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The Art of Less: Why the Best Professionals Work with a Smaller Palette

2

Storytelling: Misdirection

3

Storytelling: Why the Ending Matters Most of All When You're Crafting a Story

4

How to Overcome the Obvious Fears of Group Consulting — Part 2

5

How to Go from One-on-One to Group Consulting (and Have More Time for Yourself)

6

Free or Paid? How to Know in Advance if Someone Will Pay — Part 2

7

Free or Paid? How to Know in Advance if Someone Will Pay — Part 1

8

Why going backwards is often a good sign of progress

9

How to Make Additional Time Out of Thin Air.

10

Why Self-Study Works for Some People and Fails Miserably for Others

11

Why all the productivity in the world may not matter after all

12

Why Feedback Barely Helps Progress (And Why "Instant Feedback" is Crucial, Instead).

13

Why Habits Fail Consistently (And Why You Need a Habit System Instead)

14

Why Habit-Change Is Almost Always Temporary (And How to Create Lasting Habits)

15

How to speed up answering e-mail—and everyday messages as well

16

Re-Run 007 Why Willpower is Weak (And How Numbers Help You Stay on Track Instead)

17

Re-run 06 How To Become More Productive (While Reducing Overwhelm)

18

Re-run 05 How To Calm Your Nerves Before A Speaking Opportunity

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Re-run 004 Why Business Philosophy Creates A Uniqueness Factor (Even When Clients Don't Know You At All)

20

Re-Run 003 Why Negotiation Consistently Fails In Real-World Scenario

21

Re-Run 002 "Why You Need To Get Off The Internet – And Meet Real People Instead"

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Re-run 01 Why Would They Choose Me? Getting Past A Mental Block

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How a slight "problem-change" can dramatically make a massive difference to your business model.

24

How to explain concepts elegantly (and keep the attention of your audience)

25

Why Habits Can Be Temporary and Environment Matters More, Instead.

26

How to Use Grumpy People to Find Your Uniqueness

27

Why Learning Is So Tiresome (And How to Identify and Overcome The Barriers)

28

The Dropout Factor: How to reduce dropout when teaching or learning

29

How to Outsmart Procrastination with the 9/10 Principle

30

Why "distraction" isn't usually the reason you can't focus

31

Re-run 07 Sales Page

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Re-run 06 U-turns: Why Almost Every Article Needs One To Create Drama

33

Re-run 05 Why Writing Down What Delights You Can Help With Anxiety and Stress

34

Re-run 04 Storytelling:Why Storytelling Needs The Thumpty-Thum-Thump-Thump

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Re-run 03 How to Win Friends: The Hug, Hear, Help Method

36

Re-run 02 Pricing Strategy: How to Increase Prices from Left to Right (or Right to Left)

37

Re-run 01 The Elegant Strategy

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How I Overcame My Three Fears

39

How to stay calm when the world is falling apart around you

40

Why We Write—Part 2

41

Why We Write: Part 1

42

Why Every Day Learning Matters More Than We Think

43

25 years of writing: Simple advice that will improve your articles

44

The Four Tyrannical Arms of Perfection: A Deeper Insight

45

The Concept of Take Off-Speed (And How it Enables You to Manage Many Things All At Once)

46

The Five-Year Lease Concept (And How It Builds Resilience)

47

Travel stories through India – another rollercoaster trip.

48

How to become smarter by utilising the "Database Concept"

49

Stories of travel through India, Singapore and France

50

How to get clients: An open secret

51

Burnout: Why friends and family are more likely to be early warning systems to avoid overwork

52

How to get free of your phone addiction without software

53

How do you manage everything? Part 1

54

Re-run 07 The Five "Psychological Stages" of Entrepreneurship—And One That's More Scary Than The Rest

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Re-Run 06 Why You Have to Keep Writing Articles (Even If You Have Written Articles for 20 Years)

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Re-run05 Why does learning seem to take forever? The surprising reasons behind slow learning

57

Re-run 04 Why is Storytelling so Important in Marketing (and how to use it in your marketing)

58

Re-run 03 The Art of Praise (How to Give Genuine Praise)

59

Re-run 02 Three "Slightly Boring" Ways to Create Metaphors for Your Articles

60

Re-run 01 - How to stay on track with you goals, guest appearance by Keira Menon

61

How To Avoid Jet Lag

62

Why Random, Tiny Projects are the Key to Future Business Growth

63

The Power of Analogies (Part 3): How to transform analogies from tired to fresh

64

The Power of Analogies (Part 2): How to use everyday life to create stunning analogies

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The Power of Analogies (Part 1): Working Backwards

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Why we lose motivation (and how a "base level of success" is crucial to keep going)

67

Why sequences are crucial for your business and how to go about implementing it.

68

Why you need to get off the Internet – and meet real people instead

69

Rerun 5 Why Willpower Is Weak (And How Numbers Help You Stay on Track Instead)

70

Rerun 4:The Results Paradox: Why We Have To Keep Searching For New Clients

71

Rerun 3 Why A "Lack Of Memory" Causes You To Be Less Talented In Life

72

Rerun 2 How To Create An Intensely Curious First Line For Your Article

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Rerun 1: How To Get Clients To Go From "No" To "Yes" (And Why The Right Mindset Is Crucial)

74

The "Unobvious Reasons" WhyAdults Struggle With Language Learning - Part 2

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The "Unobvious Reasons" WhyAdults Struggle With Language Learning - Part 1

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How to increase prices from left to right (or right to left).

