The Three Month Vacation Podcast

By Sean D'Souza

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Sean D'Souza made two vows when he started up Psychotactics back in 2002. The first was that he'd always get paid in advance and the second was that work wouldn't control his life. He decided to take three months off every year. But how do you take three months off, without affecting your business and profits? Do you buy into the myth of "outsourcing everything and working just a few hours a week?" Not really. Instead, you structure your business in a way that enables you to work hard and then take three months off every single year. And Sean walks his talk. Since 2004, he's taken three months off every year (except in 2005, when there was a medical emergency). This podcast isn't about the easy life. It's not some magic trick about working less. Instead with this podcast you learn how to really enjoy your work, enjoy your vacation time and yes, get paid in advance.

Episode Date
The “Unobvious Reasons” WhyAdults Struggle With Language Learning - Part 2
Sep 14, 2024
The “Unobvious Reasons” WhyAdults Struggle With Language Learning - Part 1
Sep 07, 2024
How to increase prices from left to right (or right to left).
Aug 31, 2024
How to calm your nerves before a speaking opportunity
Aug 24, 2024
The "Pain Map of Learning": How Trainers Can Make Learning Fun Again
Aug 19, 2024
Why Catching Up Is a Poor Strategy (And Why the “Next Sunrise” Method is More Powerful)
Aug 03, 2024
Why “Prompts” Speed Up Learning (And Avoid the Boring Hard Work Syndrome)
Jul 13, 2024
A Memory Test: Are you bad with names or is it a myth?
Jul 06, 2024
The elegant strategy to overcome “information overload” (and how to do it almost overnight).
Jun 29, 2024
Re-run 7 Storytelling: Why Fairy Tale Endings Are Unnecessary for Article Writing
Jun 15, 2024
Re-run 6 Balanced Feedback: Why People Want Endless Amounts of it
Jun 08, 2024
Re-run 5 How to Systematically Generate a Uniqueness (Even If You've Struggled With It Before)
Jun 01, 2024
Re-run 4 How random pieces of advice from friends and bosses help me keep my focus
May 25, 2024
Re-run 3 Why We Stall—And How To Pull Out of the Mess
May 18, 2024
Rerun 2: Why You Should Never Trust A Silent Customer
May 11, 2024
Rerun 1: Why We Struggle With Writing Well (And How Your Brain Is Trying to Drive You Crazy)
May 04, 2024
Why Negotiation Consistently Fails In Real-World Scenarios: 3 Overlooked Stages of Negotiation
Apr 27, 2024
Why Creating a Series Gets Greater Client Involvement
Apr 20, 2024
The Five "Psychological Stages" of Entrepreneurship—And One That's More Scary Than The Rest
Apr 13, 2024
The concept of bandwidth: How to control the "uncontrollable"
Apr 05, 2024
How to Win Friends: The Hug, Hear, Help Method
Mar 22, 2024
Unexpected Impact (And Why You Shouldn't Give Up Communicating With Your Audience)
Mar 16, 2024
How to have conversations when you don't necessarily agree with the other person.
Mar 09, 2024
Three "Slightly Boring" Ways To Create Metaphors For Your Articles
Mar 02, 2024
The second best way to get out of a rut
Feb 23, 2024
How to give praise (even when it's hard to do so)
Feb 10, 2024
Rerun 07 The “Coats Of Paint” System To Break Out Of The Curse Of Perfection
Feb 02, 2024
Rerun 06 How To Write The First Line Of An Article (And Instantly Get The Reader’s Attention With A Story)
Jan 26, 2024
Rerun 05 How To Avoid High Conflict – Even When You Don't Agree With The Idea
Jan 20, 2024
The Eternal Sales Page Dilemma – How To Choose The Precise Headline To Get Clients Interested On Your Sales Page
Jan 13, 2024
Rerun 03 Effective Sales Tactics: How To Create Bonuses For Your Products Or Services
Jan 06, 2024
Rerun-002 How To Get Unstuck Bit By Bit (And Why Speeding It Up Doesn't Usually Work)
Dec 29, 2023
Rerun 01 Why “A Walk In The Forest” Reinvigorates Our Busy, Stressful Lives
Dec 23, 2023
How to get clients to go from "NO" to "YES" (And why the right mindset is crucial)
Dec 08, 2023
The "Blindingly Obvious Reason" That Drives Success in Almost Any Sphere
Dec 02, 2023
The Myth of Poor Memory (And How to Overcome It Instantly)
Nov 25, 2023
How to create an intensely curious first line for your article
Nov 10, 2023
Overwhelmed with Too Much to Learn? How To Solve The Problem Once and For All
Oct 27, 2023
Why a "Lack of Memory" Causes You to be Less Talented in Life
Oct 20, 2023
The Results Paradox: Why We Have to Keep Searching for New Clients
Oct 14, 2023
The Not So Obvious Angles For Succeeding In Life
Oct 09, 2023
Why "Dribbling" is better than "Practice, Practice, Practice"
Sep 29, 2023
How to Stay on Track With Your Goals (Without Depending on Willpower): Guest appearance by Keira Menon
Sep 23, 2023
Why Willpower is Weak (And How Numbers Help You Stay on Track Instead)
Sep 16, 2023
Re-run 06 The Paradox of Motivation and Burnout (And Where To Draw the Line)
Sep 09, 2023
Re-Run 05 Why You May Be Scaring Clients Away From Your Sales Page (And How A Simple Fix Can Bring Them Back)
Sep 02, 2023
Re-run 04 Why Do Clients Sign Up? Understanding The Core Motivations That Attracts Clients
Aug 26, 2023
Rerun 3 - How To Become Fluent At Almost Any Skill In A Matter Of Weeks (And What Stops Us From Being Fluent)
Aug 23, 2023
Storytelling: How To Edit A Story (And Why “Relevance” Is The Key To Editing Any Story)
Aug 12, 2023
Feeling Overwhelmed? How to stop (And Why Some People Are Always Overwhelmed And Others Aren’t)
Aug 05, 2023
Why writing down what delights you can help reduce anxiety and stress
Jul 29, 2023
How to create a stunningly good opening story for Zoom (without having to write it yourself)
Jul 22, 2023
How to re-oxygenate sales instantly (with little or no effort at all).
