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1

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

2

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

3

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

4

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

5

Why going backwards is often a good sign of progress

6

How to Make Additional Time Out of Thin Air.

7

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

8

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

9

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

10

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

11

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

12

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

13

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

14

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

15

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

16

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

17

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

18

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

19

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

20

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

21

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

22

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

23

How to Use Grumpy People to Find Your Uniqueness

24

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

25

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

26

How to Outsmart Procrastination with the 9/10 Principle

27

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

28

Re-run 07 Sales Page

29

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

30

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

31

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

32

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

33

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

34

Re-run 01 The Elegant Strategy

35

How I Overcame My Three Fears

36

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

37

Why We Write—Part 2

38

Why We Write: Part 1

39

Why Every Day Learning Matters More Than We Think

40

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

41

The Four Tyrannical Arms of Perfection: A Deeper Insight

42

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

43

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

44

Travel stories through India – another rollercoaster trip.

45

How to become smarter by utilising the "Database Concept"

46

Stories of travel through India, Singapore and France

47

How to get clients: An open secret

48

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

49

How to get free of your phone addiction without software

50

How do you manage everything? Part 1

51

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

52

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

53

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

54

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

55

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

56

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

57

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

58

How To Avoid Jet Lag

59

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

60

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

61

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

62

The Power of Analogies (Part 1): Working Backwards

63

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

64

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

65

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

66

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

67

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

68

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

69

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

70

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

71

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

72

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

73

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

75

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

76

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

77

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

78

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

79

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

80

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

81

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

82

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

83

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

84

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

85

Rerun 2: Why You Should Never Trust A Silent Customer

86

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

87

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

88

Why Creating a Series Gets Greater Client Involvement

89

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

90

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

91

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

92

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

93

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

94

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

95

The second best way to get out of a rut

96

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

97

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

98

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

99

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

100

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

101

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

102

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

103

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

104

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

105

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

106

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

107

How to create an intensely curious first line for your article

108

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

109

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

110

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

111

The Not So Obvious Angles For Succeeding In Life

112

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

113

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

114

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

115

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

116

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

117

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

118

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

119

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

120

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

121

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

122

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

123

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

124

Stories from the South of Spain

125

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

126

Balanced Feedback: Why People Want Endless Amounts of it

127

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

128

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

129

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

130

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

131

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

132

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

133

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

134

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

135

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

136

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

137

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

138

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

139

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

140

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

141

Will AI and ChatGPT replace you as a writer?

142

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

143

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

144

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

145

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

146

Bumpity-Bump Travel Stories

147

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

148

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

149

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

150

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

151

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

152

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

153

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

154

Why Would They Choose Me? Getting Past A Mental Block

155

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

156

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

157

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

158

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

159

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

160

Why Is Storytelling So Important in Marketing?

161

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

162

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

163

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

164

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

165

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

166

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

167

Why kids seem to learn faster than adults

168

Why Sales Pages Are Annoyingly Difficult To Write..

169

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

170

Audience Building: Three compelling concepts from David duChemin

171

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

172

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

173

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

174

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

175

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

176

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

177

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

178

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

179

Storytelling: Why Fairy Tale Endings Are Unnecessary for Article Writing

180

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

181

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

182

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

183

How to create a small 2-minute sales pitch

184

The Charlie Brown Moment: Why We Choke Under Pressure

185

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

186

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

187

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

188

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

189

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

190

U-Turn

191

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

192

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

193

Why Do Clients Leave Your Community

194

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

195

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

196

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

197

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

198

How to get version 1 of The Brain Audit

199

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

200

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

201

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

202

Scaring Clients Away From Your Sales Page?

203

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

204

How To Get Clients Comfortable On Zoom

205

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

206

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

207

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

208

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

209

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

210

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

211

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

212

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

213

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

214

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

215

Why You Should Never Trust A Silent Customer

216

Why We Do What We Do Ay Psychotactics: Origin Stories

217

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

218

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

219

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

220

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

221

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

222

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

223

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

224

Why Understanding The Faces of Overwhelm Helps You Sidestep Frustration

225

Three Unusually Zany Tips to Change Your Mindset

226

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

227

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

228

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

229

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

230

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

231

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

232

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

233

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

234

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

235

Why unnecessary obstacles make writing so exhausting

236

How to audit your information product in four systematic steps

237

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

238

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

239

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

240

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

241

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

242

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

243

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

244

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

245

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

246

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

247

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

248

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

249

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

250

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

251

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

252

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

253

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

254

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

255

April Fools Day: The Mad Genius of Renuka

256

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

257

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

258

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

259

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

260

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

261

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

262

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

263

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

264

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

265

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

266

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

267

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

268

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

269

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

270

How To Use a Contrarian Mindset to Your Advantage

271

Why You Need To Start a Project—Not a Business

272

Quick Tips: 3 Speedy Methods to Get Great Testimonials

273

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

274

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

275

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

276

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

277

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

278

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

279

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

280

Lockdown Gratitude from New Zealand

281

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

282

Mindset vs Skillset: Which one slows you down?

