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As a result of daily posts, I’ve:

• Worked out for an hour and fifteen minutes every day for the past 90 days
  Done some masculinity-inducing exercises that was no longer a habit
  Worked a first job that others drooled over
  Approached 175 women in 7 (8?) days
  Contacted a man I admire more than anything for two hours of coaching
  Learned more about my limits in life and my ability to make other people’s lives better
  Recognized my dark side… some of which may or may not include homosexuality (ahem, I’m probably bisexual)
  Gone to jail… (Learned more about myself there than just about anything else)
  Learned that we literally control other people… BY ASSIGNING THEM AN IDENTITY IN OUR MIND–this one’s needs at least five hours of contemplation and meditation before the mind can understand this to the degree by which I’m talking about
  Lived on my own
  Systematically pushed the limit more and more each day

I was a goddamned idiot for making these non-daily. Maybe I just need to post in advance when I need a break from these, but it’s extremely useful to start writing posts based on fact and not based on lessons I think people should learn.

(Hold on. Allow me to pause the post here to propose a context for reading this.

I write every line here to drive in the point of “Why bloggers must report ‘I’ve done X, and then caused Y’ posts and NOT ’7 Theories On Achieving Y’.” Please just understand that I scold myself here for (accidentally) misinforming you, my most valued reader. I’ve given you reports recently on shit that doesn’t matter. By giving you reports on “What I’ve learned from other programs” instead of giving you reports based on experiment-derived information.

So, with that framework, let’s roll! Let’s our dance of words, our plot of my words and your contemplation, begin!

Twerk it!)

So… why go back to what I hate? I HATE reading posts on the lessons that people learned… I want to read the posts where PEOPLE ACTUALLY DID SOMETHING. I want to vomit anytime I see the “Here’s what you should to get more blog followers post.” They’re not doing any of the shit that they preach… and it’s plain as day if you’ll just look at the style of writing.

Where are the specific details on the swirling, particolored abyss of human emotion that’s locked away and indescribable to the human psyche until major trauma and discomfort has been experienced? No matter how hard they try (though, to be fair, they’re not trying to express how hard it was for them to do it), they just simply don’t know what REALLY is involved.

They don’t know the REAL PAIN that’s involved… and REAL PAIN, the pain that you experience by ACTUALLY DOING IT is what you must endure to complete almost any task worth completing. For example, would you consider that knocking on doors to develop your sales confidence or contacting Morgan Freeman or going to a MeetUp group to meet with like-minded people would be an excellent thing to have in your repertoire of experiences? Almost certainly (though some people might disagree with the knocking on doors part). But if Joe Doe or Sally Sundry comes along giving me a five-step system for contacting Morgan Freeman or knocking on doors and she hasn’t done it… she’s not going to give me THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE OF INFORMATION SHE CAN POSSIBLY GIVE ME: THE AWARENESS OF THE PAIN INVOLVED AND HOW TO SHORT-CIRCUIT IT.

In fact, this is so important, it should be a goddamned study in and of itself. There needs to be an infinite repertoire of tools to overcome that fricken’ adrenaline rush of cortisol-laced disease called (prolonged) discomfort. In the interim, until I write more about this, here’s what I have going: Everything that Tony Robbins teaches in his seminars.

Seriously, Tony Robbins has just about everything necessary to doing shit that we don’t want to do. When I first started drafting this post, I had intended on giving a list of all the things I’ve done, but it went something like this:

Start each day runni–Oh wait, that’s Tony’s “Change your physiology”… Hmm, how about
Medita–Nope, that involves changing breathing and focus, which clearly are part of Tony’s materials… Hmmm, what about the question of
“What would happen if I didn’t do th–” Oh, still changing focus here… Hmmm
Interesting.

Anyway, the point of this post is just to explain why I’m getting back into things.

