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This is great, Tina!
Wish there was a link or something so that I could bookmark it.
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I miss the times when I could celebrate Thanksgiving with others.
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It’s been said that as you get older, time goes faster.
I have to tell you that if it goes any faster than it does, I won’t have to get up in the morning.
Instead, I’ll just reset the alarm. 😉
Speaking of alarms, I tried something today, and it worked.
I set the alarm for 30 minutes of reading this morning and was absolutely amazed at how fast it went.
Then I set it for the next activity, and then the next.
So instead of drifting “comfortably” from one thing to the next, I actually got some work done: a 2100-word article for a client.
Hurray!
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Unless we’re your customers, Kristin, our opinions don’t matter.
Split-testing has to be done on your website by your visitors.
You’re autoresponder should have a feature that will automatically switch between the two. Then after 500-1000 people have signed up, the results will mean something.
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Are you familiar with this thing called mental toughness?
If so, how is it similar / different to what you teach?
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I haven’t tried them, but if Tina and Malik can get them to work, then I would expect them to work for me.
What’s the download speed on your connection?
Also, have you tried to listen to them at a public library or someplace else where computers are connected to the Internet?
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If you only had 2 hours each day, what would you do?
Thus far, the only people in this conversation have been Sean and me.
I like discussing things with him, but I want to hear from you, too.
Please look at the original post, and then tell us how you would use your time.
There’s method to this madness.
Trust me.
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I still have yet to look at all of them, but the one that caused me to grab the article for this forum was the story of Angela Luna who created several jackets that, when zipped differently, became tents.
She felt compelled to do something for the people she saw in the Grecian refugee camps.
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Hi Kristin,
You need to change the font color. Dark blue would be better, if you don’t like black.
Five percent of men are color-blind. I know this because my father was.
He used to tell me that red looked gray.
So gray words on a white background would be almost unreadable.
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The easiest way to upload large files is to do it via your server.
Log into your cPanel and then go to FileManager.
If you don’t know what to do, then contact tech support at your host.
It’s what I’ve done, and I’ve had to do it more than once to get the hang of it.
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Cute thank you page!
You need to change the title of your squeeze page. “Plain” isn’t like to be something that anyone will search for; at least not the people that you’re looking for.
Also, if you’re not a techy, then you’ll struggle with MailChimp. It’s why I quit using it. I was spending more time trying to get it to work that I was using it. And I wasn’t impressed with their tech support either.
MailerLite will give you a free account with unlimited emails for up to 1000 subscribers, and after that they cost half of what AWeber charges.
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Online course platforms
Today, I came across one called Thinkific. It’s among a list of platforms reviewed in Forbes.
Here’s another list that’s longer.
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Talk about throwing down the gauntlet!
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So much easier
Hi Sean,
I really like the new layout.
I can view the entire page with a quick scroll, like topics are grouped together, and the dropdown menu enables me to find everything else easily.
Thank you so much for working so hard on this!
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I know about just the sort of thing you described, Susan.
And for some of us, we can’t concentrate if there’s too much chaos around us.
That said, pottering around the house is simply another name for being distracted.
That may be a good argument for going to a coffee shop or a library to work for a couple of hours. The distractions are less.
It’s also why it’s a good idea to go away for your holidays.
When you stay home, you don’t rest. Instead you notice all the things that you think you should do.
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If I give up, then I’ll never succeed.
And so I have to keep going.
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You’re right, Jennifer, about less talk and more results.
That seems to hold true in a lot of things.
There are those who quietly get on with the task of doing the work and making progress, and the others who talk about their big plans, but for whom nothing ever materializes.
Writers rarely talk about their writing, for example. It’s not that they’re not excited about their work. They are. Instead, it’s that if they articulate what they’re doing to someone, doing so can take some of the “magic” out of it that seems to happen when you put “pen to paper.”
The place where we want the magic to happen is on the page. We can tell you about it later. 😉
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I use the Beaver Builder theme and page builder plugin.
Together, I can make the website look any way that I want it to. It doesn’t have to look like a WordPress site, even though that’s the underlying platform.
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There is some of that, Jen. But in the first 10 days, nearly everyone was participating almost every day. Now it’s down to about a dozen; maybe less.
Some have dropped off the radar altogether.
