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[MrNotAGuru]

A while back I found myself getting lazy and out of the "zone". I didnt want to work on my business. I didnt want to do anything. It was horible.

So I spent a few hours reading motivational material. A little Tony Robbins and a few others.

It wasn't long before I realized (as Ive done so many other time in the past) that my motivation boils down to pain vs pleasure.

And since pain was more motivation to me than pleasure I decided to set a goal with painful consequences if i didnt complete the goal.

For the next few hours I brainstormed ways to cause myself pain. 

If I was to do this...I had to make sure of two things.

#1 the pain was real. Meaning once I put the ball in motion I couldn't back out without suffering real consequences.

#2 No one else would get hurt.

So to cut a long story short here is what I did ( I dont recommend trying this unless you think you can pull it off)


#1 I randomly picked out a check from my check-book without looking at the check number. And ripped up all other checks in the book. This way there wasn't any way for me to know the check number and cancel it later.

#2 I wrote out the check to myself to my personal banking account FROM my business account for the amount of money I desired to make.

#2 I put the check in an envelope and addressed it to my bank for depositing.

#3 I got out another envelope and in it I put my drivers license, my birth certificate AND my social security card. I addressed this envelop to myself..

#4 I made a trip to ups and post dated BOTH envelops to be delivered within 2 weeks (accept for the one with my ids in it which would be delivered a few days behind. this way I wouldn't be able to pull the money out of my personal and put back in my business for at least a few days.).



The consequences...


First of all the entire ride to the ups place was nerve racking. I was nervous as hell about doing this.

I was even more nervous letting go of the envelopes.

Then when I got home it sat in. I thought If i dont make this money Im going to be in some big time Pain!

My account is going to bounce! Im going to be getting phone calls and emails from advertising agencies telling me that they cant process my payments!

Its going to be very stressful and painful!

Suddenly meeting this goal seemed a lot easier to me than the PAIN of not meeting it!

needless to say as I write this Im a few thousand dollars richer.

[Tony Blake]

MrNotAGuru...

Interesting... motivation is good and whatever works for you is a positive... but, I don't really see the pain here?...

1) Your check from one account to the other would simply bounce... you'd be hit with a $25-$50 NSF charge but other than that no major consequences... if the check had been written to a 3rd party other than yourself I could then see a problem & some pain...

2) I don't get why you mailed yourself your drivers license, birth certificate & social security card?... what was the meaning behind those other than a form of identification?

3) You do realize that you drove home from the UPS store and probably drove around for 2 weeks without having a valid drivers license on you... not exactly smart and it would have been REAL pain had you been pulled over for anything...

To me real pain is instituting something that has dire, serious and irreversible damage attached to it... up against the wall type "if you don't, you die" consequences...

That and well... being scolded by Lisa (now that is REAL pain)...

Just wondering...

Success!!!

Tony Blake
The Money-Getting Maven™
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[MrNotAGuru]

sorry I should have cleared this up. I spend about 800/day on advertising. If I dont have the money in my account I lose thousands a week. The check was just enough for me to go negative and the pain was the money I would lose from the time of the bounced check until the time I got my Id back (which is a lot)

The ID was so i couldn't use it to take the money out my personal and put back in my business before it bounced.


PS and yes. I did drive a few times but mostly my wife drove. But you are right. Good thing I didnt get pulled over.

[Davet]

What!!

$800 a day on advertising

Is this what you have to do to get massive traffic if you suck at SEO ?

Dave T.

[MrNotAGuru]

actually 800/day is not very much when you consider what some people pay. I know a few folks at webmasterworld spending over 5k/day.

It all depends on how you look at it.

Yes organic traffic is good too. But I think its also good to diversify. I never rely on only one medium to get clients. I cant imagine why anyone would.

[Davet]

All this is very encouraging....

It's making me look at paid advertising in a whole different light.

Dave T.

[Mr. Green]

the secret to success at anything is "JUST DO IT". You know just think about your success and think about the result and just do it. Work at whatever your goal is, and you will see progress.

[Davet]

Mr. Green

I understand your wining attitude.

But sometimes "just do it"  can come back and bite you .

It cost me to learn that.

Dave T.

[Mr. Green]

But of course I understand what you trying to say. But at the same time "just do it" is much more effective then "sit and think". When you sit and think, you can sit for unlimited time and see no results, but "just do it" method, if you would do something for unlimited time you would be an expert in your field.
What I mean by "Just do it" is you can do anything as long as you are moving forward toward your success is what's important.
Every person has a head on their shoulders and before they do something they think. You will always think, no matter what. you will save more time and learn a lot more thing if you go and do it.

[Davet]

Your right Mr. Green

Experience is a great teacher.

If I would of not went and just (done it !)

I would of never learned to correctly evaluate something first...

especially when spending money is involved.

Dave T.

[anthony2313]

i love tony robbins material

but if you want to get motivated and stay

that way.  you will need a strong WHY!!

meaning. . . . why are you looking to do what you do.

*family
*charity
*leave a legacy etc

your why have to be really strong, so if you look to give

up.  that would mean you are giving up on your family

[danbosford]

ok serious question, if you are spending $800/day on advertising, what kind of results are you getting?

[Joetrevison]

That a good questions. He better be makeing more than breakeven.

As the great late guru Gary Habert use to say: Do something. Action is more than affirmations. You can use affermations but you need action more.