Jul 15, 2023
Stories from the South of Spain
Jul 08, 2023
How I used Chat GPT (and YouTube) to create a flawless transcript
Jul 01, 2023
Balanced Feedback: Why People Want Endless Amounts of it
Jun 23, 2023
How To Write a Non-Icky Blurb When Describing Your Achievements
Jun 16, 2023
Why We Struggle With Writing Well (And How Your Brain is Trying to Drive You Crazy)
Jun 10, 2023
Why Business Philosophy Creates a Uniqueness Factor (Even When Clients Don't Know You At All)
Jun 03, 2023
How to Systematically Generate a Uniqueness (Even If You've Struggled With It Before)
May 27, 2023
Why Clients Behave "Irrationally" and Buy Your Products (Even When They Already Have Enough).
May 20, 2023
The Myth of The Oversaturated Market—And Why Even AI Doesn't Matter
May 13, 2023
Rerun 6: Three Unusually Zany Tips To Change Your Mindset (And Behaviour)
May 05, 2023
Rerun 5: Why List Building Fails (And How To Avoid The Almost Obvious Failure)
Apr 28, 2023
Rerun 4: How To Restart A Stalled Project: The Middle Of The Project Method
Apr 21, 2023
Rerun 3 Why You Should Not Write Like An Author When Writing Articles
Apr 14, 2023
Rerun 2: How To Turn An Average Elevator Pitch Into One That Gets Consistent Attention
Apr 07, 2023
Rerun 1: How To Get Clients When You Are Starting Up (With A Humble Checklist)
Mar 31, 2023
Why Does Learning Seem to Take Forever? The Surprising Reasons Behind Slow Learning
Mar 24, 2023
Why "A Walk in the Forest" Reinvigorates Our Busy, Stressful Lives
Mar 17, 2023
Will AI and ChatGPT replace you as a writer?
Mar 10, 2023
How to write non-boring metaphors in your articles (while using rather boring situations )
Mar 03, 2023
How to write non-boring metaphors (while using rather boring situations)
Feb 24, 2023
Why the smallest offline meet-up can be more beneficial than zoom or email
Feb 17, 2023
The Subtle Power of Entertainment (And Why It Keeps Clients Engaged With Your Content)
Feb 10, 2023
Bumpity-Bump Travel Stories
Feb 03, 2023
How Planning Gets Quickly Derailed (When You Don't Have a Stop-Doing List)
Jan 27, 2023
Rerun 6: Chaotic Week? How To Use The Goldilocks Method To Get Things Back On Track
Jan 20, 2023
Rerun 5: Why You Should Pay Attention To Giving (And Why Receiving Is Just as important)
Jan 13, 2023
Rerun 4: The Simple Logic of Email Frequency (And How It Helps Sustain A Business)
Jan 06, 2023
Rerun 3: Why "write every day" is seriously misunderstood (and why it prevents us from writing every day)
Dec 30, 2022
Rerun 2: Why being "late to the party" is not a crisis for your business
Dec 23, 2022
Rerun 1: How To Create Bonuses Out Of Thin Air (And Still Make Them Extremely Desirable)
Dec 16, 2022
Why Would They Choose Me? Getting Past A Mental Block
Dec 02, 2022
How "pros" practice differently than you (and therefore get superior results)
Nov 25, 2022
How to Become Fluent at Almost Any Skill in a Matter of Weeks (And What Stops Us From Being Fluent)
Nov 18, 2022
Sales Pages: How to avoid procrastinating and fix three core elements- Part 2
Nov 11, 2022
Sales Pages: How to avoid procrastinating and fix three core elements- Part 1
Nov 04, 2022
How to get in a state of play—and not be stressed all the time
Oct 28, 2022
Why Is Storytelling So Important in Marketing?
Oct 21, 2022
Why We Stall—And How To Pull Out of the Mess
Oct 14, 2022
How To Gain Momentum In Business Using The Subsets Technique (And Gain New Clients Too!)
Oct 08, 2022
Why I keep writing articles (despite having written for 22 years).
Sep 17, 2022
The 5000bc story (Part 2): When the diversion turned out to be better than the destination
Sep 10, 2022
The 5000bc story (Part 1): The ups and downs
Sep 03, 2022
Why kids seem to learn faster than adults (Part 2)
Aug 27, 2022
Why kids seem to learn faster than adults
Aug 20, 2022
Why Sales Pages Are Annoyingly Difficult To Write..
Aug 14, 2022
Why some people are always overwhelmed (and others aren’t)
Aug 05, 2022
Audience Building: Three compelling concepts from David duChemin
Jul 30, 2022
The counterintuitive—yet simple strategy—to completing courses and books
Jul 23, 2022
Re-Run 6 Why Writing Is So Exhausting (And How You Can Make It Less Of A Chore)
Jul 08, 2022
Re-Run 05 Why Restricting The Numbers Of Sales Increased Profits (And Will Give You More Downtime)
Jul 01, 2022
Rerun 4: The Real Goal Of Productivity (And How it Helps You Waste More Time)
Jun 25, 2022
Rerun 3 How A Simple “Five Point Questionnaire” Helped Me Write My Sales Page (And Saved Me A Ton Of Time As Well)
Jun 17, 2022
How To Sidestep Chaos (Even When High Conflict Is Tearing Us Apart)
Jun 11, 2022
Rerun 1- How The Doorway Principle Lets You Get Started (Even When You’re Not Known In Your Industry)
Jun 04, 2022
The Simple Logic of Email Frequency (And How it Helps Sustain a Business)
May 30, 2022
Storytelling: Why Fairy Tale Endings Are Unnecessary for Article Writing
May 21, 2022
Storytelling: Why "relevance" is the key to editing a story
May 13, 2022
Storytelling: Why starting with the "stuck point" creates intense stories
May 07, 2022
Why Storytelling Needs Thumpity-Thump-Thump-Thump-Thump
Apr 30, 2022
How to create a small 2-minute sales pitch
Apr 23, 2022
The Charlie Brown Moment: Why We Choke Under Pressure
Apr 08, 2022
Sandwiching: How to create a perfect crescendo for your story using a "sandwich"
Apr 01, 2022
Storytelling: How to decide which facts to keep and which ones to drop
Mar 25, 2022
The Eternal Sales Page Dilemma-How to choose the precise headline to get clients interested
Mar 18, 2022
Why being "late to the party" is not a crisis for your business
Mar 11, 2022
How a simple "five point questionnaire" helped me write my sales page (and saved me a ton of time as well).