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How to calm your nerves before a speaking opportunity

78

The "Pain Map of Learning": How Trainers Can Make Learning Fun Again

79

Why Catching Up Is a Poor Strategy (And Why the "Next Sunrise" Method is More Powerful)

80

Why "Prompts" Speed Up Learning (And Avoid the Boring Hard Work Syndrome)

81

A Memory Test: Are you bad with names or is it a myth?

82

The elegant strategy to overcome "information overload" (and how to do it almost overnight).

83

Re-run 7 Storytelling: Why Fairy Tale Endings Are Unnecessary for Article Writing

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Re-run 6 Balanced Feedback: Why People Want Endless Amounts of it

85

Re-run 5 How to Systematically Generate a Uniqueness (Even If You've Struggled With It Before)

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Re-run 4 How random pieces of advice from friends and bosses help me keep my focus

87

Re-run 3 Why We Stall—And How To Pull Out of the Mess

88

Rerun 2: Why You Should Never Trust A Silent Customer

89

Rerun 1: Why We Struggle With Writing Well (And How Your Brain Is Trying to Drive You Crazy)

90

Why Negotiation Consistently Fails In Real-World Scenarios: 3 Overlooked Stages of Negotiation

91

Why Creating a Series Gets Greater Client Involvement

92

The Five "Psychological Stages" of Entrepreneurship—And One That's More Scary Than The Rest

93

The concept of bandwidth: How to control the "uncontrollable"

94

How to Win Friends: The Hug, Hear, Help Method

95

Unexpected Impact (And Why You Shouldn't Give Up Communicating With Your Audience)

96

How to have conversations when you don't necessarily agree with the other person.

97

Three "Slightly Boring" Ways To Create Metaphors For Your Articles

98

The second best way to get out of a rut

99

How to give praise (even when it's hard to do so)

100

Rerun 07 The "Coats Of Paint" System To Break Out Of The Curse Of Perfection

101

Rerun 06 How To Write The First Line Of An Article (And Instantly Get The Reader's Attention With A Story)

102

Rerun 05 How To Avoid High Conflict – Even When You Don't Agree With The Idea

103

The Eternal Sales Page Dilemma – How To Choose The Precise Headline To Get Clients Interested On Your Sales Page

104

Rerun 03 Effective Sales Tactics: How To Create Bonuses For Your Products Or Services

105

Rerun-002 How To Get Unstuck Bit By Bit (And Why Speeding It Up Doesn't Usually Work)

106

Rerun 01 Why "A Walk In The Forest" Reinvigorates Our Busy, Stressful Lives

107

How to get clients to go from "NO" to "YES" (And why the right mindset is crucial)

108

The "Blindingly Obvious Reason" That Drives Success in Almost Any Sphere

109

The Myth of Poor Memory (And How to Overcome It Instantly)

110

How to create an intensely curious first line for your article

111

Overwhelmed with Too Much to Learn? How To Solve The Problem Once and For All

112

Why a "Lack of Memory" Causes You to be Less Talented in Life

113

The Results Paradox: Why We Have to Keep Searching for New Clients

114

The Not So Obvious Angles For Succeeding In Life

115

Why "Dribbling" is better than "Practice, Practice, Practice"

116

How to Stay on Track With Your Goals (Without Depending on Willpower): Guest appearance by Keira Menon

117

Why Willpower is Weak (And How Numbers Help You Stay on Track Instead)

118

Re-run 06 The Paradox of Motivation and Burnout (And Where To Draw the Line)

119

Re-Run 05 Why You May Be Scaring Clients Away From Your Sales Page (And How A Simple Fix Can Bring Them Back)

120

Re-run 04 Why Do Clients Sign Up? Understanding The Core Motivations That Attracts Clients

121

Rerun 3 - How To Become Fluent At Almost Any Skill In A Matter Of Weeks (And What Stops Us From Being Fluent)

122

Storytelling: How To Edit A Story (And Why "Relevance" Is The Key To Editing Any Story)

123

Feeling Overwhelmed? How to stop (And Why Some People Are Always Overwhelmed And Others Aren't)

124

Why writing down what delights you can help reduce anxiety and stress

125

How to create a stunningly good opening story for Zoom (without having to write it yourself)

126

How to re-oxygenate sales instantly (with little or no effort at all).

127

Stories from the South of Spain

128

How I used Chat GPT (and YouTube) to create a flawless transcript

129

Balanced Feedback: Why People Want Endless Amounts of it

130

How To Write a Non-Icky Blurb When Describing Your Achievements

131

Why We Struggle With Writing Well (And How Your Brain is Trying to Drive You Crazy)

132

Why Business Philosophy Creates a Uniqueness Factor (Even When Clients Don't Know You At All)

133

How to Systematically Generate a Uniqueness (Even If You've Struggled With It Before)

134

Why Clients Behave "Irrationally" and Buy Your Products (Even When They Already Have Enough).

135

The Myth of The Oversaturated Market—And Why Even AI Doesn't Matter

136

Rerun 6: Three Unusually Zany Tips To Change Your Mindset (And Behaviour)

137

Rerun 5: Why List Building Fails (And How To Avoid The Almost Obvious Failure)

138

Rerun 4: How To Restart A Stalled Project: The Middle Of The Project Method

139

Rerun 3 Why You Should Not Write Like An Author When Writing Articles

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Rerun 2: How To Turn An Average Elevator Pitch Into One That Gets Consistent Attention

141

Rerun 1: How To Get Clients When You Are Starting Up (With A Humble Checklist)

142

Why Does Learning Seem to Take Forever? The Surprising Reasons Behind Slow Learning

143

Why "A Walk in the Forest" Reinvigorates Our Busy, Stressful Lives

144

Will AI and ChatGPT replace you as a writer?