From now on, you’ll see my daily challenge to myself when I wake up (whenever that is) and a daily finale. There’ll be no weekly shit, because that clearly does not work… for anyone, much less me. If we’re doing something daily, then my Unconscious simply says “Fuck it.”

Lez go!

Today’s challenge, by the way, is to: Take notes on Tested Advertising Methods for four hours and and then write copy for my copywriting business for two hours today. I complete this in the format of 60-60-30′s that I must record and prepare for by asking “What db is my ultimate vision for these fifty minutes of work?” This must all be completed by 7:00 A.M. because I’m to visit Craig VanDyke at

Furthermore, I must totally “Quit my parents.” Right now, I currently live with my parents in the basement with $1,800 in credit card debt. My parents currently can come down at any point that they like and set off certain negative emotional triggers (much like with how my father triggered certain anxieties and tensions when he entered my room with my mother). I currently have immerse myself in the worlds of PewDiePie and Cryaotic and the games they play so that I can escape this fact.

Need to stop doing this… I officially have quit my parents. I decide now that it’s enough and I forever dedicate myself to the pursuits of Richard Branson, Joe Polish, Eben Pagan, Neil Strauss, Timothy Ferriss, Bill Gates… Everything second of my life must happen within the worlds of these people.

Then, finally, today’s the last chance to pay off my American Express card without penalty… I don’t have the money yet. I must contact American Express today and let them know I’m in touch.

Yeah… if only I would’ve kept on writing these blog posts & pushed myself further and further with each post…

Anyway, that’s all for now. I’m not really going to do anything fancy with these posts… I’m really going to focus on the content of the posts from now on. I’m not going to devote a lot of willpower to fancying it up. Hopefully the intention will shine through the shitty formatting… because I know that things need to look really nice nowadays.

I’ll talk to you at at 11:00 PM on the mark tomorrow (i.e. 12 hours from now!)

Warmly,

Aaron Bell

[Debt Handling] How Much Guaranteed Entertainment Can You Get Before You Close This Tab? (93+)

Empower yourself, bro. Model this schedule:

• Draft a hundred headlines
  Photoread SUCCESSFULLY Tested Advertising Methods
  Type up the draft of the initial copywriting website
  Go to the probation office
  Contact American Express
  Get approved for a Discover card to transfer my balance to them
  Go to the I Love Marketing MeetUp Group–Get a Bazillion Outstanding Ideas… Like the headline above
  Update this post

The five minute timer for this post is almost up, so I’ll leave you for now.

Warmly,
Aaron D. Bell

Sharpshooting Desire: The James R. CityMove Project (94^)

It’s not fair. I want to focus on ME, not others. Waaahhhh.

But the question of the day was: What db is the next physical action to db destroying my debt and db having $1,000 in the bank?

And the answer in response was: “Completing James R.’s CityMove Project (94^) for $250.”

Fuck me. I want to develop my copywriting business… but I guess I need to copywrite for other people first.

Bye now,

Aaron

Making The Green Dollar Bill Come Alive With Copywriting! (94+/95^)

I found yesterday’s task interesting.

If only because it was infinitely too vague to be practical, so here’s what imma do. Imma get on with completing James’s project today FOR REAL by sending him a file that I expect to be paid $250 for by 4:00 P.M. today.

There’s no vagueness in that, I think.

(Also, I’ve used the swish technique with much success. I’ve officially quit coffee.)

Lez go!

Yours Truly,

Aaron D. Bell

We Paint The Car Then We Paint The Paint [GTD] (95^/96+)

I submitted James’s work…

@ 12:01 AM TODAY–not 4:00 PM yesterday.

Shame on me. Even though my work is pretty good.

So tomorrow I’ll be perusing the Warrior Forum–mingling with the hopefuls on there… giving my two cents.

Today, I’ll run two 60-60-30′s of the GTD process on my computer & journals–finding a way to prioritize things. This’ll be done by 9:30 AM.

That’s all.