Mar 04, 2022
U-Turn
Feb 25, 2022
How to get unstuck bit by bit (and why speeding it up doesn't usually work)
Feb 18, 2022
Free Content Vs Paid Content: Will Clients Buy If You Give Away A Lot Of Free Stuff?
Feb 12, 2022
Why Do Clients Leave Your Community
Feb 04, 2022
Three Ordinary Aspects of Writing (That We Forget To Implement Consistently) Re-Reun 05
Jan 28, 2022
Why You Should Temporarily Ignore The “1000 True Fans” Concept – If You Want To Get Ahead Re-Run 04
Jan 21, 2022
How to audit your information product in four systematic steps Re-Run 03
Jan 14, 2022
The Dual Boomerang System Of Learning (That Helps Me Get To The Finish Line) Re-Run 02
Jan 07, 2022
How to get version 1 of The Brain Audit
Dec 24, 2021
Why You Should Pay Attention To Giving (And Why Receiving Is Just as important)
Dec 17, 2021
How random pieces of advice from friends and bosses help me keep my focus
Dec 10, 2021
Why we struggle to acquire skills (and how the mindset of the teacher is the root cause)
Dec 03, 2021
Scaring Clients Away From Your Sales Page?
Nov 26, 2021
Why "write every day" is seriously misunderstood (and why it prevents us from writing every day)
Nov 19, 2021
How To Get Clients Comfortable On Zoom
Nov 12, 2021
The Paradox of Motivation and Burnout (And Where To Draw the Line)
Nov 05, 2021
Chaotic Week? How To Use The Goldilocks Method To Get Things Back On Track
Oct 29, 2021
The Real Goal of Productivity (And How it Helps You Waste More Time)
Oct 22, 2021
Why restricting the numbers of sales increased profits (and gave us more downtime)
Oct 15, 2021
Why do clients sign up? Understanding the core motivations that attracts clients.
Oct 08, 2021
How the doorway principle lets you get started (even when you're not known in your industry)
Oct 01, 2021
How to get re-started (when you've been blown off course)
Sep 25, 2021
Why High Conflict is Tearing Us Apart (And How To Sidestep the Chaos)
Sep 18, 2021
How To Create Bonuses Out Of Thin Air (And Still Make Them Extremely Desirable): Part 2
Sep 11, 2021
How To Create Bonuses For Your Products Or Services: Part 1
Sep 04, 2021
Why You Should Never Trust A Silent Customer
Aug 28, 2021
Why We Do What We Do Ay Psychotactics: Origin Stories
Aug 21, 2021
Why We Do What We Do At Psychotactics: Origin Story Series
Aug 14, 2021
What I Learned From Children (And How It Lowered My Stress Levels)
Aug 07, 2021
How To Avoid High Conflict—Even When You Don't Agree WIth The Idea
Jul 31, 2021
How To Get Your Foot In The Door (With A Humble Checklist)
Jul 24, 2021
The "Coats of Paint" system to break out of the curse of perfection
Jul 17, 2021
Why Happiness Eludes Us (And Why It's Been Around All The Time)
Jul 10, 2021
The Power of Deflection (Why It's a Crucial Strategy On An Interview).
Jul 03, 2021
Why Understanding The Faces of Overwhelm Helps You Sidestep Frustration
Jun 26, 2021
Three Unusually Zany Tips to Change Your Mindset
Jun 19, 2021
Re-Run: Why You Don't Need Clickbait Headlines To Get Clients (The Power Of Normal Headlines)
Jun 12, 2021
Re-Run: The Contrarian Mindset (How To Think Differently Under Normal Business Circumstances)
Jun 05, 2021
Re-Run: How To Systematically Manage The Pre-Sell Of Your Product or Service
May 29, 2021
Re-Run: The Mastermind Mindset (How To Harness It Across Your Business)
May 22, 2021
Re-Run: Three Bizarre Learning Principles (And Why We Struggle With Learning)
May 15, 2021
Re-run: How To Be A Source Of Inspiration To Others
May 08, 2021
Three Ordinary Aspects of Writing (That We Forget To Implement Consistently).
Apr 30, 2021
How Subsets Help You Gain Momentum In Business (And Gain New Clients Too!)
Apr 24, 2021
Free vs Paid Content: Will clients buy if you give away a lot of free stuff?
Apr 17, 2021
Why unnecessary obstacles make writing so exhausting
Apr 10, 2021
How to audit your information product in four systematic steps
Apr 02, 2021
Why list-building fails (and how to avoid the almost obvious failure): Part 2
Mar 26, 2021
Why list-building fails (and how to avoid the almost obvious failure): Part 1
Mar 19, 2021
The Middle of the Project method: Where to restart a stalled activity
Mar 12, 2021
Part 2. What Makes Articles Dull? The Curse of Writing Like an Author
Mar 05, 2021
What Makes Articles Dull? The Curse of Writing Like an Author
Feb 26, 2021
The Dual Boomerang system of learning (that helps me get to the finish line).
Feb 19, 2021
Why clients leave—and why lack of community is one of the big problems.
Feb 12, 2021
Why you should temporarily ignore the "1000 True Fans" concept—if you want to get ahead
Feb 05, 2021
How to turn an average elevator pitch into one that gets consistent attention
Jan 29, 2021
Rerun: How to use "accidental research" to speed up your article writing
Jan 22, 2021
Rerun: Scientific Advertising: Why a hundred year old book matters more today than ever before
Jan 15, 2021
Rerun: Mindset vs Skillset: Which one slows you down?
Jan 08, 2021
Rerun: You Need To Start a Project—Not a Business
Jan 01, 2021
Rerun: How to avoid mastery (and use 5-minute learning to get to fluency, instead)
Dec 25, 2020
Rerun: Longevity secrets: How to consistently write newsletters for 20 years in a row
Dec 18, 2020
How to motivate and inspire (even when things are going wrong)
Dec 11, 2020
How to use group consulting to increase earning (and learning).
