The Three Month Vacation Podcast

Usually when we're stuck, we want to get out of the mess in a big hurry. As a result, we end up digging a bigger hole for ourselves. How do you—that's you and I—systematically get unstuck? There's no precise formula, but there are stages of getting unstuck. And we have to do it slowly. Let's find out how.

This week there is a promotion for The Brain Audit version 3.2, but there's a place where it all began. And you can compare the progress over time.   Here is the link: https://www.psychotactics.com/bonuses/brainaudit_old.pdf

Is giving better than receiving? Maybe not. If you've tried to give something to someone and they won't accept it, you know exactly how it feels. We're not talking about something creepy here. The stranger off the street is wary even if you're handing out $100 notes, as giving has to have some trust involved. Even so, receiving is highly underrated. Let's find out why.

A random piece of advice isn't supposed to stay with you for years, and yet it does. In this episode we zig and zag into India (where I lived for a chunky part of my life) and then into New Zealand, where I had to start anew and with little or no help from anyone.

Let's say you're about to learn a new skill—and you don't. You finish the course and you're still not quite anywhere as good as you hoped. Is that your fault? Or the teacher's fault? Or is it 50:50? Learn why so many of us struggle with skill acquisition and why mindset matters. ________________________________________ P.S. How do you change your mindset? What can you learn from children? Here are...

Why a simple fix can bring them back. Most of us have products and services that solve many problems. The natural, and the seemingly logical way we go about talking about the product or service, is to make sure the client knows they're getting a great deal. However, this over-enthusiasm is precisely what causes clients to be confused, and leave. Let's find out how to simply, and quickly get client...

Write every day. Write every day. Write every day. We seem to hear a lot of that advice when we start off in writing. Yet, are we likely to be misunderstanding what the real meaning of "write every day" means? Most of us believe that we need to write at least an article a day, or at least some chunky bit of content. And yet that level of having to write on a daily basis is precisely what would cau...

Why would clients be uncomfortable on Zoom? They're your clients after all. Yet, time and time again we notice a reluctance on the part of the client. —They turn off their video, and it's possible they don't have a photo either. —They don't ask questions, despite you trying your best to get them to pitch in. Zoom calls can often seem thankless, but there's a way to get clients extremely comfortabl...

Some days, you can't get yourself motivated. Yet on other days, you're working so hard that you're frying up much too quickly. How do you keep a balance between getting yourself motivated and still not tipping over to the other side?

Some days seem to start not on Monday, but Wednesday. You fully intended to get your planning going, but something got in the way and it looks like the week is slipping away from you. What do you do to arrest this slide? We bring Goldilocks to the rescue—that's what we do. Weird weeks show up all the time, but here's a system that gets you back on the rails.   P.S. Here are 21 Articles on Time Man...

Most people tend to tell you to be more productive. Sales need to be doubled, you somehow aren't satisfied with the client numbers, and need a lot more. In short, it's this endless race towards a rather nutty goal. Instead, how about a goal that allows you to waste more time? That throws you back to when you were 17 and not constantly trying to earn, learn or hustle your way through life. Producti...

It seems illogical to sell just 25 copies of a product when the product is just digital.  Isn't it just a PDF, audio or video? Shouldn't we sell as many as we can? On the face of it, this logic of selling less seems seriously flawed. But is it? Find out what did we found when we started selling less instead of selling greater numbers?

Have you ever wondered why people keep buying recipe books? Your grandma had a dozen books, so did your parents, and now, even if you're not such a good cook, you're likely to have a few around the house. There are tens of thousands of recipes in blogs and on YouTube. Even so, there's when yet another recipe book comes out, and there's still a market for it. Why is this the case? The reason is mor...

Most of us believe we have to start a business. Hence, we get all fancy with business cards and websites. We talk about how we solve problems. And then—then we hear nothing. Clients should be rushing to avail of our products and services, but it's nothing. Why? Because the risk is too high. You and I are unknowns, remember? But what if you created something low-risk. Something low risk for you and...

Everybody starts off with a plan, but shortly after that plan turns to custard. We should be able to realign ourselves and restart, but restarting seems to be extremely difficult. Which is the quickest way to get back on course? That's what we'll find out in this episode.

When I was 13 years old, my parents got involved in a court battle. I was past 40 when the issue was finally resolved. We don't see ourselves wanting to engage in high conflict. Yet, there seems to be no way to avoid the tectonic forces of our world. No matter where you look online or offline, someone is continuously bashing the other side. And often, that chaos spills over into our world. Like it...

The toughest part about creating bonuses is how time-consuming they can be, especially when you want to make them desirable. Yet there is a method of creating extremely desirable bonuses without doing much at all. This is what this episode on " creating bonuses out of thin air" is all about.

It may sound odd, but the bonus is often the tipping point for a client to buy your product or service. And yet, by the time we are done with creating the product or service, we are too tired to work out what the bonus should be. n this episode we look at two methods. —One is a more traditional method called "bundling", well the other is quite unexpected and requires very little work. —A method ca...

We tend to think all is well with the world when no one complains. Yet, most customers rarely complain. Instead, they just walk out of the door, without saying a word. A silent customer is not necessarily an asset. How can you get your customer to be a little more 'noisy'—and why you should start now.