I thought about not posting this but I felt it would be doing you a disservice to not tell you.
You don't need this thread.
You don't need any of the "top guys" of this forum holding you accountable.
You don't need to romanticize your "struggle"
You don't need to post updates every day telling strangers you picked up the phone, made one call, and felt you did something for the day.
You're action faking. Even your "I'll give people money to hold me accountable" is action faking. Does zend***phin have his check yet? Why not? Why do you tag every major player of this forum in your posts? Do you think MJ gives a shit? Every one of your posts in this thread is either an action fake or an approval grab.
Look at the "support" you've received so far. The only reason they're even offering you SOME help is because your posting right now embodies everything that they hate. Laziness, Pity, Weakness, Helplessness. These are the things that they've purposely had to crush within themselves. You think they don't have those feelings? Think again. The difference between them and you is that they beat it. They didn't succumb. They bailed themselves out. When you post and remind them that this mindset still exists it exasperates them. It really says something about the quality of the people on this forum that this thread has been entertained for this long.
I think you're going to fizzle out. I think Zen will become $1000 richer (if he ever receives your checks). And I think that homeless shelter will miss out on a care package. So if your success is a stock, I'm shorting you.
Did I strike a nerve? Prove me wrong. Everyone's watching.
I love this post so much.
Knowing the owner/CEO's name got me past every gatekeeper I've ever called (100% success rate). The person answering assumes that if you know the principal's name, you must have a personal connection and thus they shouldn't interfere. To the OP LinkedIn and googling are your friends here.
This is true. My "mentor" is the CFO of a fortune 100 company, and she has told me many times that if you are trying to talk to someone powerful (like a CEO) address them by their full name, and say it with confidence as if you do in fact personally know the CEO, CFO, or whoever you are trying to contact. A lot of times the secretary won't question it.
But I am rooting for you! I really love this thread and I'll be following your progress
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