Dec 04, 2020
Why we enter fields with less competition (and why that's a dangerous strategy)
Nov 27, 2020
April Fools Day: The Mad Genius of Renuka
Nov 20, 2020
How to publish fixed prices on your website (even if you run a service).
Nov 13, 2020
Dread writing your newsletter? How to overcome that frustration in four easy steps
Nov 06, 2020
Why Success Benchmarks are Misleading (And How We Set Benchmarks for Success)
Oct 30, 2020
Planning on starting a membership site? How to decide which one is for you (Part 2)
Oct 23, 2020
Planning on starting a membership site? How to decide which one is for you (Part 1)
Oct 16, 2020
Why sales and self-promotion seems yucky (and how to quickly overcome it)
Oct 09, 2020
How to recalibrate your life's priorities (despite the unending torrent of work)
Oct 02, 2020
How to avoid duds and time-wasters when hiring or outsourcing staff
Sep 26, 2020
How to create a pricing ecosystem that helps increase revenue and free time)
Sep 19, 2020
How to extend or reduce article length by using the power of examples
Sep 12, 2020
3 Pesky Things That Bug Us at Psychotactics (And How We Overcame Them)
Sep 05, 2020
Why "Normal Headlines" are more powerful than "Clickbait Headlines"
Aug 29, 2020
How to give contrarian advice to clients (without a ton of proof and research)
Aug 22, 2020
How to reframe your business with a contrarian system (and make it stand out)
Aug 15, 2020
How To Use a Contrarian Mindset to Your Advantage
Aug 08, 2020
Why You Need To Start a Project—Not a Business
Aug 01, 2020
Quick Tips: 3 Speedy Methods to Get Great Testimonials
Jul 25, 2020
Rerun 6: Info-product Creation Part 2: Double Your Sales With Versions and Satellite Products
Jul 18, 2020
Rerun 5: How To Avoid Overwhelm (And Systematically Complete Projects)
Jul 11, 2020
Rerun 4: Why Success Is Hindered By The Lack of the Tolerance Effect
Jul 04, 2020
Rerun 3: How To Validate Your Business Idea (And Overcome Self-Doubt)
Jun 27, 2020
Rerun 2: How a Lack of Energy, Not Time, Causes Writers to Stall and Crash
Jun 20, 2020
Rerun 1: Are You Tempted To Use Hype? How To Avoid Hype And Still Get Clients
Jun 13, 2020
How to harness the Mastermind Mindset (and use it across your business)
Jun 06, 2020
Lockdown Gratitude from New Zealand
Jun 03, 2020
How to use "accidental research" to speed up your article writing
May 30, 2020
Mindset vs Skillset: Which one slows you down?
May 23, 2020
How to rapidly transition from task to task (and avoid getting distracted in the switchover)
May 16, 2020
Why Optimists Die of a Broken Heart: The Stockdale Paradox
May 09, 2020
Three Hearthwarming Travel Stories Just for you
May 02, 2020
What I learned in 2019 (and have to keep reminding myself all year)
Apr 25, 2020
Why Creating "Rubbish—Lots of Rubbish" is the key to outstanding work
Apr 18, 2020
Scientific Advertising Part 2: Why a hundred year old book matters more today than ever before
Apr 11, 2020
Scientific Advertising Part 1: Why a hundred year old book matters more today than ever before
Apr 03, 2020
How to use simple stories to pre-sell your products and services
Mar 27, 2020
Why the Psychotactics Planning Starts with "Beer"
Mar 20, 2020
How to wring the curiosity out of the first-line of your article
Mar 13, 2020
3 ½ Nifty Tips We've Learned On Our Travels
Mar 06, 2020
Learning Strategy Tweaks: How I Use Slightly-Odd Ways to Ramp Up Learning
Feb 28, 2020
Longevity secrets: How to consistenly write newsletters for 20 years in a row.
Feb 21, 2020
How to avoid mastery (and use 5-minute learning to get to fluency, instead)
Feb 14, 2020
Rerun 6: How to Craft Interesting Stories and Analogies (For Articles and Sales Letters)
Feb 08, 2020
Rerun 5: How to Validate Your Uniqueness with Testimonials
Jan 31, 2020
Rerun 4: Why "Elegance" not "Information" Creates an Addictive Business Model
Jan 24, 2020
Rerun 3: The crazy philosophy of Psychotactics (and why it may help you in your business)
Jan 17, 2020
Rerun 2: Want to get paid a lot in advance? 3 Methods to get paid earlier than ever before
Jan 10, 2020
Rerun 1: The Overwhelm Virus: How To Get It Out of Your Daily Routine
Jan 03, 2020
Back to the Future: Why the 2020 strategy is a lot like 2000
Dec 27, 2019
Why Mundane Topics Get You Noticed by Clients (And How to Exploit the Power of Mundanity)
Dec 20, 2019
The Myth of the Saturated Market—And Why You Should Not Let “Saturation” Intimidate You
Dec 13, 2019
How to use contrast to prevent headlines from going flat (and other questions)
Dec 06, 2019
Why "work for free" is a powerful strategy to get ahead as a startup business
Nov 29, 2019
Why Three Precise Fixes Can Quickly Improve Your About-Us Page
Nov 22, 2019
Three Bizarre Learning Principles (And Why They Constantly Surprise Me)
Nov 15, 2019
Why writing headlines can be an excellent brainstorming exercise for real articles
Nov 08, 2019
Why Random Learning is Superior (And Other Weird Learning Methods)
Nov 01, 2019
The Impostor vs The Beginner Syndrome (And Why They're Not The Same)
Oct 18, 2019
How to be a source of inspiration to others
Oct 11, 2019
The 21-Day Habit Myth (and how you can create a habit in minutes, instead)
Oct 04, 2019
Habit Change? 3 Unusual Angles on how to look at habit transformation
Sep 28, 2019
Rerun: How to Research An Article (Without Killing Your Productivity)
Sep 21, 2019
Rerun: Coaching Series: How to Start Up with a Great Niche
Sep 14, 2019
Rerun: Why You Should Ignore Your Competition
Sep 07, 2019
Rerun: Mental Barriers That Slow You Down (And Derail Your Progress)
Aug 31, 2019
Rerun: Why The “End In Mind” Principle Can Severely Impede Our Learning and Progress
Aug 24, 2019
Presell Strategy: Some Unusual Questions
Aug 17, 2019
Pre-sell Strategy: How to strategically tackle promotion of products and services
Aug 10, 2019
How I cope with my information overload (and manage to keep sane)
Aug 03, 2019
How to be a non-mediocre coach
Jul 27, 2019
Fun Ways To Get Unstuck (When Creating Content)
Jul 20, 2019
Why The Top-Half of the Sales Page Goes Wrong (And How to Fix It)
Jul 13, 2019
Why Writing a Fixed Number of Words Every Day Could Be Hindering Your Writing Progress
Jul 06, 2019
Can We Really Systemise Luck? (Or Do We Continue to Depend Upon Hard Work)
Jun 29, 2019
Hard work vs Luck: Which one is more dependable?
