Why Try To Get Out Of Your Box, When You Can Use What's In It?
It’s that simple bit of thinking that almost always results in you actually finding value.
If you go into something without looking for any, that’s exactly what you’ll find.
I’m not a big fan of always saying yes to every sort of invite, but I am a fan of always saying yes to every sort of invite IF one can do so with the thought that there might be some value to take away from it.
Stay Positive & Yes, With The Right Mindset
My absolute favorite passage in Seth Godin’s new book, This Is Strategy, is when he refers to the fact that a construction worker doesn’t get emotionally upset about the hammer.
So why would someone who is trying to increase their net worth emotionally upset with money/budget?
Far better to see those elements for what they are: tools.
Of course, if the tool you have isn’t working, find a better tool. But if it’s a working tool and it’s causing to be emotionally distraught, that’s not a problem of the tool’s.
Stay Positive & Place The Angst In A Better Spot
Most of the words we say to one another don’t carry that much weight.
We can’t remember what we talked on the phone to a family member about last weekend.
Or the conversation we had with our partner before bed last night.
When it comes to happiness and relationships, though, it’s the mere act of talking that builds connection.
Show me a couple that sits at dinner in silence with one another and I’ll show you a couple with a relationship problem. And far greater in danger than one that only talks about the weather and repeats stories they already shared with one another earlier in the relationship.
As a lover of words this kills me to type: sometimes words just don’t matter.
Well, at least which words we use. Of course, the whole point here is that using words matters a whole lot.
Begs the introspection to evaluate how often you are talking with people.
Stay Positive & HT To Dan Gilbert For The Science
Good, now I have a way to empathize with others who have gone through that.
Good, now I have a new challenge to add to my repertoire of completion.
Good, now I know not to do that again.
Good, now I can move on to rebuilding the trust.
There’s not a bad that can be turned to good.
Stay Positive & The Turning Is On Us
Free trials are great because inherent in them is the premise of a user using it more than once. This is vital.
This is also where “free samples” fail beverage producers in generating adoption.
The hack beyond it is a simple one: “here try this… and here’s a can to take home with you”
I couldn’t tell you the exact 10x or 5x or ???x of loyalty you’ll build as a result, but it’s more than if you only get someone to try it once.
Stay Positive & Watch The Craze Amass
Sometimes there’s no point in complaining. Actually, that’s most of the time.
Sometimes there’s no point in getting frustrated. On second thought, that’s probably all the time, too.
The point is that you get to decide when there’s no point and when there is.
Might as well decide it when it actually helps move you forward.
Stay Positive & End The Noise