Warmly,

Aaron D. Bell

Edit: I drank coffee again today. Couldn't afford distilled water (apparently) and found the tap water disgusting. The swish pattern's extremely effective, because I discovered that I had to force myself to start the coffee pot.

The mind is wonderful.

It’s Not Fair To Devote All This Time To One Fucking Folder! (96+)

Ass nuts on a donkey stick.

Could this have been a waste of a solid four hours of work? I think not. Because what would happen if I hadn’t've done what I did?

I’d be rotting. That’s what.

Apparently I had all this psychobabble running through my brain about how evil making a profit was.

Well, I took care of that. Easy peezy. Check it out:

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id= ... sp=sharing

(There are 73 ideas to make a killer profit.)

Read my other posts if you care about what’s been going on lately.

Warmly,

Aaron D. Bell

“Hey Tom Cruise! Buddy, What’s Up!” (Celebrity Cold Call) [97^]

Scientology can suck it.

But I love Tom Cruise anyway. So I’ll call him up and see how he’s doing–provided my Discover card arrives in the mail today.

Yeah. I’m in the process of eradicating this debt still. So I need to use debt in order to complete this challenge.

I’ll let you know how my cold call goes by 7:00 PM (FOR REAL… not like last time, where I posted for you 8+ hours after the “due date”)

Talk soon.
030
Aaron D. Bell

Maybe Not RIGHT AT 7PM… But… (97+)

My Discover card didn’t come today.

It’s stupid that I need a fucking card to pay even a single dollar’s worth of Contact Any Celebrity… But boo-fuckety-hoo for me. When I do a few copywriting jobs over the next two weeks, I’ll have at least a few thousand dollars in the account, which is pretty nice.

In the meantime, I’ll update my vision video. The vision video will have all my goals on it with epic Two Steps From Hell music playing in the background as well as inspirational pics saying I can do it).

You’ll see. I’ll post it on here (even if it needs to be muted) for you to see with tomorrow’s post.

Talk soon,

Aaron D. Bell

1 High-Quality Proposal... Every Day... On eLance (98^)

Bollycock for eLance proposing.

When it comes to actually submitting proposals now... I feel kind of inferior.

After doing my first project with CityMove, I've come to the conclusion that real copywriting's scary and needs a lot more attention and devotion to detail than I thought.

Which is why I must do more of it.

So, the challenge today (and for the next thirty days) is to devote my time and money toward submitting one super high quality proposal every day for thirty days. This will become a high-quality habit that I intend to continue for the rest of my life until I get a business that freaking sells PRODUCTS as opposed to services in the long run.

I'll have a high-quality proposal (with a video included) by 6:30 AM today. Got it?

I'm gonna run up to Meijers and get a bunch of water, lettuce, and chocolate milk for the next hour, and I'll submit proposals during the following two hours in a 60-60-30 format.

Talk soon.

Aaron D. Bell

I’ve Made A Mistake… eLance Continues (99^)

This blog’s about control. Or, more specifically, every single thing I’ve done on this blog has been to prevent other things from controlling me. Which is why I’ve deemed it unacceptable to make this many mistakes.

It’s not right to make mistakes for this long. I’ve committed to maximum growth and evolution so that I could control my life all this time, but it’s a terrible waste that I haven’t done what I needed to do all this time. For example.

Setting Time-Triggered Torture Devices To Control Myself

• To maximally control myself, I needed Setting commitments on StickK.com… EVERY DAY before 8:00 AM. Haven’t been doing that.
  To maintain positive control over my reputation (vs. the specific elements and jobs I need to do within my reputation), I needed to work on James marketing letter for at least four hours longer than I did.
  To maintain maximum control over my physical world, I needed to do the hour of power for the past two days. Haven’t done that.
  To destroy the grip of social fear over my body, I needed to go door to door every single day for the past fifty days. Haven’t done that.
  To control and maximize my instinctive reactions to the most common stimuli in my environment, I needed to the NLP swish pattern for at least the past thirty days… This one’s a big one that I missed that could’ve provided me with an outstanding leap ahead of most of the people in this world, in terms of progress.
  To gain the ultimate respect and to prevent the fear of the world following me in a negative light from controlling me, I needed to contact one star mentor a day for the past three years. Haven’t done that.