Jun 26, 2019
How to Create Intensely Catchy Book Names (Without Too Much of a Struggle)
Jun 15, 2019
How to avoid embarrassing time overruns when making presentations
Jun 08, 2019
Coolest Transcription Service (That Even Detects Punctuation)
Jun 01, 2019
Stories of Failure (Filos Moments)
May 25, 2019
How To Overcome the Impostor Syndrome (By Understanding The Psychology of How it Works)
May 18, 2019
How to De-Stress with the "Second-Last-Minute Deadline"
May 14, 2019
The Magic of Set Up: Why Some Courses Are Better Than Others
May 04, 2019
How to Accelerate Client Learning (And The Suprising Power of Fun) Part 2
Apr 27, 2019
How to Accelerate Client Learning (Using Spaced Repetition) Part 1
Apr 20, 2019
How To Use Contrast To Create Your Uniqueness In Seconds
Apr 13, 2019
How to Stop "Perfectionist” Clients From Sabotaging Their Own Success
Apr 05, 2019
How do you incentivise clients to finish a course?
Mar 29, 2019
How to Validate Your Uniqueness with Testimonials
Mar 22, 2019
Company of One: Why Staying Small Is Smart, Book Review, Part 2
Mar 15, 2019
Why Staying Small is Probably A Smarter Move, Book Review, Part 1
Mar 08, 2019
How WhatsApp Helped Fill The Munich Workshop
Mar 01, 2019
Announcement: Frankfurt Meetup Details - May 2019
Feb 23, 2019
Are You Tempted to Use Hype? How to Avoid Hype and Still Get Clients
Feb 22, 2019
When Quitting Is the Smarter Option (Instead of Just Hanging On)
Feb 15, 2019
The Philosophy of Psychotactics - Part Two
Feb 08, 2019
The Crazy Philosophy Of Psychotactics (And Why It May Help You In Your Business) - Part One
Feb 01, 2019
How To Sell A Product When There's No Scarcity Factor
Jan 25, 2019
Persistent Myths of Pricing (And How To Overcome Them) - Part One
Jan 18, 2019
Mental Barriers That Slow You Down (And Derail Your Progress)
Jan 11, 2019
How To Thrive and Succeed In The Midst Of Chaos
Jan 04, 2019
How To Achieve A Lot—The Three Part Formula
Dec 28, 2018
Three Steps To Getting Your Uniqueness Recognised
Dec 22, 2018
How to Avoid Gaping Holes in Your Article Writing (and How Objections Fill Those Gaps)
Dec 14, 2018
Coaching Series: Why Clients Nod But Don't Call - Part Three
Dec 07, 2018
Coaching Series: How Niches Can Easily Be Found in Recurring Client Problems - Part Two
Nov 30, 2018
Coaching Series: How To Start Up With A Great Niche - Part One
Nov 24, 2018
Writer's Block Series: How a Lack of Energy, Not Time, Causes Writers to Stall and Crash - Part Four
Nov 16, 2018
Writer's Block Series: Why Discussion and Feedback Are A Writer's Secret Weapon (And How Professionals Use it to Their Advantage) - Part Three
Nov 09, 2018
Writer's Block Series: Why Cross Pollination of Ideas, Media and Styles Are Crucial (And Avoids Shutdowns When Writing) - Part Two
Nov 02, 2018
Writer's Block Series : Why the Lack of Outlines Even Stops Professional Writers In Their Tracks - Part One
Oct 26, 2018
Want To Get Paid A Lot In Advance? Three Methods To Get Paid Earlier
Oct 19, 2018
Why Unfamiliarity With Your Research Stories Will Make Them Worthless
Oct 12, 2018
Fritoons Announcement
Oct 09, 2018
How To Research An Article (Without Killing Your Productivity)
Oct 05, 2018
How to Use "Transition Techniques" to keep your reader locked into your article
Sep 29, 2018
The story of why the Psychotactics Website took three long years—and a month—to complete
Sep 22, 2018
The Cannibalisation Strategy: Why You Need to Make Your Products (And Services) Redundant
Sep 15, 2018
Why You Should Ignore Your Competition
Sep 08, 2018
"Pit Stop" Testimonials: How to Ensure Testimonials (even when your product or service isn't quite ready)
Sep 01, 2018
Why The “End In Mind” Principle Can Severely Impede Our Learning and Progress
Aug 25, 2018
How to Ramp up Curiosity Using a Controversial Topic - Part Two
Aug 18, 2018
How to Ramp Up Curiosity (Even When Using a Controversial Topic) - Part One
Aug 11, 2018
Why "Elegance" not "Information" Creates an Addictive Business Model
Aug 04, 2018
The Overwhelm Virus: How To Get It Out of Your Daily Routine
Jul 28, 2018
Why Onboarding is Crucial (And Most Companies Ignore It)
Jul 21, 2018
Four Recurring Testimonial Mysteries (And How To Solve Them)
Jul 14, 2018
Why Giving is Rushed (And How to Make Gifting More Deliberate)
Jul 07, 2018
How To Work With Chaos (and Succeed)
Jun 30, 2018
Can You Successfully Defend Your Work Against Criticism? (Lessons from Malcolm Gladwell - Part Three)
Jun 23, 2018
How To Choose Evocative Titles for your Book (Lessons from Malcolm Gladwell - Part Two)
Jun 16, 2018
How to Get Precise Feedback for your Articles (Lessons from Malcolm Gladwell - Part One)
Jun 09, 2018
How To Use Momentum To Your Advantage
Jun 02, 2018
Demystifying the 4am Routine
May 26, 2018
Why Clients Shy Away From Giving Feedback Despite Liking Your Products and Services
May 19, 2018
How To Create A Uniqueness That's Difficult For Competition To Replicate
May 12, 2018
Why Smaller Lists Work Just As Well As Big Ones - Part Three
May 05, 2018
Why Smaller Lists Work Just As Well As Big Ones - Part Two
Apr 28, 2018
Why Smaller Lists Work Just As Well As Big Ones (And Often, Even Better) - Part One
Apr 21, 2018
How to Overcome Perfection With Speedy Revisions
Apr 14, 2018
Why Good Habits Fail While Bad Habits Thrive (and How to Flip Things Around)
Apr 07, 2018
How to Craft Interesting Stories and Analogies (For Articles and Sales Letters)
Apr 01, 2018
Why Clients Leave - Part One
Mar 24, 2018
Why Waiting Lists Fail-Part Two
