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Sounds like you need to learn some healthy communication. If this is how you show up in relation to others your network of collaborators will be small, keep you weak and limit your ability to effectuate your will in the world.
That's fine, but at least I don't sound like a Linkedin serial entrepreneur.
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followers is a shit metric that only advertisers care for but they also want like 50-100k bare minimum. You need to find 1k people who are willing to give you money, or go out of their way to advocate for you.
That is a better frame of mind - it is not 1000 true fans but a 1000 customers.
Before we dive into my dirty laundry,
dude, why would i want to dive into your dirty laundry man?
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Hard disagree. I have read lots of books, participated in events and training seminars and had profound results in my life. My marriage is better because of what I learned, I am a better father and leader because of what I learned. And the fact that people sell things as part of that growth journey is how they support their ability to share the lessons and techniques.
"because of what I learned." Do these books/seminars actually teach you something new about being married or a father, that you didn't know before? Like what? I always figured they were more about coaching, persuasion, convincing. To the extent I've scanned them, I never saw any kind of new fact, definitely not about something like being married.
Sometimes you just need someone to tell you common sense in the right way so that you actually listen to it.
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Dale Carnegie created it, Tim Ferriss is a century too late to point as origin.
Dale Carnegie -> Jim Rohn -> Tony Robbins -> [all hacks now]
For nerds (like me) who think data and statistics are the way to persuade people, you're doing yourself a disservice by ignoring the truth. Lots of people think sales are icky, but much of life is influenced by your ability to persuade and sell, even yourself, to others.
Personally, I see the self-help industry dying because people are starting to realize that it’s just a network of individuals selling products, promoting each other’s products, and creating new avenues to sell more products. I refer to it as the “self-help mafia.” Tim Ferriss kind of created it.
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Dale Carnegie -> Jim Rohn -> Tony Robbins -> [all hacks now]
Why is Tony Robbins a hack?