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Very rarely do I find an article that has me yelling and screaming "Yeah! Yeah! You tell em!" -- I feel as if this was written by me.
Awesome piece by Benny Hsu...
Stop Asking For Advice If You're Just Gonna Waste People's Time
Excerpts...
Awesome piece by Benny Hsu...
Stop Asking For Advice If You're Just Gonna Waste People's Time
Excerpts...
Let me say something if you’re thinking about emailing someone for advice.
I’m sure you’re emailing them because you value their advice.
You want to know what needs to be done achieve goals similar to theirs.
Here is my advice to you before you hit send. Don’t waste someone’s time if you’re not going to to anything with their advice.
I don’t come out of lamp
They’re hoping I’m a genie and I’m going to snap my fingers and grant them three wishes that’ll come true.
They’re looking for a free pass. They want me to have all the answers to their problems. They’re hoping I say, “Do A, B, and C” and everything will be perfect. They want me to say it’s so easy even a caveman can do it.
They want to buy a $1 l0ttery ticket and win millions.
I hit send and a couple things will happen.
Either I hear nothing back at all, or they reply with how appreciative they are that I took the time to write back.
I saved some of these emails just because I wanted to check and see how the advice worked for them.
Most of the time what I see is a blog that looks pretty much how it was the first time I saw it. They haven’t taken any of my advice and put it into action.
Why even ask if they don’t do anything with it?
I didn’t think much about it. I gave them my advice, and that’s all I can do. But this is a recurring theme.
Why why why?
Their problem is they want the quick fix. They want me or someone else to solve their problem for them and make the tough choices. They’re hoping that one email will give them all the inspiration and motivation they need. They want to skip through all the hard work and enjoy the rewards.
They expect someone to tell them how to make 1000 a day, working only one hour, with no experience, no website, and no stress.
They want someone to hold their hand and do everything for them.
While working on this post, I noticed this tweet from Steve Kamb at Nerd Fitness.
I willing to bet if Steve replied to emails like that, it’d be a waste of time. The first give away is “but don’t have any ideas”.
What it really means is “I’m too lazy to look myself.”
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