Mar 17, 2018
Smart Waiting Lists: 3 Elements That Create Waiting Lists that Work
Mar 11, 2018
How to Become An Overnight Success
Mar 04, 2018
Why Calibrated Questions Enable You to Win Your Negotiation Battle
Feb 25, 2018
How to Negotiate (And Win) When the Odds Are Against You
Feb 18, 2018
How To Increase Product Sales using The Brain Audit
Feb 10, 2018
How to have enduring sales after the launch of a product
Feb 04, 2018
Four Super-Cool Travel Tips (That Save a Lot of Bother)
Jan 28, 2018
Rerun - Why Contrast Ramps Interest in Article Writing
Jan 19, 2018
Rerun - How To Slow Down (Even Under Crazy Conditions)
Jan 12, 2018
Replay- How To Instantly Get Your Audience's Attention
Jan 12, 2018
Rerun - When Landing Pages Go Bad
Jan 05, 2018
Replay - Why Energy Management Is Far Superior to Time Management
Dec 29, 2017
Surprise Christmas Gift - The Brain Audit
Dec 23, 2017
Rerun- How To Instantly Get Your Audience's Attention
Dec 22, 2017
Rerun - How to Get Smart and Stay Smart
Dec 15, 2017
Rerun- How to Validate Your Idea (Even When It's Brand New)
Dec 08, 2017
Replay-How To Write Stunning Headlines With And, Even and Without
Dec 01, 2017
The Intense Power of Kindness (And How It Has Nothing To Do With Business)
Nov 25, 2017
How To Speed Up Client-Learning With The Incredible Power of Infotainment
Nov 18, 2017
How Managed Procrastination Works to Your Advantage
Nov 10, 2017
How To Transform A Miserable Day Into A Happy One, In Under 30 Minutes
Nov 04, 2017
How to Get Clients To Return To An Offline Event
Oct 28, 2017
Why You Need An Offline Event to Boost Your Chances of Success
Oct 21, 2017
One-Buttock Passion (How a Simple Redefinition Can Help You Move Forward)
Oct 14, 2017
Why You Should Stop Looking for Your Passion (And Let it Find You Instead)
Oct 07, 2017
Mental Barriers That Slow You Down (And Derail Your Progress) - Part Two
Oct 02, 2017
How To Overcome Mental Blocks That Derail Your Progress - Part One
Sep 23, 2017
How To Avoid Overwhelm (And Systematically Complete Projects)
Sep 16, 2017
Three Ways To Write A Stunning Report Overnight
Sep 09, 2017
Why Selling Strategies to Competition Is A Smart Idea
Aug 30, 2017
Passion Projects: How They Can Completely Change Your Business Part Two
Aug 26, 2017
The Five Competing Forces of Business - Part Two
Aug 19, 2017
How To Write Enthusiastically (And Why It's Important To Do So)
Aug 12, 2017
Unusual Methods to Find Outstanding Coaches
Aug 05, 2017
Rerun- How I Write 4000 Word Articles Without Getting Exhausted
Jul 29, 2017
Rerun- The Talent Journey and How to Get There
Jul 22, 2017
ReRun - How To Deal With Envy In Business
Jul 15, 2017
ReRun- How To Make the Leap from a Job into Entrepreneurship
Jul 08, 2017
ReRun - How To Name Your Information Product
Jul 01, 2017
ReRun - Why Kicking Angels Help Create Momentum in Business
Jun 24, 2017
Info-product Creation Part 2: Double Your Sales With Versions and Satellite Products
Jun 17, 2017
Info-product Creation Part 1: When to Leave The Clients Out (And When to Include Them In)
Jun 11, 2017
How to Make Your Uniqueness Stick In The Client's Brain-Part 2
Jun 03, 2017
How To Quickly Create Your Uniqueness
May 27, 2017
How Giveaways Increase Sales of InfoProducts
May 20, 2017
How To Achieve A Lot (Even As You Switch Tasks All Day)
May 12, 2017
Validating Your Idea: How To Beat Analysis-Paralysis
May 03, 2017
How To Validate Your Idea (And Overcome Self-Doubt) - Part One
Apr 29, 2017
Why Success Is Hindered By The Lack of the Tolerance Effect
Apr 22, 2017
How to increase energy (even in the midst of chaos)
Apr 15, 2017
When Things Went Wrong at Psychotactics (And What We Learned From Our Mistakes)
Apr 08, 2017
Outlining Your Book: Three Crucial Steps
Apr 01, 2017
Landing Pages: Why We Fail to Attract the Right Clients
Mar 25, 2017
How To Speed Up Learning with Deconstruction
Mar 18, 2017
How To Slow Down (Without Losing Momentum)
Mar 11, 2017
The Insider Story of Psychotactics: Working With A Partner/Spouse-Part Two
Mar 04, 2017
The Insider Story of Psychotactics (Working With A Partner)-Part One
Feb 25, 2017
What I Learned in 2016—And How It Made Me Calmer As A Result
Feb 18, 2017
How To Get Smart (And Stay Smart)
Feb 11, 2017
[Re-Release]: How To Write A Sales Page From The Bottom Up
Feb 04, 2017
[Re-release] Why Persevere Even When Failure is Certain (And When Not To)
Jan 28, 2017
[Re-Release]The Resistance Game Part One - Can Resistance be Beaten
Jan 13, 2017
[Re-Release] Good to Great - How To Take Your Small Business To Greatness
Jan 06, 2017
[Re-Release] How Gentle Productivity Gets Astounding Results
Dec 30, 2016
[Re-Release] Risk - How To Overcome The Hesitation Factor
Dec 23, 2016
[Re-Release] Teacher vs Preacher - Why Learning a New Skill is So Difficult
Dec 16, 2016
How To Get Stunning Names For Your Information Products and Courses
Dec 09, 2016
Rapid Talent (How To Get There and What Holds Us Back)
Dec 02, 2016
Rapid Talent (How To Get There and What Holds Us Back)
Nov 25, 2016
How To Instantly Get Your Readers Attention-The First Fifty Words
Nov 24, 2016
How To Get $2500 Worth of Goodies (Absolutely Free)
Nov 11, 2016
How To Fight Envy (And Stay Motivated Instead)
Nov 09, 2016
How To Write Intensely Curious Headlines—Even If A Deadline Is Looming
Nov 02, 2016
How To Create A Superpower That Instantly Attracts Clients
Oct 21, 2016
Why AirBNB Struggled To Get Off The Ground (And How The "Biggest Problem" Helped Them Take Off Finally).
