pay attention to trends in this industry. Here is a list of the top 25 terms this year so far: Atkins Nutritionals, BeachBody, Centers for Medical Weight Loss, Dr. G's, Herbalife, HMR, Ideal Protein, Isagenix, Jenny Craig, JumptStart MD, Lindora Clinics, Medi-Weightloss, Medifast, Metabolic Research, Noom, NutriSystem, Nuviva, Optifast, Profile by Sanford, Robard, Slim-Fast, Slimgenics, Smart For Life, Visalus, Weight Watchers.

            Many of these are MLM's which I find interesting. Isagenix as an example is one that I work with. I dont know a thing about it, but NOOM seems to me to be something to look at - has been very trending now for more than 6 months. Not so much selling "IT" - NOOM, but finding a parallel to leverage the 50 Million people that have downloaded the app.

            Some other interesting facts: 60% (+/-) of adults in the States gained weight, since the beginning of the pandemic. The clinical average of weight gained is 15 pounds.

            So the progression of reasons to "Diet" Winter Parties, New Years Resolution, Winter season recovery, Valentines day, June Wedding Season, Summer bod season, back to school - and these are just a few.

            Selling in this "niche" is more about the psychology and the REASON ( the WHY ) Cant say that I have actually seen a program do this, but "Dieting" to make an Ex jealous seems to me to be a plausible and workable "Reason"

            But all in all... The trend is a more "Healthy Lifestyle" right.. so self esteem would come up.. for guys, like taking the dating angle - not look good to get the girl, but FEEL good to get the girl - if that makes sense.

            When you are looking to figure out a product... I personally look for consumables... things that are bought over and over. Selling a "Diet Pill" is a one and done type off sale... Selling a diet program is a one and done type of sale. Selling a subscription to weekly recipes following a specific diet is no longer a one off deal. Selling coffee to Keto folks is not a one off deal. Protein mixes are not a one off deal.

            You need to think about what you are selling TODAY, and what happens 3 months from now, a year from now, 5 years from now.... Taking all the time to get a mailing list because you are selling some diet pill TODAY.. leads to what a year from now? IF you are going to put in the effort to develop a list... think it through... Its not about the product you are selling today, it is the continual development of product/services over the months and years right?

            Selling consumables, becomes a compounding investment right? You get 1 person to start buying something monthly bi-monthly.. and then 2 and then 100 - the cycle doesnt stop and your potential income incrementally grows vs ever chasing that sale to keep your numbers up for the month.

            my 2 cents anyways.. Hope that Helps!
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            • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
              Great stuff savidge4, GREAT.

              Here is a share: some weight loss "ideas", tested and proven to have pulled in millions of dollars of sales and profits doing exactly what savidge4 has written....and to his point:

              Selling in this "niche" is more about the psychology and the REASON ( the WHY ) Cant say that I have actually seen a program do this, but "Dieting" to make an Ex jealous seems to me to be a plausible and workable "Reason"

              This link, and again, I have NO affiliation takes one to a few of the ads written by Bud Weckesser of Green Tree Press and these are about weight loss
              https://swiped.co/file/secret-trick-...en-tree-press/

              While you visit swiped.co go ahead and search for Green Tree Press and see several ads which produced multi million dollar returns. The 'TRICK ON THE HUSBAND" ad linked to is all about revenge, or I'll show you, or take that type of ad. One version of these ads was run in teen and young adult magazines with the headline BOYFRIEND WANTED.

              Bud Weckesser was a genius at using the PSYCHOLOGICAL reason why in his ads.

              And to further attest to savidge4's point, all of those ads had a supplement back-end with an auto ship program which continued to produce huge profits long after the buyer saw the ads.

              Also, in the last couple of months, this just a head's up for all of us, savidge4's concept of PARALLEL leverage, which he has discussed at length, could be one of the best hidden in plain sight secrets the Warrior Forum has encountered. Instead of diving into the crowded end of the pool, go to the other end where there isn't as much activity and splash moolah high into the night.

              A girl getting married in June will have DIFFERENT motivations for her weight loss than the girl who binged at the Holidays and wants to get back to smaller size red dress as quickly as possible.

              The great thing for all of us marketers is HUMANS are not only predictable as heck, we have those arbitrarily generated propulsions written on pretty dog and cat covered paper to look at and remind us that every year, the parade of life continues marching in formation and all we need to do is grab a baton and get in front of it.

              GordonJ



              Originally Posted by savidge4 View Post

              Truth be told, "Diet Season" has already started - looking good for holiday season type functions and parties. There is also the bunch that KNOWS they will induldge during the holiday season and work at getting a few pounds off, so they can place them back on.

              Interesting little fact about the "Diet' industry... The month of February is actually the biggest financial month across the board. So large, that more is made in February than the other 11 months combined



              As many may know I play in this sector a bit... not so much weight loss or "Diet" anything. This aspect of the industry has been in a downward cycle for the last 3 to 4 years. What is replacing "Diet" is "Healthy Lifestyle". So going to a grocery store now that you know there is a downward trend, you might notice there is fewer "DIET" options and more "Organic" or "Healthy" or "Natural" or "Low Sugar" or "Whole Grain" - the most common used buzzword term followed by "High Fiber" and "Multi Grain".

              The Pandemic has done some interesting things to the economy, and the way that consumers think. Without question it has sped up some trends, and there are others it has in a way slowed down, or completely decimated. The "Diet" industry, based on the data I look at, went from slowing down to just short of decimated. There has been a huge shift in mindset and buying power towards "Healthy Lifestyle" vs "Diet"

              I REALLY pay attention to trends in this industry. Here is a list of the top 25 terms this year so far: Atkins Nutritionals, BeachBody, Centers for Medical Weight Loss, Dr. G's, Herbalife, HMR, Ideal Protein, Isagenix, Jenny Craig, JumptStart MD, Lindora Clinics, Medi-Weightloss, Medifast, Metabolic Research, Noom, NutriSystem, Nuviva, Optifast, Profile by Sanford, Robard, Slim-Fast, Slimgenics, Smart For Life, Visalus, Weight Watchers.

              Many of these are MLM's which I find interesting. Isagenix as an example is one that I work with. I dont know a thing about it, but NOOM seems to me to be something to look at - has been very trending now for more than 6 months. Not so much selling "IT" - NOOM, but finding a parallel to leverage the 50 Million people that have downloaded the app.

              Some other interesting facts: 60% (+/-) of adults in the States gained weight, since the beginning of the pandemic. The clinical average of weight gained is 15 pounds.

              So the progression of reasons to "Diet" Winter Parties, New Years Resolution, Winter season recovery, Valentines day, June Wedding Season, Summer bod season, back to school - and these are just a few.

              Selling in this "niche" is more about the psychology and the REASON ( the WHY ) Cant say that I have actually seen a program do this, but "Dieting" to make an Ex jealous seems to me to be a plausible and workable "Reason"

              But all in all... The trend is a more "Healthy Lifestyle" right.. so self esteem would come up.. for guys, like taking the dating angle - not look good to get the girl, but FEEL good to get the girl - if that makes sense.

              When you are looking to figure out a product... I personally look for consumables... things that are bought over and over. Selling a "Diet Pill" is a one and done type off sale... Selling a diet program is a one and done type of sale. Selling a subscription to weekly recipes following a specific diet is no longer a one off deal. Selling coffee to Keto folks is not a one off deal. Protein mixes are not a one off deal.

              You need to think about what you are selling TODAY, and what happens 3 months from now, a year from now, 5 years from now.... Taking all the time to get a mailing list because you are selling some diet pill TODAY.. leads to what a year from now? IF you are going to put in the effort to develop a list... think it through... Its not about the product you are selling today, it is the continual development of product/services over the months and years right?

              Selling consumables, becomes a compounding investment right? You get 1 person to start buying something monthly bi-monthly.. and then 2 and then 100 - the cycle doesnt stop and your potential income incrementally grows vs ever chasing that sale to keep your numbers up for the month.

              my 2 cents anyways.. Hope that Helps!
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    He also mentioned that People think a degree is the only way to become successful in life. But in a book why students work for c students and b students work for government, he said it is because they have never been taught about financial education.
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  • Profile picture of the author max5ty
    @Socialentry:

    Haven't the slightest clue about all that.

    My son use to play video games for hours and hours...he's now high up with a big six-figure position in the echelon at Boeing so I'm thinking it may have paid off.

    Gordon: To me, spirituality is getting in tune with one's self.

    I know most think it has a religious connotation...but I'm referring to the cosmetics of a person's inner being.

    I'm thinking we both are on the same page but maybe describing it in different terms?
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      I accept that idea, so we are in synch...but being an OFF KEY member of the choir, I can't decide on which cosmetics my inner being would prefer...

      Helena Rubinstein

      Or Max Factor?

      Or just take my inner self to the beach for a natural glow?

      GordonJ


      Originally Posted by max5ty View Post

      @Socialentry:

      Haven't the slightest clue about all that.

      My son use to play video games for hours and hours...he's now high up with a big six-figure position in the echelon at Boeing so I'm thinking it may have paid off.

      Gordon: To me, spirituality is getting in tune with one's self.

      I know most think it has a religious connotation...but I'm referring to the cosmetics of a person's inner being.

      I'm thinking we both are on the same page but maybe describing it in different terms?
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      • Profile picture of the author max5ty
        Originally Posted by GordonJ View Post

        I accept that idea, so we are in synch...but being an OFF KEY member of the choir, I can't decide on which cosmetics my inner being would prefer...

        Helena Rubinstein

        Or Max Factor?

        Or just take my inner self to the beach for a natural glow?

        GordonJ
        I did some work for Max Factor.

        Have you ever looked at their history?

        It's crazy.

        Cover Girl is what we call it in the U.S.

        Don't know about the other one.
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      • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
        I am not seeing how anything is being invalidated in the thread and most of it is about OPTIMIZING a few sources of income that provide more than enough cash to get _____.

        I also think you do a lot of projection on the thread. Where do you need 30k to build a sauna? A teapot and teepee of sorts gets that job done, doesn't it?

        No one, and NO idea is being invalidated in this thread, how you tried to discuss something other than marketing, is taking place in your mind only. And is simply not true.

        This is, however, a forum

        The Internet Marketing Forum is dedicated to providing an online community and a place to meet, discuss and ask about questions, topics and trends related to internet marketing and your marketing objectives.

        There are other threads and sub forums where we always talk about lifestyle, choices and what not, but this thread you are critical of, clearly states its intent was to discuss the making of money.

        Take a break, and let go for awhile.

        GordonJ

        Also, try a sweat lodge and little ayahuasca, it might give you some valuable insights.



        Originally Posted by Odahh View Post

        I tried but anything that does not lead to piling up more money doesn't work in this thread. Actually using money to make life more enjoyable for you and those around you.

        The benefits of saunas and meditation are being proven by research. So you build a sauna shrine to meditate in every day . But the cost amounts to close to30,000. Because that is what you want.

        Apparently optimizing a few sources of income that provided more than enough cash to get this very expensive thing you want built. Is some how invalid.

        Someone decides for their healthy lifestyle they put money into building a raised bed garden with corrugated steal raised beds and pay the price to fill them with organic soil. And not ever make a business out of it. Invalid way of living.
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          Originally Posted by GordonJ View Post

          I am not seeing how anything is being invalidated in the thread and most of it is about OPTIMIZING a few sources of income that provide more than enough cash to get _____.

          I also think you do a lot of projection on the thread. Where do you need 30k to build a sauna? A teapot and teepee of sorts gets that job done, doesn't it?

          No one, and NO idea is being invalidated in this thread, how you tried to discuss something other than marketing, is taking place in your mind only. And is simply not true.

          This is, however, a forum

          The Internet Marketing Forum is dedicated to providing an online community and a place to meet, discuss and ask about questions, topics and trends related to internet marketing and your marketing objectives.

          There are other threads and sub forums where we always talk about lifestyle, choices and what not, but this thread you are critical of, clearly states its intent was to discuss the making of money.

          Take a break, and let go for awhile.

          GordonJ

          Also, try a sweat lodge and little ayahuasca, it might give you some valuable insights.

          i didnt get the 30 k meditation patio part either.
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          • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
            This thread has shone some light on the many different ways Warriors make money.

            All of us have 2022 ahead. How about we share our methods, strategies and techniques for PLANNING on how our profits will come to us?

            And I'll start. Right after I make a couple of observations.

            Many, if not most, Warriors are one person shops (like myself) and others are employers of many people (like savidge4) spread across multiple businesses.

            So, between the serial Entrepreneur with employees and we one person bands, there are probably a lot of variations or hybrids...many couples, some Joint Ventures, many service providers, freelancers, specialists. One thing we share is a need for planning and looking ahead.

            If I'm known for anything, it is usually my penchant for PLANNING.

            I look at 2022 through a long lens, THE WHOLE YEAR, or what is my end result in Dec. of next year.

            Medium look ahead, what does July 4 look like income wise?

            And short term, the first quarter...where will April 1 find my money? Hopefully out in the field working for itself, allowing me some front porch rocking chair time.

            This time of the year we get swamped with GOALS and what we WANT to do, like lose weight, get in shape, live healthier, etc.

            And mostly by April these short term goals have fallen by the wayside, although many folk will have made a shiny penny from selling to this "starving" market.

            Today, I am working on Halloween of next year, and this week will focus a lot of time and attention on Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Christmas and all that, PLANNING for it to come around and being prepared best I can to profit from it. And a year out is not that unusual for many businesses.

            For me, a combination of Money Amounts along with TIME to acquire, and how the day looks is a foundation for my planning.

            I like to set a goal, or an amount, flesh it out and backward chain from the time in the future when it happens back to the now...and see what steps and potential obstacles are in the way...and have an adjustments checkpoint along the way. For a quarter, a short term, I make adjustments monthly. For the year, maybe quarterly or every 4 months.

            When putting together my basket of profits, I have my own formula...and I would love to know or find out yours if willing to share. Mine is 60-30-10 I want 60% to come to me from the money doing the work, 30 from my efforts in marketing, and 10% from products which NEED copywriting. In other words, I don't select money making activity in the beginning which needs to be hyped or oversold. Hard for most IMer's to get.

            And within each of these sections, I will do an 80/20 Pareto analysis to find where my time can be most effectively used.

            So, these are my planning methods, I like old timey White Boards and Wall Calendars to see the BIG picture (the whole year) and then monthly calendars with step by step activities.

            I think of a year as a season, say American Football, where you train, practice then go play with the goal of being in the SuperBowl and winning it. Or if a longer term goal, of a college degree...take the classes, and pass, do the next and the next and in 4 years for most (3 for a few) 5-6 for many, will get a diploma.

            So, we have explored the many ways of MAKING MONEY 101 to 999 now we can PLAN on our execution of making it in 2022.

            What methods or systems do you use to plan ahead? Are you APP centrific? Do you use goal sheets, or calendars, or just wing it and do what the day requires? I'm sure there are many different ways Warriors plan for their futures, what is yours?

            GordonJ
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            • Profile picture of the author max5ty
              Originally Posted by GordonJ View Post

              This thread has shone some light on the many different ways Warriors make money.

              All of us have 2022 ahead. How about we share our methods, strategies and techniques for PLANNING on how our profits will come to us?
              I'm a little curious to hear more about your business plans.

              I own some businesses and we normally do a 3-year business plan and reevaluate about every 3 months.

              My thoughts...if you're a sole proprietorship, why would you wait till next Halloween or whenever to implement something?

              If you can do it at Halloween...or Thanksgiving...or Christmas...couldn't you scale it to a process that works now?

              Just wondering about your thoughts
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              • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
                Thanks for posting.

                Costumes, fake blood, teeth, masks, all Halloween items are deeply discounted right after the day. Same with Thanksgiving and Christmas. These items, unlike candy and pumpkin pie don't have an expiration date, and storage is a minimal expense.

                You would be amazed (or not) how many small businesses stock up and then find they have over bought and will dump this for pennies for what they paid. Anyhow, parts of Haloween, like costumes can be rented year around, but that is no longer a business I am associated with. So the plan only needs to be year to year. I just don't have any desire to try to sell Christmas ornaments in July.

                It is hard to imagine a 3 year plan for seasonal sales, and with supply in an iffy state, if I did a 3 year plan it would certainly include supply availabilty.

                What is great about the Warrior Forum, we have so many diverse business people and we all get to do our own thing.

                Thanks for wondering about my thoughts, I'll add you to the list which includes my psych team, OK?

                GordonJ

                P.S. Quid pro quo on the curiosity...do your three year plans not need a supply for their business and if so, is that what the adjustments are for? Thanks.

                Originally Posted by max5ty View Post

                I'm a little curious to hear more about your business plans.



                I own some businesses and we normally do a 3-year business plan and reevaluate about every 3 months.

                My thoughts...if you're a sole proprietorship, why would you wait till next Halloween or whenever to implement something?

                If you can do it at Halloween...or Thanksgiving...or Christmas...couldn't you scale it to a process that works now?

                Just wondering about your thoughts
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            • Profile picture of the author savidge4
              I think the saying is "Best laid plans...".

              I dropped long term anything a long time ago. Growth is my only long term plan, steady constant growth. BUT I dont say hey in 3 years I want sales 300% greater than this year. Sales in anything and every thing is cyclical thee are good months and weak months, there are good days and bad days. Identifying the cycles goes a long way in determining what can happen in the NOW to achieve long term goals.

              Originally Posted by max5ty View Post

              My thoughts...if you're a sole proprietorship, why would you wait till next Halloween or whenever to implement something?

              If you can do it at Halloween...or Thanksgiving...or Christmas...couldn't you scale it to a process that works now?
              This gave me a bit of a giggle... sorry...

              Halloween of all the holidays is probably the most non seasonal holiday. I have had a mailing list and store(s) around Halloween for years now, and obviously Sept Oct are the "Best" months ( cycles ) but the remaining 10 months are not so bad - better than other holidays thats for sure.

              Scale... is not focusing on 1 holiday... but many.. and to include seasons. You then are working with multiple cycles - probably to many cycles LOL If we were to stop buying TODAY, it would take probably 2 years easy to liquidate somewhere close to 80% of what we have in seasonal related items.

              In the days after Holidays we generally buy product at $.10 on the dollar and often times even less. The exampe I use is We tend to buy Walmart ugly sweaters every year for $1.00each. last year was 400+ and they are currently selling at $25.00 each on eBay at a decent clip - probably wont sell all 400 from last year, and we have probably 200 total from previous years - but at a 25X profit margin, does it matter?

              So back to long term "Planning" I am obviously looking at things a bit different than most. I build business' that can potentially be sold - thats just what I do, and how I operate weather I sell the business or not. So I focus almost entirely on growth. If I sell 1 this month, i need to sell 2 next month, then 3 the following month and so on and so on. I personally look to settle in at 10% growth month over month... over the course of a year its 300% and a little, 313% I believe. ( compound interest is your friend )

              but for me, i am more interested in the month over month growth over a period of time being consistent. When you can look at the books and see 10% growth for each of the last 15 months, its not to hard to figure out what will happen 5 years down the road. Short term execution beats out long term planning every day of the week.

              I just have found that short term planning If I did X this month, can I do 1.1x this next month. It looks and feels incrementally insignificant, but 300% growth at the end of the year is far from insignificant.

              And since I was called out, yes I run a business, yes I have "employees"... BUT... the exact same principles apply straight across the board, Sole Proprietorship to Fortune 500.

              If you happened to follow my eBay thread and just like I did for that month list 10 items a day, every day, and the following month, you listed 11 items a day every day and then 12 items and then 13 items and then 14 items etc etc what ultimately happens? more product listed, means more product sold, which means more profit made.

              It doesnt take rocket science to figure out you will grow your way right out of the job you hate, and at some point you grow your way into your first employee, and your second and your third... you can "Plan" for this all day long, but its the execution - deliberate, consistant, incremental growth

              10% moves mountains.
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              3 Metaverse Plots of Land sell for a combined $1.23 Million.

              Because they are close to the virtual Mansion of Snoop Dogg.
              https://finance.yahoo.com/news/three...163550699.html

              I guess that means virtual parties and other exclusive benefits.

              I will never ever complain about us kicking rocks on Mars again.

              If you have not realized that there is Abundance for all and that is the mindset to remain in always, there is plenty of evidence before us.

              Make it your mission in 2022 to get your slice of ABUNDANCE PIE.
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            • Profile picture of the author socialentry
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              Originally Posted by GordonJ View Post

              This thread has shone some light on the many different ways Warriors make money.

              All of us have 2022 ahead. How about we share our methods, strategies and techniques for PLANNING on how our profits will come to us?
              I honestly wish I could. But none of my short plans as of late seem to survive contact with reality. I have a multi-year plan, that's based on the acquisition of skills (and the assumption that Industry 4.0 is a real thing) and that's pretty much the only thing that I think I can reliably predict.
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              • Profile picture of the author Odahh
                Originally Posted by socialentry View Post

                I honestly wish I could. But none of my short plans as of late seem to survive contact with reality. I have a multi-year plan, that's based on the acquisition of skills (and the assumption that Industry 4.0 is a real thing) and that's pretty much the only thing that I think I can reliably predict.
                I'm now living in Tampa Florida and already much happier.

                Anyway I was sitting in a coffee shop this morning enjoying a tasty cup of coffee and a very comfortable chair. And after about an hour ask the guy working on his laptop. With it on his lap . How the heat was. He said there was no heat and it was a new laptop he was testing out that he just bought for under 200$. But it was fine for the work he was doing..

                Industry 4.0 advanced technologies available at consumer level prices that change how and where people work. And it moving from computers cameras and cellphones to robots and a range of what use to be expensive production equipment only businesses could buy

                Adding this I'm crazy so we are already in the age of algorithms . The same way we have billions of humans with tens of thousands of specialties. We will have and increasing number of if algorithms that are task oriented.
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            • Profile picture of the author savidge4
              Im sure we have all heard of the Pareto Principle or 80/20 rule right? basically 80% of production is produced by 20% of the effort. Dont get me wrong here, it is a good rule to follow, but only when it applies... and I will explain...

              So be it learning a musical instrument, or playing a sport, playing a video game, or running a business when you first start, the rule or ratio is actually reversed 20/80 - 20% production from 80% of effort... one could even argue the ratio is more like 1/99 in most cases. Thinking you can operate at the principles full potential is as I see it a very common misconception.

              Just having the ability to see the ratio played out in your personal efforts is a challenge. Lord knows I dont see it all the time, but it plays out time and again, with me being on the wrong side of the ratio more often than not.

              In the world of business what separates 80/20 from 20/80? I would say its not knowledge, but more in line with the practical use of knowledge. Basically as I see it, knowledge applied, can be applied over and over right? The basic skills to turn $1 into $3 is universally the same as turning $1,000,000 into $3,000,000. Its just a matter of scale.

              But i think it gets a bit deeper than that... understanding how to turn $1 into $3 is the first stepping stone of many on the path to scale. I think in more than most cases that first stone or step is actually trading your time for a wage - or simply put getting a job. The basic principle of "time is Money" is played out in "If I work 40 hours this week I will make $X" or "If I take Friday off I would make $Y" So your time that by itself is worth $0.00 without work, then turns into your time being worth ( for example ) $10.00 an hour or $400.00 a week, $1600.00 a month, $20,800.00 per year

              So if that is a base line how do you "Work less" to make more? and the answer no one wants to hear, is you dont - at least not to start with. You could double your pay and work 2 jobs - but who wants to do that, that doesnt sound like working less and making more.

              So there are a few options, work 2 jobs and invest the income 100% from one of those jobs, and allow compound interest to works its magic. In a 7 year span you would have invested $155,000.00 and it would be worth about $200,000.00 That money would then be working for you. This would be the safe route right?

              What happens when you dont want to work 2 jobs? So you start a side hustle 2 hours a day every day - Learn new skills, and APPLY them. If you are learning about websites, BUILD websites - for FREE if you have to to get experience under your belt. Start working on your social media accounts - build followers. Research and apply SEO. Run some paid ads.

