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    The S.T.U.P.I.D. Email (Friday July 15th, 2022)

    (Swipe, Thought, Uplifting, Picture, Interesting, Drawing)

    This is a fun email for Friday July 15th, 2022. Hope you like it 🙂

     

    🎤 Listen to this email here:

     

    #1.) Swipe:

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    When I first saw this ad, I just HAD to read the fine text to figure out what the hell a "Lobster Test" was (turns out they just put the watch on a lobster claw to see if it would come off or break) 😂

    That's a clear form of getting people down the "Slippery Slope."

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    They brought the ad home by showcasing the watch didn't skip at all because it was "shock proof."

    Gotta admit, I wouldn't have thought of this 😂

    #2.) Thought:

    I propose a way of getting all your work for the day done in 2 hours, called:

    "The 2-Hour Work Sprint"

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    It's very simple: • You write your tasks on paper. • Start on #1, scratch off, go to next task. • Either share your screen, or sit next to someone.

    This would be a 2 Hour Sprint that happens everyday, and would knock out: ✔ All administrative tasks ✔ Email ✔ Random tasks ✔ Writing blog posts / social media ✔ Planning and scheduling

    I personally think the co-working aspect of this sprint is important. Either virtual or in-person.

    As for the timing: 1 hour is too short, and 2 hours seems to be working threshold. Some people may have to practice working for 2 hours straight.

    Watctchya think of this concept?

    #3.) Uplifting:

    This is a quick life assessment you can do in your head. Your scores will change at different times in your life.

    Try it:

    Rate these three areas of life from 1 to 5:
    ▪️ Health: Rate 1-5
    ▪ ️Wealth: Rate 1-5
    ▪ ️Love: Rate 1-5

    Start improving the lowest ranking one today. That's it!

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    Here's some example results and the result from each:

    Health: 2
    Wealth: 4
    Love: 4
    Result: Start improving your health ASAP.

    Health: 5
    Wealth: 3
    Love: 5
    Result: Start planning out how to improve your finances to your expectations.

    Health: 4
    Wealth: 5
    Love: 2
    Result: Put more effort into family, friends, and love interests.

    Rating Scale:
    1: It's very bad and you want to change it immediately.
    2: It's not great, and change must be made.
    3: It's average. Not great, but not completely horrible.
    4: It's going well, could use some slight improving.
    5: It's pretty good, and you don't need a ton of improvement.

    #4.) Picture:

    There's a random restaurant in Austin called El Arroyo, and the famous thing about it is it's daily sign:

    It's Instagram page has 600,000 followers 😳

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    Everyday they change their sign to something kinda funny, and they post it on Instagram:

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    Their food is basic Tex-Mex food, but the amount of exposure and notoriety they've got from this basic sign is amazing!

    One key to the success: Consistency.

    They've been changing the sign everyday since 1975!

     

    #5.) Interesting:

    Here's some questions you can poke-n-prod at your own business:

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    Here's 10 more:

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    Here's even 10 morrreee:

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    And even 10 moooorrreeeeee!

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    Today I'm working on a post with all of these, and adding examples to every single one (I'm up to 87 so far):
    CopywritingCourse.com/blogs/69-business-questions

    That page should be updated throughout the day as I write more!

     

    #6.) Drawing:

    Ok, this is kind of random, but I've always wanted to use this silly image of "The Guy Peeking Over the Wall" on something:

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    It's never been that great of an image. Like try to show him looking at an old ad or something.

     

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    Meh....it doesn't work that well.

     

    But now he currently shows up as the error message I hastily made when someone tries to look at community content, but is not a member:

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    Hope you enjoyed these little tidbits, have a happy Friday!
    Sincerely,
    Neville Medhora -
    CopywritingCourse.com | @NevMed

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    Man! That lobster test was incredible. great way to provoke curiosity.

    I'd rate my Health -3

    Wealth - 2

    Love - 5

    By joining this course I'm working on my wealth area! Thanks @Nevillesir. 

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    Hey Neville, 

    I do the 2 hour work day thing currently running ZenMaid! It's a SaaS company with ~30 team members so the exception is Monday when I have 5-6 calls to take care of.

    But Tuesday - Friday: Each morning I jump on a call with executive assistant and usually spend an hour talking through things or coworking together via Zoom (which really helps my output), I usually spend 30 minutes on either side of that call doing other work related things like what you've listed. Sometimes 60 minutes if it's a 'heavy' day.

    I can see why it works for us (guys who really prioritize work life balance after reaching a level of success) but most others fall into categories of wanting to work way harder (Sam Parr, maybe?) and those who need to work way harder/longer to reach a level of time + financial independence.

    Thanks for writing this!

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    I'm not sure what you mean by that 🤔

    Normally I start at the beginning of the doc, maybe I was formatting something?

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