One thing I’ve noticed with myself, and maybe this is true of others, is that as I get to know people there are some that I really connect with.
A couple of weeks ago, some of us were talking about forming into Master Mind groups, and I can see already that if such groups were created, there are certain people that I would like to be with.
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Another book is called Essentialism, by Greg McKeown. Sean put me onto both books, as well as others. (He’s about the only person I’ve ever met who has read more than me, though I don’t read as much now as I would like.)
Tonight, I was overtaken by events . . . again; for very good reasons, but that doesn’t change the fact that it’s 11.30 pm! 😉
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One way that you can keep track of the threads that interest you, Julia, is to click Favorite, which is on the top, right side of the original post.
The word Favorite will change to Favorited.
Then on the Pal Core Access page, if you scroll to the bottom, you can click on the Favorites link. You’ll then see a list of all the threads that interest you.
It’s pretty clever.
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You would enjoy the book, The One Thing, by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan.
My one thing – that upon which everything hinges – is . . . wait for it . . . getting to bed on time the night before.
And I can’t tell you how difficult that is.
Part of it, I’m sure, is because most of people I interact with online are in the US, and I live in the UK. And the one guy that I chat with in the UK is a night owl. LOL
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And have you noticed, Dana, that when there’s less participation that it’s harder to comment?
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I haven’t tried this myself, Tina, but there’s a “favorite” link on the right side of all original posts.
Perhaps if we click on that, we can then go to the Access page and click on the link for our favorites. Then all of the conversations that interest us will be in one list, and we’ll be able to see if anyone has answered.
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Not entirely sure, Julia.
Partly what Malik referred to.
Seems like a lot more people were active in the first 10 days than have been of late; but it’s also what he said about waiting to see what happens next.
I’m sure that there’s more to come, but I can’t help feeling that we aren’t doing more with what we have.
Thoughts?
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Hadn’t thought of it like that, Jen.
I think, too, that unlike the WF this one won’t tolerate any trashy offers or hype.
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Why do you use several, Tina?
Why not one for everything?
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What is that “one thing” for business, Mark?
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The only time I had to push myself through was when I was working rotating shifts. That was a long time ago.
Now it happens accidentally.
So it means that I have to start getting ready for bed earlier so that I don’t find myself in the middle of something when the window occurs.
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What you say, Julia, is true.
If we’re not in your target market, Kristin, the we may be giving you erroneous feedback.
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Looking forward to reading your ebook.
I’m among the fortunate few who can sleep anytime, anywhere, if the conditions are right: trains, cars (when I’m a passenger), planes, etc. Caffeine has no effect whatsoever.
That said, I’m aware of things like a “window of opportunity” and “getting a second wind.” It’s possible to push through just little to get the latter and miss out on the former.
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And you’ll know if it’s been motivating if it changes the behavior of that person. If that person does something different than what he/she would have done if it wasn’t for you.
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I know that feeling, Malik; and the thing is that even though I know that my brain is lying to me, I want to believe that I can solve everything on Saturday.
What do you think makes us believe that?
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Jen, figure out what you can set up fast.
Your main business isn’t selling nerd-ism. LOL
And no system will be perfect. (If you can create a perfect system, you’ll change the IM world.)
Get it working as quickly as you can and then, in your spare time tinker around the edges.
But if tinkering is impeding progress, then it’s a distraction.
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I know what you mean about a book with a few sentences and a lot of lines.
Personally, I’m put off by them. I feel like I’m buying a pad of paper. LOL
That said, there are other ways to create a workbook.
You could, for example, tell a story that illustrates the point you’re trying to make, and then tell people to take out a sheet of paper, or their tablet, or computer and then write down their ideas to . . . – and then list your questions.
Then the workbook becomes a kind of supplement to the main book and, in fact, you could market it as such.
You could create it in a diary form: one small daily task. Think of the little books you’ve seen with pithy comments, a thought for the day, and a question.
You could append the workbook content at the end of each chapter in your ebook, and then charge more for it, but less than if people bought the two separately. Then, in the product description, you could spell out the differences between the two.
Some people will prefer to have it all in one. Others will opt to have them separate.
What do you think?
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Hi Susan,
My heart goes out to you.
And you’re right: I’ve never had OCD.