              You can goto school, you can read articles and watch videos till the cows come home, but KNOWLEDGE is not a skill until you can execute with a positive result. What happens when you can execute positive results time after time? Your 2 hours turns to 4 to 6 to 8 hours, and about this point you no longer need your "JOB" because you are now working the same 8 hour day and making $20 an hour - doing YOUR thing - working LESS and making MORE.

              Say you know what you want to get into right... you have interests... you have a plan... Go find that crap job that puts you in a position to get paid to not only learn, but how to apply that skill. I have little feelers out all over the place looking for high school kids and college students that have an interest in an aspect of my business... to give them that opportunity. I call it a trail version of the rest of your life. Is this something you want to do? or is it a fad.

              We read it here all the time, I tried this and failed... and maybe I should... I always wanted to ask "But what did you learn?" As Colonel Sanders would say "One less No, to a Yes". Its NOT a failure, its a proven path not to take again, that didnt work lets try this, and this and this. There is no magic formula- Other than TRIAL and ERROR - and we all know there is nothing magic about that.

              You can aspire for 80/20, but understand,out the box you are working with 20/80 on a good day.

              Hope that Helps!
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              • Profile picture of the author DABK
                I am responding to this part:
                We read it here all the time, I tried this and failed... and maybe I should... I always wanted to ask "But what did you learn?" .


                I would take it a step further and add: And how have you incorporated that into your plan? And: have you learned the right lesson.



                Because some people take a very narrow view of learning.


                If it is something technical, fine, they learn. If it's not technical, if it's something about strategy, for instance, they learn in a particular setting / context and apply that new knowledge only in that context.


                Or learn the wrong lesson:


                I once met a mortgage broker who told me he'd try online marketing, he got no clients, so he learned that online marketing does not work for mortgage brokers.


                People are funny.



                Originally Posted by savidge4 View Post

                Im sure we have all heard of the Pareto Principle or 80/20 rule right? basically 80% of production is produced by 20% of the effort. Dont get me wrong here, it is a good rule to follow, but only when it applies... and I will explain...

                So be it learning a musical instrument, or playing a sport, playing a video game, or running a business when you first start, the rule or ratio is actually reversed 20/80 - 20% production from 80% of effort... one could even argue the ratio is more like 1/99 in most cases. Thinking you can operate at the principles full potential is as I see it a very common misconception.

                Just having the ability to see the ratio played out in your personal efforts is a challenge. Lord knows I dont see it all the time, but it plays out time and again, with me being on the wrong side of the ratio more often than not.

                In the world of business what separates 80/20 from 20/80? I would say its not knowledge, but more in line with the practical use of knowledge. Basically as I see it, knowledge applied, can be applied over and over right? The basic skills to turn $1 into $3 is universally the same as turning $1,000,000 into $3,000,000. Its just a matter of scale.

                But i think it gets a bit deeper than that... understanding how to turn $1 into $3 is the first stepping stone of many on the path to scale. I think in more than most cases that first stone or step is actually trading your time for a wage - or simply put getting a job. The basic principle of "time is Money" is played out in "If I work 40 hours this week I will make " or "If I take Friday off I would make " So your time that by itself is worth $0.00 without work, then turns into your time being worth ( for example ) $10.00 an hour or $400.00 a week, $1600.00 a month, $20,800.00 per year

                So if that is a base line how do you "Work less" to make more? and the answer no one wants to hear, is you dont - at least not to start with. You could double your pay and work 2 jobs - but who wants to do that, that doesnt sound like working less and making more.

                So there are a few options, work 2 jobs and invest the income 100% from one of those jobs, and allow compound interest to works its magic. In a 7 year span you would have invested $155,000.00 and it would be worth about $200,000.00 That money would then be working for you. This would be the safe route right?

                What happens when you dont want to work 2 jobs? So you start a side hustle 2 hours a day every day - Learn new skills, and APPLY them. If you are learning about websites, BUILD websites - for FREE if you have to to get experience under your belt. Start working on your social media accounts - build followers. Research and apply SEO. Run some paid ads.

                You can goto school, you can read articles and watch videos till the cows come home, but KNOWLEDGE is not a skill until you can execute with a positive result. What happens when you can execute positive results time after time? Your 2 hours turns to 4 to 6 to 8 hours, and about this point you no longer need your "JOB" because you are now working the same 8 hour day and making $20 an hour - doing YOUR thing - working LESS and making MORE.

                Say you know what you want to get into right... you have interests... you have a plan... Go find that crap job that puts you in a position to get paid to not only learn, but how to apply that skill. I have little feelers out all over the place looking for high school kids and college students that have an interest in an aspect of my business... to give them that opportunity. I call it a trail version of the rest of your life. Is this something you want to do? or is it a fad.

                We read it here all the time, I tried this and failed... and maybe I should... I always wanted to ask "But what did you learn?" As Colonel Sanders would say "One less No, to a Yes". Its NOT a failure, its a proven path not to take again, that didnt work lets try this, and this and this. There is no magic formula- Other than TRIAL and ERROR - and we all know there is nothing magic about that.

                You can aspire for 80/20, but understand,out the box you are working with 20/80 on a good day.

                Hope that Helps!
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            • Profile picture of the author Profit Traveler
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              I am on a couple email lists and I noticed lately a few have branched off from Internet Marketing into the Cryptocurrency Niche.

              They do give the option to be segmented into their other opt in list topics.

              I think it is only natural to discuss investing because no matter how we make our incomes online we eventually want that money to be working for us.

              I also noticed alot of Banks that were very hesitant to embrace Crypto are now hiring Crypto focused personnel.
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            • Profile picture of the author Profit Traveler
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              Been spending alot of time on Social Media lately...

              I have seen so many quotes memes and reels but the quantity does not bother me sometimes the content does.

              Some popular quotes are just plain fake news.

              Like "Poor People buy T.Vs and Rich People have Libraries.

              We all know Rich People have In Home Cinemas. Right next to the bowling lanes.
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              • Profile picture of the author Odahh
                Originally Posted by Profit Traveler View Post

                Been spending alot of time on Social Media lately...

                I have seen so many quotes memes and reels but the quantity does not bother me sometimes the content does.

                Some popular quotes are just plain fake news.

                Like "Poor People buy T.Vs and Rich People have Libraries.

                We all know Rich People have In Home Cinemas. Right next to the bowling lanes.
                Depends on the kind you of rich. I have seen plenty of rich people with photos of themselves working on their high end PCs with multiple large monitors. I doubt they flip through cable stations for hours.

                But when they want to watch they flip on their streaming services and watch what they want to watch. With a great sound system.

                Then you have to look at the rich around the world and not the stingy millionaire next door rich. Where even upper middle class can have maids and personal chefs and have time to enjoy the nice stuff when they have it
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                • Profile picture of the author Profit Traveler
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                  Originally Posted by Odahh View Post

                  Depends on the kind you of rich. I have seen plenty of rich people with photos of themselves working on their high end PCs with multiple large monitors. I doubt they flip through cable stations for hours.

                  But when they want to watch they flip on their streaming services and watch what they want to watch. With a great sound system.

                  Then you have to look at the richest around the world and not the stingy millionaire next door rich. Where even upper middle class can have maids and personal chefs and have time to enjoy the nice stuff when they have it

                  For sure can not generalize no doubt about it.

                  I recall those stories like woman mopping the floor for years as a job and leaves a Million Dollars to a University as a donation in her will.

                  But make no mistake the wealthy do spend just as crazy as anyone else.

                  I was reading Forbes Top 400 riches once and a guy had a 3 story Pipe Organ to welcome you into his mansion.

                  Then there are those going to auctions and buying who knows what...bones, glitter gloves, bananas taped to a wall as art.

                  Even Tweets are on sale these days as NFTs.


                  There is a story about Bezos' ex-Wife she is giving away so many $ Millions one organization did not return her message because they did not think it was real.
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              • Profile picture of the author discrat
                Originally Posted by Profit Traveler View Post

                Been spending alot of time on Social Media lately...

                I have seen so many quotes memes and reels but the quantity does not bother me sometimes the content does.

                Some popular quotes are just plain fake news.

                Like "Poor People buy T.Vs and Rich People have Libraries.

                We all know Rich People have In Home Cinemas. Right next to the bowling lanes.
                I have rich uncles and that goes beyond rich. That is what you call super wealthy !
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                • Profile picture of the author Profit Traveler
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                  Originally Posted by discrat View Post

                  I have rich uncles and that goes beyond rich. That is what you call super wealthy !

                  And then there is off the charts!

                  "One of the wealthiest people in the world, MacKenzie Scott, (Bezos EX wife) has spent the end of 2020 giving away about $1 billion a month,"

                  Divorce....expensive and rewarding depending on where you are sitting.
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            • Profile picture of the author Profit Traveler
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              The blockchain has definitely caught my attention.

              I can not even imagine how kids today are processing all this news of same year millionaires from Crypto/Block Chain investing.

              No since looking back regretting we did not have this era before because we have it now.

              But one strategy will always continue to work and that is selling shovels to the miners. People need data, they need research, and they need security.

              We can invest in coins we can invest in exchanges and we can invest in the security behind the platforms.

              Our assets that were tough to repackage can now become NFTs.

              There is unlimited opportunity upon us one way or another.
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              • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
                You have revealed a new market.

                Selling expensive items (maybe experiences) to those KIDS who are becoming same year millionaires from Crypto/Block chain investing. Start a new site just for them, members only, at huge dollars and tell them where to spend their new found wealth.

                I agree there is unlimited opportunity around us, not so sure about jumping on ban wagons, but maybe...

                I wonder what these KIDS will be eating more of now that they are rich?

                What will the drive? Or how will they travel, and what will they wear? All old markets, all doing well, and all with unlimited opportunities.

                Lets see what happens.

                GordonJ


                Originally Posted by Profit Traveler View Post

                The blockchain has definitely caught my attention.

                I can not even imagine how kids today are processing all this news of same year millionaires from Crypto/Block Chain investing.

                No since looking back regretting we did not have this era before because we have it now.

                But one strategy will always continue to work and that is selling shovels to the miners. People need data, they need research, and they need security.

                We can invest in coins we can invest in exchanges and we can invest in the security behind the platforms.

                Our assets that were tough to repackage can now become NFTs.

                There is unlimited opportunity upon us one way or another.
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                • Profile picture of the author Profit Traveler
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                  Originally Posted by GordonJ View Post

                  You have revealed a new market.

                  Selling expensive items (maybe experiences) to those KIDS who are becoming same year millionaires from Crypto/Block chain investing. Start a new site just for them, members only, at huge dollars and tell them where to spend their new found wealth.

                  I agree there is unlimited opportunity around us, not so sure about jumping on ban wagons, but maybe...

                  I wonder what these KIDS will be eating more of now that they are rich?

                  What will the drive? Or how will they travel, and what will they wear? All old markets, all doing well, and all with unlimited opportunities.

                  Lets see what happens.

                  GordonJ

                  In this era there so so many copycats and short cutters they would rather learn that than long term safer strategies.

                  Many want to be YouTube Stars whether they have the goods or not.

                  I saw one guy exposed for joining other peoples investment clubs and then sharing verbatim what was shared as his own.

                  Another guy an active duty policeman was sharing his personal experience getting all his crypto wiped out completely after years of investing in it and thinks it was from using his sailboat marina Wifi and a Metamask account that only has one factor verification....password only.

                  So it's really a mixed bag of opportunities, scams, shams, and timing.

                  The internet itself was a "band wagon" at some point.

                  The best we can do is just go in with our eyes open and dreams in check.

                  Somewhere in the shortcomings of this era well be where the hidden opportunities are for solution providers.
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                • Profile picture of the author Johnny12345
                  Originally Posted by GordonJ View Post

                  You have revealed a new market.

                  Hey Gordon,

                  Speaking of markets... are you still in the "hot sheet" business?

                  I've never done it myself, but I keep thinking it would be a fun business. Of course, these days, it would have to be a DIGITAL hot sheet.

                  But it still seems like a great little business model. That is, IF you can find a market with a demand that you also have expertise in.

                  John
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                  • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
                    Originally Posted by Johnny12345 View Post

                    Hey Gordon,

                    Speaking of markets... are you still in the "hot sheet" business?

                    I've never done it myself, but I keep thinking it would be a fun business. Of course, these days, it would have to be a DIGITAL hot sheet.

                    But it still seems like a great little business model. That is, IF you can find a market with a demand that you also have expertise in.

                    John
                    Thanks John,

                    Claude just mentioned Dan Kennedy's newsletter, which is a form of a Hotsheet, and how it is being mailed out. Old world stuff. Every day, I still receive several forms in my USPS mailbox, many are subscriptions I maintain...like Scoopified, Shore to Shore ad sheets, etc.

                    In the past year, we've experimented with postcards, which are also hotsheets, due to the offers and expiration dates (which is what makes them HOT). Postcards can be very lucrative for copywriters, and with USPS EDDM, one can test easily and inexpensively too.

                    My neighbor gives me all the papers her kids bring home from school, many with offers for Pizza Night, and fund raisers, and news. Seems schools and businesses still communicate with some paper.

                    But also, our digital HOTSHEETS are still being produced, these tend to be seasonal and appeal to new people in the Parade of Life.

                    I owe a tip of the hat to Joe Karbo and Harvey Brody for introducing me to the HOTSHEET, often a simple one page or smaller piece of paper with expiring information on it which targeted groups of people willing to pay to receive.

                    Although it has been purposefully neglected, we still crank them out.

                    For the group, again: a HOTSHEET is mostly brief information with an expiration date. I consider my lottery tickets to be a form of hotsheet (along with the NFL playcard I pick up at the local VFW).

                    As an established copywriter John, there is a lot of dough on the table with them too.

                    GordonJ

                    P.S. Calendars, day planners, to do lists are also hotsheets, although I don't personally consider other simple one page pubs a hotsheet...for instance, a puzzle or coloring book sheet, some have found great success selling HOW TO information in this field, plenty of room for all of us.
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                  • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
                    The Internet is about PUBLISHING. As soon as you post, you've published.

                    Old world was pen and ink, paper and mail. Today, anyone, anywhere can create and publish things for sale. The "latest" is the NFT (Non Fungilble Tokens), which is proving lucrative for early adapters.

                    But virtual products can be turned into old world profits and Etsy is a great place to witness that. Here is a lady who talks about 60+ ideas for simple publishing...any one of which can be used by most Internet Marketers. I have no affiliation, don't know this person but she does a nice job.

                    https://youtu.be/tP0aigcEQhw

                    My former golf partner's wife was an original online person selling quilt patterns, then all things quilt...and built quite a big business because she loved quilting. Patterns, designs, blueprints...

                    the tiny house is big right now...

                    Woodworking PLANS (and tools) are the longest selling remote (mail order) items sold in America, dating back to Ben Franklin.
                    The great thing about either HOTSHEETS or simple publications is...they make great front end funnel pieces and either free of low cost items allow one to build a list which could give them cash for decades.

                    I prefer dated things, which expire, and truly must be acted upon but there are many out here making a steady stream of income from selling simple information in digital form to people who get around to finding it and ordering it.

                    What a great time for all of us to be in the PUBLISHING business, isn't it?

                    GordonJ




                    Originally Posted by Johnny12345 View Post

                    Hey Gordon,

                    Speaking of markets... are you still in the "hot sheet" business?

                    I've never done it myself, but I keep thinking it would be a fun business. Of course, these days, it would have to be a DIGITAL hot sheet.

                    But it still seems like a great little business model. That is, IF you can find a market with a demand that you also have expertise in.

                    John
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                    • Profile picture of the author Johnny12345
                      Originally Posted by GordonJ View Post

                      Here is a lady who talks about 60+ ideas for simple publishing...any one of which can be used by most Internet Marketers. I have no affiliation, don't know this person but she does a nice job.

                      https://youtu.be/tP0aigcEQhw

                      What a great time for all of us to be in the PUBLISHING business, isn't it?

                      Gordon, thanks for the great post. You're a cornucopia of ideas.

                      Yes, the options are ENDLESS. And that video looks interesting; I'm going to watch it tonight.

                      John
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                      • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
                        Originally Posted by Johnny12345 View Post

                        Gordon, thanks for the great post. You're a cornucopia of ideas.

                        Yes, the options are ENDLESS. And that video looks interesting; I'm going to watch it tonight.

                        John
                        First John, thanks for posting about Vic Schwab in Copywriters section, he doesn't get his due. My Melvin Powers collection is a treasure trove of ideas.

                        Since Christmas of LAST year, long, long ago almost 3 weeks back...some NEW ideas based on NEWS.

                        Inflation, the FED (interest rates), omicron for everyone, Russia, N. Korea...the usual suspects.

                        It feels a lot like 1982 which is when INFLATION hit big. And being a historian of direct marketing, I had to check and see what was hot, because, as I've mentioned, the Parade of Life has delivered us all a new FRESH group of consumers who want to give us their money.

                        Sweet!

                        First an observation about forums, having had to deal with several of them since Christmas I have made this note: there are several people at the forums who have written more words since Christmas than what I've had in my longest reports.

                        The Headlight Cleaning Manual took us about a week of very part time writing to complete, and it did 10k the first day on sale and over 30 k in three weeks. I feel it is personally ironic that in the same time period since Christmas...with a lot fewer words...

                        we were able to create, edit, and deliver a product to the market place, while I would bet that at least a dozen people at various forums, will NOT have anything in the next 3 weeks, or 6 weeks, or maybe ever.

                        Just an observation.

                        But back to the future of 1982. It began a decade of explosive growth for the WORK FROM HOME business opportunity crowd. The "legends" were hitting their strides. You'll find Halbert, Kennedy, Abraham, and a long list of mail order and remote direct marketing success stories, all from one basic premise...

                        Work from home, for yourself, make money, maybe even get rich. At least ESCAPE THE RAT race.

                        And also the doom and gloomers rose to great heights, the Howard Ruff's and Bill Bonners of the world of hard currency, economic collapse, world in flames sort of copy which continues to sell today.

                        The UNDERGROUND and survivalists, like Gary North et al were having a boom in business too.

                        So what?

                        For the group (not aimed at you John, although a lot of copy will be needed for the newer Entrepreneurs)...

                        IT is a year of great opportunity.

                        The old saying about blood in the streets is a good time to milk the cow (or something, perhaps Princess B can help?)....

                        And todays news, like yesterday's...if it bleeds it leads...

                        is pointing us toward a year of incredible opportunity and for those who act, it could be the year of freedom and independence too.

                        Anything about making money from home, especially by REMOTE means (or as the WF is all about, Internet Marketing)...is going to find an audience.

                        If it is based on factual action, it is guaranteed to be a winner.

                        INFLATION. Got to love it, eh?

                        GordonJ

                        P.S. Saving money, is making money in my mind. So help them save while making more.
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                        • Profile picture of the author savidge4
                          Originally Posted by GordonJ View Post

                          First an observation about forums, having had to deal with several of them since Christmas I have made this note: there are several people at the forums who have written more words since Christmas than what I've had in my longest reports.

                          The Headlight Cleaning Manual took us about a week of very part time writing to complete, and it did 10k the first day on sale and over 30 k in three weeks. I feel it is personally ironic that in the same time period since Christmas...with a lot fewer words...

                          we were able to create, edit, and deliver a product to the market place, while I would bet that at least a dozen people at various forums, will NOT have anything in the next 3 weeks, or 6 weeks, or maybe ever.

                          Just an observation.

                          IT is a year of great opportunity.

                          P.S. Saving money, is making money in my mind. So help them save while making more.
                          Just felt it was worth repeating - THANKS GordonJ

                          Dont forget the process of teaching to learn - but do most understand that is what they are doing? not so sure...
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                          The old saying about blood in the streets is a good time to milk the cow (or something, perhaps Princess B can help?)....[/QUOTE]

                          Jus' to qualify ...

                          1) I ain't stabbed nowan in weeks.

                          2) I ain't flahpin' 'em out, even for a horizon awash with suckers.

                          Howevah, it is in the natyoore of uncertainty to increase the demand for stability.

                          Anywan lost their purse in the mall says OMG.

                          Minor calamities shift genrl cruise mode to FFS.

                          These are unrequited yelps into space less'n sum helpful dope fulla slooshins rolls along.

                          So what are we to do in the Yelp Dope Help space -- speshly when the blood been all burned from outta your pet cat by demonic forces look more like your neighbor circa 2019 than textbook images of anonymous Darke Lordes?

                          Tellya, we gotta start smilin' more freequint.

                          If'n our flesh gotta be torn from us by evil hordes, we can sure as hell manufactyoore all kindsa meaningful jokes 'bout the diffrence between SHLIICK an' SCHLIIIIIICK.

                          "My granma was a 6-I schlick!"

                          "O Wow! She musta been so amazin' before the bad guys wasted her! Mom was a 4-I schlick and all they did was bite her nose off!

                          Anyways, O WF enthoosiast readah person, prolly readin' alla this took your eye offa the ball from what you were dowin' before, an' I would naht wish to dangle musself before you as an undeniably evident spectacle beyond this partickular line you followin' now.

                          So let's mebbe return you to where you were before you were suddenly hijacked while you were innocently lactatin' so ... *

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                          The old saying about blood in the streets is a good time to milk the cow (or something, perhaps Princess B can help?)....[/quote]

                          * I realise naht evry visitor to these forums lactates innocently. Many of you do this deliberately, speshly when provoked.
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                          Lightin' fuses is for blowin' stuff togethah.

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            • Profile picture of the author Profit Traveler
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              I have a friend / client that recommended a video for me to watch thinking that it would lift my spirits. Good word choice considering it was a Religious sermon video. Never heard of this person. Seemed like a very tiny little set up not a megachurch.

              I looked at the other topics she made videos on like living within your means and not being materialistic or focused on money...good advice I thought.

              Then something told me to put her name and networth into Google search.

              She was listed. The range was $1 Million to $5 Million. I mentioned that to my friend/client and I can tell I made a "disturbance in the force."

              Not intentionally by any means. It is just very interesting the unique perspectives we all put on the same topics that can be so different.
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              • Profile picture of the author Odahh
                Originally Posted by Profit Traveler View Post

                I have a friend / client that recommended a video for me to watch thinking that it would lift

                Then something told me to put her name and networth into Google search.

                She was listed. The range was $1 Million to $5 Million. I mentioned that to my friend/client and I can tell I made a "disturbance in the force."

                Not intentionally by any means. It is just very interesting the unique perspectives we all put on the same topics that can be so different.
                If she could explain to me how to be less materialistic and focus on money while still building a 7 figure net worth. I would listen to her over 95 percent of the others.

                She wasn't talking about living in poverty was she. And it is real easy to have a few million dollar net worth in the USA and be cash poor..

                I'm biased and crazy I think if people are doing good work and helping others they should be allowed to build wealth. Without other judgment.

                But generally people are really bad materialists in the throw away society we have built sense ww2.

                If you ever listen to Elon musk talk about how little most people use their cars. People put large amounts of effort into earning money to buy things they very rarely use.
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            • Profile picture of the author Kay King
              She wasn't talking about living in poverty was she. And it is real easy to have a few million dollar net worth in the USA and be cash poor..
              If you have a 'few million dollar net worth' in the USA and you are cash poor - it's either a temporary condition or you don't manage your resources well. When you have money - you have leverage.

              The majority of the population are neither rich nor poor...they earn enough to pay the bills, provide a few extras here and there and are content with what they have. They would love to win the lottery - but they don't plan on it.

