This document contains tweets and notes from Noah Kagan discussing overcoming fears and starting a business. Some of the key points discussed include:
- Common fears people have around public speaking, heights, and telling people how much they mean to you.
- A framework is presented for life focusing on wealth, health, and love.
- Common business startup fears like not having ideas, worrying about failing, or not knowing how to code. Tools suggested to overcome fears include practice, validation, and not spending money or time.
- Keys to starting a business in 48 hours include getting 3 paying customers, validating the problem, and focusing on what's fun.
10. It’s NOT fear,
it’s about getting what YOU
want.
1. Living fearlessly
2. Self, Wealth + Love
3. Psychology of business
4. Start your business today
Specifically stories, techniques, live-examples and fun.
11. THE (life) Framework
1. Wealth
2. Health
3. Love
Stolen from Neville : - )
(ps. Everything is a kopy!)
12. • What makes anyone an expert?
• Ironically a common fear among people
• Start on yourself
• Help others overcome with success
• India
• A growing $5 million dollar business I despised
• Waking up most days wondering the point of living
• Unhealthy relationships
Qualifications
36. 1 year personal training with Adam of MybodyTutor.com
“For my Health I’m going to: #noahLive”
37. “To be in the 1% you
have to be willing to do
what the 99% won’t ”
38. • Invest in yourselves (by sitting here today,
you are) to be stronger.
• Personal Trainer - $86 a session
• Therapy - $180 for 45 minutes
• $495 for Conscious Loving Workshop
• And $$$$ more
45. “What’s 1 thing you can do to invest in yourself
this week?”
•Join a gym
•Buy a course
•Upgrade your phone
•Treat someone to lunch (or Taco Deli!)
Tweet for Books Time
52. I’ll keep my full rant for the people on my email list (25K
strong) I’ll title it “Tell Appsumo to go fuck themselves…”
My respect for you and your company has disappeared
and pray to fucking God nobody ever asks me what I
think of Appsumo and the retards that run it.
Fail #3
63. • I have too many / few ideas?
• I’m nervous about failing / embarrassing myself
• I’ve spent money but haven’t made a profit
• I don’t know how to Code
• I need a co-founder
• What else?
Common Fears
64. • Practice (duh.)
• Validation!
• NOT spending money or time.
Tools to overcome
fear
65. Draw Me (it’s for my mom)
$1,000 if I like it
Email it to: noahs-mom@appsumo.com
Live-Activity: Portrait
Business
66. Fear in business will for
sure happen. Practicing /
awareness will help you
overcome it.”
Tweet
Practice makes perfect
71. 1. You only have 48 hours to start
2. How can you get 3 paying customers?
3. What’s the actual problem?
Keys to Starting
72.
73.
74. Where you're stuck - Our business model is
validated and we want to take over the
world. How big should we be thinking? How
did you blow up AppSumo? How much of
this can apply to a service business?
Alex – WPCurve
79. 10 SMALL Wins Today
1. Do what is FUN
2. NOTICE the words you use
3. GEBY
4. Donate clothes to Goodwill
5. Make your bed
6. Get a morning song! Rocket Summer
7. Start 1 new habit – 5 pushups tonight
8. Remove 1 bad habit – no criticizing
9. Add a background image to your phone
10. Call 1 friend (you like) and listen
82. 1. From RIGHT now for the next 24 hours, what can
you accomplish?
creativeLIVE will email out winner on Oct. 1st
2. Flight + Hotel + Gourmet Taco dinner with me in
Austin, TX.
3. Enter here: http://AppSumo.com/winning
24 Hour Challenge
excited and challenged to share. some of the best things are also the hardest.
spent 30 minutes in therapy, costing me $150 just to be able to do this free presentation with you
watered plants
used a foam roller on my leg (whatever the fuck that is)
vacuuming
anything but... THAT’S a telling point. what you avoid is hardly ever as hard as when you face it.
Lesson: practicing your fears / getting uncomfortable helps you solve ones that are more daily relevant. it’s like the gym. if you did the same exercise over and over your body would NEVER change. its only when you push it or do something new you see results.
it’s never about fear. we have a course monthly1k.com, failure olympics is one of the BIGGEST break-throughs people have. coffee challenge. i was shocked. its about getting what you want and overcoming the fear holding you back from that.
stories
actionable techniques / mindshifts
live-examples to drive the story home.
its mental. we’ll explore how to improve to become unstoppable. and now im at one my best moments that i want y’all to be at.
CONFRONTING our fears. Like me losing hair, bad revenue days, a body im not happy wit
Lesson: People regard me as “successful” with no problems. Shit happens to me and everyone. We are going to explore how to equip you with skills / tools what you’ve always been doing, you’ll attack.
It’s never about fear. you can be afraid of spiders but thats not holding you back. its about what do you really want? and practicing overcoming fear to make life easier and ultimately happier.
tell who you are
what was your pre-scribed life story
can you tell what you’ve done in the past year and half
where you at now?
are you happy?
what were the key things holding you back from the life you want
what you would you tell 5 years ago susan.
how would you feel asking for a discount?
go do it and we’ll interview when we get back
Lessons: Confront things holding them back and activities. It’s all for biz, personal and relationships. When your relationship, Fucking bet you that biz and personal will be better.
tell the story of how i was depressed..
b) lazy / tired / low energy (health)
c) had no direction with business, just refreshed the $$ page (wealth)
d) everything is connected. self, wealth, love. when one is down. they all drag down each down. check out your scores. this is a great section to think about it.
Hard to start when you aren’t feeling great about yourself.
What are most common pitfalls for improving your health
How does someone get more energy.
What are the funniest things you’ve seen with diets.
#1 tip you’d give to someone start improving their health.
Weekly + FOLLOWUP.CC
daily
What does that mean to all of you????
“I don’t want to SPEND money?” funny how we can invest in a book or possibly our TV but when we look to ourselves it doesn’t seem as obvious it’s the BEST return you can do.
who you surround yourself with in all facets!!
a) who you spend time with now. who else can you add to your favorites?
b) get out paper and list 2 people you dont want to spend time with.
4- how to build new relationships
a) story of how i built relationships when i came to austin => a few guys i met then bought jerky which i did at appsumo.com/sumo-jerky
write 1 thing you’re good at and 1 thing you need help with
power of full engagement
mindless eating
4-hour body and chef
the power of habit.
1- get famous through helping others.
2- involve others
3- different people are great at different things.
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Tactics i used to deal with it.
smoked cigarettes
embraced that it sucked
explore things that i enjoyed doing
met with people doing interesting things. no successful people hang out with losers. “but im in a small town.” the internet is everywhere.
PRO-TIP: i did events on topics i was interested in. didnt know many people AT ALL. have an article on how i did it. got me $200,000+ and met a shit ton of Friends.
power of full engagement
mindless eating
4-hour body and chef
the power of habit.
“made $5 million last year, unhappiest ive ever been”
we had 16 people, an office, “killing it” but it wasnt what i wanted
knowing what you want is what SAVED me.
i knew internally the million people goal wasnt what i wanted.
having fun at work every day and promoting cool stuff.
went back to that.
Sometimes you fail and sometimes you got to keep moving forward.
Books: willpower, power of habit, losing my virginity, devil in the kitchen
Talk to person who’s failed.
Bought a domain,
made an app
bought business cards
tried kickstarter
How many people would pay me to tie their shoes? NONE. Exactly!!! Stooopid b
What about hiring me for a day of starting your business??? UH. YEAH.
o Art of the Start
o Lean Startup
o 4-Hour Work Week
o Ultimate Sales Machine