145

How to write non-boring metaphors in your articles (while using rather boring situations )

146

How to write non-boring metaphors (while using rather boring situations)

147

Why the smallest offline meet-up can be more beneficial than zoom or email

148

The Subtle Power of Entertainment (And Why It Keeps Clients Engaged With Your Content)

149

Bumpity-Bump Travel Stories

150

How Planning Gets Quickly Derailed (When You Don't Have a Stop-Doing List)

151

Rerun 6: Chaotic Week? How To Use The Goldilocks Method To Get Things Back On Track

152

Rerun 5: Why You Should Pay Attention To Giving (And Why Receiving Is Just as important)

153

Rerun 4: The Simple Logic of Email Frequency (And How It Helps Sustain A Business)

154

Rerun 3: Why "write every day" is seriously misunderstood (and why it prevents us from writing every day)

155

Rerun 2: Why being "late to the party" is not a crisis for your business

156

Rerun 1: How To Create Bonuses Out Of Thin Air (And Still Make Them Extremely Desirable)

157

Why Would They Choose Me? Getting Past A Mental Block

158

How "pros" practice differently than you (and therefore get superior results)

159

How to Become Fluent at Almost Any Skill in a Matter of Weeks (And What Stops Us From Being Fluent)

160

Sales Pages: How to avoid procrastinating and fix three core elements- Part 2

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Sales Pages: How to avoid procrastinating and fix three core elements- Part 1

162

How to get in a state of play—and not be stressed all the time

163

Why Is Storytelling So Important in Marketing?

164

Why We Stall—And How To Pull Out of the Mess

165

How To Gain Momentum In Business Using The Subsets Technique (And Gain New Clients Too!)

166

Why I keep writing articles (despite having written for 22 years).

167

The 5000bc story (Part 2): When the diversion turned out to be better than the destination

168

The 5000bc story (Part 1): The ups and downs

169

Why kids seem to learn faster than adults (Part 2)

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Why kids seem to learn faster than adults

171

Why Sales Pages Are Annoyingly Difficult To Write..

172

Why some people are always overwhelmed (and others aren't)

173

Audience Building: Three compelling concepts from David duChemin

174

The counterintuitive—yet simple strategy—to completing courses and books

175

Re-Run 6 Why Writing Is So Exhausting (And How You Can Make It Less Of A Chore)

176

Re-Run 05 Why Restricting The Numbers Of Sales Increased Profits (And Will Give You More Downtime)

177

Rerun 4: The Real Goal Of Productivity (And How it Helps You Waste More Time)

178

Rerun 3 How A Simple "Five Point Questionnaire" Helped Me Write My Sales Page (And Saved Me A Ton Of Time As Well)

179

How To Sidestep Chaos (Even When High Conflict Is Tearing Us Apart)

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Rerun 1- How The Doorway Principle Lets You Get Started (Even When You're Not Known In Your Industry)

181

The Simple Logic of Email Frequency (And How it Helps Sustain a Business)

182

Storytelling: Why Fairy Tale Endings Are Unnecessary for Article Writing

183

Storytelling: Why "relevance" is the key to editing a story

184

Storytelling: Why starting with the "stuck point" creates intense stories

185

Why Storytelling Needs Thumpity-Thump-Thump-Thump-Thump

186

How to create a small 2-minute sales pitch

187

The Charlie Brown Moment: Why We Choke Under Pressure

188

Sandwiching: How to create a perfect crescendo for your story using a "sandwich"

189

Storytelling: How to decide which facts to keep and which ones to drop

190

The Eternal Sales Page Dilemma-How to choose the precise headline to get clients interested

191

Why being "late to the party" is not a crisis for your business

192

How a simple "five point questionnaire" helped me write my sales page (and saved me a ton of time as well).

193

U-Turn

194

How to get unstuck bit by bit (and why speeding it up doesn't usually work)

195

Free Content Vs Paid Content: Will Clients Buy If You Give Away A Lot Of Free Stuff?

196

Why Do Clients Leave Your Community

197

Three Ordinary Aspects of Writing (That We Forget To Implement Consistently) Re-Reun 05

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Why You Should Temporarily Ignore The "1000 True Fans" Concept – If You Want To Get Ahead Re-Run 04

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How to audit your information product in four systematic steps Re-Run 03

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The Dual Boomerang System Of Learning (That Helps Me Get To The Finish Line) Re-Run 02

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How to get version 1 of The Brain Audit

202

Why You Should Pay Attention To Giving (And Why Receiving Is Just as important)

203

How random pieces of advice from friends and bosses help me keep my focus

204

Why we struggle to acquire skills (and how the mindset of the teacher is the root cause)

205

Scaring Clients Away From Your Sales Page?

206

Why "write every day" is seriously misunderstood (and why it prevents us from writing every day)

207

How To Get Clients Comfortable On Zoom

208

The Paradox of Motivation and Burnout (And Where To Draw the Line)

209

Chaotic Week? How To Use The Goldilocks Method To Get Things Back On Track

210

The Real Goal of Productivity (And How it Helps You Waste More Time)

211

Why restricting the numbers of sales increased profits (and gave us more downtime)

212

Why do clients sign up? Understanding the core motivations that attracts clients.