              I'm biased and crazy I think if people are doing good work and helping others they should be allowed to build wealth. Without other judgment.
              It's not biased and crazy - but it does put a burden on what 'people' do...who decides what is 'good work' and 'helping others'? That itself is a judgement. Operating within the law is enough.
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  • Profile picture of the author Hugimand
    Guess that you can make money from 101 to 999, however you have to pick a proper option for it. In my opinion, there are plenty of activities which can possibly help you to earn some money, but you should know how to run this activity. It may take plenty of times, ut if you know some activities where you have already earned some money, then it would be easy for you. For example, if we pick trading activity, then it's very difficult to boost deposit from 101 to 999, however if you already have been succeeded in trading, it will be a pretty easy task fopr you.
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  • Profile picture of the author IM2Pat
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    Great post, thread! Learning a ton on this forum! Ive been an off and on digital marketer for over 20 years and it never ceases to amaze me how much access to knowledge we have in our lifetime! The trick of it of course is to learn how to sift through that knowledge from the mountain of misinformation and misinterpretation and find and apply the diamonds in the rough?? THey are out there, though!
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  • Profile picture of the author Odahh
    Profit

    I lived and worked in Vegas on the strip for a year a half and saw how much money people could spend. I use to play online rpgs and I tend to be a strong player and end up leading guilds which is partly why I lost interest in game's.

    But I had individuals I played with who spent hundreds or thousands of dollars in a weekend and stopped playing the game a few weeks later. Or where playing catch up or buy the most competitive characters.

    But I also get to talk to people and understand why they spend so much. I'm a really nice guy in person and can easily get people to give their reasons without being judgmental

    Once there is a payment layer built into the metaverse the be a wide range of ways to earn money that can be a lot of dollars that just don't make any sense to those not in.
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  • Is not a book but if you can have a website you should try to put ads on it, I'm working with Adipolo and it's making me very happy
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  • Profile picture of the author Odahh
    Profit there is far more opportunities in the abundance of this era . That allows many things to be done that just where not possible.

    There are so many people need to develop self awareness first and only put time into those things they will enjoy working on . Once they figure out how to enjoy work.

    As a non employee my definition of work is the things you do to produce something or achieve a result.

    Employees add the element of a place to go and time used to do work or be at work.

    I also have a preference to have technology provide as much of the actual effort as possible
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  • Profile picture of the author IM2Pat
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    Great post!! Not sure how relevant it would be and perhaps there's an updated version of it updated to today's social media world....but the book that changed my life I read 19 yrs ago was 'Multiple Streams of Internet Income' by Robert Allen. A quick Amazon search gave me at least 2 editons and he even put out a CD edition. Might be dated but Im sure there is very useful baseline info. Good Luck!
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  • Profile picture of the author max5ty
    Making money is not a problem...

    you can go out tomorrow and make money.

    Do you build websites? Have you gone business to business and asked?

    Do you write? Have you gone business to business and asked?

    Making money isn't the problem...the problem is doing it.

    You can stand on the corner and sell pencils and make money. You can sell flowers on the corner and make money. You can stand on the corner and sell anything and make money.

    The problem is doing it. The problem is some want to sit around and study everything there is to study until they think they have it all figured out.

    You'll never have it all figured out until you get out there and start.

    I could buy a simple kit tomorrow that cleans headlights and go out tomorrow and start doing it.

    I could get some supplies and start cleaning houses tomorrow.

    There's not a problem in how to make money..there's a problem in doing it.

    Too many people are sitting around trying to study the easy fix...

    quit complaining that you can't make money and get out there and do it.

    Start doing something tomorrow and you'll start learning where to go from there...it's not a big secret.

    The question is...do you have what it takes to do it?
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  • Profile picture of the author MariamSpark
    Well there are different kinds of people and there's nothing a person can do if they are born that way, I think changing your mindset, some people are meant to learn in school and earn money through hard labor, there are also other people who make people work for them to earn money, if a person is born rich he/she has a huge advantage that's reality, I've been playing this game called cryptospacegame(https://www.ruju1978.com/) with my family and teaching my son's about crypto things I myself do believe it would be the next currency and teaching the next generation how they work would help them in the near future.

    I think there are a lot of books you can find on the internet, it's just how hard you gonna work for it to really affect you. but I do recommend watching wolf of wall street I think you may learn something new there.
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    • Profile picture of the author Profit Traveler
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      Originally Posted by MariamSpark View Post

      Well there are different kinds of people and there's nothing a person can do if they are born that way, I think changing your mindset, some people are meant to learn on school and earn money through hard labor, there's also other people who make people work for them to earn money, if a person is born rich he/she has a huge advantage that's reality, I've been playing this game with my family and teaching my son's about crypto things i myself do believe it would be the next currency and teaching the next generation how they work would help them in the near future.

      i think there a lot of book you can find on the internet, its just how hard you gonna work for it to really effect you. but I do recommend watching wolf of wall street I think you may learn something new there.

      It's amazing the thought of young kids learning about Crypto.

      I get the feeling University enrolls are going to be on the decrease.

      Funny you mentioned Crypto and Wolf of Wall Street.

      I remember the scene of them money laundering and literally taping cash to themselves in order to get to overseas banks.

      Crypto is also a place of huge money laundering. Will be exciting and interesting to see how it evolves and inevitable regulations.
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  • Profile picture of the author Johnny12345
    Hi Gordon,

    Thanks for the reply.

    Again, the hotsheet business seems like a FUN business model. As you pointed out, there are MANY possibilities and variations!

    Also, as I have mentioned before, Joe Karbo got me started with copywriting -- decades ago. I read his famous "Lazy Man's Way To Riches" ads (there were two versions of it) and was hooked.

    At some point, I may have to dip my toe in the hotsheet water.

    John
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    • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
      I was a student at Golden West college when I met Joe, what a wonderful guy. We had many discussions and one day he showed me a piece of paper which he paid 20 dollars to get, a list of reduced boat and yacht prices from the L.A. basin area...he and 200 other people got this a day before these reduced prices bacame public. That 24 hours gave Joe and his group first chance at some good boat prices, which they would flip for a profit, maybe after enjoying the boat for some time.

      Anyhow, he also got HOTSHEETS (he called them that) on surplus goods and overstocks, easy to find today but back then, all was done via MAIL (USPS), this was even before faxes. Talk about ancient.

      I asked him why he didn't publish the boat sheet, I mean 200 x 20 every week is a nice payday, eh? And he said it would cost him money in time to do it, better to pay others for their services than to try to save a buck or two. As a copywriter, I'm sure many of your clients are glad you do it rather than they try.

      Well. I always wanted to be in the publishing business since I was a kid, so it just made sense to me to find little projects one could publish quickly and profitably without a lot of fanfare or noise, and it has served me well these last several decades.

      I think many of today's hotsheets arrive via email, but, just like in the olden era, one has to subscribe or ask for them to be sent...and be willing to pay their asking price too.

      Joe Karbo was one of the nicest men I ever met. And a genius to boot.

      GordonJ

      Also...today's HOT topics, like CRYPTO for example avail themselves to a nice hotsheet, any fast changing technology or information could be a gold mine for a little time and some well written promotion...you have the unfair advantage being good at your craft, just choose something you are interested in, and exploit it and have fun doing so.

      Originally Posted by Johnny12345 View Post

      Hi Gordon,

      Thanks for the reply.

      Again, the hotsheet business seems like a FUN business model. As you pointed out, there are MANY possibilities and variations!

      Also, as I have mentioned before, Joe Karbo got me started with copywriting -- decades ago. I read his famous "Lazy Man's Way To Riches" ads (there were two versions of it) and was hooked.

      At some point, I may have to dip my toe in the hotsheet water.

      John
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  • Profile picture of the author Odahh
    Gordon

    Great post. I think I prefer the publisher/ publishing angle than marketing .

    The internet and the models available allow for the marketing content that attempts to sell a product or several to generate its own revenue stream.
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    • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
      Originally Posted by Odahh View Post

      Gordon

      Great post. I think I prefer the publisher/ publishing angle than marketing .

      The internet and the models available allow for the marketing content that attempts to sell a product or several to generate its own revenue stream.
      I too prefer publishing. And there are so many, well, at least 52 ideas...that can help Warriors create products, services or software/apps which generate their own revenue streams.

      Thanks Odahh.

      GordonJ
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      • Profile picture of the author Odahh
        Originally Posted by GordonJ View Post

        I too prefer publishing. And there are so many, well, at least 52 ideas...that can help Warriors create products, services or software/apps which generate their own revenue streams.

        Thanks Odahh.

        GordonJ
        I just think personally it is easier to start from being a publisher. Or a mechanic. A woodworker who builds custom furniture. Someone who brews craft beer .etc

        Than en entrepreneur . The real entrepreneurs are creating the platforms that make publishing easier and cheaper and more widely available.

        The great part about publishing is it can be the fastest way to build residual income strategically. If a creator publishes content that inspires binge consumption.

        But I have also seen information marketers with small YouTube channels use those channels to sell courses from the200-1000$ or more range. And get an income from the channels.

        My autism gives me a strange form of entertainment by observing the wide range of ways people can make money today

        Adding and about your previous post on self awareness. Allong my journey to enlightenment the term enlightenment has taken on the meaning of putting down burdens that are not yours to carry.

        The last four weeks I have gone to the extreme with that. But I am far more relaxed and in a much better mood than a month ago.

        In any case sense my enlightenment Iin the last few weeks I have less of a desire to explain things. Outside a reference to energy.

        Now back to money despite what the income statistics say there is a lot of money flowing through the system that doesn't get tracked. As more people shift expenses that where after tax purchase to businesses expenses.
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        • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
          Bill was one of the first online marketers to create video, and also HOW TO info products by videotaping and documenting what he was doing. So, as he DID it, he made a product showing others how to do it too.

          He also created Entrepreneur platforms, very early on, with his eShowcase and later MemberGate software solutions.

          A woodworker who videos his project start to finish, and provides PLANS or blueprints for it is one that cashes in on doing once and selling many times long after the bird house has been hung on the tree. Almost all of IM guru types use this formula, the look over the shoulder at what I am doing so you can do it the same way. A cookie cutter is sometimes a fast route to success, but sometimes it just doesn't fit.

          I've always liked people who DO first, then create info or publish their results, after they have results. Sadly, too many in IM publish first, do later (if at all).

          GordonJ


          Originally Posted by Odahh View Post

          I just think personally it is easier to start from being a publisher. Or a mechanic. A woodworker who builds custom furniture. Someone who brews craft beer .etc

          Than en entrepreneur . The real entrepreneurs are creating the platforms that make publishing easier and cheaper and more widely available.

          The great part about publishing is it can be the fastest way to build residual income strategically. If a creator publishes content that inspires binge consumption.

          But I have also seen information marketers with small YouTube channels use those channels to sell courses from the200-1000$ or more range. And get an income from the channels.

          My autism gives me a strange form of entertainment by observing the wide range of ways people can make money today

          Adding and about your previous post on self awareness. Allong my journey to enlightenment the term enlightenment has taken on the meaning of putting down burdens that are not yours to carry.

          The last four weeks I have gone to the extreme with that. But I am far more relaxed and in a much better mood than a month ago.

          In any case sense my enlightenment Iin the last few weeks I have less of a desire to explain things. Outside a reference to energy.

          Now back to money despite what the income statistics say there is a lot of money flowing through the system that doesn't get tracked. As more people shift expenses that where after tax purchase to businesses expenses.
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        • Profile picture of the author savidge4
          Originally Posted by Odahh View Post

          I just think personally it is easier to start from being a publisher. Or a mechanic. A woodworker who builds custom furniture. Someone who brews craft beer .etc

          Than en entrepreneur . The real entrepreneurs are creating the platforms that make publishing easier and cheaper and more widely available.

          The great part about publishing is it can be the fastest way to build residual income strategically.
          If we look at the definition of Entrepreneur ( a person who organizes and operates a business or businesses, taking on greater than normal financial risks in order to do so. ) we have to understand the Publisher, the Woodworker, and the craft beer maker are all Entrepreneurs. I would go so far as to say anyone that is "Self Employed" would be an Entrepreneur.

          What gets interesting is the part of the definition that suggests there is financial risk... and publishing is a use/risk of time, and more often than not, not really a risk of money. Better than suggesting that publishing could be the lowest financial point of entry of most Entrepreneurial endeavors.

          But even that comes with a caveat... Publishing on say woodworking would suggest there has been an investment over time in equipment, in order to have the knowledge and experience to write on such a topic. From my own personal experience Woodworking is not an inexpensive hobby. My son calls my woodshop his retirement plan LOL. And thats just my PERSONAL shop.

          As I see it... The biggest "mistake" i see in publishing is the lack of future proofing. And what i mean by this is someone thinking ok I am going to write a report... but they are not looking down the road. You write a report, you build a list, you sell the report - and then what?

          The VERY reason I do not dabble in the Information sector is for that reason, having the ability to have a series of "reports" to publish, and KNOWING what those are before I even get started. I play long term games, I am not concerned about dollars today as I am dollars 3 to 5 years from now. HOW to leverage the asset that is the list I am spending a bunch of time and energy building.

          I have a Halloween list that I have milked for damn near 20 years now. The lifetime value of that list is, well its silly. I have another list for "small plates" a portion type diet thing... thats been going 10 years now, it has never slowed down.

          Lets take my eBay thread as an example... should have been a PDF report and sold on the Warrior Market Place... but what exactly was I going to back that up with? So it made more sense to share the value, vs earning from the value. I will say that since then, I think I have developed a series of content that may turn into a "Product" in the near future. I simply have a ton of knowledge in the area of re-selling, but it has taken a fair amount of time and effort to see that into a long term business model.

          The BIGGEST mistake I see time and again, is the short sidedness of "The Business" I cant say it enough, its NOT about the Dollars TODAY, its about the dollars next week, next month, next year, 5 years from now. Financial stability is in long term planning and execution.

          Dont write one report write 5 and release them one at a time over the course of a year.

          Look at GordonJ, as I understand it, as we are reading it, he has a lifetime of "Hot Sheets" on how to make money... one after the other after the other.... Its not ONE report, it has been a half a lifetime of reports. You dont stumble on that... that was PLANNED - and I might add, well executed.

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          • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
            Originally Posted by savidge4 View Post




            As I see it... The biggest "mistake" i see in publishing is the lack of future proofing. And what i mean by this is someone thinking ok I am going to write a report... but they are not looking down the road. You write a report, you build a list, you sell the report - and then what?

            Look at GordonJ, as I understand it, as we are reading it, he has a lifetime of "Hot Sheets" on how to make money... one after the other after the other.... Its not ONE report, it has been a half a lifetime of reports. You dont stumble on that... that was PLANNED - and I might add, well executed.

            Longevity in business starts before you start the business
            I sort of had the same question, and I put it to a few folk I knew personally in the Publishing biz, both Jim Straw and Melvin Powers told me the same thing, albeit, in different ways.

            I had the chance to ask Melvin the same question 20 years apart and his answer remained the same, about first publishing a self-help or self improvement type book, BECAUSE, of...

            the PARADE OF LIFE.

            When Jim Straw came on line, his old reports found a new audience, and with a little updating, he made them current...and he rapidly discovered affiliate marketing and went into the stratsophere with his digital reports. Same stuff he sold 20 years earlier,

            DIFFERENT AUDIENCE. So, that is how I looked at it, but only because I was enthralled with publishing. Melvin Powers grew a very large sustainable business with his publishing empire and some of the oldest work was still bringing in profits because the wants and needs of the future, will remain the same for many.

            Business Opportunity is evergreen. Maybe needs some current add on or polishing, maybe some new tech has been developed.

            Take buying and selling. Today eBay, for sure...maybe Facebook Market or craigslist or local buy/sell sites...

            But the actual buy and sell part is the same as when I did it in 1969. Or 30 years ago when I wrote the first chattel report.

            Savidge4 and I both know that any given day, no matter what else we do...if we wanted to, we could simply buy and sell and make more money than most IMer's do in a week. But instead of making 50 bux a transaction, go up the scale to bigger profit items and flip those things for hundreds, if not thousands of dollars. And no business license, website, and little to no marketing is involved.

            In the publishing world, sometimes have a back catalog, or an older supply of work already done and paid for, can be reintroduced to a newer generation and marketplace. It is about how one approaches what they want to do and if it is a longer term goal, then that is a consideration at the start.

            But as a jump off, starting point, many IM folk have gotten a fast start publishing a one off thing, and built out from there, it is still an effective way of onboarding customers.

            GordonJ

            P.S. It is one reason why so many of us have the same book, in different EDITIONS, for example: CIALDINI and his INFLUENCE, the 3rd edition is my favorite, but I have them all...which may sound silly to some people, why buy the same thing over and over? UPDATES, new information, new research...having new EDITIONS is one way to sustain your publishing biz too.
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  • Do best laid plans & least unslain demands deserve sum kinda smoochie point?

    Let's start with that las' part first.

    At what point does your audience give up hope?

    Mebbe there is a kinda unspoken timetable of impossibility kinda sinks plenty people into unmanifestational nowhereville.

    As a hoppertimist, I would wish always for evrywan to transform their immediate potential into fyootyure communion with succor.

    Evrywan has least unslain demands.

    For some, these are long-held wishes ain't nevah evah gonna come troo.

    For othahs, mystery of abundance rages 24/7 in their bloodstreams so they can't even see what they gaht.

    Always, we are servin' the next best space for evrywan to inhabit.

    Act, write, speak, breathe & dance here.

    The personally acquisitional era may be givin' way to the myootyooly abundant era.

    If'n it ain't -- what use are zillions of dollahs in a burned out shithole we burned out usselves cozza dollahs to do so?
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    • Profile picture of the author Johnny12345
      Originally Posted by Princess Balestra View Post

      At what point does your audience give up hope?

      Always, we are servin' the next best space for evrywan to inhabit.

      I managed to pick out two rather brilliant observations from the Princess's post.

      However, my Heresynowsy language skills are a bit rusty, so I may have missed some others.

      John
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    • Profile picture of the author Odahh
      Originally Posted by Princess Balestra View Post

      Do best laid plans & least unslain demands deserve sum kinda smoochie point?


      The personally acquisitional era may be givin' way to the myootyooly abundant era.

      If'n it ain't -- what use are zillions of dollahs in a burned out shithole we burned out usselves cozza dollahs to do so?
      In the acquisition era women looking for a new cute bra needed to go from store to store . In the abundance era women get online look through thousands of different bras and order the style and perfect size. And a day or two later it gets delivered.

      The challenges for marketers as abundance becomes more common is that people only have 24 hours a day and the people with more money have less time to use and experience different products.
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  • Originally Posted by Johnny12345 View Post

    I managed to pick out two rather brilliant observations from the Princess's post.
    Natchrlly I am minded to flush all sweet with hoobris, which is why it is essential to covah all bases ...

    Originally Posted by Odahh View Post

    In the acquisition era women looking for a new cute bra needed to go from store to store . In the abundance era women get online look through thousands of different bras and order the style and perfect size. And a day or two later it gets delivered.
    Fortunately I a Princess, so I get to be hand-measured by expoits.

    Supah fortunately, they take account of flushed strawbs when scissorin' all the lacy stuff to size.

    (For anywan considerin' this to be an immodest indulgence, plz note I am naht swingin' squidos about the place.)

    Anyways ... always here for brilliant observations an' small talk 'bout bras for anywan needs 'em.

    If'n you gaht a 2-in-1 offah on either, prolly I will bend ovah to accommodate your ass.

    Originally Posted by Odahh View Post

    The challenges for marketers as abundance becomes more common is that people only have 24 hours a day and the people with more money have less time to use and experience different products.
    In which case, narrow the range & broaden/heighten the value of the exclusive selection SHIMMERIN' before summoned eyeballs.

    Aw, see ... now I wanna LOOMINOUS PONY again.

    (Nevah gaht one from Santa when I was 7, but I still hopin')
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  • Profile picture of the author Cayenne Marie
    Making money always comes down to that word many people hate and that is sales. The very best way to make money is start selling something and continue to build on it. I work with another local marketer and we sell services to local businesses as well as ebooks in a variety of niches. Once the first product gets out there and making something, you can build on that with every future product.

    Also by building a list of buyers, you can continue to sell to that list. We do our very best to engage with our buyers which helps with conversions down the line.
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    • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
      Can't argue too much...but words like ALWAYS, sort of set me off.

      Having someTHING for sale is different than selling something. My convenience store offers me a wide variety of goods to buy, and some of them, like Little Debbie snacks are a must BUY. Never had anyone try to sell me a Nutty Buddy.

      Fact is, I can say that about 80% of my expenditures, living things, like groceries, gas and household items are BOUGHT, and although there may be some brand awareness, maybe...mostly doesn't matter, I'm buying what I want.

      So, perhaps, a reframing...and in many MONEY making situations it comes down to OFFERS and TARGETS. Little Debster has my number. My lifetime value is 100's of one off snack cake.

      Although a LIST of buyers should be 101 type stuff, it has become a tired trope, something that gets regurgitated more often than baby food. How to build a list of buyers, and keep them, is some advanced stuff.

      There are many different models, so for me, ALWAYS does not apply. Many people offer stuff and let the people BUY, sans selling. But it does have to be made available to the right people at the right time, which I can't, nor won't, argue with.

      GordonJ

      Originally Posted by Cayenne Marie View Post

      Making money always comes down to that word many people hate and that is sales. The very best way to make money is start selling something and continue to build on it. I work with another local marketer and we sell services to local businesses as well as ebooks in a variety of niches. Once the first product gets out there and making something, you can build on that with every future product.

      Also by building a list of buyers, you can continue to sell to that list. We do our very best to engage with our buyers which helps with conversions down the line.
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  • Profile picture of the author art72
    First of all, thank you for the phone conversation a few years back, oddly enough it was like a sticky note that just keeps expanding as my knowledge increases, whereas, it has taken on much deeper meaning... although I am still an a-hole for my desire to build online is still stifled by my pursuits of multiple fields of study.

    Even with nearly 25 years of self-employment and having made decent money (*billing a low 6 figures annually for much of my 35 years working) it too, has shifted into areas I can no longer find the respect, earnings, or exchanges to hit those goals offline.

    I have delved deep into many fields of study such as psychology, philosophers, Hermetica, Kybalion, and about 30 books I devoured just this year that are painting a much bigger or heightened view as was similar to what you mentioned on the phone concerning getting up and the steps required to succeed at anything be it a planned vacation or building a business.

    In my honest opinion the difference often concerns rewriting your sub-conscious which I am in the thick of now, since exploring modeling, framing, neuro-linguistical programming (*NLP), and even hypnosis, to truly understand the habitual routines people fall victim to, as have I for 35 years of habits, addictions, and failing to recognize the underlying patterns causations and the effects it has in the external pursuits we choose to pursue.

    I am forever the student, seldom the teacher, but I sincerely found what once appeared to be all a bunch of "woo-woo bs" like I often refer to religions (*not to offend anyone, I believe in the All, Source, or God for lack of a better definition) - but some of the dogma is so wrong philosophically, such as; s/he who seeks knowledge will be punished... doesn't exactly compliment the Western Philosophy (*Christianity that I was raised) - I do not denounce ANY master teachers, not even Jesus... but, damn if I can comprehend much of the dogma or fallacies projected on even the most devout believers in a higher power, force, or whatever the individual defines it as being, if anything or nothing.

    I like to think we need only to model, mirror, and frame our future pursuits by studying the masters, experts, and trusted professionals in ANY field be it copywriting, marketing, biology, philosophy, or any field of study.

    My biggest frustration concerns disciplines, I have a couple dozen disciplines from sports as a kid (*boxing/baseball), writing daily, exercising, studies, reading, etc... Now, add in the average persons' 8 second attention span, and the fact they do not teach us any real value in schools (*which I fully agree) - I dropped out in 7th grade to pursue experience and knowledge elsewhere, as I saw too many limitations in school early on in life.

    But for years, I punished myself for quitting school thinking I was lacking knowledge. Once a person performs a "total recall" or has that awe-inspiring awakening (*I've had multiples, lol) - they cannot walk a path or be guided to understanding that which they cannot yet preconceive or conceive, let alone bring themselves to believe or achieve those ambitions.