So, to prevent more things from controlling me, I’m really going to go balls-to-the-wall here regarding our evolution on this blog (or my evolution, if you choose not to partake in this journey with me). I’m going to ask myself why I am doing this easy thing vs. some other hard thing. If the answer is “Because I am afraid,” then I must do that thing.

Here, American Express! Take Your Money!

Specifically to start recovering from the mistakes such as those above, I’m going to prevent financial creditors from controlling me. To do this, I’m going to continue my past commitment with eLance by going through at least 20 different proposals to find some outstanding job opportunities to work for in the field of copywriting. It’s an outstanding opportunity if there are fewer than 20 proposals submitted for the job, if the budget’s over $1,000, not hourly, and requires copywriting experience.

In order to maximize my success for today, I’ll go for a workout with my new GPX mp3 player for an hour of power today at 8:00 AM, return, shower, eat, meditate, and swish pattern by 10:30 AM. With this base of good health practice, I’ll then have the energy to look through twenty different proposals on eLance, pulling any projects with the above parameters to my “Watch” list by 11:30 AM.

"I Don't Got Skillz Though!"

Even if they’re not directly in my current skillset, I’ll still pull them out… because that’s probably where I’ll need to develop my expertise in the long run anyway. Then, between 11:30 AM and 12:30 AM I’ll research the top prospect on that list (including his feedback, his proposal, and any relevant information of his) to then send him a video that’s directly relevant to him.

And it will be glorious.

Thanks for listening, friend! You’re an amazing person.

Warmly,

Aaron D. Bell

SUCK IT, ELANCE! I FUCKING LOVE YOU (99+)

eLance took me hard. So then. It’s only fair that when we do something right that we get acknowledged for it. Doesn’t always happen, but it should. So let’s acknowledge yesterday’s success.

Definitely got the eLance proposals searched through and applied. It felt great to get such a high-quality video and proposal up there. By making a proposal that outshines the competition by a factor of four going through his feedback history and saying things like “high quality” and “results” and “on time.” Also, by going through and making my profile to align with his proposal, I’ve definitely positioned myself as the best option for this person.

Need To Blast Out The Video's Impurities, Though

The video could’ve been better. If I could’ve had an ironed outfit with an elegant, plain-white background in the video, I really couldn’t see anything wrong with the video. Though, having a named entrance (the text that says “Aaron Bell, MLM Copywriter”) could’ve helped a lot.

Well, at least I learned that this process can be fun and that I can do this more and more over the upcoming days. I’ll be applying these little changes and improvements with each post, but besides that, I’ll be sticking to proven principles to make sure that this stuff follows through.

"We've Bloodlet a Pig Every Year..." Stick To Tradition!

If I don’t stick to these proven principles and only make these essential improvements, I’m fucked. No one’ll bid on me and my videos could serve as an example of why not to hire me. And if I do stick to these proven principles, I’m fucking guaranteed in terms of riches. I can just expect it to happen.

Warmly,

Aaron D. Bell

I’m Spending Money On AdWords Like It’s Crack (101^)

Today’s like a bottle of champagne… and expensive but fun. If you’ve ever been interested in investing in an AdWords campaign, this is your chance to see some real-time results from a non-A player with Search Engine Marketing.

My ultimate vision is to convert this $75 investment into $500, with some valuable lessons to boot. The only way this’ll happen is by actually forking up the dough, doing the research, and writing the ads.

I’ll review my old videos that I’ve tracked down, like those of Perry Marshall’s, to revamp my education on AdWords before I even begin my keyword research. This’ll provide me a reference base with which to model my investment off of.