213

How the doorway principle lets you get started (even when you're not known in your industry)

214

How to get re-started (when you've been blown off course)

215

Why High Conflict is Tearing Us Apart (And How To Sidestep the Chaos)

216

How To Create Bonuses Out Of Thin Air (And Still Make Them Extremely Desirable): Part 2

217

How To Create Bonuses For Your Products Or Services: Part 1

218

Why You Should Never Trust A Silent Customer

219

Why We Do What We Do Ay Psychotactics: Origin Stories

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Why We Do What We Do At Psychotactics: Origin Story Series

221

What I Learned From Children (And How It Lowered My Stress Levels)

222

How To Avoid High Conflict—Even When You Don't Agree WIth The Idea

223

How To Get Your Foot In The Door (With A Humble Checklist)

224

The "Coats of Paint" system to break out of the curse of perfection

225

Why Happiness Eludes Us (And Why It's Been Around All The Time)

226

The Power of Deflection (Why It's a Crucial Strategy On An Interview).

227

Why Understanding The Faces of Overwhelm Helps You Sidestep Frustration

228

Three Unusually Zany Tips to Change Your Mindset

229

Re-Run: Why You Don't Need Clickbait Headlines To Get Clients (The Power Of Normal Headlines)

230

Re-Run: The Contrarian Mindset (How To Think Differently Under Normal Business Circumstances)

231

Re-Run: How To Systematically Manage The Pre-Sell Of Your Product or Service

232

Re-Run: The Mastermind Mindset (How To Harness It Across Your Business)

233

Re-Run: Three Bizarre Learning Principles (And Why We Struggle With Learning)

234

Re-run: How To Be A Source Of Inspiration To Others

235

Three Ordinary Aspects of Writing (That We Forget To Implement Consistently).

236

How Subsets Help You Gain Momentum In Business (And Gain New Clients Too!)

237

Free vs Paid Content: Will clients buy if you give away a lot of free stuff?

238

Why unnecessary obstacles make writing so exhausting

239

How to audit your information product in four systematic steps

240

Why list-building fails (and how to avoid the almost obvious failure): Part 2

241

Why list-building fails (and how to avoid the almost obvious failure): Part 1

242

The Middle of the Project method: Where to restart a stalled activity

243

Part 2. What Makes Articles Dull? The Curse of Writing Like an Author

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What Makes Articles Dull? The Curse of Writing Like an Author

245

The Dual Boomerang system of learning (that helps me get to the finish line).

246

Why clients leave—and why lack of community is one of the big problems.

247

Why you should temporarily ignore the "1000 True Fans" concept—if you want to get ahead

248

How to turn an average elevator pitch into one that gets consistent attention

249

Rerun: How to use "accidental research" to speed up your article writing

250

Rerun: Scientific Advertising: Why a hundred year old book matters more today than ever before

251

Rerun: Mindset vs Skillset: Which one slows you down?

252

Rerun: You Need To Start a Project—Not a Business

253

Rerun: How to avoid mastery (and use 5-minute learning to get to fluency, instead)

254

Rerun: Longevity secrets: How to consistently write newsletters for 20 years in a row

255

How to motivate and inspire (even when things are going wrong)

256

How to use group consulting to increase earning (and learning).

257

Why we enter fields with less competition (and why that's a dangerous strategy)

258

April Fools Day: The Mad Genius of Renuka

259

How to publish fixed prices on your website (even if you run a service).

260

Dread writing your newsletter? How to overcome that frustration in four easy steps

261

Why Success Benchmarks are Misleading (And How We Set Benchmarks for Success)

262

Planning on starting a membership site? How to decide which one is for you (Part 2)

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Planning on starting a membership site? How to decide which one is for you (Part 1)

264

Why sales and self-promotion seems yucky (and how to quickly overcome it)

265

How to recalibrate your life's priorities (despite the unending torrent of work)

266

How to avoid duds and time-wasters when hiring or outsourcing staff

267

How to create a pricing ecosystem that helps increase revenue and free time)

268

How to extend or reduce article length by using the power of examples

269

3 Pesky Things That Bug Us at Psychotactics (And How We Overcame Them)

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Why "Normal Headlines" are more powerful than "Clickbait Headlines"

271

How to give contrarian advice to clients (without a ton of proof and research)

272

How to reframe your business with a contrarian system (and make it stand out)

273

How To Use a Contrarian Mindset to Your Advantage

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Why You Need To Start a Project—Not a Business

275

Quick Tips: 3 Speedy Methods to Get Great Testimonials

276

Rerun 6: Info-product Creation Part 2: Double Your Sales With Versions and Satellite Products

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Rerun 5: How To Avoid Overwhelm (And Systematically Complete Projects)

278

Rerun 4: Why Success Is Hindered By The Lack of the Tolerance Effect

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Rerun 3: How To Validate Your Business Idea (And Overcome Self-Doubt)

280

Rerun 2: How a Lack of Energy, Not Time, Causes Writers to Stall and Crash

281

Rerun 1: Are You Tempted To Use Hype? How To Avoid Hype And Still Get Clients

282

How to harness the Mastermind Mindset (and use it across your business)

283

Lockdown Gratitude from New Zealand

284

How to use "accidental research" to speed up your article writing

285

Mindset vs Skillset: Which one slows you down?