But I did have a breakdown almost 12 years ago. Couldn’t get out of bed until 3.30 pm. As the meds took hold, it became noon; the mid-morning, and eventually 6 am, but not without a 90-minute paralytic nap at 9 am.
With that came a certain amount of anxiety.
I was also living in Italy, and I didn’t speak Italian.
About a year ago, I was able to come off of the meds altogether. It was a miracle, a term that I rarely use.
So I know something of what it is to be debilitated.
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If the smell of coffee bothers you, then of course you shouldn’t go; but these places serve other things – tea, for instance. Like you, I live in the UK, and tea is practically a separate food group. LOL
I think they have herbal teas as well, which taste a lot better with a little sweetener added.
In any case, going to places like this, for me and others, can help you to work. And that’s the goal.
To get away from the distractions at home so you can concentrate on your work.
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I think it’s called the Title Tag, though it’s for a page, not the site itself.
I don’t have enough experience with the different themes to tell you how to change it in yours, but there are those in this group who would.
If you can get into the HTML, that’s one way; but there ought to be a way that’s much simpler.
You might want to ask the question specifically so that members of the forum will see it.
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As I understand it, having content above-the-fold is only important for marketing material.
In a forum, everyone is here because they want to be, and in this one is also paying for the privilege. And so we’re likely to consume the content wherever it’s found.
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Hi Mark,
Thanks for your comments.
If you haven’t done so already, then you might like to read the book, Finishing Well, by Bob Buford.
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Jen, the easiest way to write any book is to outline it first.
Doesn’t have to look like the outlines they taught you in school.
List the main things you want to talk about.
Rearrange them if you need to.
Then start adding ideas under each one.
Keep adding ideas until you’ve said what you think you should.
Then clean up the grammar and string it altogether.
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That’s a good start, Tina.
Remember to stay flexible.
Be selective.
Listen to the training that you know you need to help you complete the next step.
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I don’t use this app, Norma, but you might want to try RescueTime.
You tell it what you do online that’s good and what isn’t. Then it tracks your activity and gives you a report at the end of the week.
I know that I’m not spending the time the way I want to right now, and so there’s no point in tracking it.
Sean also recommends that for a week, you keep track of what you’ve been doing every 15 minutes or so.
I found this exercise tedious. It got in the way of my work. LOL
But it is worth keeping tabs on it because it can really get away from you.
If you find yourself coming to the end of the day and thinking, “I didn’t do much on the business,” then you’re probably a candidate for a little checking.
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Sean put me onto Beaver Builder.
I figured that if he liked it, then there must be a really good reason.
He doesn’t waste time trying to get things to work.
They either do, or they’re history.
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I prefer dropdown menus with related items group under topics.
The way it is right now, I do a word search on the page, and then evaluate all of the trainings that pertain to it. That approach is still doable, but it means that I can’t see everything together.
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Good point, Sean. I’ll do that.
In one of my emails, I ask the opposite: “What is the one thing such that by doing it everything becomes harder or necessary?”
That question points directly to our propensity to make things more complicated than they need to be.
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I’ve never met anyone like that, but I think they made a show about it in the States some years ago.
Oddly enough, it was called Monk.
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We perfectionists are our own worst enemies, Tina.
Rest assured: If our customers don’t think that our products are up to scratch, then they’ll tell us.
I’ve been amazed at the kudos I’ve received from writing, for example, that I didn’t think was perfect.
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How true that it, Jennifer.
It’s amazing how the most undesirable chores suddenly become attractive when I decide to starting working on the business.
One reason why I think that happens is because we’re not entirely sure what the work we know we need to do looks like.
We can explain it in theory, but when we sit down to do it, we can’t how.
One trick I learned while writing a book was to take the problem I wanted to solve and put it in the form of a question. Not, “What do I want to know?” But something specific to the subject itself.
Then I’d go for a walk.
Usually by the time I’d put the computer in a locker and reached the steps of the library, I knew the answer; but the university town was so nice, I usually went for a walk anyway.
Then I had a different challenge: Remembering the answer for when I got back.
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Thanks for your candor, Malik.
25 hours on a weekend is a lot.
Do you think that your target may have been too ambitious?
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It went well.
The Lord was gracious.
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