    It's like Alan Watts - I though the guy was a quack 7 years ago, after revisiting his philosophies and teaching of Buddha and The Bodhisattva... I feel to have found the "Middle Way" without ever knowing where or what I had stumbled upon. The Corpus Hermeticum, Hermetica, or the Kybalion as well as they define it as being "neutral" in seeking the master's throughout history.

    Money loves speed, but most people are not prepared, educated, or disciplined to know what to do with more money if they had quicker access to it. My 27 year old son is a typical example of today's youth, he has no direction, no disciplines, and has no desire outside his girlfriend, video games, and maintaining a bare minimum job... he just got a check for $65k from a minor car accident, no real injuries, totaled a $500 POS Mazda 3... now he's quick to burning his Mother, Myself, and his family, no reciprocity, respect, or concern for anyone now that he hit a lottery ticket of sorts! He refuses to take any advice, and he will likely be broke in a year (or less), though I prefer him to invest some of that money... full well knowing; he won't.

    Point being, even if we took all the money, divided it equally amongst everyone in the world, within a short period of time that money would go right back to the 5% who succeed, whilst the 95% struggle, which I have and currently know those financial hardships as well... despite all my well laid plans to get back up and stay there!

    People need to educate themselves, most will not.

    I'll respond to the 2022 plan soon... as I may be cancelling a 29 year relationship with my significant other, familiy members (*my son for one), and anyone who does not resonate on the frequency I reside which requires knowledge, not sitting on your ass waiting for shit to fall from the sky as many do as well, I'm surrounded by it right now and keep providing for their needs whilst negating my own necessities, which I have done for nearly 30 years to date... with zero reciprocity from the monkey bunch... it's like a Kipling book at this point, they were raised by societal animals, not us parents who worked 80 -100 hour work weeks for most of their lives! - It gets exhausting!!!

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    • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
      Originally Posted by art72 View Post


      People need to educate themselves, most will not.

      Art
      Respect.

      Your journey is interesting.

      And the part I quoted rings so true...the need for education.

      BUT ...

      Before education, and this may be even a greater need, comes AWARENESS, or self assessment. And I know I beat dead ghost horses into unseen glue, it is a good, better, best place for any Warrior to start at...what one is carrying with them, what they bring along.

      Old story of a man carrying a pumpkin in one hand, a big rock in the other, rope around his waste, a backpack full of sand, a big basket on his head...and as he travels, one stranger after another asks him why he has _____ and his answer is I don't know, but then becoming aware he releases and drops each and every burden one by one until he is practically skipping down the lane.

      We all encounter scarecrows in the field on our yellow brick roads pointing in two directions at once, but it is always OUR yellow brick road.

      Making money is not that hard: Educated Actions. Continuous movement with adjustments. Exchanges of value.

      Simple lessons most successful money makers learn, and apply. Most will not and walk in need, want, perhaps poverty, frustration and desperation.

      You have added greatly to this learning center known as Warrior Forum, thanks for sharing your experiences. For those with a thirst for real life money making information, this place could be their Pierian spring.

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      • Profile picture of the author art72
        Thanks. The Perian Spring - I drink Deep, though the "Seals I am Breaking" (*in spirit) these days have me fighting the urge to drown these issues in alcohol, which so far, so good, I am staying sober, though I am looking at hitting 50 and just lost my Mother at 68 to cancer this past year, that rocked my core something wicked. She was more feisty than the Grandma on Flaming Cheeto, lol...

        But, I went deep into study right before the plague hit... and I realize the demand for better habits from too much sugar, caffeine, greasy foods, etc, it changed me for sure. Priorities are to lighten the load and distance from anyone not willing to learn, invest, or be more than an expense.

        Nobody wants to be alone, but to be alone in a relationship is far worse, I think... I wouldn't know as I am the loyal dog - feeding everyone else first, I think my 2022 plan starts with dropping any extra weight, great story!

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  • Profile picture of the author Odahh
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    People with long term thinking are pretty rare in a culture built on planned obsolescence. If we get into any factors that would increase the amount of wealth people build. It planning and execution on a longer term scale.

    Anyway I hope everyone had a good Christmas yesterday it was very good for me .
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    • Profile picture of the author savidge4
      Originally Posted by Odahh View Post

      Savage

      People with long term thinking are pretty rare in a culture built on planned obsolescence. If we get into any factors that would increase the amount of wealth people build. It planning and execution on a longer term scale.

      Anyway I hope everyone had a good Christmas yesterday it was very good for me .
      It may be rare... its also rare for someone to start a business and be successful... do you see the parallels in that?

      I can only share what works for me... and what obviously has worked for others. I dont want and or need a dollar today, I want a multitude of dollars a year from now. My eBay thread was $40 to six digits in one years time. NOW gets you a dollar, Looking to the future.... a dollar in magnitudes.

      I cant change any ones way of thinking, I cant change any ones mind... but I sure as heck can come on here and demonstrate, and give example after example of how looking past today is about damn near the only path.

      Your own words "planned obsolescence", cash in on it. stuff is going to be replaced tomorrow, and the next day and the next. YOU clearly see the pattern. Use it, chuck it, buy another. so just buy it, ship it, and sell another, and repeat It is literally the mirror image of the average persons thinking.

      How many bread makers have you bought in the last 5 years? You are buying them and dumping them, and the flip side of that is someone is buying them and selling them to you. Its a vicious circle, are you on top selling them or on the bottom needing another?
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    • Profile picture of the author savidge4
      Or grow starter plants...


      And just a side note...this guys youtube channel is an absolute rabbit hole. He is a woodworker- with an absolute gift for story telling and film making skills to match. I dont think he has ever made a "sub par" let alone "bad" video
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      • Profile picture of the author Odahh
        Originally Posted by savidge4 View Post

        Or grow starter plants...

        A Year of Making Tomatoes - YouTube

        And just a side note...this guys youtube channel is an absolute rabbit hole. He is a woodworker- with an absolute gift for story telling and film making skills to match. I dont think he has ever made a "sub par" let alone "bad" video
        Yea this area is my interest but I have been moving around the country trying to find the climate I want to live in . That I am not dealing with deep depression and trying not to kill myself 4-6 months out of the year.

        So any message of freedom you get from what I say is a freedom from the prolonged periods . Now growing plants and starts and herbs will probably be as therapeutic for me as profitable. As I just might need to be surrounded by green living plants all the time.

        But I am in a much better mood the last three weeks and Christmas was great .

        My dreams and goals are not really that expensive or high in price.
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    • Profile picture of the author savidge4
      An Added...

      Here is what you need to do by Monday...

      you need to look here ( https://www.namecheckr.com/ ) and as the previous example type in "theartofbusinessdevelopment" you will see the .com is available, Facebook is available, YouTube is available ( you can get a gmail acct to lock this in ) Twitter - the name is to long... so switch up to "Art of Bus Dev" ( artofbusdev ) And the .com, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube are all available. You will also want to check and lock in the Instagram acct as well.

      Using a tool like this lets you universalize your BRAND - one name MANY platforms - what's your URL? artofbusdev - Whats your twitter? artofbusdev - Whats your YouTube? artofbusdev. I'm sure you get the idea

      From there you need to get the business name, you should be able to do this online from your States website, and more than likely there will be a link for "Business" or the like.

      I personally suggest a sole proprietorship, and use a DBA - its the EASIEST set-up

      You will also need to open a bank account for this new business. Depending on your bank, you might be able to do this online.

      And why do you want to do this. You will be taking money online at some point in all of this, and God willing you will accept more than $600 in payments through the year. and if you read here: ( https://www.warriorforum.com/main-in...le-2022-a.html ) you will understand that those dollars will be reported to the IRS, and thereby taxable. NOT a big deal - if you are structured correctly from the get go.

      This post: ( https://www.warriorforum.com/warrior...l#post11691842 ) doesn't directly apply to YOUR needs, but you will get the idea of things you need to keep records of for the year, and a simple way of doing so.

      Any and every profile you may have online - ADD YOUR URL.

      From there you are off to the races. You have to keep in mind... You SOLD a $10K+ Bathroom remodel - and that is absolutely no different than giving away a free report, or selling a report. Not only CAN you do this, You have been doing it for years.

      The HARDEST part is starting. Dont even think about selling anything right now JUST DOCUMENT. write and post your tail off... teach to learn.
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      • Profile picture of the author art72
        Originally Posted by savidge4 View Post

        An Added...

        Here is what you need to do by Monday...

        you need to look here ( https://www.namecheckr.com/ ) and as the previous example type in "theartofbusinessdevelopment" you will see the .com is available, Facebook is available, YouTube is available ( you can get a gmail acct to lock this in ) Twitter - the name is to long... so switch up to "Art of Bus Dev" ( artofbusdev ) And the .com, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube are all available. You will also want to check and lock in the Instagram acct as well.

        Using a tool like this lets you universalize your BRAND - one name MANY platforms - what's your URL? artofbusdev - Whats your twitter? artofbusdev - Whats your YouTube? artofbusdev. I'm sure you get the idea

        From there you need to get the business name, you should be able to do this online from your States website, and more than likely there will be a link for "Business" or the like.

        I personally suggest a sole proprietorship, and use a DBA - its the EASIEST set-up

        You will also need to open a bank account for this new business. Depending on your bank, you might be able to do this online.

        And why do you want to do this. You will be taking money online at some point in all of this, and God willing you will accept more than $600 in payments through the year. and if you read here: ( https://www.warriorforum.com/main-in...le-2022-a.html ) you will understand that those dollars will be reported to the IRS, and thereby taxable. NOT a big deal - if you are structured correctly from the get go.

        This post: ( https://www.warriorforum.com/warrior...l#post11691842 ) doesn't directly apply to YOUR needs, but you will get the idea of things you need to keep records of for the year, and a simple way of doing so.

        Any and every profile you may have online - ADD YOUR URL.

        From there you are off to the races. You have to keep in mind... You SOLD a $10K+ Bathroom remodel - and that is absolutely no different than giving away a free report, or selling a report. Not only CAN you do this, You have been doing it for years.

        The HARDEST part is starting. Dont even think about selling anything right now JUST DOCUMENT. write and post your tail off... teach to learn.
        Apologies, as normally what you outlined wouldn't be impossible to accomplish in a weekend or even one long day. Being I am just catching up on a bunch of posts, your included, if not especially... the ones you dropped a ton of rich seeds in some recent posts that had me taking notes, creating bookmarks, files, and I have been a wee-bit distracted, as I jumped into that NLP (*Scarcity and Social Proof) article and had to hunt down the videos from that site on YouTube, as John Grinder, Milton Erickson, Nathaniel Brendon, along with others in such fields are a blessing, even if; some people call it something else, such as Jose Silva refers to it as ESP - to me, all the same.

        The only things I foresee any obstacles in right away, would be the DBA or LLC, as I have a couple financial woes to resolve in that department, mainly a bank holding me hostage for stealing money from my Business Account - now they want more to release me from their shackles and chains... in case you cannot tell, I am not a big fan of the banking industry - impart at the core of my need to create assets that I own, not them!

        Anyways, I have domains, a few promising ones, a couple good ones, and then a few I don't what I intend to do with them yet, but the "necessities and connections" you listed, I have that part dialed in so long as I do not obsess over every pic, design, code, and the initial FREE OFFERINGS - I feel to finally be fluid enough to do a whole funnel with DNS, Hosting, SSL, VPN, B-Ups, Aweber, and the few other pieces needed to self-publish.

        Like you said, what contractor would know any of this stuff(?) - that is exactly what I think tripped me up for a minute, cause I almost felt like I shouldn't know this much about marketing or even business altogether, when I was more of a sub-contractor, installer, and tradesman over the past 3 decades than an expert online.

        Again, Thank-You for I often elude to de-value what I blindly assume others already know, but outside this forum and few other successful marketers I follow - most people don't have a clue how any of this works - the automation - the backend - the psychology, it's all fascinating to me... but instead of being fascinated, I need to model, assimilate, and frame out what Gordon, others, and yourself have already shared.

        CultivateWealth(.)net - will likely be my first real build, as that domain has been sitting for years -just waiting to be built! - I have others, but that can cover what I believe matters the most, fix people's mind's - then show them all the resources, tools, and training they have access to right now!
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        Originally Posted by savidge4 View Post

        The HARDEST part is starting. Dont even think about selling anything right now JUST DOCUMENT. write and post your tail off... teach to learn.

        I know you're probably already writing a long answer, but I have a q that I am sure other people might have:

        #1. What if the content is boring?

        E.g. In my case, I decided a few weeks ago to really up my programming skills through practical projects.

        A lot of the days, I just do a lot of dumb mistakes.

        #2.Or what if there are a lot better expository material on the web?

        E.g.One thing that really helped me with programming was learning Haskell even though I will never use it again.

        but would the internet benefit from another tutorial on monads or a relative newbie's opinion on the benefits of functional programming? I'm not sure.
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        • Profile picture of the author savidge4
          I am going to start with a BIG THANK YOU for asking.

          Originally Posted by socialentry View Post

          #1. What if the content is boring?
          Boring to? You think its boring because, well you know the stuff already. Its NOT about what YOU think, its what the end reader might think, and as long as its in your head or written and sitting on your hard drive, how are YOU going to know that others find it boring?

          Originally Posted by socialentry View Post

          E.g. In my case, I decided a few weeks ago to really up my programming skills through practical projects.

          A lot of the days, I just do a lot of dumb mistakes.
          BUT, did you find solutions for the mistakes? What is the most common thing said here on this forum? PROBLEM / SOLUTION Identify some ones problem, provide a solution right?

          So you are running through practical programming projects. Your end goal is a widget that does X. Your innitial attempt didnt work because of Z, your fix for Z was then X2. Once you got past that there was a an error in my logic with Y, and I fixed that with X3. Below is my final code that works

          SHARE the errors, because if you made the error, you and I both know more than likely others will make the same mistake. So that post would look like:

          Description of proposed outcome
          • Code for trial #1
          Running through and found a logic error
          • Code for Trial #2
          Now everything is working as planned
          • Code for Final Trial
          Follow this up with HOW you checked the code ( compiler etc ) And then end it off with I am learning this for X in mind, and check back with new project run throughs etc

          Originally Posted by socialentry View Post

          #2.Or what if there are a lot better expository material on the web?
          Using my last couple of posts on this thread as an example... The super easy answer to this is language. I spoke to Art in a language that he could understand. YOU socialentry will have a different way to deliver maybe the exact same information, but in a way that someone might understand better than the other explanations. I wish I could find it but Claude wrote a post a while back about his sending e-mails with an offer, and each one being slightly different and people buying on e-mail 30+. Language is THAT finicky.

          Originally Posted by socialentry View Post

          E.g.One thing that really helped me with programming was learning Haskell even though I will never use it again.
          Absolutely... helped you...it will help others... WHY did you? Some examples of what you were learning and ( as depicted above ) and moving forward why the experience was worth the time and effort.

          Originally Posted by socialentry View Post

          but would the internet benefit from another tutorial on monads or a relative newbie's opinion on the benefits of functional programming? I'm not sure.
          Sharing the journey mistakes and all, you ask? by now you know the answer. Because I know... when was the last time you searched for a solution to something and it was more often than not on github and the winning response was Hey you moron you forgot a coma after Z. Think about that for a moment... Your ONLY competition in this is probably GitHub. When was the last time you saw laid out First Try Code, found Error, next try Code, found Error, Final Try Code, Working ( YEAH!!! )

          Thats not out there, SHOULD BE, now that I am typing this, I might go with this somewhere. You by default are creating your own Problems and Solutions, it simply does not get any more introvert friendly than that LOL.

          I really cant say this enough... especially in a learning mode as you are in... Teach to learn... Just POST it, and a year from now, you can thank me.

          PS here is a link to plugins for wordpress to share code in posts: ( https://webdevblog.com/display-code-wordpress/ )
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        • Profile picture of the author savidge4
          Originally Posted by socialentry View Post

          I have a q that I am sure other people might have:
          An after thought... the next logical question would be "But, WHY would I do this?" I am sure you might have read this already but read this: ( https://www.warriorforum.com/main-in...ough-sell.html )

          And then to answer here...
          - "Success is an ACT not an idea" -

          For this particular situation... It is in part the act, getting the ball rolling and experience under the belt prior to actually wanting to start a project that has $$$ Signs attached to it. Your FIRST attempt at marketing will NEVER be successful, so why count on your first effort? YOU are in a position to have NO expectations and to get into a routine of success, with something you like doing... DING DING DING it really doesn't get better.

          The flip side of this, I have a feeling you roll through languages like most people change underwear... aside from teaching to learn, you are developing a portfolio... you are building AUTHORITY.

          YOU literally have NOTHING to lose and anything and everything to gain
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        • Profile picture of the author DABK
          First, all of what Savidge said.


          Plus this:


          I once asked the same questions. A wise woman I knew at the time told me:


          Yes, these things you think about were written before, many times better than how you will write. But they were not written by you, filtered by your knowledge and past. Throw in your thoughts and past experiences, and the whole is different, even if a little bit, and that bit of a difference adds value, makes some people pay attention who otherwise would not have.


          The ones who're going to be bored? They do not matter. No matter how novel and well-written something is, someone finds it boring or useless. They are entitled, but you're not after them, you're after the ones you will resonate with, there are always some of those, too.


          The latter are in proportion to how much of you goes into the thing, not just the logic or quality of the solutions / conclusions you present.


          Long way of saying, there's always room for one more, no matter what.







          Originally Posted by socialentry View Post

          I know you're probably already writing a long answer, but I have a q that I am sure other people might have:

          #1. What if the content is boring?

          E.g. In my case, I decided a few weeks ago to really up my programming skills through practical projects.

          A lot of the days, I just do a lot of dumb mistakes.

          #2.Or what if there are a lot better expository material on the web?

          E.g.One thing that really helped me with programming was learning Haskell even though I will never use it again.

          but would the internet benefit from another tutorial on monads or a relative newbie's opinion on the benefits of functional programming? I'm not sure.
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          • Profile picture of the author socialentry
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            Originally Posted by savidge4 View Post

            Boring to? You think its boring because, well you know the stuff already. Its NOT about what YOU think, its what the end reader might think, and as long as its in your head or written and sitting on your hard drive, how are YOU going to know that others find it boring?

            ...
            OK I decided to go ahead with it.
            I have around 5000 words written. It is mostly a mishmash of technical notes ,snips from Arxiv, links to tutorials,etc.
            I could write a lot more, but I feel it is probably a good idea to edit and to get the ball rolling.
            So I guess the question is how much and how do I edit?

            Irrespective of the content and assuming grammar and spelling are correct,how much does the quality of the writing matter? And should I post everyday, even if it doesn't always follow in a linear fashion (I typically tend to go on tangential topics)?


            5k doesn't look like much but I once chucked out 75% of a 100 k words manuscript after editing.

            I know I'm way overthinking this, but I'm slowly getting there.

            Originally Posted by DABK

            The ones who're going to be bored? They do not matter. No matter how novel and well-written something is, someone finds it boring or useless. They are entitled, but you're not after them, you're after the ones you will resonate with, there are always some of those, too.

            The latter are in proportion to how much of you goes into the thing, not just the logic or quality of the solutions / conclusions you present.
            Originally Posted by savidge4

            The flip side of this, I have a feeling you roll through languages like most people change underwear... aside from teaching to learn, you are developing a portfolio... you are building AUTHORITY.
            YOU literally have NOTHING to lose and anything and everything to gain
            You're right about having nothing to lose. I have no other plans but to take on harder and harder problems in machine learning and make a name for myself.
            I have a puncher's chance at best, but eff it. Fortune favors the bold.

            I guess the next logical step would be to ask myself: who is my target audience (if I have any?)? Is it too early to think about that? Should I aim for a popular format (it does make sense, even without the IM factor: I do a lot of simplification when I learn something , for my own benefit), or should I basically stick to "just the facts"? And should I be laser focused on one or two things or can I go broad?

            The advice I got was to approach ML was in a domain-agnostic way. E.g. Do it in a way that can be easily transferable to completely different industries or domains.There is a lot of leeway how I present the information and which projects I pick.

            So from a pedagogical POV, I plan to pick up a few topics that I enjoy. E.g. where I already have (most) of the domain knowledge so I don't need to learn say, manufacturing/medicine/etc on top of ML. It's whimsical, but is it my advantage to be whimsical in this context?

            Come to think of it, an option would be to aim for a popular audience on say, Youtube (not a fan of videos where they go through code line by line anyways),

            and write down the technical details on the blog. OR I could say just write an intuitive overview and give the notebook/code away on kaggle/github.
            Or any other combination.
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            • Profile picture of the author savidge4
              Originally Posted by socialentry View Post

              OK I decided to go ahead with it.
              I have around 5000 words written.
              GOOD FOR YOU!

              Originally Posted by socialentry View Post

              It is mostly a mishmash of technical notes ,snips from Arxiv, links to tutorials,etc.
              I could write a lot more, but I feel it is probably a good idea to edit and to get the ball rolling.
              So I guess the question is how much and how do I edit?
              Aside from spelling and maybe some grammer issues.. DONT EDIT... write and post

              Originally Posted by socialentry View Post

              Irrespective of the content and assuming grammar and spelling are correct,how much does the quality of the writing matter? And should I post everyday, even if it doesn't always follow in a linear fashion (I typically tend to go on tangential topics)?
              On a blog... you have the advantage of having topics and sub topics ( Categories and Sub Categories ) so tangents dont mean much.

              Maybe something you might want to do.. is have a weekly write up, Monday i did this, Tuesday was that, Wednesday was follow up of Monday, and then link from this to those days produced content... So Monday you worked on X and link to the write of X


              Originally Posted by socialentry View Post

              5k doesn't look like much but I once chucked out 75% of a 100 k words manuscript after editing.

              I know I'm way overthinking this, but I'm slowly getting there.
              Just keeping it real here... and what happened to that project? even after editing, you shelfed it? STOP editing... correct spelling and grammer and let it fly

              Originally Posted by socialentry View Post

              You're right about having nothing to lose. I have no other plans but to take on harder and harder problems in machine learning and make a name for myself.
              I have a puncher's chance at best, but eff it. Fortune favors the bold.
              Nothing to lose and not thinking about what there is to gain... oh lord..thats a dedadly combination... you are doing YOU. The "Process" this daily posting whatever... you are building a resume of sorts... you are documenting your "Self Education" Bud, thats priceless as time goes on.

              Originally Posted by socialentry View Post

              guess the next logical step would be to ask myself: who is my target audience (if I have any?)? Is it too early to think about that? Should I aim for a popular format (it does make sense, even without the IM factor: I do a lot of simplification when I learn something , for my own benefit), or should I basically stick to "just the facts"? And should I be laser focused on one or two things or can I go broad?
              So again.. DO YOU... you dont need to "Target".. they will find YOU.

              When you say a lot of simplification... are you saying you find ways to ( for a lack of a better term ) dumb it down to better internalize the information? 3x6=18 simplified to 3+3+3+3+3+3=18 kind of thing?

              If this is what you ment... the broad facts, and the simplified facts would be bad assed. So something like the implications of X+Y=C is this and that, and simplified C is a derivative of these 2 elements.

              And focused... again you are writing on a Blog.. as long as you have a navigation path to any and every topic you might stumble apon.. its all good, I just wouldnt hold anything back.
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            • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
              Originally Posted by socialentry View Post

              I guess the next logical step would be to ask myself: who is my target audience (if I have any?)? Is it too early to think about that?
              Savidge4 said that they will find you. And this is true, if you put everything on a blog, videos, and broadcast everywhere....eventually, you'll find out who your target audience is, by who buys.

              But...another way to do it is decide who you want to sell to, before you do anything else.

              And the most important factor in this search for your target audience is....where can you find them, as a group? What do they want? How can you communicate with them?

              In other words, an easily assessable group that has shown they they will buy something related to what you sell. This is the way to decide on your customers, if you want more likely success. Faster.

