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Originally Posted by Dien Rice
There's that old saying...
Give a man a fish, and you'll feed him for a day...
Teach a man to fish, and you'll feed him for a lifetime...
That saying spells out exactly what we're trying to do here at Sowpub...
There are thousands of pages here of free information - from people's ideas, their successes and failures, and simply advice that comes from business experience - on how to make money for yourself... So you can be self-supporting, and also to help you support your loved ones...
If more people knew this information, I truly believe we would have less poverty, less "unemployment", and even more happier and healthier people...
Of course, it's not always easy to get this information "out there." Even if you're giving a lot of it away for free!
Does anyone have any ideas... How can we get this information "out there" more effectively, to help more people learn how they can support themselves (and not be dependent on handouts)...?
How can we turn this into a kind of "revolution" - to help ourselves, help our country, and heck, even help the human race?
Best wishes,
Dien |
Dien,
I believe your motives and ideals are noble to say the least. Helping humanity always seems like the right thing to do. Jesus himself tried and look where we are. Oh well who am I to make comparisons, right?
But, here goes. After reading thousands of posts on this forum here is what I believe to be the bottom line:
People do what they want to do and NOT what they need to do.
All you have to do is re-read some of your and Gordon's posts and I think you'll come to the same conclusion. Therefore, at least IMHO, you can lead them to water but you can't make them drink.
Here is a real life example. I am the only insurance agent in my area who can give a person a free insurance policy. Yep, first year no premium accidental death policy. I thought this would be a no brainer and everyone who knew me would accept it.
Was I surprised when 50% of them said no thank you. Imagine the insurance world giving away insurance with NO catch. Unheard of. So, I sat back and analyzed the why behind their no. One thought is it could be the reputation of the insurance world and, by extension, me. Everything they do has a catch so of course free insurance is merely an enticement into a trap.
Maybe some of the readers/members feel that way about Sowpub. All your free info/ideas/programs are merely traps. Hence low participation. Maybe they think this stuff is too good to be true which is another way to say trap.
I don't know. But I do know you guys have a great forum and while trying to reach the masses of asses is what everybody does maybe creating an air of exclusiveness to Sowpub might be the way to go. Then, probably, people will be begging to be members.
Here's another example. I have another product that will give you an income for life and when you die your beneficiary gets the principal. Simple and straightforward, just put your money down. Unlike other products that eat your principal when you die, this one gives it to your bennie. Guess how many people don't believe that?
Not trying to sell anyone any insurance. It happens to be my world at the moment so I use it as my example. Also, Gordon hasn't told me how to win the powerball
so I am stuck in a one dimensional universe.
Let me toss in a book that may help:
It is by Harry Browne and is titled:
How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World
and can be downloaded at:
http://metaphysicspirit.com/books/Ho...%20Wor ld.pdf
Good luck in your endeavors.