286

How to rapidly transition from task to task (and avoid getting distracted in the switchover)

287

Why Optimists Die of a Broken Heart: The Stockdale Paradox

288

Three Hearthwarming Travel Stories Just for you

289

What I learned in 2019 (and have to keep reminding myself all year)

290

Why Creating "Rubbish—Lots of Rubbish" is the key to outstanding work

291

Scientific Advertising Part 2: Why a hundred year old book matters more today than ever before

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Scientific Advertising Part 1: Why a hundred year old book matters more today than ever before

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How to use simple stories to pre-sell your products and services

294

Why the Psychotactics Planning Starts with "Beer"

295

How to wring the curiosity out of the first-line of your article

296

3 ½ Nifty Tips We've Learned On Our Travels

297

Learning Strategy Tweaks: How I Use Slightly-Odd Ways to Ramp Up Learning

298

Longevity secrets: How to consistenly write newsletters for 20 years in a row.

299

How to avoid mastery (and use 5-minute learning to get to fluency, instead)

300

Rerun 6: How to Craft Interesting Stories and Analogies (For Articles and Sales Letters)

301

Rerun 5: How to Validate Your Uniqueness with Testimonials

302

Rerun 4: Why "Elegance" not "Information" Creates an Addictive Business Model

303

Rerun 3: The crazy philosophy of Psychotactics (and why it may help you in your business)

304

Rerun 2: Want to get paid a lot in advance? 3 Methods to get paid earlier than ever before

305

Rerun 1: The Overwhelm Virus: How To Get It Out of Your Daily Routine

306

Back to the Future: Why the 2020 strategy is a lot like 2000

307

Why Mundane Topics Get You Noticed by Clients (And How to Exploit the Power of Mundanity)

308

The Myth of the Saturated Market—And Why You Should Not Let "Saturation" Intimidate You

309

How to use contrast to prevent headlines from going flat (and other questions)

310

Why "work for free" is a powerful strategy to get ahead as a startup business

311

Why Three Precise Fixes Can Quickly Improve Your About-Us Page

312

Three Bizarre Learning Principles (And Why They Constantly Surprise Me)

313

Why writing headlines can be an excellent brainstorming exercise for real articles

314

Why Random Learning is Superior (And Other Weird Learning Methods)

315

The Impostor vs The Beginner Syndrome (And Why They're Not The Same)

316

How to be a source of inspiration to others

317

The 21-Day Habit Myth (and how you can create a habit in minutes, instead)

318

Habit Change? 3 Unusual Angles on how to look at habit transformation

319

Rerun: How to Research An Article (Without Killing Your Productivity)

320

Rerun: Coaching Series: How to Start Up with a Great Niche

321

Rerun: Why You Should Ignore Your Competition

322

Rerun: Mental Barriers That Slow You Down (And Derail Your Progress)

323

Rerun: Why The "End In Mind" Principle Can Severely Impede Our Learning and Progress

324

Presell Strategy: Some Unusual Questions

325

Pre-sell Strategy: How to strategically tackle promotion of products and services

326

How I cope with my information overload (and manage to keep sane)

327

How to be a non-mediocre coach

328

Fun Ways To Get Unstuck (When Creating Content)

329

Why The Top-Half of the Sales Page Goes Wrong (And How to Fix It)

330

Why Writing a Fixed Number of Words Every Day Could Be Hindering Your Writing Progress

331

Can We Really Systemise Luck? (Or Do We Continue to Depend Upon Hard Work)

332

Hard work vs Luck: Which one is more dependable?

333

How to Create Intensely Catchy Book Names (Without Too Much of a Struggle)

334

How to avoid embarrassing time overruns when making presentations

335

Coolest Transcription Service (That Even Detects Punctuation)

336

Stories of Failure (Filos Moments)

337

How To Overcome the Impostor Syndrome (By Understanding The Psychology of How it Works)

338

How to De-Stress with the "Second-Last-Minute Deadline"

339

The Magic of Set Up: Why Some Courses Are Better Than Others

340

How to Accelerate Client Learning (And The Suprising Power of Fun) Part 2

341

How to Accelerate Client Learning (Using Spaced Repetition) Part 1

342

How To Use Contrast To Create Your Uniqueness In Seconds

343

How to Stop "Perfectionist" Clients From Sabotaging Their Own Success

344

How do you incentivise clients to finish a course?

345

How to Validate Your Uniqueness with Testimonials

346

Company of One: Why Staying Small Is Smart, Book Review, Part 2

347

Why Staying Small is Probably A Smarter Move, Book Review, Part 1

348

How WhatsApp Helped Fill The Munich Workshop

349

Announcement: Frankfurt Meetup Details - May 2019

350

Are You Tempted to Use Hype? How to Avoid Hype and Still Get Clients

351

When Quitting Is the Smarter Option (Instead of Just Hanging On)

352

The Philosophy of Psychotactics - Part Two

353

The Crazy Philosophy Of Psychotactics (And Why It May Help You In Your Business) - Part One

354

How To Sell A Product When There's No Scarcity Factor

355

Persistent Myths of Pricing (And How To Overcome Them) - Part One

356

Mental Barriers That Slow You Down (And Derail Your Progress)

357

How To Thrive and Succeed In The Midst Of Chaos

358

How To Achieve A Lot—The Three Part Formula

359

Three Steps To Getting Your Uniqueness Recognised

360

How to Avoid Gaping Holes in Your Article Writing (and How Objections Fill Those Gaps)

361

Coaching Series: Why Clients Nod But Don't Call - Part Three

362

Coaching Series: How Niches Can Easily Be Found in Recurring Client Problems - Part Two

363

Coaching Series: How To Start Up With A Great Niche - Part One

364

Writer's Block Series: How a Lack of Energy, Not Time, Causes Writers to Stall and Crash - Part Four

