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If you could go back in time and tell your old self ANYTHING. What would it be..
I'm talking about when you were first starting out online.
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  • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
    Originally Posted by dsuitor View Post

    If you could go back in time and tell your old self ANYTHING. What would it be..
    I'm talking about when you were first starting out online.
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      Originally Posted by Jonathan 2.0 View Post

      "Don't give up -- there's still a chance you'll make it."
      Corrected for realism.
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    Buying domains 'in advance' sounds smart now in hindsight. Some top dogs like John Reese got their start doing that - but remember domain registrations were $80 or so EACH at the time. It took foresight to think of doing that and money to actually move on the idea.

    Though I've made good money - I look back on the hours spent working online and I would tell my 'back then self' - turn off the computer and walk away!
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    I would tell myself to get a better computer and internet connect and learn to farm and sell items i found in MMo's on ebay or other marketplaces .. i spent lots of time playing but alway had crappy internet connection and sub par computer ..

    or instead of wanting to make some really big mmo .. i would have told myself to learn how to build small addictive pay to play games ..
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  • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
    Originally Posted by dsuitor View Post

    If you could go back in time and tell your old self ANYTHING. What would it be..
    I'm talking about when you were first starting out online.
    Not really applicable, because my online business is a small part of my business.
    I wish I could talk to my 21 year old self.

    Don't hire anyone, just work yourself.
    Start professional speaking when I'm 30, not 50. Keep your list...market to it (even before the internet)

    Don't...do not....never.....marry my first wife. Just go straight to the second one.

    Don't drink. I'd describe all the problems drugs and alcohol gave me later.

    Invest money earlier.

    When I meet Dan Riffle for the first time...bury the body deep.
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    • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
      Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

      Not really applicable, because my online business is a small part of my business.
      I wish I could talk to my 21 year old self.

      Don't hire anyone, just work yourself.
      Start professional speaking when I'm 30, not 50. Keep your list...market to it (even before the internet)

      Don't...do not....never.....marry my first wife. Just go straight to the second one.

      Don't drink. I'd describe all the problems drugs and alcohol gave me later.

      Invest money earlier.

      When I meet Dan Riffle for the first time...bury the body deep.
      Thanks for the warning about your first wife. You had best PM me her name and a recent photo, just to be sure.

      I'm sure the insane asylum will let you in to take a quick snap
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    • Profile picture of the author Odahh
      Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

      Not really applicable, because my online business is a small part of my business.
      I wish I could talk to my 21 year old self.

      Don't hire anyone, just work yourself.
      Start professional speaking when I'm 30, not 50. Keep your list...market to it (even before the internet)

      Don't...do not....never.....marry my first wife. Just go straight to the second one.

      Don't drink. I'd describe all the problems drugs and alcohol gave me later.

      Invest money earlier.

      When I meet Dan Riffle for the first time...bury the body deep.
      though you said one of the big things you used to motivate you at one time .. was that you had payroll to meet.. any tips for motivating the earlier version of yourself or creating discipline without that having to pay your employees factor ..
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      • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
        Originally Posted by Odahh View Post

        though you said one of the big things you used to motivate you at one time .. was that you had payroll to meet.. any tips for motivating the earlier version of yourself or creating discipline without that having to pay your employees factor ..
        Thank you for remembering.

        The truth is, a 21 year old version of me wouldn't have understood much of what I would have told him. I would have counted of the "Oh shit, that's me at 63" factor to scare him into believing me.

        Creating discipline without an outside condition (like payroll or deadlines) to motivate you?

        I used to trick myself into agreeing (with myself) to just make one call...knock on one door...and then I could quit for the day. Of course, after that one attempt, I felt foolish for quiting, so I'd keep going.

        I read something like this once..."With every attempt, the thing you do becomes easier, you do it better, and your desire to do it again increases". For some reason, I kept that in mind, and it made doing tasks I didn't enjoy really easier.

        I'll let you in on a secret. I never really enjoyed selling. But after a couple of decades, I became great at it...I mean well known in my industry. I still never enjoyed it. But there is something about being great at something that is satisfying. Never fun...never exciting...but satisfying.
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          Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

          ."With every attempt, the thing you do becomes easier, you do it better, and your desire to do it again increases".
          One of the single most important things to understand about life. Period.

          But it's actually more like: "With every attempt, the thing you do becomes easier, you do it better, and your reluctance to do it again decreases, thereby improving your chances for success of achieving your goal with each new attempt."
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      Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

      Don't drink. I'd describe all the problems drugs and alcohol gave me later.

      Hair loss?
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      • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
        Originally Posted by yukon View Post

        Hair loss?
        Tell him not to bother, he provided a photograph.
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        • Profile picture of the author yukon
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          Originally Posted by lanfear63 View Post

          Tell him not to bother, he provided a photograph.
          Just be happy he didn't make erectile dysfunction as obvious.
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          • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
            Originally Posted by yukon View Post

            Just be happy he didn't make erectile dysfunction as obvious.
            His first wife was called Lucille. She called his appendage Little Richard
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            • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
              Originally Posted by lanfear63 View Post

              His first wife was called Lucille. She called his appendage Little Richard

              She didn't call it anything. It wouldn't come when she called it anyway.
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              • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
                Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

                She didn't call it anything. It wouldn't come when she called it anyway.
                No Great Balls Of Fire Then
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                • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
                  Originally Posted by lanfear63 View Post

                  No Great Balls Of Fire Then

                  I had that once. Some antibiotics cleared it up.
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                  • Profile picture of the author tagiscom
                    Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

                    I had that once. Some antibiotics cleared it up.
                    I would avoid Anthony Robbin seminars for a while....

                    and drinking Pancake Mix!

