Earlier this week I paid to have a cold traffic built out for me. (That's on top of the cold traffic funnel I am working on myself.) I was reading a book recently about systems thinking. The author talked about "automating and delegating" I always figure that's not a topic for me. I don't have employees to delegate to. And I am wary of the promise of automation. I studied computer science in college, where the joke runs: “Why program by hand in five days what you can spend five years of your life automating?” But in that book I read, the author talked about how he has a personal trainer at the gym, and he considers this both automation and delegation: === My strength coach at the gym, Scott, guides me through my twenty-minute high-intensity training session. The automating part is simple: I just need to show up as scheduled. The delegating part is giving control to Scott. === In other words, outsourcing some work, or paying for DFY services or DWY guidance, is delegating, just as if you had full-time employees. And if you put it on a schedule to be done regularly, it can be automating as well. That was a new perspective for me. It influenced me in deciding this week to just pay to get a cold traffic funnel built out. I wanted to share this perspective shift with you, so I can remember it better, and so you can maybe benefit from it too.

I'm sure by now we subscribe to a bazillion things... But if I asked you to share ONLY 5... which 5 would you choose to share and why? I'll go first: - Kit (biz kinda depends on it) - Webtoons 🫣 (life requires entertainment) - The New Yorker (cuz I'm vain AF) - John's Daily Email Habit (cuz I like John) - Andertoons (cuz I like Andertoons) Share yours?

Okay, curious: What ESP do you use and what's their best feature(s)?

I got a DM on Skool yesterday. It came from a dude I've never talked to or heard of. He's in a group I am a member of, though I've never ever participated in it in any way. Here's the message the dude sent me: "Hey John, saw you in this community. What are you focused on these days?" I did not respond. Since we've recently been talking about opening up qualified conversations with short messages... ... what are some reasons that this short message (including the 7 word question) was not an effective conversation starter? Think about what you would tell this dude. Write it down in a comment below to make it clear for yourselves and others in the group. And the next time you want to start a conversation, you will have a 100x chance of doing better and avoiding some of the traps this guy fell into.

My theory why it's easier to make friends when you're young: Because you do exciting stuff together. You play sports together... You go to the beach together or go for a concert together... You sit in class together (not so exciting) and study for the same exams (kind of exciting, if you're a nerd) and hate the same teachers (very exciting). When you grow up, interactions with others become reduced to: Sitting together at the same coffee shop... Talking... Nodding and smiling at each other. It's hard to really form a bond over coffee and some nodding. It takes cooperation, activity, a shared goal with an emotional outcome, even if it's trivial, to bind us to other people. And as for in-life, so for on-line. Which gets me to my question for you... How can we as a group here, inside Daily Email House, do stuff TOGETHER? What would that even look like? Something that isn't just sitting in the same coffee shop (or Skool group)... "talking" (eg. posting or commenting in here)... "nodding and smiling" (liking posts or comments)? Something that involves cooperation, actual activity, a shared goal? I don't know. I hope you have ideas, and that you will share them. I'll consider them all earnestly. And if you've been in this group for any length of time, you know that if you toss up an idea, there's a good chance it will become reality. Thanks in advance.