Allow Your Brain To Develop Before Writing Your Newsletter
Lets say that I placed a long beam on the floor and asked you to walk from one end to the other for a fiver. Would you do that? Of course you would. Its easy. Youd be across the beam before I could say GO! One minute the fiver would be waving around in the air, the next it would be in your sky rocket.
Now, lets say that I raised the beam three foot off the ground. Would you walk along it for a fiver, now? Maybe. But I reckon youd be a bit more hesitant. Also, youd be slightly slower getting across due to the increased pressure. Unlessunless I upped the stakes to a tenner. Then youd be just as quick as before, probably.
So make the note
As the stakes go up, so does your speed and confidence.
Now lets take a giant leap and increase the pressure immensely. This time Ive placed the beam in between two sky scrapers in New York. Im stood at one end with a tenner sticking out of my lughole and youre stood at the other. Would you come across now?
Not on your life guv!
Im not at all surprised. But what if I had a briefcase full of crisp 50 notes! A total of 1,000,000.00. Thats ONE MILLION POUNDS! A lifetime of hard work just for crossing the same beam you did for a fiver.
ErmmmSorry nope! Get knotted
Once again, Im not surprised. After all, its hazardous. You might get killed, might you? Theres a lot of wind that far up. It would take a lot of courage to even look over the edge!
This is where I get evil. This time Ive got one of your children on the other side. (Lets call him Johnny.) Im dangling little Johnny over the edge. Hes screaming for you, HELP ME, I DONT WANT TO DIE! If you dont come across, I will drop him and hell go splat on 8th avenue.
Would you come across now?
Damn right I would. And kick your ass too!
Okay, okay, its only an illustration for crying out loud! What Im trying to show you is that if you can discover a strong enough reason or force, you can and will do anything. And fast!
In a while, you are going to discover what these forces are and how to use them to motivate yourself to do any writing assignment you need to. But first, I want you to believe that the beam on the sky scraper is just as easy to cross as the beam on the floor. (Metaphorically speaking, of course!)
Now, lets say that I raised the beam three foot off the ground. Would you walk along it for a fiver, now? Maybe. But I reckon youd be a bit more hesitant. Also, youd be slightly slower getting across due to the increased pressure. Unlessunless I upped the stakes to a tenner. Then youd be just as quick as before, probably.
So make the note
As the stakes go up, so does your speed and confidence.
Now lets take a giant leap and increase the pressure immensely. This time Ive placed the beam in between two sky scrapers in New York. Im stood at one end with a tenner sticking out of my lughole and youre stood at the other. Would you come across now?
Not on your life guv!
Im not at all surprised. But what if I had a briefcase full of crisp 50 notes! A total of 1,000,000.00. Thats ONE MILLION POUNDS! A lifetime of hard work just for crossing the same beam you did for a fiver.
ErmmmSorry nope! Get knotted
Once again, Im not surprised. After all, its hazardous. You might get killed, might you? Theres a lot of wind that far up. It would take a lot of courage to even look over the edge!
This is where I get evil. This time Ive got one of your children on the other side. (Lets call him Johnny.) Im dangling little Johnny over the edge. Hes screaming for you, HELP ME, I DONT WANT TO DIE! If you dont come across, I will drop him and hell go splat on 8th avenue.
Would you come across now?
Damn right I would. And kick your ass too!
Okay, okay, its only an illustration for crying out loud! What Im trying to show you is that if you can discover a strong enough reason or force, you can and will do anything. And fast!
In a while, you are going to discover what these forces are and how to use them to motivate yourself to do any writing assignment you need to. But first, I want you to believe that the beam on the sky scraper is just as easy to cross as the beam on the floor. (Metaphorically speaking, of course!)
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