So, by today I’ll have paid $75 for Google Adwords and web hosting (assuming I don’t just send the reader to another site). If I don’t do this, then you’ll never get the benefit of a better blog. If I do do this, you’ll get an outstanding blog post later tonight

Talk soon,

Aaron D. Bell

God I Was An Idiot!

Regular posts coming up again!

Challenge 1: Revisiting My Past ("Get Out Or I'll Call The Cops!")

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“Get out. That girl? She left because you made her uncomfortable…

Get out now or I’ll call the cops!”

Fuck. If I didn’t know NLP… This… would suck.

You remember post 75? The one where I needed to approach 10 women or whatever? The one where… by happenstance… white-platinum/blue-haired Shelby points out the door. Her eyes wide and dilated as she lashes me with: “Get out or I’ll call the cops(!).”?

Yeah. That one.

Well. I’m going to go visit that place. I’m going to test the permanence of “getting kicked out.” Especially because this is so nerve-racking for me.

Maybe… I can go there now. Test the waters. See if it’s good. Or. Should I wait? Oh crap. The level of white-bluish-golden anxiety tunnels through my arms right now.

Go there now or later? I choose to go there between 08:00 and 09:00. If I’m not there, then I’ll burn $50 on camera. Literally.

Empowering Thoughts:

• See Shelby’s smiling face as her wet pink tongue lathers my cock with saliva that reflects in the dimmed lighting as I hear her throat make a gagging sound around it.
  I don’t see Shelby’s face smiling at me as I sit down with a pad of paper, drinking Fourth Coast coffee at 02:00.
  I see myself stepping out immediately to my car, feeling the crunch of gravel as I feel the gear shift crank into reverse while the car’s front presses against my legs and pulls me backward, all the way back to Fourth Coast NOW.
  Feel the wooden chair as I see the white light, the white photons press against my irises.
  I see a hundred thousand people smiling at me and not frowning at me as I step out now and drive to Fourth Coast

I’ll have this done in the next hour.

Challenge 1 Completed: It's All Good ("Would You Like Anything Besides That Coffee?")

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So. It turns out: "Getting kicked out" is NOTHING.

People will let you back. Especially, if you (intend to) say, "I'm sorry." Or. What'll happen is--like in my case-- the people who kicked you out simply won't be there to kick you out again.

Which means... you still get in.

Storytime: I park my car 3 feet from the "Please Keep 4 Feet From This Door" sign. My vision turns angelic white as it reflects my cars headlights. Turning off the ignition, I open my door and feel the soles of my brown leather shoes squish through slush and then press to hard, black pavement. The air and ground vibrates as my car door clunks shut behind me,

I do a "full-body" scan--running my subtle awareness over and through my body. A nervous white-blue golden energy tunnels through the upper right and left of my torso. A little of the excitement trickles beneath my neck muscles.

My right fingertips press flat to cold metal as I pull Fourth Coast's door open. Looking into the cafe, gravity pulls the seats of the chairs to the tables, all upside down. The stained oak hardwood floor flooding beneath the tables reflect dim 4:00 am lighting. Bearded guy, "John", wipes a reflective glass. He glances at me, stops wiping, then leers into the glass's soul as he resumes wiping it.

I have weird "brain language" that I always mutter. Like a chant, a "buff" as WoW-ers would call it, I ask myself, "What's the reference structure for overwhelmingly believing that I max respect and love myself as I add the maximum value?" After asking this, I ALWAYS visualize an idealized version of myself. And my body resoponds accordingly.

To explain, I observed the power of reference structures from Wyatt Woodsmall, Ph.D. This guy teaches in a recorded seminar called Advanced Learning & Teaching Technologies. He says that people are often told to "Go mop the floor." People are NOT told to: "Step to the custodial cabinet... feel the leather of your jeans as you fish into your pockets for your keys...