365

Writer's Block Series: Why Discussion and Feedback Are A Writer's Secret Weapon (And How Professionals Use it to Their Advantage) - Part Three

366

Writer's Block Series: Why Cross Pollination of Ideas, Media and Styles Are Crucial (And Avoids Shutdowns When Writing) - Part Two

367

Writer's Block Series : Why the Lack of Outlines Even Stops Professional Writers In Their Tracks - Part One

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Want To Get Paid A Lot In Advance? Three Methods To Get Paid Earlier

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Why Unfamiliarity With Your Research Stories Will Make Them Worthless

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Fritoons Announcement

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How To Research An Article (Without Killing Your Productivity)

372

How to Use "Transition Techniques" to keep your reader locked into your article

373

The story of why the Psychotactics Website took three long years—and a month—to complete

374

The Cannibalisation Strategy: Why You Need to Make Your Products (And Services) Redundant

375

Why You Should Ignore Your Competition

376

"Pit Stop" Testimonials: How to Ensure Testimonials (even when your product or service isn't quite ready)

377

Why The "End In Mind" Principle Can Severely Impede Our Learning and Progress

378

How to Ramp up Curiosity Using a Controversial Topic - Part Two

379

How to Ramp Up Curiosity (Even When Using a Controversial Topic) - Part One

380

Why "Elegance" not "Information" Creates an Addictive Business Model

381

The Overwhelm Virus: How To Get It Out of Your Daily Routine

382

Why Onboarding is Crucial (And Most Companies Ignore It)

383

Four Recurring Testimonial Mysteries (And How To Solve Them)

384

Why Giving is Rushed (And How to Make Gifting More Deliberate)

385

How To Work With Chaos (and Succeed)

386

Can You Successfully Defend Your Work Against Criticism? (Lessons from Malcolm Gladwell - Part Three)

387

How To Choose Evocative Titles for your Book (Lessons from Malcolm Gladwell - Part Two)

388

How to Get Precise Feedback for your Articles (Lessons from Malcolm Gladwell - Part One)

389

How To Use Momentum To Your Advantage

390

Demystifying the 4am Routine

391

Why Clients Shy Away From Giving Feedback Despite Liking Your Products and Services

392

How To Create A Uniqueness That's Difficult For Competition To Replicate

393

Why Smaller Lists Work Just As Well As Big Ones - Part Three

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Why Smaller Lists Work Just As Well As Big Ones - Part Two

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Why Smaller Lists Work Just As Well As Big Ones (And Often, Even Better) - Part One

396

How to Overcome Perfection With Speedy Revisions

397

Why Good Habits Fail While Bad Habits Thrive (and How to Flip Things Around)

398

How to Craft Interesting Stories and Analogies (For Articles and Sales Letters)

399

Why Clients Leave - Part One

400

Why Waiting Lists Fail-Part Two

401

Smart Waiting Lists: 3 Elements That Create Waiting Lists that Work

402

How to Become An Overnight Success

403

Why Calibrated Questions Enable You to Win Your Negotiation Battle

404

How to Negotiate (And Win) When the Odds Are Against You

405

How To Increase Product Sales using The Brain Audit

406

How to have enduring sales after the launch of a product

407

Four Super-Cool Travel Tips (That Save a Lot of Bother)

408

Rerun - Why Contrast Ramps Interest in Article Writing

409

Replay- How To Instantly Get Your Audience's Attention

410

Rerun - How To Slow Down (Even Under Crazy Conditions)

411

Rerun - When Landing Pages Go Bad

412

Replay - Why Energy Management Is Far Superior to Time Management

413

Surprise Christmas Gift - The Brain Audit

414

Rerun- How To Instantly Get Your Audience's Attention

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Rerun - How to Get Smart and Stay Smart

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Rerun- How to Validate Your Idea (Even When It's Brand New)

417

Replay-How To Write Stunning Headlines With And, Even and Without

418

The Intense Power of Kindness (And How It Has Nothing To Do With Business)

419

How To Speed Up Client-Learning With The Incredible Power of Infotainment

420

How Managed Procrastination Works to Your Advantage

421

How To Transform A Miserable Day Into A Happy One, In Under 30 Minutes

422

How to Get Clients To Return To An Offline Event

423

Why You Need An Offline Event to Boost Your Chances of Success

424

One-Buttock Passion (How a Simple Redefinition Can Help You Move Forward)

425

Why You Should Stop Looking for Your Passion (And Let it Find You Instead)

426

Mental Barriers That Slow You Down (And Derail Your Progress) - Part Two

427

How To Overcome Mental Blocks That Derail Your Progress - Part One

428

How To Avoid Overwhelm (And Systematically Complete Projects)

429

Three Ways To Write A Stunning Report Overnight

430

Why Selling Strategies to Competition Is A Smart Idea

431

Passion Projects: How They Can Completely Change Your Business Part Two

432

The Five Competing Forces of Business - Part Two

433

How To Write Enthusiastically (And Why It's Important To Do So)

434

Unusual Methods to Find Outstanding Coaches

435

Rerun- How I Write 4000 Word Articles Without Getting Exhausted

436

Rerun- The Talent Journey and How to Get There

437

ReRun - How To Deal With Envy In Business

438

ReRun- How To Make the Leap from a Job into Entrepreneurship

439

ReRun - How To Name Your Information Product

440

ReRun - Why Kicking Angels Help Create Momentum in Business

441

Info-product Creation Part 2: Double Your Sales With Versions and Satellite Products

442

Info-product Creation Part 1: When to Leave The Clients Out (And When to Include Them In)

