I read this book many years ago. I'm sure I still have it somewhere. It's one of those books that you can read time and time again and take something new from it each time.
First, I totally respect your dedication to your newsletter - despite a very difficult work schedule.
Second, we want to hear your challenges - not blanket positivity in a void. Sharing your challenges in maintaining a newsletter while working and balancing adult responsibilities is mutually beneficial for you and us. We need to hear your struggles to know we are not alone!
There’s no nothing more un-relatable than an all-knowing Yoda that provides platitudes in a vacuum. Therefore, share everything - good days and bad - because that struggle is authentic.
Lastly, you will need about 15,000 free subscribers to earn your $5000 monthly goal with $5 fees, as free-to-paid conversion rates range as low as 0.03 to 0.10. Unfortunately, most free subscribers won’t convert.
I’m rooting for you. Feel free to dm me and I am happy to help with any advice!
I like people that are blunt and speak their mind. They should also look and see where those thoughts came from.
I have a lot of doubts about influencers with 100,000 subscribers. What are those followers looking for? Is there some magic in statistics and large numbers? (Sounds like slavery for the author to me.) That's why they have a paywall, so it becomes paid slavery. NOT INTERESTED. My experience is the quality of followers is in THEIR personal commitment to their own growth, and has nothing to do with the numbers of 100's of thousands. They don't fly with the flock either. Depending what is on offer, there will be no-one looking for more than a joke or some weird occurrence. A good example is the military blogs, that have 300 - 400 comments on every post. Everyone is into the armchair military, or they are absorbing the pornography of violence. (Don't get me wrong, I am also informed, and I have no blinders.)
I honor your work schedule as a security officer. You are a mountain of a man. Your insight that negativity is a construct, and serves no one is the gold. Even those who thrive on commiserating will do nothing about it. They are just looking for a partner to grumble with.
You wrote on the previous post that we will, "attract opportunities to enable us to transform our life for the better." That is golden advice, also about your goals of quitting the security business. Please be open to see what comes. Openness always seems to find opportunities.
Carnegie wrote his book in 1936, in the heart of the disillusionment of the Great Depression. It wasn't over by then. Furthermore, any informed person new that in 1936 Mussolini and Hitler were on a Fascist Roll, and Britain was busy frustrating France from any conceivable security arrangement. Britain was supporting Germany and making France's alliance with Czechoslovakia and the Soviets impossible to fulfill. By rearming Germany in the Ruhr valley Britain force Belgium to declare neutrality, which obliterated the French Maginot Line of fortifications, leaving a gaping hole to the north which Germany blithely walked through.
The whole idea of "Peace in our Time" was to get Germany on the Soviet border, and then watch the fireworks.
Carnegie surely knew that a big war was just around the corner. This book is completely suspect to me. What is its purpose. Is it an anesthetic?
I hope that you get something out of it. I read it "generations ago".
I read this book many years ago. I'm sure I still have it somewhere. It's one of those books that you can read time and time again and take something new from it each time.
I read this in the early 2000s. This book says that family members should behave with courtesy towards each other. I agree. I must reread it.
First, I totally respect your dedication to your newsletter - despite a very difficult work schedule.
Second, we want to hear your challenges - not blanket positivity in a void. Sharing your challenges in maintaining a newsletter while working and balancing adult responsibilities is mutually beneficial for you and us. We need to hear your struggles to know we are not alone!
There’s no nothing more un-relatable than an all-knowing Yoda that provides platitudes in a vacuum. Therefore, share everything - good days and bad - because that struggle is authentic.
Lastly, you will need about 15,000 free subscribers to earn your $5000 monthly goal with $5 fees, as free-to-paid conversion rates range as low as 0.03 to 0.10. Unfortunately, most free subscribers won’t convert.
I’m rooting for you. Feel free to dm me and I am happy to help with any advice!
Such a powerful book! Thank you for sharing your journey and insights. Cheering for you! 🎉
This is an excellent book probably the best self-help book available to you.
I like people that are blunt and speak their mind. They should also look and see where those thoughts came from.
I have a lot of doubts about influencers with 100,000 subscribers. What are those followers looking for? Is there some magic in statistics and large numbers? (Sounds like slavery for the author to me.) That's why they have a paywall, so it becomes paid slavery. NOT INTERESTED. My experience is the quality of followers is in THEIR personal commitment to their own growth, and has nothing to do with the numbers of 100's of thousands. They don't fly with the flock either. Depending what is on offer, there will be no-one looking for more than a joke or some weird occurrence. A good example is the military blogs, that have 300 - 400 comments on every post. Everyone is into the armchair military, or they are absorbing the pornography of violence. (Don't get me wrong, I am also informed, and I have no blinders.)
I honor your work schedule as a security officer. You are a mountain of a man. Your insight that negativity is a construct, and serves no one is the gold. Even those who thrive on commiserating will do nothing about it. They are just looking for a partner to grumble with.
You wrote on the previous post that we will, "attract opportunities to enable us to transform our life for the better." That is golden advice, also about your goals of quitting the security business. Please be open to see what comes. Openness always seems to find opportunities.
Carnegie wrote his book in 1936, in the heart of the disillusionment of the Great Depression. It wasn't over by then. Furthermore, any informed person new that in 1936 Mussolini and Hitler were on a Fascist Roll, and Britain was busy frustrating France from any conceivable security arrangement. Britain was supporting Germany and making France's alliance with Czechoslovakia and the Soviets impossible to fulfill. By rearming Germany in the Ruhr valley Britain force Belgium to declare neutrality, which obliterated the French Maginot Line of fortifications, leaving a gaping hole to the north which Germany blithely walked through.
The whole idea of "Peace in our Time" was to get Germany on the Soviet border, and then watch the fireworks.
Carnegie surely knew that a big war was just around the corner. This book is completely suspect to me. What is its purpose. Is it an anesthetic?
I hope that you get something out of it. I read it "generations ago".
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