#061: How to Be Smarter [Podcast]

What if you could  become smarter as little as 24 hours? What if you could remember more, come up with more ideas, and think more quickly than ever before? This is eminently possible, and I've got the "get smarter recipe" coming up in today's episode. Please subscribe (and leave a review) in iTunes. This helps new people discover the podcast. On this week's podcast episode:  A new process for better copy.  When you feel separated from God… what to do. Plus, our feature presentation…  How to be smarter! Tip Of The Week Read Copy Logic for a new and better system of improving sales copy. This simple book lays out a system for improving the results you get from your sales copy. And copywriters will love it. When this book was first recommended to me, I was skeptical. It sounded like a book about how to critique copy. I have written lots of copy for clients, and endured many "critique" sessions. Usually, those critique sessions result in weaker copy. They are often a vehicle to stroke the client's ego. Rarely do they result in better sales copy. This book is different. It lays out a step-by-step, easy-to-follow system for improving your sales copy that is both humane and effective. And nobody gets their ego wounded or inflated. Every piece of copy I turn out from now on will go through the Copy Logic system. It just makes sense. And you can't argue with the million-dollar results it has produced. Spiritual Foundations I was talking with a friend of mine, we began to speak of God. My friend said, "I don't think I'm on such good terms with God right now. I'm not sure he would answer any of my prayers." This made me very sad, because it is the result of poor understanding of the Bible. Too many of us have this picture of a "fire and brimstone" kind of God. In reality God is all loving, and he himself has declared that he will not hold our sins against us. For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more. Hebrews 8:12 Thoughts that make us feel condemned or cut off from God don't come from heaven. Those kinds of thoughts come from the devil himself. You may call him the adversary, or the enemy, or even "the resistance". Whatever you name him, he's real, and he would like nothing better than to cut you off from your father in heaven. Once you have accepted the gift that Jesus offers-full payment for all your sin-the deal is done. There's no more need to confess, or to keep a running list of your sins. Why would you keep a list that God has promised to forget? Be conscious of the fact that he himself has made you perfect, and watch his blessing flow into your life. Feature Segment: How to Be Smarter The first proposal I make is that you are neither "smart" nor "stupid"-but you can easily enter into either state. The real question becomes, how do you optimize yourself to be in "smart" state more often, and to be in "high smart" most of the time? "Inner Game versus Outer Game Of Intelligence" Nine Ways to Be Smarter Tomorrow Sleep Better Drink More Water Eat Only Plants Breathe More Move More Ask Better Questions Increase Inputs Write Down Your Ideas Become a Noticer Want To Be On Next Week's Show? My topic for next week's show is "How to Turn Your Business Around". If you have a question on that topic, you can ask by visiting my voicemail page (just click here to leave a message). This is a great way to promote your own website. First, make sure you have a great question, and then start off by saying your name and your website. If your question is used on the show, will even include a link back to your site in the show notes. Your Feedback Do you have an idea for a podcast you would like to hear? Do you have a question that you like to ask me? Please contact me. Call in your questions or comments to our new, fancy "request line" at (509) 713-2679 or click here to leave a message on my Voicemail Page And if you enjoy the podcast, I would consider it a great favor if you subscribe (and leave a review) in iTunes. This helps new people discover the podcast. You can also find the podcast on Stitcher.