443

How to Make Your Uniqueness Stick In The Client's Brain-Part 2

444

How To Quickly Create Your Uniqueness

445

How Giveaways Increase Sales of InfoProducts

446

How To Achieve A Lot (Even As You Switch Tasks All Day)

447

Validating Your Idea: How To Beat Analysis-Paralysis

448

How To Validate Your Idea (And Overcome Self-Doubt) - Part One

449

Why Success Is Hindered By The Lack of the Tolerance Effect

450

How to increase energy (even in the midst of chaos)

451

When Things Went Wrong at Psychotactics (And What We Learned From Our Mistakes)

452

Outlining Your Book: Three Crucial Steps

453

Landing Pages: Why We Fail to Attract the Right Clients

454

How To Speed Up Learning with Deconstruction

455

How To Slow Down (Without Losing Momentum)

456

The Insider Story of Psychotactics: Working With A Partner/Spouse-Part Two

457

The Insider Story of Psychotactics (Working With A Partner)-Part One

458

What I Learned in 2016—And How It Made Me Calmer As A Result

459

How To Get Smart (And Stay Smart)

460

[Re-Release]: How To Write A Sales Page From The Bottom Up

461

[Re-release] Why Persevere Even When Failure is Certain (And When Not To)

462

[Re-Release]The Resistance Game Part One - Can Resistance be Beaten

463

[Re-Release] Good to Great - How To Take Your Small Business To Greatness

464

[Re-Release] How Gentle Productivity Gets Astounding Results

465

[Re-Release] Risk - How To Overcome The Hesitation Factor

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[Re-Release] Teacher vs Preacher - Why Learning a New Skill is So Difficult

467

How To Get Stunning Names For Your Information Products and Courses

468

Rapid Talent (How To Get There and What Holds Us Back)

469

Rapid Talent (How To Get There and What Holds Us Back)

470

How To Instantly Get Your Readers Attention-The First Fifty Words

471

How To Get $2500 Worth of Goodies (Absolutely Free)

472

How To Fight Envy (And Stay Motivated Instead)

473

How To Write Intensely Curious Headlines—Even If A Deadline Is Looming

474

How To Create A Superpower That Instantly Attracts Clients

475

Why AirBNB Struggled To Get Off The Ground (And How The "Biggest Problem" Helped Them Take Off Finally).

476

Part One- How To Stand Out When The Competition Is Already Outstanding

477

How Kicking Angels Help To Jumpstart Your Business

478

How To Write Extremely Detailed Articles Without Getting Exhausted

479

How I Write 4000 Word Articles Without Getting Exhausted - Part One

480

How To Make The Leap From A Job To A Business - Part Two

481

How To Make The Mental Leap From a Job into Entrepreneurship - Part One

482

The Unlikely Bestseller (And Why It Sold 2 Million Copies) - Part Two

483

The Unlikely Bestseller (And Why It Sold 2 Million Copies) - Part One

484

How To Write A Sales Page Using The Bottom-Up Method

485

How To Thrive and Succeed In The Midst of Chaos

486

What I Learned On My Super-Unusual Vacation

487

[Re-Release] Why Doug Hitchcock's Unusual Goal-Setting Plan Will Help You Get Rid of Chaos

488

[Re-Release] Three Myths That Can Destroy Your Sanity (And How To Avoid Falling in a Trap)

489

#[Re-Release] How To Make Products and Services Incredibly Irresistible to Your Client

490

[Re-Release] How to use a simple "Pebble System" to write amazing sales pages

491

[Re-Release] A Meaning of Life? Or a life of Meaning?

492

[Re-Release] Free vs. Paid Product: Which One Works Better?

493

Article Writing Advice Writers Don't Want To Hear

494

How To Create A Profitable Product (Three Core Questions)

495

Three Disaster Stories (And How We Recovered and Soldiered On)

496

The 17 Question Testimonial: How To Ensure You Get an Amazing Client Response

497

How Gentle Productivity Gets Astounding Results

498

How To Avoid Painful Clients (And Find Amazing Ones Instead)

499

Why Clients Dropout From Courses (And How To Avoid The Dropout Curse)

500

The Myths of Pricing - Part Two

501

The Myths of Pricing - Part One

502

Why Persevere Even When Failure is Certain (And When Not To)

503

Why Inspiration Can Be The Key To Winning The Resistance Game - Part Three

504

How To Beat Inertia And Why Logic Doesn't Work: The Resistance Game - Part Two

505

The Resistance Game: Can Resistance be Beaten? - Part One

506

Feedback: The Secret of How To Get Clients To Keep Coming Back Repeatedly - Part Two

507

The Secret of How To Get Clients To Keep Coming Back Repeatedly - Part One

508

Biggest Landing Page Mistake And How To Fix It - Part Two

509

How To Design A Successful Sequential Landing Page - Part One

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[Re-edit] Three Interesting Things I Know About Writing - Part Two

511

[Re-edit] Three Interesting Things I Know About Writing - Part One

512

The Untold Backstory of Psychotactics Courses and Products

513

Why Clients Hesitate Like Crazy - Part Two

514

The Risk Syndrome: Why Clients Hesitate (And How To Overcome the Hesitation) - Part One

515

Good to Great: How To Escalate The Path To Greatness - Part Two

516

Good to Great: How To Take Your Small Business To Greatness - Part One

517

[Re-release] How to Stop Clients In Their Tracks With Riveting Business Storytelling

518

[Re-Release] How To Create Incredibly Magnetic Reports—And Attract Truckloads of Clients