283

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

284

Why Optimists Die of a Broken Heart: The Stockdale Paradox

285

Three Hearthwarming Travel Stories Just for you

286

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

287

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

288

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

289

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

290

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

291

Why the Psychotactics Planning Starts with "Beer"

292

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

293

3 ½ Nifty Tips We've Learned On Our Travels

294

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

295

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

296

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

297

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

298

Rerun 5: How to Validate Your Uniqueness with Testimonials

299

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

300

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

301

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

302

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

303

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

304

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

305

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

306

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

307

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

308

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

309

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

310

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

311

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

312

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

313

How to be a source of inspiration to others

314

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

315

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

316

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

317

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

318

Rerun: Why You Should Ignore Your Competition

319

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

320

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

321

Presell Strategy: Some Unusual Questions

322

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

323

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

324

How to be a non-mediocre coach

325

Fun Ways To Get Unstuck (When Creating Content)

326

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

327

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

328

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

329

Hard work vs Luck: Which one is more dependable?

330

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

331

How to avoid embarrassing time overruns when making presentations

332

Coolest Transcription Service (That Even Detects Punctuation)

333

Stories of Failure (Filos Moments)

334

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

335

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

336

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

337

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

338

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

339

How To Use Contrast To Create Your Uniqueness In Seconds

340

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

341

How do you incentivise clients to finish a course?

342

How to Validate Your Uniqueness with Testimonials

343

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

344

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

345

How WhatsApp Helped Fill The Munich Workshop

346

Announcement: Frankfurt Meetup Details - May 2019

347

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

348

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

349

The Philosophy of Psychotactics - Part Two

350

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

351

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

352

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

353

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

354

How To Thrive and Succeed In The Midst Of Chaos

355

How To Achieve A Lot—The Three Part Formula

356

Three Steps To Getting Your Uniqueness Recognised

357

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

358

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

359

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

360

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

361

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

362

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

363

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

364

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

365

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

366

Why Unfamiliarity With Your Research Stories Will Make Them Worthless

367

Fritoons Announcement

368

How To Research An Article (Without Killing Your Productivity)

369

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

370

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

371

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

372

Why You Should Ignore Your Competition

373

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

374

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

375

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

376

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

377

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

378

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

379

Why Onboarding is Crucial (And Most Companies Ignore It)

380

Four Recurring Testimonial Mysteries (And How To Solve Them)

381

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

382

How To Work With Chaos (and Succeed)

383

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

384

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

385

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

386

How To Use Momentum To Your Advantage

387

Demystifying the 4am Routine

388

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

389

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

390

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

392

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

393

How to Overcome Perfection With Speedy Revisions

394

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

395

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

396

Why Clients Leave - Part One

397

Why Waiting Lists Fail-Part Two

398

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

399

How to Become An Overnight Success

400

Why Calibrated Questions Enable You to Win Your Negotiation Battle

401

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

402

How To Increase Product Sales using The Brain Audit

403

How to have enduring sales after the launch of a product

404

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

405

Rerun - Why Contrast Ramps Interest in Article Writing

406

Replay- How To Instantly Get Your Audience's Attention

407

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

408

Rerun - When Landing Pages Go Bad

409

Replay - Why Energy Management Is Far Superior to Time Management

410

Surprise Christmas Gift - The Brain Audit

411

Rerun- How To Instantly Get Your Audience's Attention

412

Rerun - How to Get Smart and Stay Smart

413

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

414

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

415

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

416

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

417

How Managed Procrastination Works to Your Advantage

418

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

419

How to Get Clients To Return To An Offline Event

420

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

421

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

422

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

423

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

424

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

425

How To Avoid Overwhelm (And Systematically Complete Projects)