              Or, you can do what I do, if you aren't depending on this for living expenses, and write what you want, and broadcast it until you find a group that buys...and they will identify themselves.
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              • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
                Claude, how often do we have to pound on this? Well, as often as it takes.

                The other way, without all the set up, is to decide WHO you want to make offers to, BEFORE you do anything else.

                For me, this is a Golden Rule. Find known BUYERS first. Then create/acquire.

                I know I am repeating what Claude said below, but it is truly, one of the few SHORTCUTS you can take to start winning with your IM.

                Basically two choices, FIND buyers fast, or BUILD an audience slowly.
                Whichever way suits your goals.

                Thanks Claude,

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                Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

                Savidge4 said that they will find you. And this is true, if you put everything on a blog, videos, and broadcast everywhere....eventually, you'll find out who your target audience is, by who buys.

                But...another way to do it is decide who you want to sell to, before you do anything else.

                And the most important factor in this search for your target audience is....where can you find them, as a group? What do they want? How can you communicate with them?

                In other words, an easily assessable group that has shown they they will buy something related to what you sell. This is the way to decide on your customers, if you want more likely success. Faster.

                Or, you can do what I do, if you aren't depending on this for living expenses, and write what you want, and broadcast it until you find a group that buys...and they will identify themselves.
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            • Profile picture of the author DABK
              I did not say you have nothing to lose, I said you gain nothing by waiting.


              Seems like I'm splitting hairs? Well, I'm fond of split hairs. But here that's not the case.


              You can lose by hurrying too much just as you can lose by not starting.


              The goal is to start... The next logical step depends on what energizes you most:


              strategy
              or just start putting things down, in any way your minds spits them out and strategize as you move along.


              If you have not done any strategy, I'd take a couple of days and do that.
              But you could just do what Savidge said and they will find you and you will hone on them then.


              As regards editing... Savidge is right, no major edits till you're done with the first go. But do not spend too much time on editing anyway... You need correct spelling and grammar and to not be too repetitive, but you do not need amazing writing.



              Going on tangential topics is not an issue... If that's the easiest way for you to go, do it that way. It's not a problem because you can organize the posts by groups (categories) that make sense, in any order it makes sense to start... (So, you can do what you normally do and the reader can get what they need in the order they need it.)


              How often you post? Up to you. I'd suggest that whatever you choose, you stick to the same rhythm. Google bots and people like predictability in this area.






              Originally Posted by socialentry View Post

              OK I decided to go ahead with it.
              I have around 5000 words written. It is mostly a mishmash of technical notes ,snips from Arxiv, links to tutorials,etc.
              I could write a lot more, but I feel it is probably a good idea to edit and to get the ball rolling.
              So I guess the question is how much and how do I edit?

              Irrespective of the content and assuming grammar and spelling are correct,how much does the quality of the writing matter? And should I post everyday, even if it doesn't always follow in a linear fashion (I typically tend to go on tangential topics)?


              5k doesn't look like much but I once chucked out 75% of a 100 k words manuscript after editing.

              I know I'm way overthinking this, but I'm slowly getting there.





              You're right about having nothing to lose. I have no other plans but to take on harder and harder problems in machine learning and make a name for myself.
              I have a puncher's chance at best, but eff it. Fortune favors the bold.

              I guess the next logical step would be to ask myself: who is my target audience (if I have any?)? Is it too early to think about that? Should I aim for a popular format (it does make sense, even without the IM factor: I do a lot of simplification when I learn something , for my own benefit), or should I basically stick to "just the facts"? And should I be laser focused on one or two things or can I go broad?

              The advice I got was to approach ML was in a domain-agnostic way. E.g. Do it in a way that can be easily transferable to completely different industries or domains.There is a lot of leeway how I present the information and which projects I pick.

              So from a pedagogical POV, I plan to pick up a few topics that I enjoy. E.g. where I already have (most) of the domain knowledge so I don't need to learn say, manufacturing/medicine/etc on top of ML. It's whimsical, but is it my advantage to be whimsical in this context?

              Come to think of it, an option would be to aim for a popular audience on say, Youtube (not a fan of videos where they go through code line by line anyways),

              and write down the technical details on the blog. OR I could say just write an intuitive overview and give the notebook/code away on kaggle/github.
              Or any other combination.
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    • Profile picture of the author savidge4
      Just so happened to watch this video - it had Casey Neistat's name in the title - but I watch here from time to time.

      https://www.youtube.com/embed/XFAtL4MUuU8

      And it reminded me of the book Peak Performance by: Steve Magness and Brad Stulberg with a byline: " Elevate Your Game, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive with the New Science of Success "

      The basic idea is there is 2 states of being... Stress and Rest. Its from this very book that I probably snagged my 1 hour time block idea from, and didn't realize it until seeing this video - I should probably revisit the book?!?!

      There are no 2 people that are alike. What stress' one, may not stress another. There are specific activities in my day that can be very stressful for some, and for me, time stops and its like the most restful thing I can do. Programming is without question #1 on my listf of time stopping and enjoyable - to the point of restful in a way. I can literally sit in front of a computer and go D A Y S on end, Coffee, Cigs, and Red Zingers, and the world just disappears.

      Woodworking would be a close second for me, but I get tired... so maybe 12 hours at a time would be a max, and to be honest I don't think I have ever gone that long.

      Driving... Driving would be another... what's interesting with driving is it is by default time restrained. The time it takes from point A to point B - it takes as long as it takes. 10 minutes to your next appointment, or 9 hours on a road trip. I could easily see myself "driving" for a living.

      If the idea is to balance Stress and Rest, I do that through the activities throughout my day. There are simply things for me that are restful, and I really don't stress much. As I transition further from a Owner/Operator, and more to just an Owner - that operates because he likes to, Stress is kind of creeping in, and I find myself doing say more woodworking, to get a balance of rest. But even that, I am migrating towards turning that into a "Business"

      " It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it. " - Seneca Finding activities that are restful, and productive, I think is the key to my success. Thats why I always suggest do what you love - or have a passion for. Even someone like Casey Niestat would talk about the passion for creation, but the process turned into an equation, Its no longer "Creative", and it felt like work - I so get that.

      Tomorrow never comes... Next week never comes... Im not saying this because its cute, or some quote...its TRUTH. There is a difference between "Tomorrow" and "The Next day" think about that one.
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    • Profile picture of the author Profit Traveler
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      Well off the top of my head...today's out of the blue google search was....
      How can a Teenager make a Million Dollars?

      And glad I typed it. Found this and it's pretty damn good.

      How To Become a Teenage Millionaire 14 Success Stories

      https://profiletree.com/teenage-millionaire/

      @Gordon,
      I like that saying...Possibilities over Negativity.

      One Good Idea is All You Need.
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      • Profile picture of the author savidge4
        Originally Posted by Profit Traveler View Post

        Well off the top of my head...today's out of the blue google search was....
        How can a Teenager make a Million Dollars?

        And glad I typed it. Found this and it's pretty damn good.

        How To Become a Teenage Millionaire 14 Success Stories

        https://profiletree.com/teenage-millionaire/

        @Gordon,
        I like that saying...Possibilities over Negativity.

        One Good Idea is All You Need.
        What do 10 of these have in common?

        They sell PHYSICAL PRODUCT. and NOT A ONE, is a service. What have I been preaching on the WF for more than a few years now? Product, Product, Product.

        I cant emphasize this enough, it is absolutely the EASIEST method to making money online. NO Websites, No writing blogs, You dont even have to do social media. You can make something as cutesy cutesy as Stickers, and make money online.

        This is video one in a series of 6 I think - how he built an online Sticker store... he has an interesting channel of content as well.


        Here is a link to the sticker cutter he uses. For those of you in the States, if you are getting a Tax return... THIS could be a solid investment: ( https://www.silhouetteamerica.com/fe...-product/cameo )
        I took a quick look on Facebook Market place and found a few of these in the $150 range

        A printer and a cutter, and if you are not all that "Creative". THIS right here would be an example of something that I would goto Fiver for... give an artist an idea to create artwork for you.. this would be a $5.00 Gig for sure.
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    • Profile picture of the author Profit Traveler
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      This thread is like taking daily vitamins. Love it. (actually real fruit and veggies is better but you get what I mean

      Also have to mention the Journal Books. Hot and Profitable.

      You create a book with BLANK PAGES. AND SELL IT.
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      • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
        Coloring books. Puzzles. Fill in blank. Find a word. Crosswords.

        Calendars. and Profit Traveler thanks for mentioning these. Many were covered in my HOTSHEETS report written over 20 years ago.

        I'm NOT an either/or guy, I live in both the Products and Information worlds. Always have.

        And to the others reading getting their daily vitamins:

        As to which is faster easier, well, that is an anecdotal debate not worth getting into, if products is right for you, then it is, if information is better for you, then it is.

        I don't think it has to be either or. My anecdotal story goes something like:

        40 years ago, I started a candle business (I'm usually a decade ahead of my time, which is NOT a good thing, if you want sales)...very different unusual unique candles. More expensive than anything out there at the time, but today, half of what Yankee Candle would charge.

        I did (and for the most part, always have done) what savidge4 told the group to do: DOCUMENT the process. I took pictures of the process of making candles, and wrote a report and then ran ads in the back of magazines for candle making. Never made a lot but did break even.

        Then, when I had my golf shop, I did seminars, recorded them, and sold CASSETTES, A real product, in your hands, complete with shipping and handling, then those became CD and DVDs along with a book and a PDF of the book, ah, INFORMATION.

        Now, even when someone bought the INFORMATION product and downloaded it, they would have found a series of pages at the end for the ORDERING OF PRODUCTS, Custom made golf clubs, specialty clubs, balls, all things golf. A lot of toys too.

        There are people at warriorplus selling INFORMATION on how to create those puzzle books and blank page journals etc. And there are etsy people selling one of a kind jewelry, a business I was in for many years.

        My friend was a great wire jewelry artist, and I helped her make some HOW TO reports which she could have sold online, but she passed before she had a chance.

        I'm not the person to tell any given Warrior what he/she should do, but there are options and choices, and when it comes to offering PRODUCTS or INFORMATION my response is why not both? And do as savidge4 sez, DOCUMENT what you do to get, market, build or deliver your PRODUCT and then you have an information product without spending any extra time on it, right?

        Anyhow, better to get SOMETHING going, anything than to keep spinning wheels, planning and overthinking the whole thing, eh?

        GordonJ


        Originally Posted by Profit Traveler View Post

        This thread is like taking daily vitamins. Love it. (actually real fruit and veggies is better but you get what I mean

        Also have to mention the Journal Books. Hot and Profitable.

        You create a book with BLANK PAGES. AND SELL IT.
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    • Profile picture of the author Profit Traveler
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      Well the Dogecoin Millionaire Glauber Contessoto who was up to 2 Million right before Elon Musk went on Saturday Night Live is now a Half Millionaire.


      About $500,000ish


      Got to hand it to him he stuck to his guns but he should have sold.

      Yeah easy for me to say.

      But no need for tears his story has landed him a documentary in the making now that will a be in a theater near you.


      Source... one of my fav You-tubers...
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    • Profile picture of the author socialentry
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      Originally Posted by savidge4

      @socialentry as I am seeing it, needs to document their educational process, much like a Degree on the wall. We are talking about Authority here.. the building of specifically. The Product or Service, might come later... OR there maybe some kick tail Job interview.
      You're correct. I have no idea if I will ever sell anything on the blog.My goal is really to build up that credibility so I can work on more interesting projects right off the bat when I come back to industry for good.

      I would like to name a specific industry and an ideal client, but I can't even do this as I don't know what I don't know.
      Overall, I feel it is wiser to approach machine learning in a domain-agnostic way.

      The main thing is that I really don't want to pidgeonhole myself.
      The advice I got was to work a few years at a multinational or as a data scientist or software engineer, then switch to a smaller company to a senior role in a smaller organization.
      Mostly for the opportunity to wear many hats. E.g. avoid pidgeonholing myself.



      I could strike off on my own earlier and go freelance or build a startup. It's not totally off the table, but really laying the groundwork will pay off more a few years down the road I think.

      There is probably a handful on WF that know what this is: ( https://arxiv.org/ ) and even after many click on that link there will still only be a handful that know what this is ( hahaha )
      I am going to ASSUME - an aspiration here is to publish on Arxiv. A lofty aspiration.
      Yeah lol.



      I already participated in a few conferences as part of a team and got my name on a couple papers already(tbh it's much less impressive than it sounds:I did the ML equivalent of washing beakers and feeding the lab monkeys).
      but I got to network and got a solid reference from one serious heavy hitter. I'm slated for more responsabilites next year and I am aiming for principal authorship so provided I keep up the effort, I think I have a good shot at it.


      Originally Posted by savidge4 View Post

      Just keeping it real here... and what happened to that project? even after editing, you shelfed it?

      I did kind of shelf it yeah.

      I write fiction as a hobby.
      Creative work is the one thing I don't do for money and so I don't feel guilty about overediting.

      After 100 k words, the work just felt flat and so I cutted it down. It was essentially a travelogue with wooden characters.
      It's as if I were a Jazz player that can doodle some but can't create a cohesive whole.

      The greater and broader point is developing the site development skills... developing the Content creation skills, Neutralizing the doubt - in this case the edit edit edit..oh thats not good enough mentality. Just let it rip, It was probably better than good enough,and it was the edits that made it bleh - Oh I have so been there done that.
      I agree. Overall, I have no idea why I overedit so much. I overedit emails, facebook messages, this post. I am just extremely unhappy with everything I write.

      Thanksfully, for technical things,its much less worse because there's a utilitarian need for it.
      It just gets boring to edit non-stop and I stop. On this particular project, I am just telling myself that I am writing notes for myself, and if other people find it useful, all the best.


      When you say a lot of simplification... are you saying you find ways to ( for a lack of a better term ) dumb it down to better internalize the information? 3x6=18 simplified to 3+3+3+3+3+3=18 kind of thing?

      If this is what you ment... the broad facts, and the simplified facts would be bad assed. So something like the implications of X+Y=C is this and that, and simplified C is a derivative of these 2 elements.
      Yeah dumbing it down is the correct way to put it actually.

      I know you know this, but others might not:
      In my experience, knowing the motivation behind the formulas is half of the battle.

      E.g. the intuition behind the derivative of a function is that it is the slope of a line.
      its original motivation was to explain things like how fast an objects accelerate in the context of Newtonian physics. if you're a high school senior, if you know this fact, Calculus 1 gets a lot easier.
      I do something very similar for just about anything that has numbers in it.


      IMHO Formalism is absolutly nescessary but actionable intuition is the real prize and the best way to do it is via concrete problems and examples.

      Like I stated before, you have nothing to lose, AND no need to gain outside of yourself and that is where winning begins.
      Pretty much.

      You know... it's hard to wrap my head around the concept of having fun and making money out of it.

      I never gave it much thought.

      But on a weekly if not daily basis, I have to decide what to work on and I don't always have a clear answer as to how useful a particular technique or subfield is. Partly because I'm still learning but also the field is always moving fast so new techniques pop like mushrooms.
      E.g. time is precious, is learning XYZ really worth the opportunity cost?

      So I decided to make fun my primary criteria.

      It sounds silly, but at this point, I'm like: why not? So I'll try it out. alea Jactea Est.
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      • Profile picture of the author savidge4
        Originally Posted by socialentry View Post

        The main thing is that I really don't want to pidgeonhole myself.
        The advice I got was to work a few years at a multinational or as a data scientist or software engineer, then switch to a smaller company to a senior role in a smaller organization.
        Mostly for the opportunity to wear many hats. E.g. avoid pigeonholing myself.
        Its far from bad advice... but I understand... You're making a shift ( ill discuss that in a moment ) and I understand not wanting lock into something.

        THAT being said... my personal advice to just about anyone and everyone that has a specific interest... is you want to be working in THAT industry, somehow some way. The experience is priceless. Sitting off on the side and learning learning learning is awesome dont get me wrong - dont give that up. BUT being within the shackles of a project regardless of position shows the ability to be a team player? AND shows you might have the understanding of how a project operates and functions - in order to lead such a thing. Its not just KNOWLEDGE that you would bring to the table, its the ability to set an order of operations - to create a successful outcome.



        Originally Posted by socialentry View Post

        I could strike off on my own earlier and go freelance or build a startup. It's not totally off the table, but really laying the groundwork will pay off more a few years down the road I think.
        Everything will line up and you will know when its time - and its sound cliche and all but you will see, thats exactly how it will play out... it will be the right door opening at the right time FOR YOU.

        Originally Posted by socialentry View Post

        I already participated in a few conferences as part of a team and got my name on a couple papers already(tbh it's much less impressive than it sounds:I did the ML equivalent of washing beakers and feeding the lab monkeys).
        but I got to network and got a solid reference from one serious heavy hitter. I'm slated for more responsabilites next year and I am aiming for principal authorship so provided I keep up the effort, I think I have a good shot at it.
        We are on a forum of what 1,000,000 users? how many do you think have their name on a published paper? Ill bet in THIS community you are 1 in 1,000,000. to ME thats a BIG deal... Your downplaying yourself... and you are aiming for principle authorship... come on man.

        Do you realize how good that shnit looks on a resume? LOL Think about that for a moment... you hit up some small startup firm and have your published credits listed on your resume? for the love of something else or another man... people will fall out of their chairs


        Originally Posted by socialentry View Post

        I know you know this, but others might not:
        In my experience, knowing the motivation behind the formulas is half of the battle.
        In High School I failed Algebra 1 at the same time was acing college level Electronic Engineering classes... you know this crap [ V = I x R V = P / I V = √ (P x R) ] The difference? APPLICATION.... AxB=C ment absolutely nothing to me - apples and oranges? Make that Voltage and Current and Resistance... all day long

        Originally Posted by socialentry View Post

        You know... it's hard to wrap my head around the concept of having fun and making money out of it.

        I never gave it much thought.

        But on a weekly if not daily basis, I have to decide what to work on and I don't always have a clear answer as to how useful a particular technique or subfield is. Partly because I'm still learning but also the field is always moving fast so new techniques pop like mushrooms.
        E.g. time is precious, is learning XYZ really worth the opportunity cost?

        So I decided to make fun my primary criteria.

        It sounds silly, but at this point, I'm like: why not? So I'll try it out. alea Jactea Est.
        And this is the shift... a BIG shift Just because it is a J O B, or its called "Work" dont mean it has to be ( work ) There is a whole lot more sanity on the side of doing what you enjoy for a living... I might note I never call it "work", or a J O B - I live out my life doing X and enjoy 99% of it.

        My ABSOLUTE passion in life is programming... LOVE IT, but I could not have a family.. wife and kids if I kept doing that - it is all consuming when it comes to me. It took Y E A R S to allow the guys I have hired to do that, to do that - my BIGGEST hurdle.. my biggest ok Im the boss and i dont do that anymore moment was letting go of the programing... so now I slink off and play with a CNC machine and goof around with optimizing G-Code ( with a timer I might add )

        It comes down to passion... what gets you up in the morning..what keeps you up all night... its THAT that makes life worth living... and to do that some of the time? I just have to ask WHY?
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        • Profile picture of the author socialentry
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          Originally Posted by savidge4 View Post

          Its far from bad advice... but I understand... You're making a shift ( ill discuss that in a moment ) and I understand not wanting lock into something.


          THAT being said... my personal advice to just about anyone and everyone that has a specific interest... is you want to be working in THAT industry, somehow some way. The experience is priceless. Sitting off on the side and learning learning learning is awesome dont get me wrong - dont give that up. BUT being within the shackles of a project regardless of position shows the ability to be a team player? AND shows you might have the understanding of how a project operates and functions - in order to lead such a thing. Its not just KNOWLEDGE that you would bring to the table, its the ability to set an order of operations - to create a successful outcome.
          I really thought hard and long about these questions.I think you're right: I'm gonna put a lot more effort into finding an actual job and I'm probably going to lower the bar to include more roles and companies.

          We are on a forum of what 1,000,000 users? how many do you think have their name on a published paper? Ill bet in THIS community you are 1 in 1,000,000. to ME thats a BIG deal... Your downplaying yourself... and you are aiming for principle authorship... come on man.

          Do you realize how good that shnit looks on a resume? LOL Think about that for a moment... you hit up some small startup firm and have your published credits listed on your resume? for the love of something else or another man... people will fall out of their chairs
          I probably am downplaying (I'm sure a shrink would have a field day about impostor's syndrome), but the field is still really competitive.

          Consider the "How many jobs did you apply for" part of this video:
          https://youtu.be/OBsxUjQ7Ua0?t=974

          To give context, she has an Msc in comp.sci with a Bsc in Biology. A little bit of research experience as well. She went to better schools than I did. She applied 250 times and got two interviews. Not even in data science or machine learning, but in software.

          In constrast, I understand the theory a lot better than most, but I have no experience in real world deployment. I didn't go to grad school (long boring story). I went to a noname uni. I'm older than the average applicant. I applied maybe to 150 + companies (mostly non-startups)? And I got one onsite interview at a large telco (which I failed because I stupidly said I didn't like git at the very end) so her numbers make sense to me.



          My experience is that if the recruiter's technical interests converge with mine, then I can typically establish rapport. It typically isn't true of the HR person, or if somebody says, comes from medicine or the local business school or did nothing but Java and doesn't use that much math, then I'm kind of dismissed as somebody with very niche interests. I have to admit I've taken a bit of a shotgun and half-baked approach to the job search, so I'm not prospecting correctly, but I don't feel that a research paper is an automatic green light. I still have to sell.


          At this point, I think my best bet would be to go the software engineer --> data science/ML route. I'm gonna aim for a FAANG, but probably the more realistic scenario is that I'll get in a smaller company that takes data science seriously via small niche programming communities.

          And this is the shift... a BIG shift Just because it is a J O B, or its called "Work" dont mean it has to be ( work ) There is a whole lot more sanity on the side of doing what you enjoy for a living... I might note I never call it "work", or a J O B - I live out my life doing X and enjoy 99% of it.
          Yeah it is a gargantuan shift. Old habits die hard and it's not something I'm used to but it really came to motivate a lot of my thinking because I realized that without this, I wouldn't be able to make headway even if I wanted to.

          You made a good post about this in another thread.Forgot which one but the gist was that if you go outside your interests, it's an added hurdle to overcome. I feel this is exactly where I'm at right now.

          E.g. If I for example examine a medical dataset, in my experience, I'll have to dig into the jargon which is not always obvious without access to an expert... However, if I try to apply my knowledge to some of my personal interests outside ML, I know exactly what is meaningful and what isn't. It saves a considerable amount of time. If the only subject is myself, then it's also a lot easier for me to generate or collect data.

          From that POV, the "safe" choice is harder than the fun choice. And it feels extremely weird.
          I just don't have the resources to tackle domains outside my own personal interests.


          My ABSOLUTE passion in life is programming... LOVE IT, but I could not have a family.. wife and kids if I kept doing that - it is all consuming when it comes to me. It took Y E A R S to allow the guys I have hired to do that, to do that - my BIGGEST hurdle.. my biggest ok Im the boss and i dont do that anymore moment was letting go of the programing... so now I slink off and play with a CNC machine and goof around with optimizing G-Code ( with a timer I might add )


          It comes down to passion... what gets you up in the morning..what keeps you up all night... its THAT that makes life worth living... and to do that some of the time? I just have to ask WHY?
          It's a good question.


          In my case, is it passion? I originally wrote "No. I have none". I really don't identify with the self-help crowd. I almost never talk about my own interests with others nor do I really want to share them with others. I rarely get excited: it's more like intense focus and withdrawal for me.

          To a great extent, my choices are driven by practicality moreso than passion.It's just a code of honor. I want to say on my deathbed that I have lived my life "a l'outrance". I want to make an impact on this world.

          But then... I thought about it and I do have my own version of optimizing G-code.
          My G-code really is math. I already do put myself a hard time limit to not pursue esoteric subjects that are interesting in theory, but very likely not that useful in practice. I could also have returned in school in engineering (and it's very ironic that I'm angling toward software now) but I chose math instead.


