WHAT EXCUSE WILL YOU MAKE TODAY?
WHAT LIE WILL YOU BELIEVE TO AVOID DOING WHAT MUST BE DONE?
OR WILL YOU FINISH WHAT YOU SAID YOUโD DO, NO MATTER WHAT?
Don't leave anything for later.
Later, the coffee gets cold.
Later, you lose interest.
Later, the day turns into night.
Later, people grow up.
Later, people grow old.
Later, life goes by.
Later, you regret not doing something...
And you had the chance.
I often see the Local Marine Recruiters set up their pull-up bar at High Schools or Recruiting Fairs for students to demonstrate how many they can do; 90% of the students do not do a full extended pull-up, but the recruiter will count it, what are we teaching the students? Age 63
I see too many founders who are too obsessed with their product and not obsessed with providing their customer what they actually say they want and are willing to pay for it.
In other words, sales + marketing beats product every day of the week.
Once you establish product market fit, now you optimize margins, you implement techniques to increase your AOV and LTV.
You add customer service team. You do weekly email/sms campaigns.
If you canโt get someone to buy your product in the first place. The rest doesnโt matter.
If it is not running a new Ad to get validation via sales of your product, ignore it.
Ignore posting on social media.
Ignore setting up complex email funnels.
What are the immediate steps I need to take to get a โcomplete strangerโ to swipe their card and buy my product in the shortest possible time.
Nothing else matters.
Thought of the Day
Whether as a student and/or athlete, believe in yourself, embrace challenges as opportunities for continued growth; remember that every action and choice you take today regardless of how small is helping define who you are and your future.
No One Reaches The Top Alone.
Michael Jordan. Mike Tyson. Elon Musk. Jeff Bezos. Donald Trump. Oprah Winfrey.
They all had coaches, mentors, advisors to help guide them to the next level.
Elite performers go for runs at 4am in the pitch black dark not because they enjoy it, but because they are looking for that small edge over the other guy.
Ask yourself, what am I willing to sacrifice in order to achieve what only few can?
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Elite individuals and TEAMs, whether in sports or in life are committed to consistently doing the little things right and always striving to be in an uncomfortable mode, which translates into having a โcontinuous improvement mindsetโ.
A high energy player will act as a flame for the rest of their team to make moves.
Success will boil down to if the team has a good system to follow. Otherwise, that great spark of energy is wasted going in the wrong direction.
Direction > Intensity
โIโm ready, where do we go from here?โ
Iโve lost thousands of dollars in the past simply for not being prepared to answer a potential client who was ready and eager to work with me.
Hereโs a 2 step guide so you donโt make the same mistake.
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Know your price and the services it comes with. Speak them confidently with no stutter or umms.
Have a plan A, B and C in your mind.
If they only want an hour of your time, have a price for that. If they want you for only half your services, have a price for that.
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