426

Three Ways To Write A Stunning Report Overnight

427

Why Selling Strategies to Competition Is A Smart Idea

428

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

429

The Five Competing Forces of Business - Part Two

430

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

431

Unusual Methods to Find Outstanding Coaches

432

Rerun- How I Write 4000 Word Articles Without Getting Exhausted

433

Rerun- The Talent Journey and How to Get There

434

ReRun - How To Deal With Envy In Business

435

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

436

ReRun - How To Name Your Information Product

437

ReRun - Why Kicking Angels Help Create Momentum in Business

438

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

439

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

440

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

441

How To Quickly Create Your Uniqueness

442

How Giveaways Increase Sales of InfoProducts

443

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

444

Validating Your Idea: How To Beat Analysis-Paralysis

445

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

446

Why Success Is Hindered By The Lack of the Tolerance Effect

447

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

448

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

449

Outlining Your Book: Three Crucial Steps

450

Landing Pages: Why We Fail to Attract the Right Clients

451

How To Speed Up Learning with Deconstruction

452

How To Slow Down (Without Losing Momentum)

453

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

454

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

455

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

456

How To Get Smart (And Stay Smart)

457

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

458

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

459

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

460

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

461

[Re-Release] How Gentle Productivity Gets Astounding Results

462

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

463

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

464

How To Get Stunning Names For Your Information Products and Courses

465

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

466

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

467

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

468

How To Fight Envy (And Stay Motivated Instead)

469

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

470

How To Create A Superpower That Instantly Attracts Clients

471

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

472

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

473

How Kicking Angels Help To Jumpstart Your Business

474

How To Write Extremely Detailed Articles Without Getting Exhausted

475

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

476

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

477

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

478

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

479

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

480

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

481

How To Thrive and Succeed In The Midst of Chaos

482

What I Learned On My Super-Unusual Vacation

483

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

484

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

485

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

486

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

487

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

488

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

489

Article Writing Advice Writers Don't Want To Hear

490

How To Create A Profitable Product (Three Core Questions)

491

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

492

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

493

How Gentle Productivity Gets Astounding Results

494

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

495

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

496

The Myths of Pricing - Part Two

497

The Myths of Pricing - Part One

498

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

499

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

500

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

501

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

502

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

503

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

504

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

505

How To Design A Successful Sequential Landing Page - Part One

506

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

507

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

508

The Untold Backstory of Psychotactics Courses and Products

509

Why Clients Hesitate Like Crazy - Part Two

510

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

511

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

512

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

513

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

514

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

515

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

516

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

517

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

518

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

519

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

520

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

521

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

522

The Irresistibility Factor: A Complete Summary

523

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

524

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

525

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

526

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

527

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

528

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

529

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

530

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

531

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

532

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

533

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

534

Why Stories Are Less Effective Without Catalysts

535

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

536

Three Unknown Secrets of Riveting Storytelling

537

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

538

Deconstructing Why Bad Habits Succeed (And Good Habits Fail)

539

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

540

Accelerated Learning: How To Incredibly Speed Up Your Skill Acquisition

541

How Long Do You Work on Vacation?

542

The Early Years-Psychotactics-Moving to New Zealand

543

How To Get Better, Higher-Paying Clients With Testimonials

544

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

545

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

546

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

547

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

548

[Re-release]: The Power of Enough

549

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

550

The Crazy, Amazing Trip From FREE to FEE

551

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

552

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

553

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

554

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

555

How To Smother Perfectionism—With A Timer!

556

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

557

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

558

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

559

How To Prevent Competitors From Copying Your System

560

Sales Pages?The Problem With The First Few Paragraphs

561

The Safe Zone-How To Dramatically Improve Your Courses

562

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

563

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

564

Three Obstacles To Happiness (And How To Overcome Them)

565

How To Get Ideas When Writing Articles

566

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

567

Book Recommendation: The Talent Code

568

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

569

The Number One Deal Killer (When Making A Sale)

570

Why We Sell Less: The Root of Confidence

571

The Secret Ingredient To Writing

572

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

573

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

574

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

575

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

576

The Key To Avoiding Crappy Clients: The Riot Act

577

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

578

Getting Things Done: The Trigger

579

Why Uniqueness Stories Are Better Than Slogans

580

How To Succeed (Even In A Crowded Marketplace)

581

Strategies vs. Tactics: Which One Is Superior?

582

Six Steps to Getting Amazing Response From Clients

583

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

584

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

585

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

586

Craft Amazing Stories For Business - Part Two

587

How To Craft Amazing Stories For Business - Part One

588

Create Immense Power With A "True Personality"

589

Unusual Time Management Ideas

590

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

591

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