          So objectively, yes, it's a passion. I really don't expect that much monetary reward from learning math (or a number of other things) but I do it anyways. ML is the best of both world, I think.
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          • Profile picture of the author savidge4
            Originally Posted by socialentry View Post

            I really thought hard and long about these questions.I think you're right: I'm gonna put a lot more effort into finding an actual job and I'm probably going to lower the bar to include more roles and companies.
            I would say... experience above and beyond all other variables is what is most seeked by "employers". My personal issue in life was having to grow into my experience ( I am sure you know what that means ) By default with a degree from MIT, and a laundry list of computer languages on my resume.. i was over qualified

            Originally Posted by socialentry View Post

            To give context, she has an Msc in comp.sci with a Bsc in Biology. A little bit of research experience as well. She went to better schools than I did. She applied 250 times and got two interviews. Not even in data science or machine learning, but in software.
            In todays market - a better Uni - is a handicap - "Better" education ='s more pay Like me in the past... Her resume was stamped "Overqualified"

            This landscape has change a whole lot in the last 5yrs... the last 2 yrs... You have NASA hiring PhD's and guys like Musk hiring 20 yr olds that make the PhD holders look like idiots - self education is a thing - and more and more it is becoming valued.

            Originally Posted by socialentry View Post

            In constrast, I understand the theory a lot better than most, but I have no experience in real world deployment. I didn't go to grad school (long boring story). I went to a no name uni. I'm older than the average applicant. I applied maybe to 150 + companies (mostly non-startups)? And I got one onsite interview at a large telco (which I failed because I stupidly said I didn't like git at the very end) so her numbers make sense to me.
            GIT is lame... you and I know it... because we dont have to go look HOW, we just make it happen. Remember this line "I dont use GIT ( GitHub ) as a reference, I upload". YOU getting published - throws you on a whole other level.

            The issue YOU have is either A) knowing how to translate your knowledge onto a resume ( which is damn near impossible ), or B) as we have discussed, Documenting, and providing a link on your resume. In todays market SELF EDUCATION carries far more weight than a uni degree - think of it this way, you are going to hire someone, you are looking at those that have a Uni degree, and those that have self applied that education to greater things - who do you hire?

            It becomes a matter of presenting that self education, and a resume just doesnt do it.. BUT "Published" and documented, and links to stuff you have uploaded to GIT - becomes proof in the pudding as it were.

            Job hunting is "Marketing"... how well can you sell yourself? Social Proof, and Testimonials, and Proof of Authority all play in this - just like marketing. A resume should not "define" you, it should be the gateway to better understanding what your strengths are.

            Originally Posted by socialentry View Post

            My experience is that if the recruiter's technical interests converge with mine, then I can typically establish rapport. It typically isn't true of the HR person, or if somebody says, comes from medicine or the local business school or did nothing but Java and doesn't use that much math, then I'm kind of dismissed as somebody with very niche interests. I have to admit I've taken a bit of a shotgun and half-baked approach to the job search, so I'm not prospecting correctly, but I don't feel that a research paper is an automatic green light. I still have to sell.
            Yes, absolutely the recruiter is salivating, but on the flip side of that the HR person is seeing "Overqualified" - and in excess of the bottom line needs.

            Your right, the paper isnt an absolute green light, but it begins to justify the bottom line in HR... again 1 in 1,000,000 here have their name on a "Paper" and when you are applying for work 1 in how many? Its a USP ( Unique Selling Perspective ) Your resume goes to the top of the stack for consideration. Going to Uni... and Published - Learned knowledge... and applied knowledge. again, who do you hire?


            Originally Posted by socialentry View Post

            At this point, I think my best bet would be to go the software engineer --> data science/ML route. I'm gonna aim for a FAANG, but probably the more realistic scenario is that I'll get in a smaller company that takes data science seriously via small niche programming communities.
            Ask yourself this.. would you be happy at a FAANG ( the acronym of Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, and Google )? Or is a smaller company more YOU... just because you "have to work" does in no way shape or from mean you have to miserable or sacrifice to do so. THIS is a conscious decision - do whats right for YOU and the rest will fall into place.

            Originally Posted by socialentry View Post

            You made a good post about this in another thread.Forgot which one but the gist was that if you go outside your interests, it's an added hurdle to overcome. I feel this is exactly where I'm at right now.
            Like above... its a conscious decision.. you can only be where you put yourself right?

            Originally Posted by socialentry View Post

            E.g. If I for example examine a medical dataset, in my experience, I'll have to dig into the jargon which is not always obvious without access to an expert... However, if I try to apply my knowledge to some of my personal interests outside ML, I know exactly what is meaningful and what isn't. It saves a considerable amount of time. If the only subject is myself, then it's also a lot easier for me to generate or collect data.

            From that POV, the "safe" choice is harder than the fun choice. And it feels extremely weird.
            I just don't have the resources to tackle domains outside my own personal interests.
            and again you laid it out... a conscious decision right? Whats interesting here is how you label them "Safe" and "Fun". "Safe" is stressful... Safe is drudgery... Safe is a sacrifice - and "Fun" being the exact opposite is weird? LOL

            Originally Posted by socialentry View Post

            In my case, is it passion? I originally wrote "No. I have none". I really don't identify with the self-help crowd. I almost never talk about my own interests with others nor do I really want to share them with others. I rarely get excited: it's more like intense focus and withdrawal for me.

            To a great extent, my choices are driven by practicality moreso than passion.It's just a code of honor. I want to say on my deathbed that I have lived my life "a l'outrance". I want to make an impact on this world.

            But then... I thought about it and I do have my own version of optimizing G-code.
            My G-code really is math. I already do put myself a hard time limit to not pursue esoteric subjects that are interesting in theory, but very likely not that useful in practice. I could also have returned in school in engineering (and it's very ironic that I'm angling toward software now) but I chose math instead.


            So objectively, yes, it's a passion. I really don't expect that much monetary reward from learning math (or a number of other things) but I do it anyways. ML is the best of both world, I think.
            So let me throw another world at you "OBSESSION" Time and space just disappear - wife and kids what?!?!?! THAT is why I HAD to let my OBSESSION go... it was so self indulgent it wasn't even funny - forget the fact I would stay up days on end - made a crack attic look sane... wouldn't eat for days on end, and smoked and drank caffeine like it was my job - from the outside looking in.. it was one hell of a sacrifice... from the inside looking out..didnt have a fricken clue.
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              Originally Posted by savidge4 View Post


              - self education is a thing - and more and more it is becoming valued.

              Job hunting is "Marketing"... how well can you sell yourself? Social Proof, and Testimonials, and Proof of Authority all play in this - just like marketing. A resume should not "define" you, it should be the gateway to better understanding what your strengths are.

              .
              For me, it is confusing.

              A job vs a business, or income. From what I understand from this dialog, and I may not understand most of it, is there is someone who doesn't really know what they want, and is now going to get a job. Or did I miss something?

              And the answer I see, is, passion just short of obsession.

              Love what you do without sacrificing time from other loves (including family).

              Getting a job is a marketing thing, what I am confused about is the time spent working to be part of an industry vs the time spent in self education in the direction of your goal.

              It seems, the JOB is a temporary solution to getting "insider" experience in a field to be an authority on a blog?

              With IM, an autodidactic who has immersed herself in a field, has such power today, and can often focus in on something a Uni person doesn't have time for.

              If a person really lacks a passion, and has to settle for a sort of like this, and I do like doing that ... maybe neither job, self-education or formal education matters.

              Job one is getting to Square One of your life, what do you want?

              It just seems to be a lot of counter intuitive advice to get a job (nothing wrong with it) but if the goal is IM and blogging or whatever, why not spend the time doing that?

              I probably don't understand this convo, so I may have to stand corrected in the near future.

              GordonJ
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              • Profile picture of the author savidge4
                I get it, its confusing - it is in essence the opposite of how things are "Normally" done / discussed here on this forum.

                Lets start here: ( https://www.warriorforum.com/main-in...ng-degree.html ) Will a degree get you a heads up in todays world? The answer in my opinion is YES it will, as long as there is evidence of applied learning in the process.

                So @socialentry has a "Formal Education". They also have an obsession with Math in general / programming amongst other things.

                I would suggest that in todays world... having a Degree in Mathematics isnt a one way ticket to a high paying job... BUT having a degree in Mathematics and being an experienced programmer firmly places you on a short list. The issue is proving your ability in either math or programming - and even a degree in programming isnt saying much.

                There has been some history... some back and forth in regards to "IM"... Things like sales and marketing IE irrational behavior... and a very much Mathematical / linear mind was a block - one that I very much can associate with. Which leads us to the Act of doing, without the added layers of marketing or selling.

                Mathematics and Programming as much as they may be parallel worlds are even today worlds apart - If you look at something like "Full Stack" developers - TRUE full stack developers - they are a RARE breed.

                Jump into Conversion Rate optimization where in my ideal hiring world I would want a person with a degree in accounting / risk management that has a self taught programming background - not a very large skill base.

                Then take the leap into AI... and lord the order of difficulty gets silly. Someone that understand Math on a whole other level and has the ability to program in 5 8 15 different languages - Its like finding an albino black panther in the wild.

                My universal answer... Document... applies here like any other circumstance. A Resume with a running list of languages and understanding of AI Algorithms / Models would get passed over like the veggie plate at the kids table during Thanksgiving.

                The person doing the hiring - would probably not have a clue what they are looking at - so the intent or idea from my perspective is to place yourself in front of the person that said "Hey, we need to hire an AI specialist" And at that level we are talking technical writing - Publishing for yourself - and getting published puts you on a short list that in THAT world will probably get noticed.

                Go a step further and get into the world of AGI... and the hiring pool is next to zero.

                So again documenting in this situation is going to do a number of things... develop the skill of actually documenting... add the web design skill set, and then by default open up a gateway for peer discovery... that will enhance the opportunity to engage from a perspective of interest over necessity.

                Originally Posted by GordonJ View Post

                For me, it is confusing.

                A job vs a business, or income. From what I understand from this dialog, and I may not understand most of it, is there is someone who doesn't really know what they want, and is now going to get a job. Or did I miss something?

                And the answer I see, is, passion just short of obsession.

                Love what you do without sacrificing time from other loves (including family).

                Getting a job is a marketing thing, what I am confused about is the time spent working to be part of an industry vs the time spent in self education in the direction of your goal.

                It seems, the JOB is a temporary solution to getting "insider" experience in a field to be an authority on a blog?

                With IM, an autodidactic who has immersed herself in a field, has such power today, and can often focus in on something a Uni person doesn't have time for.

                If a person really lacks a passion, and has to settle for a sort of like this, and I do like doing that ... maybe neither job, self-education or formal education matters.

                Job one is getting to Square One of your life, what do you want?

                It just seems to be a lot of counter intuitive advice to get a job (nothing wrong with it) but if the goal is IM and blogging or whatever, why not spend the time doing that?

                I probably don't understand this convo, so I may have to stand corrected in the near future.

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                • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
                  That part I get, not confused at all.

                  More as to why at an Internet MARKETING forum, a failed IMer would get better guidance (thank goodness you are here) than at a specific industry job site or in a group of others seeking the same job.

                  The resume is mostly for getting one TOSSED out of being a candidate, and one sure fire way to get into the OVER QUALIFIED pile is to include your education on one. Instead of a reume, a ResuLetter, more of a marketing piece would probably serve these people well.

                  Your recent hiring example is golden, whereas EXPERIENCE was more important to you than education, however, outside of Entrepreneurs, in the Corp. world, where he would most likely be applying, there is a layer of human resources, or managers who first look over the applicants.

                  My confusion, is about anyone who does not have a passion, doesn't know what they want to do, or where to go next after failing in IM, is about how to help that person proceed. You understand it, so again, thank goodness you're here.

                  I think most Warriors, those who have not yet given up or are in a different part of their IM journey should absolutely follow your advice of Passion and DOCUMENT.

                  That is as good as it gets as far as free advice goes.

                  GordonJ

                  Originally Posted by savidge4 View Post

                  I get it, its confusing - it is in essence the opposite of how things are "Normally" done / discussed here on this forum.

                  Lets start here: ( https://www.warriorforum.com/main-in...ng-degree.html ) Will a degree get you a heads up in todays world? The answer in my opinion is YES it will, as long as there is evidence of applied learning in the process.

                  So @socialentry has a "Formal Education". They also have an obsession with Math in general / programming amongst other things.

                  I would suggest that in todays world... having a Degree in Mathematics isnt a one way ticket to a high paying job... BUT having a degree in Mathematics and being an experienced programmer firmly places you on a short list. The issue is proving your ability in either math or programming - and even a degree in programming isnt saying much.

                  There has been some history... some back and forth in regards to "IM"... Things like sales and marketing IE irrational behavior... and a very much Mathematical / linear mind was a block - one that I very much can associate with. Which leads us to the Act of doing, without the added layers of marketing or selling.

                  Mathematics and Programming as much as they may be parallel worlds are even today worlds apart - If you look at something like "Full Stack" developers - TRUE full stack developers - they are a RARE breed.

                  Jump into Conversion Rate optimization where in my ideal hiring world I would want a person with a degree in accounting / risk management that has a self taught programming background - not a very large skill base.

                  Then take the leap into AI... and lord the order of difficulty gets silly. Someone that understand Math on a whole other level and has the ability to program in 5 8 15 different languages - Its like finding an albino black panther in the wild.

                  My universal answer... Document... applies here like any other circumstance. A Resume with a running list of languages and understanding of AI Algorithms / Models would get passed over like the veggie plate at the kids table during Thanksgiving.

                  The person doing the hiring - would probably not have a clue what they are looking at - so the intent or idea from my perspective is to place yourself in front of the person that said "Hey, we need to hire an AI specialist" And at that level we are talking technical writing - Publishing for yourself - and getting published puts you on a short list that in THAT world will probably get noticed.

                  Go a step further and get into the world of AGI... and the hiring pool is next to zero.

                  So again documenting in this situation is going to do a number of things... develop the skill of actually documenting... add the web design skill set, and then by default open up a gateway for peer discovery... that will enhance the opportunity to engage from a perspective of interest over necessity.
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                  • Profile picture of the author savidge4
                    Originally Posted by GordonJ View Post

                    My confusion, is about anyone who does not have a passion, doesn't know what they want to do, or where to go next after failing in IM, is about how to help that person proceed. You understand it, so again, thank goodness you're here.

                    I think most Warriors, those who have not yet given up or are in a different part of their IM journey should absolutely follow your advice of Passion and DOCUMENT.

                    That is as good as it gets as far as free advice goes.
                    And here would be our dilemma... The above is an exchange of MY experience vs socialentry's current situation / reality - IVE BEEN THERE. Its just easy to guide someone through something you have been through before with the advantage of current knowledge and experience IE 20/20 vision.

                    So how can I with even begin to understand let alone guide someone without passion... doesnt know what they want... or has "failed" at IM? In reverse order... they didnt "Fail" they quit... we have discussed elsewhere that the ultimate "Want" is money... so without detail we KNOW money is the answer here... and then passion...

                    We live in a world of counter culture - just watch tv or look at the news... how fast can you take a blue pill and just be blind to all that is real? It is a choice - and it is a choice that has been on the increase historically since the 1940's.

                    All I can say is give me an inch and I will provide a mile... you may not like the mile I give... but I will with a smile on my face, give. THAT inch at the very least has to be "Interest" anything something other than "I dont know" right? I cant guide motivation or desire or the plain lack there of. I have said on another thread.. Its not my concern knowing what is done with what I give, THAT is out of my control. MY happiness has nothng to do with what someone else does right? and if it does - I took the blue pill as described above and I am on facebook / twitter spreading gossip and falsehoods thinking I will change the world - obviously not me.

                    So we then have this:


                    An interest... at best... played out to a conclusion - DOCUMENTED - and obviously the creator has a passion for just that - CREATING. Its NOT what he is creating, its the process of creating.

                    A bunch of holes in the desert that aquire over 2 million views on Youtube... and I am sure got a bunch of attention elsewhere - My newest high school intern turned me onto this video - he wants to chase a rabbit hole - and I will go the first mile and probably a few extra after that...

                    Its ALWAYS the Journey...
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                • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
                  One of the many way for a Warrior to make some dough (money) is by offering your writing services, we see several WSO's that do this.

                  Some have a specialty, like writing Copy or content, or scripts for video.

                  A resume writer, even today, can easily make her 100 dollars a day, which seems to be a magical number here at WF, with just one resume.

                  And if you have a background in tech and have worked for a big corp. you might have all the skills you need to start a very simple business. I suspect most resume writers are found online these days, with local ones being found on craigslist.

                  But the words on paper...have only one intent...

                  to take you to the INTERVIEW. And that is where the rubber meets the road. I think there is a huge demand, not being met...in helping people to learn how to present themselves.

                  How to interview, and one thing I teach, it is a two way interview and when approached in that way, it evens the tables somewhat, as the interviewee, you want to see if the company or employer is a good match too, so learn how to ask questions.

                  A 101 money making approach is just offering your resume writing skills on craigslist, or targeted ads on Facebook.

                  Take it up to 202 or 404 with complimentary services, interviewing, skills building, even testing.

                  Warriors, if you can write, there is a lot of money in the resume job/career field, and it is great for copywriters, who can turn a CV into a marketing piece too.

                  And what is great today, so many tools for writers to help with grammar, structures; formulas, fill in the blanks, etc., and just a much easier gig to get.

                  RESUMES.

                  Another of the 101 ways a Warrior can make money, and this alone might pay for your other adventures.

                  GordonJ

                  PS. As noted, it is often hard for technical people or those with "complimentary" skills, to get that down on paper and if you can help them out, you get your reward too. Win/Win/Win


                  Originally Posted by savidge4 View Post


                  . A Resume with a running list of languages and understanding of AI Algorithms / Models would get passed over like the veggie plate at the kids table during Thanksgiving.

                  The person doing the hiring - would probably not have a clue what they are looking at - so the intent or idea from my perspective is to place yourself in front of the person that said "Hey, we need to hire an AI specialist" And at that level we are talking technical writing - Publishing for yourself - and getting published puts you on a short list that in THAT world will probably get noticed.

                  Go a step further and get into the world of AGI... and the hiring pool is next to zero.
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                  • Profile picture of the author DABK
                    As to $100, I just Googled the average income in the Republic if Moldova (I remember seeing somewhere that is the poorest country in Europe).


                    Google said average gross monthly is $419 while the net is $366. So, $100 means a week's income.

                    Then, it is such a nice round number.

                    As to resumes, you are quite right.

                    These days, bots filter resumes by certain keywords. Just offering to get your resume seen is beyond many people do it ads value.

                    In pre-internet tines, I wrote me a resume. I thought it was good but took it to a resume service.

                    They rearranged my resume, deleted a couple of words, replaced a couple. Not many. But reading their resume impressed me with me.

                    Mine made me sound like a $5/an hour person (ok money for a 20 year old at the time). Theirs made me look like a $12/hour person. I landed a $10/hour job (that bored the pants off of me, but that is another story) when I started looking for $4/hour and dreaming of $5/hour.

                    A lot of people who can write do not value their skills enough or do not know how to turn them into a nice stream of income. Resume writing is one such way.

                    Thanks for bringing it up.I am related to a young woman who is looking for a way to make money without getting a job and I forgot about this, though she is really good at writing.

                    Originally Posted by GordonJ View Post

                    One of the many way for a Warrior to make some dough (money) is by offering your writing services, we see several WSO's that do this.

                    Some have a specialty, like writing Copy or content, or scripts for video.

                    A resume writer, even today, can easily make her 100 dollars a day, which seems to be a magical number here at WF, with just one resume.

                    And if you have a background in tech and have worked for a big corp. you might have all the skills you need to start a very simple business. I suspect most resume writers are found online these days, with local ones being found on craigslist.

                    But the words on paper...have only one intent...

                    to take you to the INTERVIEW. And that is where the rubber meets the road. I think there is a huge demand, not being met...in helping people to learn how to present themselves.

                    How to interview, and one thing I teach, it is a two way interview and when approached in that way, it evens the tables somewhat, as the interviewee, you want to see if the company or employer is a good match too, so learn how to ask questions.

                    A 101 money making approach is just offering your resume writing skills on craigslist, or targeted ads on Facebook.

                    Take it up to 202 or 404 with complimentary services, interviewing, skills building, even testing.

                    Warriors, if you can write, there is a lot of money in the resume job/career field, and it is great for copywriters, who can turn a CV into a marketing piece too.

                    And what is great today, so many tools for writers to help with grammar, structures; formulas, fill in the blanks, etc., and just a much easier gig to get.

                    RESUMES.

                    Another of the 101 ways a Warrior can make money, and this alone might pay for your other adventures.

                    GordonJ

                    PS. As noted, it is often hard for technical people or those with "complimentary" skills, to get that down on paper and if you can help them out, you get your reward too. Win/Win/Win
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                    • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
                      Thanks for sharing DABK.

                      Writers have a power, most of them don't even know they have. And one reason, I blame the TRAP of Internet Marketing, and especially the Biz-Ops of Content and Copywriting...where slick, professionally written promotions promise a barefoot at the beach lifestyle for a small investment of several hundred dollars.

                      They do a great job selling THAT dream. And why I think it is a trap is...it distracts many a writer from pursuing other markets which need their skills.

                      Honestly, content and copy writers are a low cost commodity for online marketers. They are one of the cheapest components of a campaign. Heck, even here in the WSO we can find dirt cheap copywriters who will spank the dollars out of your prospects wallets.

                      Whilst, other writers are getting better gigs or creating their own works.

                      One of my favs from a decade and a half ago was a guy who wrote a brochure for a Credit Union on how to get a car loan, and he was paid thousands of dollars for his few hours of work. And he isn't all that unique.

                      He, and other writers didn't get stuck in the trap, and they looked outside of the IM box, and saw a whole big world in need of people, and a great demand for English (even the best of English as a second language, need Grammarly or some such help).

                      From local ads we still get in the mailbox, to articles, white papers, specialty reports, the writer who doesn't fall for the EZ profits of IM content and copy writing, will find a ready to pay, willing to pay, and able to pay marketplace.

                      I think today, a Direct Mailed ResuLetter would kill an online resume almost every day of the year.

                      GordonJ






                      Originally Posted by DABK View Post

                      As to $100, I just Google the average income in the Republic if Moldova (I remember seeing somewhere that is the poorest country in Europe).


                      Google said average gross monthly is $419 while the net is $366. So, $100 means a week's income.

                      Then, it is such a nice round number.

                      As to resumes, you are quite right.

                      These days, bots filter resumes by certain keywords. Just offering to get your resume seen is beyond many people do it ads value.

                      In pee-internet tines, I wrote me a resume. I thought it was good but took it to a resume service.

                      They rearranged my resume, deleted a couple of words, replaced a couple. Not many. But reading their resume impressed me with me.

                      Mine made me sound like a $5/an hour person (ok money for a 20 year old at the time). Theirs made me look like a $12/hour person. I landed a $10/hour job (that bored the pants off of me, but that is another story) when I started looking for $4/hour and dreaming of $5/hour.

                      A lot of people who can write do not value their skills enough or do not know how to turn them into a nice stream of income. Resume writing is one such way.

                      Thanks for bringing it up.I am related to a young woman who is looking for a way to make money without getting a job and I forgot about this, though she is really good at writing.
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  • Profile picture of the author Odahh
    If I buy a bread machine I use that bread machine and save far more money over time than the cost of the bread machine. Same with a coffee maker. Hell I can make pizza dough and have the machine pay for itself in 2 weeks and have better pizza. But I have no interest in opening a pizza shop .


    I throw laundry in a laundry machine to wash my clothes don't need to open a laundry mat.

