Zen Habits Interview, Facebook Page, Free Book Bonuses, and More (Blog)

[Savage]

Use this thread to discuss the following entry from Steve Pavlina's blog:

Zen Habits Interview, Facebook Page, Free Book Bonuses, and More

[wulph]

Thank you for the love and gratitude, Steve. I look forward to my astral consultation.

[Jeff Lilly]

Wow... Since you charge by the hour for consultations, and there is an infinite amount of time in the astral plane, the value of the astral consultation ALONE is worth the book sticker price an infinity of times over...!

I am SO there. I'll bring a big heap of gratitude from my own stockpile, and we'll trade.

Hmmm... What's your astral address?... stevepavlina.esp?

[Savage]

Originally Posted by Jeff Lilly

Hmmm... What's your astral address?... stevepavlina.esp?

Close... it's actually stevepavlina.rip.

[Hunter Nuttall]

OK, who the heck were you channeling this time?

[Savage]

Originally Posted by Hunter Nuttall

OK, who the heck were you channeling this time?

Ron Popeil I think.

[supertom]

Originally Posted by Steve Pavlina

Ron Popeil I think.

hmm channeling living people aye, thats some talent

[supertom]

at the end you touched on connecting with people, what about people you have "physical" impairments, that holds them back mentally and brings down their confidence, how can we help them connect??

[Savage]

Originally Posted by supertom

at the end you touched on connecting with people, what about people you have "physical" impairments, that holds them back mentally and brings down their confidence, how can we help them connect??

W. Mitchell is a pretty inspiring example of how to deal with such challenges. He went from accident victim to motivational speaker.

You can make excuses, or you can make decisions.

[Pace]

Hey Steve,

*waves hi* Kyeli and I received our review copy of the book today! We can't wait to read it and review it!

However, your special bonus offers were so awesome that we went ahead and bought another copy just to get 'em. If you see me on the astral plane tonight, please let me know what happens because I'll probably forget, okay? (;

Also, I really loved your interview with Leo. It moved me to tears twice: once at the part about success and once at the part about people coming out of the woodwork to help you out as soon as they know you're going to do it with or without them.

Take care! (:
-Pace

[supertom]

thanks steve, also pacei like the second part as long, its like when you make a honest commitment your sub-conscious mind registers it and sends it to the universe

[Peek]

It took a while to read the interview on Zen, and it is worth it!
I like Leo's point of view in this world.

Still, Steve sales pitch and all the bonuses made my day!

Love and gratitude to you all,

Peek

[ellie]

Nice interview. It's nice to hear a bit more about you as a person. Although I thought you would play more with your children on the weekends

Well I know what I am going to treat myself to for my birthday which is coming up soon, Steve's book!!!! Anyone know if the book can be purchased in Australia yet?
Otherwise I can just order it from Amazon.

[jurig]

Operators are standing by…

Hey Steve, seems like you have not yet read the book "Yes!: 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive". The better sales line is "If operators are busy, please call again".

[JulietduPreez]

Hi Steve

I love your modus operandi and that you "don't centre your life around profit motive" - big lesson in that. Thank you.

Facebook still confuses me a bit - I'm not talking technically, but, simply why it is there, what people like/don't like about it, what is THE fascination etc ? People appear to sort of advertise, but it seems like a bit of a flop in that respect or as if it hasn't got off the ground yet. I find it bazaar to see friends posting daily "status" notes like "I'm cleaning the cupboard".

Is it too soon for you to give some of your thoughts on it?

Well, I'd certainly be interested for you to keep us posted on your Facebook experiences.

Thank you,
Juliet

[Savage]

Originally Posted by jurig

Hey Steve, seems like you have not yet read the book "Yes!: 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive". The better sales line is "If operators are busy, please call again".

Actually I read that book several weeks ago.

It had some interesting ideas, but I thought a lot of the tactics it documented were manipulative. I don't think it's a good idea to lower people's consciousness just to be more persuasive. I don't believe in generating sales at the cost of treating people like cogs in a machine. I partly went down that path in my 20s, and it made me feel slimy.

There are some ideas from the book that naturally benefit me as a high-profile blogger. For example, I obviously have a lot of pre-existing social proof for my work. But that came as a result of working really hard on creating good content. When I didn't have social proof, I just moved forward without it.

If you don't have social proof, I don't think it's wise to fake it. It's more important to get honest feedback from people on your early work, so you can use that to improve the quality of your material. That way when you finally do have some social proof, it will be because you earned it, not because you faked it until people started swallowing your marketing. Otherwise if you try to fake it, you end up being very inauthentic.

This would be an interesting topic to explore in a future article.

[carenkh]

About the facebook page...

Douglas Adams spoke here in 1996, and almost his entire speech was about the internet and the wonderful possibilities he saw therein. It was very, very inspiring; he had a strong vision of the community-building potential, and how we might use it to better the world. It's one of my favorite speeches I've ever attended, not just because I love the author and his work, but because of the hopefulness I felt about the world afterwards.

I feel the same hope when I read your words here! Thanks, Steve!!

[evacorges]

Loving the bonuses! Unluckily I go to sleep when America wakes up. Now what? You still taking those daytime naps for astral consultations, Steve???

And amazon tells me it is not shipping me my book for another two weeks. I will have it before december 2nd!

[Savage]

Originally Posted by evacorges

Loving the bonuses! Unluckily I go to sleep when America wakes up. Now what? You still taking those daytime naps for astral consultations, Steve???

Yes, but for a limited time only.

[Pequod]

Last night I enjoyed an astral consultation with mr Steve Pavlina, author of Personal development for Smart People. I was traveling with a friend, and we sat down at a table. Suddenly Steve showed up and sat next to me.

I didn't even ask consciously for a consultation, but as I am a pre-sale buyer of his book, I guess Steve just couldn't resist dropping by. That's what I call customer service!

I must say that we had an enjoyable talk. At some point I asked Steve how to accomplish a certain goal and he took a calender from me and colored it with a planning of when to take certain actions. After that we said goodby and I continued my travel.

I'd say the positive feelings and advice are well worth the normal cost of 500 A$ (astral dollars) and recommend astral consultations by mr. Pavlina.

[supertom]

interesting about how he likes to do things that scare him, i think thats how he connects to source

[Akashic_Librarian]

LOL at bonus's, better than a crappy e-book I definitely agree!

[Andreas]

Hahahaha! Steve, you're like a humor-marketeer.

The last part of this article was basically the best sales pitch I've ever read in my life or could possibly imagine. Just ineffable. Love it.

I'll see you.... in the astral.

[Savage]

Although the book sales pitch at the end was definitely meant as a joke, a few people have already told me they've had dreams about me giving them helpful advice. So who knows???

[Dive Bomb]

Originally Posted by Steve Pavlina

Although the book sales pitch at the end was definitely meant as a joke, a few people have already told me they've had dreams about me giving them helpful advice. So who knows???

I was one of those people. You helped me make brown rice and to overcome my stage fright to rock out in some Vegas casino.

[sameer]

I just bought the book on Amazon -- I missed the September deadline but I'm still adamant about receiving the freebies dammit!

Sameer