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

                It wouldn't come.
                That explains why Circumference Of Doom was a flop (pun intended).
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    Hi dsuitor,

    Good question my friend.

    "Ryan, everything happens at the perfect place, in the perfect time. Everything unfolded specifically how it should have.

    Ya know how most online entrepreneurs live mainly being driven by fear? Yeah; instead of saying how you'd have avoided doing this or saved yourself time by doing that, understand that going broke, being shunned by your entire family at times and by appearing to struggle with blogging for years, you faced, felt, embraced and purged deep fears that made you the kind, compassionate, fun-loving, generous blogger you are today.

    Everything happened perfectly, and always does, even if your mind-ego-judgment fights the statement. Everything made you, you."

    Genuinely, this is how I feel buddy. If I had not felt some incredibly deep fears, pain, grief and suffering, I'd be burdened by that stuff now, and no way I could be the guy I am today if I was still burdened by fear, anger, paid and grief, largely.

    Thank God I experienced the nightmares; I purged fear-demons which slay most bloggers, and I also learned to look at worldly success as being a bonus, or extra, or no big deal. 5 second happy dance aka celebration, then I let it go.

    Perfect Place, Perfect Time guys....always.

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    I would tell myself to put my savings into facebook ads.
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    • Profile picture of the author whateverpedia
      Originally Posted by IGotMine View Post

      Pick a profitable, evergreen market and stick with it!
      Yeah. Nah.

      Unless you're a recognised expert in one of these markets, you'll be competing against people who are.
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  • Profile picture of the author IGotMine
    Unless you're a recognised expert in one of these markets, you'll be competing against people who are.
    The question is:

    If you could go back in time and tell your old self ANYTHING. What would it be..
    If I'd stuck with the original site I made profitable and only posted once per week I'd have a 500 page site in a market in which I am an expert.

    Thanks for playing, we have some lovely parting gifts for you.
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    • Profile picture of the author whateverpedia
      Originally Posted by IGotMine View Post

      The question is:



      If I'd stuck with the original site I made profitable and only posted once per week I'd have a 500 page site in a market in which I am an expert.

      Thanks for playing, we have some lovely parting gifts for you.
      You never mentioned that, and because you cheated you have been eliminated from the tournament. Do not pass go. Do not collect $200.
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  • Profile picture of the author radu
    Originally Posted by dsuitor View Post

    If you could go back in time and tell your old self ANYTHING. What would it be..
    I'm talking about when you were first starting out online.
    This is a great question :-) ..

    The answer is simple: I would say "Don't buy so much expensive S*%t from the Internet gurus!" :-)
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    Don't be afraid of outsourcing. That's what I would tell myself. Learn to trust people sometimes. There are still tasks that I'd rather do myself.

    Honestly I wasted so much time and energy trying to do things by myself because I was a little (extremely) stingy with money and was a bit of a control. It wasn't until a lot of coaxing from a friend that I decided to try it out. Got a good (cheap) deal out of a Filipino VA. Realised that, "Hey this isn't so bad." I'm still extra careful with who I hire though.
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    Originally Posted by dsuitor View Post

    If you could go back in time and tell your old self ANYTHING. What would it be..
    I'm talking about when you were first starting out online.
    NEVER answer this question without very careful consideration and deeply thoughtful discretion:

    Q: "Does this dress make me look fat?"

    A: [Focused on the computer screen writing ad copy] "Yes, dear."
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      Originally Posted by myob View Post

      NEVER answer this question without very careful consideration and deeply thoughtful discretion:

      Q: "Does this dress make me look fat?"

      A: [Focused on the computer screen writing ad copy] "Yes, dear."
      the exchange went like this

      Her" does this make me look fat "

      Me"didn't you just make me promise to always tell the truth "

      Her "so whats your anwser "

      Me " fine it's not the dress it cheeze wize you eat and the beer your drink that make you look fat "

      that relationship lasted a week or two after that ..
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      Originally Posted by Kurt View Post

      Important Update: The Warrior Time Travel Club meets last Tuesday.
      I'll see you, there. I'm buying the coffee and bagels.
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      Originally Posted by Kurt View Post

      Important Update: The Warrior Time Travel Club meets last Tuesday.
      I was late for that one!

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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    I'm going to move Claude's chair to the other side of the table while he's going back.
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    If Tag could go back, he would have the aliens buy him dinner before probing commenced.
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      Originally Posted by yukon View Post

      If Tag could go back, he would have the aliens buy him dinner before probing commenced.
      Nonsense, l would want dinner and a floorshow at least.

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