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12 years ago

Of course it's the reverse psychology. Just like emails that have the title "Bad News..." are opened more than twice as much as one's that say "Good News!"

Tons of marketers use it, I'm sure you're aware of that since you yourself are doing the same.

I remember a study done where somebody took a bike tire, leaned it up against the wall of a building near a sub-busy urban sidewalk. They first did this with a sign next to the tire that said "Feel Free to Touch this Tire!" Nobody touched it...

They then did exactly the same thing, except now the sign said "Please Do NOT Touch this Tire."

Plenty of people touched it.

Funny thing, isn't it?

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Morten V

12 years ago

Originally Posted by HolyWarrior

Of course it's the reverse psychology. Just like emails that have the title "Bad News..." are opened more than twice as much as one's that say "Good News!"

Tons of marketers use it, I'm sure you're aware of that since you yourself are doing the same.

I remember a study done where somebody took a bike tire, leaned it up against the wall of a building near a sub-busy urban sidewalk. They first did this with a sign next to the tire that said "Feel Free to Touch this Tire!" Nobody touched it...

They then did exactly the same thing, except now the sign said "Please Do NOT Touch this Tire."

Plenty of people touched it.

Funny thing, isn't it?

Exactly, made you read it

Originally Posted by teodorescudanielgeorge

wtfque.. i just read this. And i'm succesful man. Funny

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Good for you

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teodorescudanielgeorge

12 years ago

wtfque.. i just read this. And i'm succesful man. Funny

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Ninja Ana

12 years ago

hahahaha .. live with action.

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tylerjaysen

12 years ago

dude love your thread headline btw...that is taken from rich jerk ads and is very powerful to use for ads....hint hint.

Basically, when you phrase a question like...Don't you....blah blah....well automatically your brain starts to wonder and wants to find out what the heck is going on. Curiosity makes someone want to read further. This works like a charm in ads still.

It's like saying....Don't imagine yourself lying on the beach spreading your toes in the hot sand....you just imagine it anyway.

But I digress, yeah take action folks....it's really the only secret that you need to know and understand. You will never have everything down perfect....you just need to take action...get moving...and you will discover so many new and cool things along the way. It's really fun and exciting once you know how to make money online and have cash flowing into your bank account effortlessly.

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rightknight

12 years ago

I really like this. It really does come down to taking action, doesnt it?

I heard this quote once (paraphrasing): if you want to be successfull then develop the habit of taking at least one single action every day that will get you closer to your definite chief aim

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smonline

12 years ago

This is very inspiring post.

Taking action is crucial. Reading is also vital, but what really matters is making what you read actionable. Unless you do that, that reading is not really helping you to reach your goal. You will find hundreds and thousands of things to learn, but what is really essential to you? You have to decide that.

You don't have to read everything. If you do that what you are doing is lessening your attention span.

I suggest taking "real" action at the beginning of the day on your most important tasks, and finding reading time at other times during the day.

Taking action must be the priority.

You will find that you will learn more about important things by actually taking action. These are things you learn that are related to your goal.

When you do read other posts, that may not be related to your goal. And here all you are doing is contributing to "info overload".

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Morten V

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Ninja Ana

hahahaha .. live with action.

Originally Posted by tylerjaysen

dude love your thread headline btw...that is taken from rich jerk ads and is very powerful to use for ads....hint hint.

Basically, when you phrase a question like...Don't you....blah blah....well automatically your brain starts to wonder and wants to find out what the heck is going on. Curiosity makes someone want to read further. This works like a charm in ads still.

It's like saying....Don't imagine yourself lying on the beach spreading your toes in the hot sand....you just imagine it anyway.

But I digress, yeah take action folks....it's really the only secret that you need to know and understand. You will never have everything down perfect....you just need to take action...get moving...and you will discover so many new and cool things along the way. It's really fun and exciting once you know how to make money online and have cash flowing into your bank account effortlessly.

No I didn't take it from rich jerk, I don't know who that is. But it's perhaps the same concept. This types of headlines always seems to work so I wanted to test it out here.

Originally Posted by rightknight

I really like this. It really does come down to taking action, doesnt it?

I heard this quote once (paraphrasing): if you want to be successfull then develop the habit of taking at least one single action every day that will get you closer to your definite chief aim

That is true, you'll never become successful unless you really try.

Originally Posted by smonline

This is very inspiring post.

Taking action is crucial. Reading is also vital, but what really matters is making what you read actionable. Unless you do that, that reading is not really helping you to reach your goal. You will find hundreds and thousands of things to learn, but what is really essential to you? You have to decide that.

You don't have to read everything. If you do that what you are doing is lessening your attention span.

I suggest taking "real" action at the beginning of the day on your most important tasks, and finding reading time at other times during the day.

Taking action must be the priority.

You will find that you will learn more about important things by actually taking action. These are things you learn that are related to your goal.

When you do read other posts, that may not be related to your goal. And here all you are doing is contributing to "info overload".

You're right. I'm not trying to say that people should stop reading, instead take action and do what they believe in.

Many people seem to fall into this trap of buying and reading and never take action. What's the point then...