Oct 21, 2016
Part One- How To Stand Out When The Competition Is Already Outstanding
Oct 08, 2016
How Kicking Angels Help To Jumpstart Your Business
Oct 01, 2016
How To Write Extremely Detailed Articles Without Getting Exhausted
Sep 25, 2016
How I Write 4000 Word Articles Without Getting Exhausted - Part One
Sep 25, 2016
How To Make The Leap From A Job To A Business - Part Two
Sep 17, 2016
How To Make The Mental Leap From a Job into Entrepreneurship - Part One
Sep 09, 2016
The Unlikely Bestseller (And Why It Sold 2 Million Copies) - Part Two
Sep 08, 2016
The Unlikely Bestseller (And Why It Sold 2 Million Copies) - Part One
Sep 08, 2016
How To Write A Sales Page Using The Bottom-Up Method
Aug 26, 2016
How To Thrive and Succeed In The Midst of Chaos
Aug 20, 2016
What I Learned On My Super-Unusual Vacation
Aug 13, 2016
[Re-Release] Why Doug Hitchcock's Unusual Goal-Setting Plan Will Help You Get Rid of Chaos
Aug 06, 2016
[Re-Release] Three Myths That Can Destroy Your Sanity (And How To Avoid Falling in a Trap)
Jul 30, 2016
#[Re-Release] How To Make Products and Services Incredibly Irresistible to Your Client
Jul 23, 2016
[Re-Release] How to use a simple "Pebble System" to write amazing sales pages
Jul 16, 2016
[Re-Release] A Meaning of Life? Or a life of Meaning?
Jul 09, 2016
[Re-Release] Free vs. Paid Product: Which One Works Better?
Jul 02, 2016
Article Writing Advice Writers Don't Want To Hear
Jun 25, 2016
How To Create A Profitable Product (Three Core Questions)
Jun 17, 2016
Three Disaster Stories (And How We Recovered and Soldiered On)
Jun 12, 2016
The 17 Question Testimonial: How To Ensure You Get an Amazing Client Response
Jun 04, 2016
How Gentle Productivity Gets Astounding Results
May 28, 2016
How To Avoid Painful Clients (And Find Amazing Ones Instead)
May 20, 2016
Why Clients Dropout From Courses (And How To Avoid The Dropout Curse)
May 13, 2016
The Myths of Pricing - Part Two
May 07, 2016
The Myths of Pricing - Part One
Apr 30, 2016
Why Persevere Even When Failure is Certain (And When Not To)
Apr 23, 2016
Why Inspiration Can Be The Key To Winning The Resistance Game - Part Three
Apr 16, 2016
How To Beat Inertia And Why Logic Doesn't Work: The Resistance Game - Part Two
Apr 09, 2016
The Resistance Game: Can Resistance be Beaten? - Part One
Apr 02, 2016
Feedback: The Secret of How To Get Clients To Keep Coming Back Repeatedly - Part Two
Mar 29, 2016
The Secret of How To Get Clients To Keep Coming Back Repeatedly - Part One
Mar 26, 2016
Biggest Landing Page Mistake And How To Fix It - Part Two
Mar 19, 2016
How To Design A Successful Sequential Landing Page - Part One
Mar 16, 2016
[Re-edit] Three Interesting Things I Know About Writing - Part Two
Mar 08, 2016
[Re-edit] Three Interesting Things I Know About Writing - Part One
Mar 07, 2016
The Untold Backstory of Psychotactics Courses and Products
Feb 27, 2016
Why Clients Hesitate Like Crazy - Part Two
Feb 20, 2016
The Risk Syndrome: Why Clients Hesitate (And How To Overcome the Hesitation) - Part One
Feb 12, 2016
Good to Great: How To Escalate The Path To Greatness - Part Two
Feb 07, 2016
Good to Great: How To Take Your Small Business To Greatness - Part One
Jan 30, 2016
[Re-release] How to Stop Clients In Their Tracks With Riveting Business Storytelling
Jan 24, 2016
[Re-Release] How To Create Incredibly Magnetic Reports—And Attract Truckloads of Clients
Jan 16, 2016
[Re-Release] Why Happiness Eludes Us: 3 Obstacles That We Need To Overcome
Jan 09, 2016
[Re-Release]: How To Acquire Talent in Fewer Than 1000 Hours (And Why The 10,000 Hour Principle Falls Apart)
Jan 02, 2016
The Psychotactics Story: Why We Stopped The Hugely Profitable Protege Program - Part Two
Dec 27, 2015
The Psychotactics Story: The Craziness of The Very First US Workshop - Part One
Dec 26, 2015
How To Stop Sounding Unprofessional When Speaking (An End to"Ums" and "Ahs" in 15 Minutes)
Dec 19, 2015
How "Doug Hitchcock's" Goal Setting Worked Wonders—And Why We Successfully Use It Year After Year
Dec 11, 2015
Three Incredibly Silly Business Myths (And Why They're Driving Us Crazy)
Dec 05, 2015
The Irresistibility Factor: A Complete Summary
Nov 29, 2015
How A 5-Step Pre-Sell Creates Irresistibility- Part Three
Nov 28, 2015
The Twin-Irresistibility Factor: How To Create Exclusivity - Part Two
Nov 21, 2015
How To Make Your Product/Service Irresistible (Using Buffet or Specialty Techniques) - Part One
Nov 13, 2015
Re-Release-How To Avoid Blindspots In Your Business: The Rip Van Winkle Effect
Nov 09, 2015
[Re-Release]: Is The Four-Hour Work Week A Waste Of Time?
