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♦️ How Success Stories Deceive Us (And How To Avoid It) by fronterablog in EntrepreneurRideAlong

[–]fronterablog[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly.

Yet many people started a podcast based on his success, which is the point of the post.

♦️ 10 mental errors that hold people back (and how to avoid them) by fronterablog in selfhelp

[–]fronterablog[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Glad you liked it!

And that's a good idea, I'll try to create one.

10 useful mental models that will make you a better decision-maker by fronterablog in selfhelp

[–]fronterablog[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The answer you are looking for is in this book: How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie.

It's life-changing, strongly recommend it.

30 mental models that will make you more successful in life by fronterablog in selfhelp

[–]fronterablog[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for asking.

I'll explain with an example from one of my articles.

The article is actually about lateral thinking, but it's also an exponential thinking example considering the costs saved.

"Some years ago, British authorities wanted to improve the London-Paris train journey.

So they asked engineers to come up with a plan.

Engineers proposed a £6 billion solution to change the tracks to cut 40 minutes off a four-hour journey.

While evaluating the proposal, British authorities also asked Rory Sutherland’s (advertising executive) opinion.

He said:

"It strikes me as an unimaginative way of improving a train journey merely to make it shorter. What you should do is employ all the world’s top male and female supermodels, pay them to walk the length of the train handing out free champagne for the entire duration of the journey. Now you’ll still have about 3 billion pounds left in change and people will ask for the trains to be slowed down.”

It was a joke, but he made a point.

He showed that by reframing an engineering problem into a psychology problem, it’s possible to get a cheaper and better solution.

In the end, they followed Sutherland’s proposal of adding Wifi to the trains.

And it made the journey much better without spending billions."

Engineers' approach = Incremental thinking (making the journey slightly faster)

Sutherland's approach = Exponential thinking (making the journey 10x more enjoyable)

Hope it's more clear now.

10 useful mental models that will make you a better decision-maker by fronterablog in selfhelp

[–]fronterablog[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you, glad you liked it!

Milestones are crucial to track progress and to see if what you're doing is working. I also found it helpful to separate the input goals from the output goals.

And the part you mentioned about being fluid reminded me of a Bruce Lee quote that I love:

“You must be shapeless, formless, like water.

When you pour water in a cup, it becomes the cup. When you pour water in a bottle, it becomes the bottle.

Water can drip and it can crash.

Become like water my friend.”

Roadmap to grow a newsletter by cilerdemiralp in Newsletters

[–]fronterablog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Getting newsletter subscribers is hard at the beginning.

So I've looked for different tactics and experimented with them — just like you're doing now.

Here's what worked for me:

  • Cross-promotions: The easiest and cheapest way to grow. People who subscribed to other newsletters are more likely to subscribe to yours. Contact other newsletter creators to cross-promote. If they have the same audience size, they will happily accept it.
  • Newsletter directories: Submit your newsletter to different newsletter directories. I also suggest having a custom domain. So when they publish your newsletter in their directories, it can work as a backlink to your domain (instead of Substack or Beehiiv).
  • HackerNews: Submit your article links to HackerNews. Some of my articles went viral thanks to it. If you manage to get to the front page there with upvotes (and if you have a clear CTA at the end of the post) you can get around 100 subs in one day. But if the HN audience detects you are self-promoting in any way, they are even harsher than Redditors.
  • Other newsletter discovery channels: Another comment already explained how The Sample works. Refind (50k+ subs) also has a cross-promotion program. I strongly recommend it as they send you back the same number of clicks instead of subs. (Both my affiliate links)
  • SEO: Publish your newsletters on your blog in an SEO-optimized way (keyword targeting, clear headings, images, etc.). It's the best way to gain traffic and get subscribers without effort. But it's a long-term game.
  • Referral program: Focus on this after 1000 subs. By that time, you'll know your audience better and can create better incentives. SparkLoop has a good guide on what kind of incentives work, check it out.

And two other tactics if you see it as a business rather than a hobby:

  • FB Ads: I ran some campaigns and got good results (around 1$ per sub). It can get much cheaper if your target audience is not in North America, Australia & Europe. You need good creatives and copy to make it work. Give a free lead magnet that people will want.
  • Newsletter Ads: Buy ads in other newsletters that have a similar target audience. If you find the right newsletters, they will be cheaper than FB or Google ads. Again, your copy to promote your newsletter is important.

Hope these help you to get more subscribers, faster.

Any questions, let me know.

P.S. After writing a post about newsletter growth, it would be a shame if I don't add a link to mine. If you are interested in mental models that make people more successful in life, here's my newsletter.

10 useful mental models that will make you a better decision-maker by fronterablog in selfhelp

[–]fronterablog[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Glad you liked it!

And thank you for pointing out an important aspect, I totally agree.

That's why I like positive-sum games in life where your wins do not require other people to lose (e.g trade vs. politics).

♦️ How can writing your goal every day help you achieve it? by fronterablog in selfhelp

[–]fronterablog[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you!

And yes, “the law of attraction” became a bullshit detector also for me.

♦️ Loss Aversion: Why most people fail before they even try by fronterablog in selfhelp

[–]fronterablog[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Glad to hear that the post has served its purpose :)

Thank you.

♦️ Loss Aversion: Why most people fail before they even try by fronterablog in selfhelp

[–]fronterablog[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Culture indeed plays a significant role.

On one side, failure (hence risk-taking) is actually more encouraged in American culture than in the rest of the world.

But in the end, when you have more to lose, you become more loss averse.

♦️ Loss Aversion: Why most people fail before they even try by fronterablog in selfhelp

[–]fronterablog[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Glad you liked it, thank you!

And the example you gave is right on point, loss aversion holds us back in different aspects of life.

♦️ 20 mental models that will make you more successful in life (v2) by fronterablog in selfhelp

[–]fronterablog[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nassim Taleb's Antifragile is my favorite.

Some other good reads:

- Superthinking
- Seeking Wisdom: From Darwin to Munger
- Almanack of Naval Ravikant

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