Author: Garth Beyer

For Those Looking To Transform

Garth Beyer

One event and one thought inspired me to write a book. The event was National Novel Writing Month. In early 2013, I committed to writing 50,000 plus words come November. I did it.

The thought behind the book was that I wanted to give people hoping to transform their lives the ability to go to a seminar on success without having to pay hundreds of dollars. It’s not that I don’t hope you do, but I understand it’s not the most practical thing for people who really want to transform their lives to do.

My novel offers an escape from the real world as many novels do, but I promise you will not come back without having learned something valuable to use in the real world.

Alas, you can find my novel here. I hope you find it worth your time.

 

Stay Positive & Enjoy

 

Always On

Garth Beyer

This is the life we are living now. We can resist it or we can complain about it. We can challenge it or we can just deal with it.

Or…or we can extract everything we can from ourselves. After all, we’re always on.

 

Stay Positive & It Doesn’t Need To Be A Bad Thing

The Why And How Of It All

Garth Beyer

Speaking as a journalist and a continuous learner, “why” is the great word in the world. Second up is “how.”

“Why” encompasses research, in-depth reporting and focuses on cognitive and emotional answers. “Why” is philosophical, inquisitive and sometimes life altering.

“How” is a lot less about priorities, lists and steps. It’s more about doing. Doing right away and then ask why what happened happened.

If there’s one thing we oughta know about plans it’s that they will never happen the way we want them to. Time focusing on the details of “how” is time wasted because the details are going to change once you start doing.

“How” might be a question word, but the answer is experience.

 

Stay Positive & You Acquire Experience From Doing Then Asking Why

Accuracy vs. Understanding

Garth Beyer

I went to a Deutch restaurant this last weekend and ordered Liver dumpling soup. The waitress, instead of saying “okay,” said, “You know there’s no dumplings in the soup, right? A lot of customers will order this and end up disappointed when they see there aren’t any dumplings. Do you still want it?”

Wait. What?

No dumplings in liver DUMPLING soup? After trying it anyway and researching it later, I can confidently say the menu was accurate. Liver dumpling soup is actually a “dumpling” made of liver.

It’s a tricky thing for businesses to be both accurate and understanding of their customers. Some will have read this post and thought to themselves I said “Dutch restaurant” at the start of it or wondered what “Deutch” was. Deutch means German. It’s more accurate, but lacks a slight context for understanding.

From what the waitress mentioned to me, it amazed me that the disappointment, the lack of understanding was and is an ongoing thing.

In the world of content marketing, where every word matters, when people will give up on you if they have even the slightest difficulty with you, is it better to be accurate or understanding?

 

Stay Positive & Can It Be Both?

Your Ideas Do Not Suck Despite What People Say, Tweet Or Comment

Garth Beyer

Naysayer!

Zero reviews on Amazon. No comments flowing. You’re lacking “likes” and “retweets.”

Or worse yet, all the reviews are hating on your product. All the comments say your idea sucks. The only shares you’re getting on social media platforms are tweets and posts to remind people to ignore you. Actually, what you need to do is ignore them.

I’ve been regularly writing for a few years now: sharing ideas, expressing opinions, telling things how I see them. I’ve received a lot of hate, a lot of criticism… a lot of silence.

It doesn’t phase me. How?

Something I’ve learned as a writer is the best applause you will receive is the applause you never hear. It’s a weird world; Usually only the naysayers speak up. But trust me, there are people out there that love your work. They’re just quiet about it. If your goal is to get them to speak up, but their not. Only then do you have the right to say your art is shit. Otherwise keep creating, keep shipping, keep ignoring the naysayers.

I’m a firm believer that there’s not an article on the Internet that hasn’t been read without someone nodding their head in agreement. You’ll never know for certain, of course. But that feedback isn’t the reward, is it?

 

Stay Positive & The Only Idea That Sucks Is The Idea You Don’t Share

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What The Real Reward Is

Garth Beyer

the journey is the reward too

Let us not forget the real reward is not what we receive, but what we give. When you ask yourself what you want to get, you might put on a sour face and think of what you will have to do (how much you will have to work) to get what you want. But when you’re asked what you would like to receive. You get a lot happier, don’t you?

One more thought to consider your emotional reaction to: think of how good it is when you’re able to buy or do something for someone who has wanted that particular item or service for awhile. Or perhaps for many of us in business, what someone never knew they wanted.

Don’t forget that feeling. That’s what drives this connection economy.

Writing this blog is my reward. Not page views. Not income from ads (there’s barely any anyway). Not retweets or bookmarks, although greatly appreciated. To further reward myself, I’ll be crowdfunding my journalism on higher education soon. I hope you’ll be there to join me in the reward.

 

Stay Positive & Connect, Give, Prosper

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