Oct 30, 2015
How To Use The Pebble System To Create Extremely Focused Sales Pages
Oct 25, 2015
Preacher or Teacher? Why Our Clients Struggle To Learn Skills Quickly
Oct 18, 2015
Why Free Products Need To Be Better Than Paid Products or Services
Oct 09, 2015
What Does It Take To Be Super-Human? A Deep Dive Into The Reality of Business
Oct 04, 2015
The Meaning Of Life? Or A Life of Meaning? How To Solve This Eternal Problem
Sep 24, 2015
The Star Trek Method—And Other Ways To Get Over Article-Writing Barriers
Sep 20, 2015
Why Stories Are Less Effective Without Catalysts
Sep 15, 2015
Time-Crunching Software: How To Save Enormous Amounts of Time At Work
Sep 06, 2015
Three Unknown Secrets of Riveting Storytelling
Aug 27, 2015
How To Double Your Writing Speed (And Overcome The Outline-Barrier
Aug 24, 2015
Deconstructing Why Bad Habits Succeed (And Good Habits Fail)
Aug 17, 2015
The "Next Step" Mystery: ThreeSuccessful Ways To Creating The Next Step Using Articles
Aug 10, 2015
Accelerated Learning: How To Incredibly Speed Up Your Skill Acquisition
Aug 03, 2015
How Long Do You Work on Vacation?
Jul 23, 2015
The Early Years-Psychotactics-Moving to New Zealand
Jul 20, 2015
How To Get Better, Higher-Paying Clients With Testimonials
Jul 15, 2015
How To Build A Cult-Like Following By Using An Adjective In Your Branding
Jul 06, 2015
How We Sold $20,000 On Stage (In Under An Hour)
Jul 01, 2015
Why Identity Helps You Surge Ahead In Work (And Life)
Jun 29, 2015
The Secret To Getting Your Report Read (From Start To Finish)
Jun 22, 2015
[Re-release]: The Power of Enough
Jun 15, 2015
How To Plan An Ideal Vacation—And Avoid "Re-Entry Burnout"
Jun 08, 2015
The Crazy, Amazing Trip From FREE to FEE
Jun 01, 2015
How To Save Two Zillion Hours in Research (Using Cool Techniques with Evernote)
May 25, 2015
How Success Causes A Blind Spot (And Creates A Rip Van Winkle Effect)
May 18, 2015
Why "Infotainment" Creates Binge-Consumption in Readers and Listeners
May 11, 2015
How To Avoid Boring Testimonials (And Get 1000-1500 Word Stories Instead)
May 04, 2015
How To Smother Perfectionism—With A Timer!
Apr 29, 2015
Three Incredibly Precise Steps To Get "Advance Testimonials" From Clients
Apr 26, 2015
Why "Anti-Fragility" Breeds Success (And How Nature Focuses On It)
Apr 22, 2015
Is "How-NOT-To" More Powerful Than How To?
Apr 17, 2015
How To Prevent Competitors From Copying Your System
Apr 06, 2015
Sales Pages?The Problem With The First Few Paragraphs
Mar 28, 2015
The Safe Zone-How To Dramatically Improve Your Courses
Mar 26, 2015
How To Use The "Problem" To Get Attention (Without Being Negative)
Mar 20, 2015
The Amazing Power of the Challenge (And How To Fire Up Your Audience)
Mar 16, 2015
Three Obstacles To Happiness (And How To Overcome Them)
Mar 12, 2015
How To Get Ideas When Writing Articles
Mar 06, 2015
What's the Opposite of Success? It's Not Failure!
Mar 02, 2015
Book Recommendation: The Talent Code
Feb 27, 2015
[Re-Edit]: Two Precise Steps To Getting Attention
Feb 26, 2015
The Number One Deal Killer (When Making A Sale)
Feb 23, 2015
Why We Sell Less: The Root of Confidence
Feb 18, 2015
The Secret Ingredient To Writing
Feb 18, 2015
How To Get Expertise In A Lot Fewer Than 10,000 Hours
Feb 16, 2015
The 70% Principle: Why It Knocks Procrastination Out of the Ball Park
Feb 10, 2015
How To Win Over Skeptical Clients (In Three Quick Steps)
Feb 08, 2015
How To Slow Down (Even In The Midst of Chaos)
Feb 08, 2015
The Key To Avoiding Crappy Clients: The Riot Act
Jan 30, 2015
Why You Lose Control in Your Business (And How To Get It Back)
Jan 27, 2015
Getting Things Done: The Trigger
Jan 23, 2015
Why Uniqueness Stories Are Better Than Slogans
Jan 13, 2015
How To Succeed (Even In A Crowded Marketplace)
Jan 06, 2015
Strategies vs. Tactics: Which One Is Superior?
Dec 26, 2014
Six Steps to Getting Amazing Response From Clients
Dec 22, 2014
The Bikini Principle: Why It's A Cool Attraction Factor
Dec 18, 2014
The Power of Enough—And Why It's Critical To Your Sanity
Dec 15, 2014
Stories That Cause Clients To Instantly Sit Up And Take Notice - Part Three
Dec 11, 2014
Craft Amazing Stories For Business - Part Two
Dec 10, 2014
How To Craft Amazing Stories For Business - Part One
Dec 04, 2014
Create Immense Power With A "True Personality"
Dec 04, 2014
Unusual Time Management Ideas
Dec 03, 2014
How To Craft A 100-Year Business Plan: The Three-Prong System
Dec 02, 2014
Is The Four-Hour Work Week A Waste Of Time?
Dec 01, 2014