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DQ News: How To Failproof Your Business, Episode 8: Making Metrics Sexy, and How To Make Damn Sure You Don’t Quit

So this is it, the last in the series. This is the last piece of the puzzle. We want to make sure you’re actually doing this stuff. Doing stuff = very good. Being Mr. Quitting Pants = not good.

Especially for those of you who are taking the Failproof training, or whatever other kind of training you’ve bought in the past, you’ve paid money for this. You’ve invested your time and energy into it. You’ve invested in the process. Don’t fuck up the end game by not actually doing the stuff that YOU ALREADY SAID WANT TO DO.

Have you ever noticed how the stuff that get rich quick shit they want you to click on, read or watch usually has a really sexy title like How To Make $100,000 This Year? Notice how “accountability and metrics” just isn’t quite as sexy? That’s too bad, because…

If you can’t make $100,000 off of this video, it’s because you weren’t paying attention. Yes, it’s simple stuff. It’s also the stuff that made me rich.

Here’s what we talk about in this video:

• Knowing what to count and how to make the right numbers go up

• Satisfying your compulsive urge to check your stats in a healthy way (by compulsively checking the right stats.)

• How to keep accountable without beating yourself up or dragging yourself down

• The absolute WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD to be accountable to (no, it’s not you. Or your mother. Jesus, less with the guessing, okay? Just watch the damn video.)

• And my personal favorite, How to make absolutely sure you don’t quit three feet from gold

This is not rocket science, my love. You know that when you have a clear set of action steps, you make money. You know this. These workshops give you a clear set of action steps. You know what to do next.

Oh, and on the topic of the new year? I have something to say about that.

You know those things you think about when you’re totally alone? Those fantasies of what your life and work could be like that you can’t even tell your loved ones about because they’ll think you’ve lost your mind? That stuff you used to think about when you were younger — hell, maybe you were really nuts and you talked about it — but you long since forgot because it was a naive, silly pipe dream?

You got it in your mind? A sliver of your crazy dream from the crazy part of you?

THAT is how good I want 2011 to be for you.

Now go forth and prepare. Soon you unleash.

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“You’re not an expert. You’re just some guy in his home office.” So said the wife of someone I know, someone whose business brings in a little more than half a million dollars a year in profit. It’s been a long time since we’ve talked about this around he

Captain Jack Sparrow on Living your Brand

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