    Now if I can find a way to make money while I drink alcohol again

    If I went into my long term from where I am it getting 5- ten acres of land growing a bunch of fruit trees and othe crops and setting up several glamping sites (glamorous camping) so there is high end camping mixed with organic produce and fruits. And I will still be able to spend part of the year traveling.
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    • Profile picture of the author savidge4
      Originally Posted by Odahh View Post

      If I buy a bread machine I use that bread machine and save far more money over time than the cost of the bread machine. Same with a coffee maker. Hell I can make pizza dough and have the machine pay for itself in 2 weeks and have better pizza. But I have no interest in opening a pizza shop .


      I throw laundry in a laundry machine to wash my clothes don't need to open a laundry mat.

      Now if I can find a way to make money while I drink alcohol again
      There is this continued pattern of what you wont do... you really need to focus on what you WILL do. You have goals... you have dreams... Something has to give bro... or they will remain goals and dreams.

      Id bet a whole lot of money, you could sell bread, or pizza dough on facebook marketplace and maybe not make a killing, but would be making.

      I make bread maybe every other week. We also bake the frozen premade "fresh bread" as well - BUT it only comes in white bread. You could without question sell baked loafs and then frozen ready to defrost rise and bake bread on facebook marketplace with out a doubt in my mind.

      A laundry mat for you would be way to much commitment


      Beer bread is a thing - just sayin
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  • Profile picture of the author art72
    Whenever I return to this forum, I am blown away by the number of people who are openly sharing what amounts to an entire business model just within the comments and throughout a ton of old and some newer threads here at The WF.

    Still, I find it equally frustrating and exciting to know what I have already learned is probably more than good enough to crank out a few reports, build up a targeted buyers list, and maintain communications with those who are both thinkers and doers.

    At times, it can be intimidating when life throws those curve balls and we step up to the plate in the bottom of the 9th, bases are loaded, we are down by 3 runs, there's 2 outs, and it is the final inning, do or die time, and yet... that voice inside screams; "if you don't blast this next pitch out of the park and hit a grand slam, you will be the ONE everyone will blame for losing the world series!"

    Meanwhile, it is far less of a task to imagine making $100k in the next 3-5 years from a decent report.

    I have been on a Rich Schefren kick lately, and although I am not subscribed as a paid member to his SOW or Strategic Profits, the free stuff he gives away in his recent lives, blows my mind. The guy wrote a BILLION DOLLAR sales letter for Agora, WTF? - I cannot bring myself to conceive myself doing anything near that in 25 sales letters, let alone in one fowl swoop.

    The fact, he too gave away I believe 7 reports in one year, and turned the backend into over $7M - gives me chills to think, I could be happy with %5 of that (*$350,000) in the next year or two defines one of two things;

    1.) My ability to conceive myself playing at those levels is absent and my confidence in myself must suck!

    or...

    2.) The odds are so unlikely that a person without prior training, skillsets, and/or some serious mentoring is highly unlikely to hit that level of success in 5 years, let alone one year! (*Not trying to sound negative, as he is proof it can be done)>

    It's like listening to John Henry Bohnam play drums in Led Zeppelin or any great musician, I respect what they bring to the table, but most people probably never realize the obsession, disciplines, and 10's of thousands of hours successful people invested in order to achieve such levels of success.

    I need a template or something, cause when I write it's as if I am out of body and someone else is at the helm, and that shit creeps me out! I don't know where it comes from as it feels to be a blessing and a curse soiled in an obsession for freedom, not money!

    Yet, until I can sort out how to be free without money, I damn sure better not keep striking out in the bottom of the 9th, cause those cheerleaders, railbirds, and/or fans of mine (*family and friends) constantly remind me how I am wasting my time, and they are pissed I cannot hand them their own freedoms, go figure!

    It's all a test, I suck at believing; if people are this wicked in the humble seats, what would it be like trying to entertain at the multi-million dollar levels of play. I can only guess, it gets easier once you strap in and get you head in the game, mine's stuck in the library, not chasing "Hairy Puter, Golden Snatches, or living some fantasy of waving a magic wand and turning dirt to gold... even though, I spent a quarter century building pools and watched people get rich off off getting paid to dig the pools and then got paid the drop the dirt off in another buyers yard, so they were running what I call a toll plaza with money on both ends!

    To know is one thing, to do is another.

    But, I too believe it takes two or more to sincerely manifest anything worthwhile and to date finding ONE person to trust is getting a bit scarce!
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    • Profile picture of the author savidge4
      Originally Posted by art72 View Post

      I need a template or something, cause when I write it's as if I am out of body and someone else is at the helm, and that shit creeps me out! I don't know where it comes from as it feels to be a blessing and a curse soiled in an obsession for freedom, not money!
      When I am getting into a market I am not so familiar with, that meaning the terminology ( language ) and what overall expectations are, I will simply BUY a few reports - I might even find a report that is about the same topic I might be writing on, and viola, you have a template - AND a place to start marketing IE the Authors of those reports Facebook following.

      The more you write these things the more YOUR template / format will come out. I grew up in a family-owned print shop, so to some degree page payout and design is just short of second nature.


      Originally Posted by art72 View Post

      Yet, until I can sort out how to be free without money, I damn sure better not keep striking out in the bottom of the 9th,
      A long long time ago a hippie dude once told me "the only way to step out, is to step in" Basically you have to step in and work the game, to step away from the game. or translated another way..its easier to "Be Free" with $1,000,000 in the bank than it is with $0.00.

      If you need any help with anything let me know! Best of luck - YOU CAN DO IT!
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      • Profile picture of the author art72
        Originally Posted by savidge4 View Post

        When I am getting into a market I am not so familiar with, that meaning the terminology ( language ) and what overall expectations are, I will simply BUY a few reports - I might even find a report that is about the same topic I might be writing on, and viola, you have a template - AND a place to start marketing IE the Authors of those reports Facebook following.

        The more you write these things the more YOUR template / format will come out. I grew up in a family-owned print shop, so to some degree page payout and design is just short of second nature.




        A long long time ago a hippie dude once told me "the only way to step out, is to step in" Basically you have to step in and work the game, to step away from the game. or translated another way..its easier to "Be Free" with $1,000,000 in the bank than it is with $0.00.

        If you need any help with anything let me know! Best of luck - YOU CAN DO IT!
        Appreciate the feedback. Yeah, I was already pulling $75k at age 18 in an ice cream truck I had built for under $1500 total with inventory, many moons ago mind you.

        I broke $100k for nearly a 20 year run building res/comm swimming pols, fountains, spas, therapy pools for ins companies, as a sub-contractor, not head kahuna those guys were pulling $7M - $10M a year in billing and sales, I knew the industry from A - Z, - that tanked after 9/11 aftermath bs.

        I keep thinking I need to create a $997 training module, but until I crank out some decent content, a few reports, or Hot Sheets as GJA refers to them, I may have been putting the cart before the horse, which my ADHD gets the better of me occasionally.

        In the middle of learning NLP framework now, as I feel that was a missing link to my other studies, all fueled by the desire to write epic level content/copy but I have zero world experience writing as a profession, not that it is required, just a sub-conscious level hang-up I am trying to override/over write now.

        The last part, Thank-You as I am sure freedom would look a lot better with 7 figs than a goose egg. My kid just blew $34K in a month since getting a check for car accident, I was like, I would've bought traffic and flooded some aff offers, but I don't have it like that to test or gamble just yet, lol
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        • Profile picture of the author savidge4
          @art72

          Lets start here "We teach what we most need to learn" - Richard Bach

          When I transitioned from whale platform type web programming to wordpress..i needed to learn. I got involved in forums etc, and eventually invested in one and wrote a kick ton of design and programming level related content specifically for a few WooCommerce themes. I was learning, by teaching what I most needed to learn.

          When I started the eBay thread... I didnt realize at the time how little i knew, but again I was teaching what I most needed to learn, and that process actually took my eBay business to another level.

          Now understanding you are / where a contractor... I see the blocks... I get it, you can see the finished product in your head can't you? And here you are no blueprint, no sketch on a napkin, no dimensions, no list of finishes... you are straight up a fish out of water.

          YOU need to build a house. Each topic that you want to cover ( better health, less anxiety, more money ) is a room AKA a category. Want to add a room / category..its just a work order change and add it. I dont know about you but every "project" or house has a name, in this case "Business Developmemt" would seem fitting... or better yet "The Art of Business Development" maybe? theartofbusinessdevelopment.com is actually available.

          So there is your plan - now you have to build it.. a simple website a place to put fixtures and finishes and art on the wall AKA, your writings.

          So how do you start to build a house? You start with site work right - The name topics etc... we did that so what's next? Foundation, right? The website, it is the absolute base for all of your efforts from here forward, a website is the foundation of any and every business in today's world. You can take any and everything that Rich Schefren says and throw it out the door... TODAY... no online, no business, its THAT simple.

          So to make this project run smoothly you need to make sure that things happen in order, you cant have the plumber in before the framing is done, your not going to drop wood flooring in before the drywall is up ( unless you are a super old school builder ) YOU need to organize right? What does that look like? and PLEASE dont reply here what tha looks like... write it and post it on YOUR site.

          If you have read any of my posts, you will see that I suggest documenting YOUR journey... How YOU went from the trades to online sales and marketing. YOU are not the only guy that is tired and broken. You have obviously been in the trades long enough to know that your "Writing" and sense of humor is not going to get any panties in a wad with that crowd. START with what you know, and TEACH, what you are needing to learn.

          NLP? why? why is this important? What have you learned? Look at this: ( https://www.warriorforum.com/copywri...ve-biases.html ) what was I doing? I practice what I preach, I swear LOL I put that out because I was Learning... was hoping to bounce off some ideas with the minds here, but it was a bit of a hard sell of a topic. But again dont respond here... POST it on your site. Teach to Learn.

          You can talk your way into I need to do this and that and the other, and a year later still be doing this or disappointed you didnt do that or whatever... BUILD the foundation, DO IT YESTERDAY. Writing so you can store it on your shiny new laptop might make you feel good right now... But what is that going to be doing for you a year from now?

          At this point... we are taking what you know... We have identified targets that you are very familiar with... You are writing about what it is you think you need to learn on this Journey, that is writing reports to sell online. Can this be any more clear?

          Hope that Helps!

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          • Profile picture of the author art72
            Originally Posted by savidge4 View Post

            Lets start here "We teach what we most need to learn" - Richard Bach

            At this point... we are taking what you know... We have identified targets that you are very familiar with... You are writing about what it is you think you need to learn on this Journey, that is writing reports to sell online. Can this be any more clear?

            Hope that Helps!

            PS White board - piece of glass with the back side painted white and a simple wood frame and hang it on the wall
            Your whole response was brilliant. I totally can relate to the break it into familiar compartments, as I would any offline build, business, or project.

            Lastly, the quote above: "POWER" - lights up dark spaces... I see how that can shift my focus from student to teacher or vise-versa!

            I know the online phases required, software, and connections, I just need to keep it old school simple, no obsessing over designs in Photoshop, web design can be basic, no 200 hours on a header, etc.

            Thanks!
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            • Profile picture of the author savidge4
              The other day I posted: ( https://www.warriorforum.com/main-in...l#post11692818 ) Discussing WHY I look at ads. Language, right? My post above is a clear example of this... understand WHO you are talking to, WHAT they know, and HOW they will best understand the message.

              THIS very principle is in my opinion what separates the overwhelmingly many to the very few. A 160lb skinny guy that eats Little Debbies by the box is not going to be able to communicate about a Diet Plan, as much as a plumber is not going to be able to tell you how to wire a three way switch. If content is King, CONTEXT makes that King his B*tch. You can write all you want, but if the person on the other end reading it doesn't understand it, you have wasted YOUR time and theirs. Look at anything recently written by Jason Kanigan, start with this: ( https://www.warriorforum.com/main-in...l#post11692954 ). You will find Jason is VERY consistent with his message - Understand your target, and QUALIFY your buyers.

              You have to understand where you are in the overall scope of things. You are that guy that has dreams and ambitions of building a $1,000,000 home, but you just got your GC yesterday and have a year or 2 of experience... YOU are just starting out and wanting to sell $997 courses... We KNOW how this plays out.. not well.

              YOU have to build authority, again like my eBay thread, there is no question when I answer a question about reselling on eBay, that I know my stuff. Because I suggested it, I will play it out a bit... so how do you build authority with tradesmen, on the notion of buying your course to making money online? I would suggest you tell them how to make money what they are already doing, and how to advertise their business.

              So how exactly did you get your last bathroom remodel? Do you use any amount of advertising, or is it all word of mouth?

              I am going to better than bet you have before and after photos of the project, I am putting out there, that you maybe should have gotten a Testimonial from the customer. So a Facebook post with before and after photos and a quote from the testimonial with all the other important details - Licensed, Bonded, Insured Years in the trades etc etc probably goes a long way. You can then BOOST the ad ( IE Paid advertising ) You WILL get calls from this.

              How much am I willing to bet that is not the method you used to get the bathroom remodel? How much am I willing to push that you should try it, so you can go onto trade forums etc so you can teach what you most need to learn? At the same time, you are building authority with your target audience - so that in time you can then sell them on the notion, that there is a better way.

              Start with a FREE PDF... a simple what your ad looked like, how to boost the ad, what options you used to target your boost - and all of the sudden you have a mailing list. There is a reason this thread exists: ( https://www.warriorforum.com/main-in...timonials.html ) people STRUGGLE to get this stuff, and yet it is one of the most powerful tools you can have marketing.

              Read This: ( https://www.businessnlpacademy.co.uk...hind_the_deal/ ) So there is "Scarcity" and "Social Proof". So the ad above... Testimonials is what? and Scarcity is something like "Schedule is filling up fast" Or "finished this project ahead of schedule and have time before my next Job starts" to push that Scarcity. I mean seriously... how many contractors understand this stuff?

              Then from FREE you can start the climb... $7.97, $34.87, $97.64 and in time $997.00. You simply cant ask for $997.00, you have to EARN that - OR you have to be so on your marketing game that you can communicate flawlessly for that kind of ask.

              Look at Gary Halbert, and the most talked about sales letter EVER ( https://swiped.co/file/coat-of-arms-...-gary-halbert/ ) The ASK was $2.00, and $1.00 for each additional. Here is a link to a more in depth understanding of that letter, How and why it worked ( https://bertshieldscopy.com/2018/07/...f-arms-letter/ ) basically comes right down to CONTEXT, and targeting.

              Originally Posted by art72 View Post

              Your whole response was brilliant. I totally can relate to the break it into familiar compartments, as I would any offline build, business, or project.

              Lastly, the quote above: "POWER" - lights up dark spaces... I see how that can shift my focus from student to teacher or vise-versa!

              I know the online phases required, software, and connections, I just need to keep it old school simple, no obsessing over designs in Photoshop, web design can be basic, no 200 hours on a header, etc.

              Thanks!
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    • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
      Having a lot of interests, limited attention spans, minds exploding with July 4th Fireworks all the time...

      might look like a Dragon which needs to be slayed. But, although you may not be able to tame it, you can ride it.

      I love Whiteboards. As a fellow ADHD "sufferer" (although I don't suffer with it)...the white boards with colored vanpad sticky notes, each color representing a different area, so I can capture that random thought, put it aside, and get back to the task at hand.

      Don't write a million dollar report or a billion dollar sales letter. Write one sentence with a purpose.

      Write a short paragraph to expand the idea. Then maybe a couple of more.

      And maybe, work on a dozen at a time, using your colored sticky notes on a board right in front of you to SEE where your current focus is. There isn't a right or wrong way, but there is a WAY which you may have to create which suits you...and it will probably be unique.

      You will never tame those wild invading thoughts, it just doesn't work like that, but you can corral them, maybe put a saddle on them and ride off into the sunset a happier cowboy.

      But do it one sticky note at a time, and it won't take long, before you have a lot of words, a few of which someone might pay for.

      GordonJ


      Originally Posted by art72 View Post

      Whenever I return to this forum, I am blown away by the number of people who are openly sharing what amounts to an entire business model just within the comments and throughout a ton of old and some newer threads here at The WF.

      Still, I find it equally frustrating and exciting to know what I have already learned is probably more than good enough to crank out a few reports, build up a targeted buyers list, and maintain communications with those who are both thinkers and doers.

      At times, it can be intimidating when life throws those curve balls and we step up to the plate in the bottom of the 9th, bases are loaded, we are down by 3 runs, there's 2 outs, and it is the final inning, do or die time, and yet... that voice inside screams; "if you don't blast this next pitch out of the park and hit a grand slam, you will be the ONE everyone will blame for losing the world series!"

      Meanwhile, it is far less of a task to imagine making $100k in the next 3-5 years from a decent report.

      I have been on a Rich Schefren kick lately, and although I am not subscribed as a paid member to his SOW or Strategic Profits, the free stuff he gives away in his recent lives, blows my mind. The guy wrote a BILLION DOLLAR sales letter for Agora, WTF? - I cannot bring myself to conceive myself doing anything near that in 25 sales letters, let alone in one fowl swoop.

      The fact, he too gave away I believe 7 reports in one year, and turned the backend into over $7M - gives me chills to think, I could be happy with %5 of that (*$350,000) in the next year or two defines one of two things;

      1.) My ability to conceive myself playing at those levels is absent and my confidence in myself must suck!

      or...

      2.) The odds are so unlikely that a person without prior training, skillsets, and/or some serious mentoring is highly unlikely to hit that level of success in 5 years, let alone one year! (*Not trying to sound negative, as he is proof it can be done)>

      It's like listening to John Henry Bohnam play drums in Led Zeppelin or any great musician, I respect what they bring to the table, but most people probably never realize the obsession, disciplines, and 10's of thousands of hours successful people invested in order to achieve such levels of success.

      I need a template or something, cause when I write it's as if I am out of body and someone else is at the helm, and that shit creeps me out! I don't know where it comes from as it feels to be a blessing and a curse soiled in an obsession for freedom, not money!

      Yet, until I can sort out how to be free without money, I damn sure better not keep striking out in the bottom of the 9th, cause those cheerleaders, railbirds, and/or fans of mine (*family and friends) constantly remind me how I am wasting my time, and they are pissed I cannot hand them their own freedoms, go figure!

      It's all a test, I suck at believing; if people are this wicked in the humble seats, what would it be like trying to entertain at the multi-million dollar levels of play. I can only guess, it gets easier once you strap in and get you head in the game, mine's stuck in the library, not chasing "Hairy Puter, Golden Snatches, or living some fantasy of waving a magic wand and turning dirt to gold... even though, I spent a quarter century building pools and watched people get rich off off getting paid to dig the pools and then got paid the drop the dirt off in another buyers yard, so they were running what I call a toll plaza with money on both ends!

      To know is one thing, to do is another.

      But, I too believe it takes two or more to sincerely manifest anything worthwhile and to date finding ONE person to trust is getting a bit scarce!
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      • Profile picture of the author art72
        Originally Posted by GordonJ View Post

        Having a lot of interests, limited attention spans, minds exploding with July 4th Fireworks all the time...

        might look like a Dragon which needs to be slayed. But, although you may not be able to tame it, you can ride it.

        I love Whiteboards. As a fellow ADHD "sufferer" (although I don't suffer with it)...the white boards with colored vanpad sticky notes, each color representing a different area, so I can capture that random thought, put it aside, and get back to the task at hand.

        Don't write a million dollar report or a billion dollar sales letter. Write one sentence with a purpose.

        Write a short paragraph to expand the idea. Then maybe a couple of more.

        And maybe, work on a dozen at a time, using your colored sticky notes on a board right in front of you to SEE where your current focus is. There isn't a right or wrong way, but there is a WAY which you may have to create which suits you...and it will probably be unique.

        You will never tame those wild invading thoughts, it just doesn't work like that, but you can corral them, maybe put a saddle on them and ride off into the sunset a happier cowboy.

        But do it one sticky note at a time, and it won't take long, before you have a lot of words, a few of which someone might pay for.

        GordonJ
        I agree, my ADHD doesn't suffer me as much as it does those whom I love who cannot keep pace when I am in flow.

        Definitely, been considering a large dry erase panel from Home Depot, I don't know if they still sell them, it's like paneling with a dry erase white finished side, wondering if they'll work as a homemade whiteboard, those big ones are pricy... there's probably a report right there, "How to save tons on Building Your Own White Boards"

        Sincerely though, I do need to organize my files better, cause I can only anticipate what may happen once I get one sales page or lead capture page flowing, it could open the flood gates to 100 websites, so I need to get organized! In my computer, files, and in life ATM.

        Like you mentioned, no need to write a billion dollar sales letter... here since Dec 22nd, I got a new Alienware laptop, and the keyboards been flowing out some 45,000+ words, just in word docs... but unlike your DM, I didn't have the core components or template to make it more of a call to action.

        What I written lately centers on much of what people are seeking today, better health, less anxiety, more money, etc... I'm definitely becoming a better story teller, and nearly all my stories are wrought in truth and either direct observation or experience, be it of my own or under the muse of studying qualified people, as such is so here.

        Lastly, I do write daily sales headlines, hooks, and tons of one liners or short but concise sales oriented stuff, but I have to shift from that to content, like reports that aren't written yet, and if I do email marketing which seems logical considering the limitations of speech we are seeing on major networks, at least with email, unlikely they'll shut down your autoresponder or shut down your email for using a blacklisted word or some bs.

        I did an audio recording, got a little George Carlin'ish with the raw humor, but I had written 1335 (*or so) headlines on a whim in under 2.5 hours, as a test to see if I could actually create a 52 week newsletter? - I was only intending to write 52 headlines, wound up writing another 300 -400 the next day, still have no clue what to do with them all... and I though about selling "Headline Ideas" as a report, but some ogf those titles, are my domains, future(?) branding, etc...

        I finished a big bath remodel in December, Marble, custom niche, trim, etc... I was about to go to jail when dealing with the absurdities some of these so-called business owners expect, I have to change careers, my left rotar cuff if blown out, body's hurting... love the offline work, but I need that 36 years experience and flip the negatives into positives I think to fully appreciate the years of abuse those trades demand mentally, physically, and spiritually... financially it was never enough, I did it for the release of energy!
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        • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
          This works great. NO affiliation.

          https://amzn.to/3f2aoo3

          I cut it in half, easily comes off wall without leaving any marks.

          On my desktop, I took a piece of paper and used clear shelf paper, if you want a thicker one, a box cut up, and VOILA, instant easy and cheap whiteboards.

          https://amzn.to/3q6jhTB.

          And, you can make them out of self sealing laminating pouches, which come in a wide variey of sizes too. Having a wall staring down at you is a very good reminder there is work to be done. Emphasis on DONE. All other thoughts can be written in colored codes. from most important, to someday when I have the time...

          I went to the dollar Tree, got a roll of clear paper and a large white board and made several, for 2 bux, taxes and gas.

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          • Profile picture of the author art72
            Originally Posted by GordonJ View Post

            I went to the dollar Tree, got a roll of clear paper and a large white board and made several, for 2 bux, taxes and gas.

            GordonJ
            BOOM! - No excuse can sustain that option for $2
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  • Profile picture of the author spartan14
    Unfortunately true .In school they dont teach you about making money instead just to get a job .I find these days you dont need school if you want to make money .I cant find all the education i need online
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    @savidge4

    Holy Mother of... sweet Jesus and a side of Jimmy Dean Double-Smoked Applewood Bacon Batman!

    WOW! - I could literally moonwalk on the Bermuda Triangle before I can respond accordingly to the last three responses you just dropped... you are going to earn somebody a double-coma club award with the wisdom you just laid out in 3 entire blueprints!

    Yeah, I see jobs before they start. I too can wire a 3-way paddle switch with dimmer, a whole house, or install a new 200 - 400 amp panel, as well as define gravity fed plumbing systems, run gas propane torches to a private hot tub in a V.I.P. specialty salon for men and women, and install a new Badger disposal unit... that's not the problem.

    Yes, you nailed it, $10k custom marble bath, full tear out, new install in 2 weeks... took a little longer due to a genius middle man who knows diddly about skilled trade... but has a God-complex, too many testosterones, steroids', and the weed wasn't helping his cause...