519

[Re-Release] Why Happiness Eludes Us: 3 Obstacles That We Need To Overcome

520

[Re-Release]: How To Acquire Talent in Fewer Than 1000 Hours (And Why The 10,000 Hour Principle Falls Apart)

521

The Psychotactics Story: Why We Stopped The Hugely Profitable Protege Program - Part Two

522

The Psychotactics Story: The Craziness of The Very First US Workshop - Part One

523

How To Stop Sounding Unprofessional When Speaking (An End to"Ums" and "Ahs" in 15 Minutes)

524

How "Doug Hitchcock's" Goal Setting Worked Wonders—And Why We Successfully Use It Year After Year

525

Three Incredibly Silly Business Myths (And Why They're Driving Us Crazy)

526

The Irresistibility Factor: A Complete Summary

527

How A 5-Step Pre-Sell Creates Irresistibility- Part Three

528

The Twin-Irresistibility Factor: How To Create Exclusivity - Part Two

529

How To Make Your Product/Service Irresistible (Using Buffet or Specialty Techniques) - Part One

530

Re-Release-How To Avoid Blindspots In Your Business: The Rip Van Winkle Effect

531

[Re-Release]: Is The Four-Hour Work Week A Waste Of Time?

532

How To Use The Pebble System To Create Extremely Focused Sales Pages

533

Preacher or Teacher? Why Our Clients Struggle To Learn Skills Quickly

534

Why Free Products Need To Be Better Than Paid Products or Services

535

What Does It Take To Be Super-Human? A Deep Dive Into The Reality of Business

536

The Meaning Of Life? Or A Life of Meaning? How To Solve This Eternal Problem

537

The Star Trek Method—And Other Ways To Get Over Article-Writing Barriers

538

Why Stories Are Less Effective Without Catalysts

539

Time-Crunching Software: How To Save Enormous Amounts of Time At Work

540

Three Unknown Secrets of Riveting Storytelling

541

How To Double Your Writing Speed (And Overcome The Outline-Barrier

542

Deconstructing Why Bad Habits Succeed (And Good Habits Fail)

543

The "Next Step" Mystery: ThreeSuccessful Ways To Creating The Next Step Using Articles

544

Accelerated Learning: How To Incredibly Speed Up Your Skill Acquisition

545

How Long Do You Work on Vacation?

546

The Early Years-Psychotactics-Moving to New Zealand

547

How To Get Better, Higher-Paying Clients With Testimonials

548

How To Build A Cult-Like Following By Using An Adjective In Your Branding

549

How We Sold $20,000 On Stage (In Under An Hour)

550

Why Identity Helps You Surge Ahead In Work (And Life)

551

The Secret To Getting Your Report Read (From Start To Finish)

552

[Re-release]: The Power of Enough

553

How To Plan An Ideal Vacation—And Avoid "Re-Entry Burnout"

554

The Crazy, Amazing Trip From FREE to FEE

555

How To Save Two Zillion Hours in Research (Using Cool Techniques with Evernote)

556

How Success Causes A Blind Spot (And Creates A Rip Van Winkle Effect)

557

Why "Infotainment" Creates Binge-Consumption in Readers and Listeners

558

How To Avoid Boring Testimonials (And Get 1000-1500 Word Stories Instead)

559

How To Smother Perfectionism—With A Timer!

560

Three Incredibly Precise Steps To Get "Advance Testimonials" From Clients

561

Why "Anti-Fragility" Breeds Success (And How Nature Focuses On It)

562

Is "How-NOT-To" More Powerful Than How To?

563

How To Prevent Competitors From Copying Your System

564

Sales Pages?The Problem With The First Few Paragraphs

565

The Safe Zone-How To Dramatically Improve Your Courses

566

How To Use The "Problem" To Get Attention (Without Being Negative)

567

The Amazing Power of the Challenge (And How To Fire Up Your Audience)

568

Three Obstacles To Happiness (And How To Overcome Them)

569

How To Get Ideas When Writing Articles

570

What's the Opposite of Success? It's Not Failure!

571

Book Recommendation: The Talent Code

572

[Re-Edit]: Two Precise Steps To Getting Attention

573

The Number One Deal Killer (When Making A Sale)

574

Why We Sell Less: The Root of Confidence

575

The Secret Ingredient To Writing

576

How To Get Expertise In A Lot Fewer Than 10,000 Hours

577

The 70% Principle: Why It Knocks Procrastination Out of the Ball Park

578

How To Win Over Skeptical Clients (In Three Quick Steps)

579

How To Slow Down (Even In The Midst of Chaos)

580

The Key To Avoiding Crappy Clients: The Riot Act

581

Why You Lose Control in Your Business (And How To Get It Back)

582

Getting Things Done: The Trigger

583

Why Uniqueness Stories Are Better Than Slogans

584

How To Succeed (Even In A Crowded Marketplace)

585

Strategies vs. Tactics: Which One Is Superior?

586

Six Steps to Getting Amazing Response From Clients

587

The Bikini Principle: Why It's A Cool Attraction Factor

588

The Power of Enough—And Why It's Critical To Your Sanity

589

Stories That Cause Clients To Instantly Sit Up And Take Notice - Part Three

590

Craft Amazing Stories For Business - Part Two

591

How To Craft Amazing Stories For Business - Part One

592

Create Immense Power With A "True Personality"

593

Unusual Time Management Ideas

594

How To Craft A 100-Year Business Plan: The Three-Prong System

595

Is The Four-Hour Work Week A Waste Of Time?