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In The Box Podcast

Episode 31: Management Advice, Meeting People, Team Vision And More (Podcast)

Garth Beyer

On this episode of In The Box Podcast, we ended up with a lot more questions than answers. You can download the episode here and listen to us talk about giving advice to management, meeting people within their own worldview, how much it matters that your team sees a project the same way as you, the importance of showcasing business culture, and ebbs and flows of life.

Episode 31: Management Advice, Meeting People, Team Vision And More

Ebb and Flows Of Life – Do you think you’re the only one who has trouble with figuring out life? or that your problems are unique to you and others won’t understand?

Management – What’s one thing that you would tell the management of the world?

Meet People – Best way to meet people where they are at?

Vision – How much does it matter if others on your team don’t agree with your vision for a project?

Bonus – Does a business’ culture matter to consumers/clients? Is it worth showcasing the culture?

 

Stay Positive & Sometimes No Answer Is As Enlightening As Having One

In The Box Podcast

Episode 20: Not Knowing, New Info, Focus vs Multitasking And More – Podcast

Garth Beyer

On this episode of In The Box Podcast, we chatted about effectively managing time, how one comes to terms with their own mortality, if we operate better while multitasking, how to come to terms with not knowing and how to shed old worldviews.

Episode 20: Not Knowing, New Info, Focus vs Multitasking And More

Time – How do you effectively manage your time? (One tool/tip)

Mortality – What is one way you come to terms with your own mortality?

Focus vs Multitasking – Is our power/intellect at its prime when we focus on one thing or does multitasking require more skill?

Not knowing – How can we come to terms with not knowing? ex: not knowing if it will work, not knowing if we should try, etc.

New Info – How do you critically engage new info that is different from a previously held strong belief?

 

Stay Positive & What’s One Way You Mange Your Time?

Why They’re Not Paying Attention

Garth Beyer

If you’re working to make people love your product or service, you’re likely interrupting their daily lives.

Better, I think, to make something people love and can integrate into their life. The best thing to hear is “I’ve always wanted this, I didn’t think anyone made it.”

That’s not to say you have to make something new, start a new business or find a new client. Quite the opposite.

If there is force, pressure, and stress to get people to love your product, then you’re not listening to them, not targeting the people who care. It’s a marketing problem, not a people problem.

Despite the excessive use of social media, it’s still difficult to listen and understand the customers worldview. Easier to get on with the traditional marketing practice of talking about ourselves and our product and our business instead of focusing on what’s in it for them.

There’s often no way to label a particular marketing practice or tactic as traditional and un-traditional, it’s more so a mindset of the marketer, an attitude of someone who cares.

 

Stay Positive & Do Something Worth Paying Attention For

Fuel To Your Flame

Fuel To Your Flame

Garth Beyer

Imagine if you had the control to throw anything you wanted into a fire and it would burn.

A rock. Water. Cat litter. All fuel for the fire.

The fire in your belly, the passion you have, the mindset you’re igniting is a lot like the world I just asked you to imagine.

You have the choice to accept criticism as fuel to your flame. “Who is even going to listen to you two talk [on your podcast]?” was the most recent comment I’ve gotten. (The answer is probably no one, but I’m not letting that stop me from producing the show. Maybe you can help prove her wrong in March when Michael and I launch In The Box podcast. Anyway, back on point…)

You can craft the belief Walter Bagehot had: the greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do. I take people’s doubt and let it drive me not just to prove them wrong, but to prove myself right. It works for the most part.

You can turn what the trolls say (including the troll inside your head) and use it as fuel to work smarter, try harder, and prove you can do what others (and sometimes yourself) don’t believe you can do.

It’s an option, of course. It’s on you to decide how you take things. Will you take them personally? Or as fuel to your flame?

 

Stay Positive & Onward, Light’em Up

The Opportunity Has Always Been Here

The Opportunity Has Always Been Here

Garth Beyer

Opportunity

The opportunity to poke around, to try new things, to experiment, to create something remarkable has always been here, but there’s a fundamental change sweeping the notion in terms of people’s perceptions.

In the past, the opportunity was seen as a risk.

See, there’s really no difference between an opportunity or a risk except in how you look at it.

More and more people are changing their perspective, altering their worldview, choosing themselves instead of waiting to be picked by someone else, waiting to be handed an opportunity. Instead, they’re making their own.

They’re flipping the switch of “it’s too much risk” to “this just might work.”

The beauty of this movement, this moment, is that the opportunity will always be here.

The opportunity to create your own job, do what few others are doing, to play chemistry with your hands (work), your legs (hustle) and your heart (art/passion).

There’s a reason every post ends with a reminder to stay positive. I’ve chosen my perspective. Have you?

 

Stay Positive & Unlike A Mediocre Job, This Opportunity Will Always Be Here

HT to all my idols who through them I’ve learned to take the opportunity. I’m alive. I’m an artist. Thanks.

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Why I Ignore My Most Magnetic Posts

Why I Ignore My Most Magnetic Posts

Garth Beyer

Metrics Match The Message

The posts I’ve written that have gained the most traffic in the shortest amount of time were all how-to posts. Going through my archive of more than 1,200 posts, you’ll see I don’t write many of them. Why?

It’s easy to write posts that guarantee a spike in traffic, that have a giant (and often vague)  promise to boost your website analytics.

“How to attract a thousand unique visitors a day” and “How to start a multimillion dollar online business” are great examples of instant traffic posts.

I could write how-to posts every day for the next month and gain more traffic than I have had in the last year, but I don’t. I only write them when I can expand on the meaning of each step, when it’s pure fun for me and when it involves more direction than actual steps (because of reasons here).

Let’s point out that there is another type of post that may have less views, but is far more “successful.” It’s a type of post that gains a lot of attraction over a longer span of time because people are interested more in the story being told than the quick turnaround tips so many ego-centric writers present.

These popular posts are written as evergreen content. Content you can come back to, play off of, learn from again and again. When writing about steps, they are steps that can apply to business, to relationships, to work, to art, to life and so on.

These posts are often work to read and process because they challenge the reader to think differently, to try something new, to push themselves. These posts arn’t so much a read and then click over to my next tab… they are a read and come back again later to read again and think about again and play off of again.

The best art and relationships come from the blog posts, the ideas,  the pieces of work you ship into the world that one person views and then interacts with, not that a thousand people view and don’t interact with.

I ignore the most magnetic posts because they don’t represent the story I’m telling.

 

Stay Positive & Make Sure Your Metrics Match The Message

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Mind The Gap, Fill The Void

Mind The Gap, Fill The Void

Garth Beyer

Mind The Gap, Fill The Void

Remarkable ideas are made by finding a void and filling it, finding a unique problem and solving it, finding a neglected world view and creating a new way to promote it.

Everything you think is remarkable wasn’t, at one point, thought about by a large number of people, but those who thought about it, thought a lot about it.

Remarkable ideas are built on the foundation of one thing and of a few people.

What chasm are you filling? Who are you connecting? What void are you populating?

 

Stay Positive & Don’t Forget What Makes Your Idea Remarkable

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