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Mar 13

Curing the Lie of the Big Win (and the Big Fail)

We’re surrounded by the stories — the mytharc, if you will — of The Big Win. (Also the Big Fail.) “Twitter succeeded because…” “I failed because…”

I’m here to tell you: That’s largely a load of crap.

If you want to know why — and if you want to know how I succeed at so many things people said would never work — you want to watch this video. It’s short (12 minutes) and it’s awesome.

It’s nominally about habits, but it’s really about the stories we tell ourselves, and why they make us fail.

(PS — this is a lesson straight outta the new 30×500. Why am I giving it away for free? Because everybody needs it.)


Did you recognize yourself in this video? Did you spot stories that you hear every day?

If so, you have three things to do right now:

  1. Rush out and buy The Power of Habit. And actually read it. And take notes. Seriously. This book is worth every single penny and every single moment you will spend devouring it.
  2. Drop your email in the box below, because I will be sending out the next video (and other awesome free content) and you really don’t want to miss out.
  3. Try the assignment: dechunk 3 of your every day routines. Then leave your instructions for a day or two, and read them. Try to follow them. See all the stuff you left out. Oops! This is the stuff that habits growth is made out of.

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Oct 10

The Product Revolution ‘tude

I’d like to bestow upon Copylicious Kelly the Shiny Happy Crown of Best Comment on the Last Blog Post for this revolution-friendly tidbit:

Kelly sez…

I want to live in a world where big companies are forced to compete with the little people, splitting up into teensier, tinier pieces, adopting lamer and lamer logos before finally becoming irrelevant and useless, which is when the little people will take over the world. Until that day comes, my information and my products will keep making sweet, sweet love, knowing every infoproduct created makes us little people that much stronger.


Me too, Kelly. Me too!

In fact, Kelly and I spent two hours on the phone last Tuesday, talking all about this crazy infoproduct revolution thing. She, too, is working on making her own products, and we decided to host a free webin–ahem, cough, almost slipped there.

Let’s try that again: We’re going to offer a free, free-form online class with video and audio on just that very topic, on October 29th. Follow me on Twitter for the announcement.

(And don’t miss Eric Davis’ little Story in Numbers of how he used a simple infoproduct-style tactic to earn 2 new clients for a scant investment of marketing time.)