    Nailed it... contractor sells $15k discounted job to Poker Buddy - a school teacher, he; the contractor (*Licensed GC) takes 35% commission, God man has $6500, he spends $2500 he has to provide in materials the homeowner didn't purchase (raw building mats) - I step in knock it out (in what would've been 14 days start - finish) but took 20, due to incessive nuances by middle man, he pays me $3000... complaining the whole way through, trying to micro-manage an experienced artist! *NO BEUNO!!!

    Don't get me wrong if I was pulling down $1500 per week, I'd be alright. But I purchased a New Ridgid 8" tile saw with stand $600, a double-bevel sliding miter with stand $600, and of course, another $150 or so in blades, bit, and basic essentials... before the 1099, to wit; I earned a whopping $1650 before taxes, no gen lia, no LLC, no workman's comp, BUT my tools paid for themselves in one job, - Who-Hoo, what a fun ride!

    In reality, even without deducting tools that guy tangled me up for nearly 150 hours for $3000 (*$20 per hour) before tools, gas, and the taxes (*1099) - which equals out to $10 per hour!

    My only option is to rise above the contractor, as I have no intentions at my age of getting a GC license or Swimming Pool Contractors license...

    The only logical conclusion would be;

    Line em' up, knock em' down, automate the flow, and clone the hell out of an automated system with total controls over the assets, the ads, the software, the database, and of course, the clients I choose to ship MONEY on the frontend, and bill them a monthly recurring service fee on the backend on a 30 day, revolving in-house credit, just like the local wholesalers did for the pool companies and contractors I would load up and install materials for back in the day, religiously!

    Difference being $20 per hour back then, a hundred or so hours invested, and a cost of 35% to 40% would give an honest working man/woman a tidy $60k - $65k per year foundation, not including other side hustles, gigs under the table, or other income streams - like storage auctions, antiquities, and banking cheddar slinging used goods acquired for pennies, when all else was slow. That's done since the television broadcasted everyone can get rich, just buy storage auctions, it was lucrative before that tv show! - They made bank, I lost bank!

    Everything you said, I've done can be converted into dollars with compounded interest, it kind of freaks me when it illuminates as such.

    Perfectly, understand that the reports will start the ball rolling, and if that goes well allow me to start building capital to invest in bigger and similar "controllable assets" or as some refer to them as I.P.s (*Intellectual Properties) and outcomes, at least better than $20 per hour before costs!

    I know my fear now, which I didn't really know how to identify then, when I spoke with Gordon some 5 years ago and the wisdom he shared in that brief phone conversation, it made total sense to me then... I just didn't know what was holding me back was closer to home than I looked, in fact, it was more scripted in my sub-conscious than I realized, and I have always identified as an awake and consciously aware being, unlike many today.

    TBC...
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  • Profile picture of the author Subhodip Das
    I would suggest you read the book called The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel. Be sure to share your feedback here. I will wait for your response.
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    • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
      Originally Posted by Subhodip Das View Post

      I would suggest you read the book called The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel. Be sure to share your feedback here. I will wait for your response.
      My favorite part of this book is:

      But a central theme of this story is that expectations move slower than
      reality on the ground.
      found at the end of the book.

      Although, for Warriors, I think there are better books, some already listed in this thread, others which should be mentioned again, like,

      MJ DeMarco's FASTLANE MILLIONAIRE. Or read a summary version of his UNSCRIPTED (I don't care for stories wrapped around fictional people) which is a modern take on being BRAINWASHED more or less.

      And so I would say to Warriors reading this thread, measure your EXPECTATIONS because chances are right now, they are moving faster because of desperation, need, want, unhappiness or desire...

      they are moving faster than the REALITY it is required to bring them about.

      In books like this, sometimes money is made more complicated than it needs to be, keep it simple for now.

      Money is an exchange of value.

      Want more money? Give more value....GET more money.

      GordonJ
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  • Profile picture of the author art72
    @Gordon

    I am definitely putting that quote somewhere - "expectations move slower than reality" pretty much sums up how most conceive or process success/failure.

    When I felt to be successful -or- believed to be in hot pursuit of achieving greater personal or financial success, my expectations exceeded my reality, as certain measures cannot be weighed accurately, until one fully grasps the concept:

    It is difficult to impregnate, impress, or influence anyone who has "no data on-file" from their mind's library of existing knowledge... to a path they have not yet explored, walked, or experienced. Though, the mind has the full capacity to override such limited beliefs, fears, or insecurities, as the mind knows not the difference between reality and fantasy.

    So as we head out as warriors to conquer any obstacles, or set sail across those blue oceans of infinite possibility, and/or openly choose to explore beyond the paths of least resistance (*where often the heavily trodden paths contain the least amount of vital or useable resources) is likened to a barren woman seeking a non-existent cure to remove her ailment or stalling her pursuit of child bearing... forgive such example, seemed befitting to our mind's inability to separate reality from fantasy - be it for better or worse.

    Perhaps a better example is the desire to remove some else's pain as so not to watch them suffer, be it an addiction, affliction, self-appointed, or edgewise and having that person almost hate you for attempting to save them from themselves - I have lived both sides of that wall... neither could be any bolder or more profound, than the original quote above, as some of us carry those burdens without warrant our entire lives awaiting change in others or ourselves, that reality by far is slow to meet our initial expectations - more often than not!

    [edit] Short-term memory sucks, I fell asleep listening to a Wayne Dwyer book and before I passed out, I was shocked that he, like Bruce Lipton are basically speaking on the same biological frequency and philosophy, now it seems my duty to discover who began the teachings they both share almost identically??? - little time and research, often leads to the seeds that sprout greatness. For every wise teacher requires eager disciples.

    It's like, [B]The Kybalion audiobook (*Ancient Hermetic teachings)/B], makes me feel as if, Napoleon Hill studied more than just Andrew Carnegie and other brilliant minds, as the term; "master key" may appear just random occurrence as words at time do, but I think the man went way back and dug deep to produce his 17 principles of success!
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  • Profile picture of the author VictorLoanz90
    I know it might sound cliche by now but I'd have to go with rich dad Poor dad it always does the trick , I mean from the moment I applied it's information it pivoted my entire thought frame on finances and taught me that money shouldn't be worked for rather it should work for you in other words don't exchange your time for money instead build value assets that can slowly pay you passively and that's the key too true financial freedom
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    • Profile picture of the author savidge4
      Originally Posted by VictorLoanz90 View Post

      I know it might sound cliche by now but I'd have to go with rich dad Poor dad it always does the trick , I mean from the moment I applied it's information it pivoted my entire thought frame on finances and taught me that money shouldn't be worked for rather it should work for you in other words don't exchange your time for money instead build value assets that can slowly pay you passively and that's the key too true financial freedom
      Bit of a catch 22 tho right? You cant "build" Value Assets without the exchange of time for money.

      You have to start somewhere; you have to develop at least A SKILL, if not a collection of skills.

      In terms of passive assets, Real Estate and Stocks are on the top of the list. In the not so distant future, these will collapse. History tells us that both, in time will recover. History also tells us that people act far from rational in times of market stress.

      Moving forward, I think many need to think, in times such as we live in, do you want to rest on Assets, OR have the skills to exchange time for money. Remember, it is MONEY that buys assets. Money can be made each and every day, Assests as much as they can rise, they can also fall, and I think in some cases - they might actually completely collapse.

      "Investors" I think are in for a rough ride, and they will be selling devalued "Assets" to make ends meet. And who will be there to buy them? People that understand not only HOW to exchange time for money, but have the skill sets to do so.
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      • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
        Thanks savidge4 for pointing out the Catch 22, which seems to come with a lot of IM and Warrior wants.

        I'll share TWO mentors' advice re passive.

        Ed Barr- Own an oil well (well at least the lease).

        Harvey Brody- Create a toll position and let others do the marketing/selling.

        Interesting they both were in the OIL business. Ed owned KST Oil, one of many of his assets, which at the time included restaurants, gift/card shops, a stable with racetrack, many real estate properties...a true serial Entreprenuer, not unlike savidge4.

        And Harvey, who invented the ZOOM SPOUT oiler and has been selling it for over 50 years now. Harvey has maybe 125 customers who buy thousands of units at a time.

        He owns the patent. Lock, stock and barrel and his TOLL POSITION has allowed 5 decades of mostly passive income, he and his wife shuffle some papers on his desk and he talks on the phone.

        But like you point out, they had to DO, to trade their time for some money, BEFORE THEY were able to build passive income assets. And since this is the WF, and mostly about Online or Internet Marketing...I suspect it is hard for the majority of Warriors to wrap their heads around the concept of building assets, while trying to put food on the table.

        Although this thread and others linked to in it, are a gold mine of information, I suspect that most Warriors are stuck at the 101 level. They have to make some dough BEFORE they can think about building assets.

        So, yes. DEVELOP A SKILL. Top advice. Then, you can parlay that to other assets, maybe buy the next rock n roll catalog that comes up...which reminds me, owning IP is up there with stocks and real estate. Now Ed Barr had the best of the worlds, own the real estate, own the oil wells, build on the real estate, lease it, and then go make some strudel in one of your own restaurants.

        Now, and this just some GJ snark tossed in general...procrastination, is not a SKILL you want to get good at.

        GordonJ

        Originally Posted by savidge4 View Post

        Bit of a catch 22 tho right? You cant "build" Value Assets without the exchange of time for money.

        You have to start somewhere; you have to develop at least A SKILL, if not a collection of skills.

        In terms of passive assets, Real Estate and Stocks are on the top of the list. In the not so distant future, these will collapse. History tells us that both, in time will recover. History also tells us that people act far from rational in times of market stress.

        Moving forward, I think many need to think, in times such as we live in, do you want to rest on Assets, OR have the skills to exchange time for money. Remember, it is MONEY that buys assets. Money can be made each and every day, Assests as much as they can rise, they can also fall, and I think in some cases - they might actually completely collapse.

        "Investors" I think are in for a rough ride, and they will be selling devalued "Assets" to make ends meet. And who will be there to buy them? People that understand not only HOW to exchange time for money, but have the skill sets to do so.
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  • Profile picture of the author art72
    So many valid points manifest in these threads, I sincerely wonder WHY - I stepped away from this forum for a few years, even if I never do build the blueprints for the "networks and ideas" - I have outlined and attempted to acquire the SKILLS to apply as savidge4 stated above. There too, it is reassuring to hear others openly speak of the differences between "ASSETS" and the "SKILL SETS" of making money or having the means to recover in what HISTORY suggests will do exactly as it has in the past, and industries will suffer, assets will decrease in value, and yet, I undervalued the biggest ASSET of all - sharing knowledge.

    Nearly all knowledge can be found FREELY (*with investments of time & energy, over money - so, nothing is really FREE) - But, on this forum and across a wide swath of sites and experts in their fields - that ALREADY EXIST all over the internet - one must be able to "see through all the bs" or "discern the difference" and "negative influences" that is commonly carried by the majority - whether it was due to bad upbringings, poor training, bad memories, or a just a negative outlook in life.

    For those who have long-term vision and to a degree - survival skills in nearly ANY economy - I admittedly; over obsess to minor details, as I just heard Wayne Dyer state; "Who am I to teach anyone or instruct, lead, or attempt to guide anyone else to a better way - if not a healthier way of sustaining and enhancing their life experiences/lifestyle.?"

    I guess, eventually, we all have to STOP... GIVE PAUSE... maybe even REWIND a bit, and reflect at all we already do know - occasionally FAST-FORWARDING (*exploring FUTURE options) while continually pursuing those who know more than we do to navigate away from limiting our beliefs or the AVALABLE & EXISTING resources!

    Knowing the difference, goes back to the "language" we use in both scenarios... as where I undervalued all that I learned about domains, hosting, FTP, autoresponders, web design, WordPress, and of course, the continual fascination I have for the "art of knowing the audience" or "filtering the audiences primary needs, wants, and/or desires." - It's not easy!!! There's no push the 'easy' button for solving the complexities within those equations!

    I often attempt to "remove myself" from my writings and frequently write in "3rd party" - never fully grasping HOW? or WHY? - I prefer writing in absence of myself - for I didn't want the messages to be limited to my opinions or limits in understanding - when plenty of people remain far ahead on such paths already know, and already have experience doing - not just studying it - but applying those lessons or knowledge in a way beneficial to others in real world settings, industries, and business.

    The "duality" of being "The Student" and preparing to step into ANY role of attempting to be a decent "Teacher" from real world experiences, such as savidge4, Gordon, Princess, Claude, Jonathan, Odahh, Kay, Profit, and so many others (*forgive me for not recollecting all whom I include in this mention, you too!) - have given away freely on this forum for YEARS.... makes me feel like a BAD STUDENT! - despite trying to manage 17 different roles to build what I envision!

    It's tasking to continue and not RUN back to familiarity, those comfort zones, or the people, places, and things we were "under the influence" of prior!

    I'm taking my time, no rush, no deadlines, and no doubt - I may be back job hunting - momentarily offline, despite having zero interest in re-visiting those arenas - but, that is the consistent motive that keeps me abreast to seeking wiser council - here, and abroad!

    I too... need to limit my time here, as I get long-winded, another issue I am working on - as most excellent writers - stress the importance of every sentence, every word, the definition, and the intended messages they convey in business or on the personal interest level(s).

    I certainly "DO NOT" trust blindly in the systems, economics, or where the future may lead to sustaining a respectable income - as this continuum of "theft" taking place, is not limited to money or physical assets as savidge4 mentioned, both are crucial, but knowledge supersedes most threats!
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  • Originally Posted by GordonJ View Post

    Starbucks latte.
    Jus' wanna check here, but is this barf fyool still availabyool?

    I ain't hung out there in an age bcs Covid -- even with no flavor noose.

    What does this prove?

    The Bucksfkrs gaht a huge market extends way beyond MY ass, an' good luck to 'em even though they ain't figured the WE POISON EVRYWAN tagline my experience would wanna recommend.

    AND YOUR PETS.

    Hey, but that would be the 2nd marketin' campaign they would nevah hire me to write.

    Stoopidist thing 'bout pets is how they frickin' hopeless in most IRL sityooations.

    Tellya, if'n it were down to pets alone, there would nevah even BE no Starbucks naht to want.

    They would jus' hunt or get eaten, or have their brains examined by aliens, or smooch out all furry c/o the Zaaahmbie Apocalypse till all the food ran out in the stores.

    Worst thing 'bout Starbucks latte?

    Keepsya up all night frenzied when you actshly wanna jus' make out like a juicily calm ocean.
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  • Profile picture of the author UltraOne
    Hey Gordon,

    I must say, you kind of stepped on my point here, that schools do not teach money management which is something that should be learned. I agree with you that "Rich Dad Poor Dad" is a great book for those wanting to learn about money management from those who have different perspectives.

    I would like to add, there are other great books out there about about money and building wealth. For example, "The Millionaire Fastlane" by MJ DeMarco talks about the different methods to make money and how to speed up the process. There are many lessons that can be learned from these types of books and I think it's important for people to read them.

    So these are 2 books already, and here are additional great 3 books, so now you have your 5 books, which I think it will get you somewhere great.

    3. The Richest Man In Babylon, 4. The Automatic Millionaire, 5. The Millionaire Next Door.

    Thanks for bringing this up, and I hope this helps!


    Regards,
    Adam
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    • Profile picture of the author Profit Traveler
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      Originally Posted by UltraOne View Post

      Hey Gordon,

      I must say, you kind of stepped on my point here, that schools do not teach money management which is something that should be learned. I agree with you that "Rich Dad Poor Dad" is a great book for those wanting to learn about money management from those who have different perspectives.

      I would like to add, there are other great books out there about about money and building wealth. For example, "The Millionaire Fastlane" by MJ DeMarco talks about the different methods to make money and how to speed up the process. There are many lessons that can be learned from these types of books and I think it's important for people to read them.

      So these are 2 books already, and here are additional great 3 books, so now you have your 5 books, which I think it will get you somewhere great.

      3. The Richest Man In Babylon, 4. The Automatic Millionaire, 5. The Millionaire Next Door.

      Thanks for bringing this up, and I hope this helps!


      Regards,
      Adam

      Great insights Adam.

      I do love me some M.J. DeMarco.

      It is amazing tho that so many at his forum gush about owning "lambos" but many do not study basic internet marketing strategies.

      There are people that are going/paying for Fastlane conferences that claim they never made money on the internet yet.

      But a huge detail about DeMarco is he had his initial huge success with his purchase and development flip, repurchase and reflip of "Limos.com".

      That in itself should be a huge hint on how they could be monetizing online in my opinion.

      I do think young people with entrepreneur blood types have a huge advantage in this era if they truly pay attention.
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    • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
      Schools in USA are by design and intent, holding cells for the masses, to keep them out of parents/caretakers hair for a work day. They are built to insure American propaganda is faithfully disseminated and kids learn to color within the lines.

      Anyhow, in MJ's recent tome, Unscripted, he talks of polymorphic pay principle and uses actor Bill Gunton's experience as the corrupt warden in SHAWSHANK as an example. Bill relates that he makes 100k a year in RESIDUALS.

      I'll let MJ define this in his own words:

      In Un-scripted terms, the Polymorphic Pay Principle is when a past time invest-
      ment continues to yield future income. Sometimes indefinitely.


      I like MJ and have watched him grow, but one thing of note, he does like to create some new lingo and vocab which is his branding thing.

      Nothing beats owning a few words.

      I call his Polymorphic (which I love) ...TRANQUIL profits. A gentle stream that just keeps flowing along quietly. Today, we have all kinds of people yelling, shouting and screaming at us...those talking heads of TV, youtube and tiktok, etc.

      I prefer to operate a Waldenesque biz, and as to the MJ's point, I wrote one of my reports over 20 years ago, and it still is bringing in a steadly little flow of income.

      Sure, MJ DeMarco had his limo success, but the plan, blueprint or TEMPLATE we should look at his BOOK, backends, forum, more books, advice, consultant, etc., etc.

      A great role model for all of use to gaze upon.

      GordonJ


      Originally Posted by UltraOne View Post

      Hey Gordon,

      I must say, you kind of stepped on my point here, that schools do not teach money management which is something that should be learned. I agree with you that "Rich Dad Poor Dad" is a great book for those wanting to learn about money management from those who have different perspectives.

      I would like to add, there are other great books out there about about money and building wealth. For example, "The Millionaire Fastlane" by MJ DeMarco talks about the different methods to make money and how to speed up the process. There are many lessons that can be learned from these types of books and I think it's important for people to read them.

      So these are 2 books already, and here are additional great 3 books, so now you have your 5 books, which I think it will get you somewhere great.

      3. The Richest Man In Babylon, 4. The Automatic Millionaire, 5. The Millionaire Next Door.

      Thanks for bringing this up, and I hope this helps!


      Regards,
      Adam
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  • Profile picture of the author ryanbiddulph
    Catherine Ponder's books are really, really good. She digs deep into mindset and how your thoughts and feelings tune you into money.

    Ryan
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    • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
      Originally Posted by ryanbiddulph View Post

      Catherine Ponder's books are really, really good. She digs deep into mindset and how your thoughts and feelings tune you into money.

      Ryan
      Here is something to make note of. Normally, C. Ponder would be found in Spiritual sections of bookstores, but at the Barnes and Noble this past weekend, I saw a NEW section, didn't even know what it was.

      Big sign: SELF TRANSFORMATION. And what I saw, along with Ponder's books, was; astrology, tarot, divination, oracle, crystals. What used to be the OCCULT section, OR some had these as metaphysical...

      NOW, we have the very safe SELF TRANSFORMATION. Due to my mindfulness and aware of all things authentic, I found this quite a nice sleight of mouth, changing the elephant in the room's diapers...

      Hard to argue against people wanting to improve and transform themselves into something better, lets the witches and warlocks of the world rebrand their covens into New York Self Transformation Study Group (bring your own bats and frogs, black kettles provided).

      For those who have previously shied away from anything cult, or occult or magickal or mystical...now it is OK, simply rebrand to Self Transformation.

      Anyhow, the original Ponder writings are very good fit for a % of the population.

      GordonJ
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      • Originally Posted by GordonJ View Post

        (bring your own bats and frogs, black kettles provided).
        GordonJ
        I would so wish always to be my own bat.

        Flaps akimbo in the ever sustainin' miraculatyoore.

        An' mebbe we might alla us wanna step out as sum self-panglossy animyool sprit guide.

        Even if we too weirsdy lookin' to pass for no mammal, fish, bird, reptile nor summoned homonulous from outta FFS.

        Bcs whatevah else stream has no consequence or conflux othah than you gaze upon all opschwaahns true?

        Do I flit in the dark with dreams of a bird?

        Or do I bat on out 100% bat an' to hell with nuthin' else?

        Between all shades of light an' flight, herein may persist trooly releasin' parametahs.

        U a bird

        or U a bat

        or sumplace on the scale

        between alla that?
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  • Profile picture of the author DreamBuilderAF
    The original book I was recommended was The Richest Man in Babylon. This I did find very useful and it does predict what we are experiencing now - the ideas of automation and scaling businesses.

    I see other people have recommended Rich Dad Poor Dad which is certainly a great technical manual of changing mindset from employee to entrepreneur.

    These and other haloed tomes, though, are not that great in terms of providing business models for HOW to actually achieve success. The writers leave the path open to investing in their courses, fair enough.

    Modern Money mindset books focus more on mastering emotions surrounding money because a lack of funds in your life is often the result of self-sabotage or limiting beliefs about deserving money to come into your life.

    My two cents on the matter.
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    • Profile picture of the author GordonJ
      So, is reading this book Richest Man in Babylon, action or planning?

      You have agreed that ACTION is better than planning, so where does reading books fall on this line? What ACTION steps did you implement after finding it very useful?

      As for automation and scaling, hard to beat Gerber's THE EMYTH REVISTED.

      Want to add another 2cents to the discussion? Tell is more about actions.

      GordonJ

      Originally Posted by DreamBuilderAF View Post

      The original book I was recommended was The Richest Man in Babylon. This I did find very useful and it does predict what we are experiencing now - the ideas of automation and scaling businesses.

      I see other people have recommended Rich Dad Poor Dad which is certainly a great technical manual of changing mindset from employee to entrepreneur.

      These and other haloed tomes, though, are not that great in terms of providing business models for HOW to actually achieve success. The writers leave the path open to investing in their courses, fair enough.

      Modern Money mindset books focus more on mastering emotions surrounding money because a lack of funds in your life is often the result of self-sabotage or limiting beliefs about deserving money to come into your life.

      My two cents on the matter.
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  • Profile picture of the author nicheblogger75
    My mindset has always been that I am GOING to succeed no matter what I have to do or how much work I have to put in.

    I started my online business in 2009 and struggled for a good solid year. Then I began building a list and "cracked" the code, so to speak.

    It has been all uphill from there. Granted, I'm not getting rich, but I've been able to do alright online.

    The bottom line is it takes a ton of work. I put in 12 hours a day 6-7 days a week. These folks who tell you that you can work 30 minutes a day are full of crap.

    It takes drive, persistence, and a "never quit" attitude to make it as an affiliate marketer!
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    • Profile picture of the author discrat
      Originally Posted by nicheblogger75 View Post

      My mindset has always been that I am GOING to succeed no matter what I have to do or how much work I have to put in.

      I started my online business in 2009 and struggled for a good solid year. Then I began building a list and "cracked" the code, so to speak.

      It has been all uphill from there. Granted, I'm not getting rich, but I've been able to do alright online.

      The bottom line is it takes a ton of work. I put in 12 hours a day 6-7 days a week. These folks who tell you that you can work 30 minutes a day are full of crap.

      It takes drive, persistence, and a "never quit" attitude to make it as an affiliate marketer!
      Hey Chis,
      Long time no see. Great hearing from you, buddy

      How's the List Building through Solo Ads?? Still treating you good I suspect!

      Take care,
      Robert
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