"...Pull the metal of the ring of keys out of your pocket... feel the janitorial key press between your thumb and index knuckle... while pressing your fingers together on either side of the key, push your hand forward to the relatively dark keyhole... hear it "zipper" in... press your thumb on bottom left of the key and your knuckle to the top right as you twist the key...

"...Grip and turn the knob clockwise as you pull toward you... press the bottom of your feet onto the floor of the open closet... see the staff with noodle-like strands of cloth on it and grab it... pull the bucket next to it out as you're still grabbing it... blah blah see the light reflect from the wet floor... blah blah squeeze mop dry... see the wet noodles hand down over the "top" part of the staff as you put the mop away... hear the door clank... done."

And... surprising... a lot of people NEED that (not saying that I do.)

The point is, though, that all of that just came from "What's the reference structure for mopping the floor?" I didn't HAVE TO READ A FUCKING BOOK just to get how to mop the floor. The details, the dirty dirty details, came to me automatically. Which means, it was in MY brain. The whole of that last paragraph... from one question. Do you understand how this can be applied to manifesting the correct behaviors within yourself?

Perhaps not. Because: Maybe you haven't learned that "Clear Visions Create Causes"... Maybe you haven't learned to "Create --> Articulate"... Maybe you haven't learned that "Emotional (non-logical) imagery inspires people with energy and direction" Which is OK.

If you haven't learned this yet, just know that behavior changes radically as a result of it.

So. Standing a foot away from the counter, he asks, "What will you be having today?" in a serious, neutral tone.

Does he recognize me? I'm not sure. "A large coffee, please?" I give puppy dog eyes, trying to be "non-threatening."

"Are you taking that upstairs? You can bring a chair down if you want." I look at the table next to the counter. Leaning over to pull a chair off the table, I remember the upstairs. The Crow's Nest.

After tearing open a couple packets of Sugar In The Raw and "non-dairy creamer" packets, I trot upstairs. 10 beautiful women scatter at various table. Three guys (each drunk) intermittently populate the tables.

A dial in my consciousness clicks to "Game", but I dial the "Intensity" dial to "0". Remember Shelby's finger wag, I decide not to socialize.

Feeling the pen scratch into the yellowish pages as I drink my sweetened coffee. A beautiful brunettel college girl full-on approaches me. Black leather pad in left hand, pen in right.

Breasts poke into my consciousness. Lips: juicy and smooth.

I want to make out with her.

"Will you be OK with that coffee or will you have something else?" My gut says, purchase something.

"I'm good with the coffee for now, thanks... Am I good sitting up here?"

"Yeah, you're fine. Go ahead." Her once focused eyes zone out slightly. She turns and traipses to the back.

"Thanks."

Thoughts: I need to become a PUA superstar. Yeah. Because, you know what? I want to pull every fucking woman, ever. Because, feeling my penis between their breasts... would feel great. So. What I want to do... I want to game the world.

Gaming the world will open up everything. My customers, will receive the value I give through Game. Friends... will smile at me more as I kino-escalate to a hug with them.

When I become President, Gorbachev style people will smile. Because. I'm going to use Game on other countries. In multiple languages. When I'm President, we're all going to be one happy (fucking) family.

It's going to happen.

After five minutes of scribing into my journal, I mentally check off today's challenge as completed.

If I want to pre-ordain another challenge, I can go again during the day. Because, I still feel somewhat of a fear with going while it's heavily populated.

So. By going during the day, I'll both totally conquer Fourth Coast... and know that tonight wasn't a fluke.

Until next time, brother. Toodles!

Your friend,
Aaron Bell

Challenge 2: 14 Hours of Brainwashing ("Shattered By That Question")

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Have you ever heard your father's words come out of YOUR mouth? Do you see yourself watching too much TV, feeling empty inside?

Let's change that. Let's delete the negative influence... by washing our brains. (Note: Brainwashing is a GOOD thing... when done by the right person)

For today's task: I watch all of Advanced Learning & Teaching Technologies (42 hours left). My eyes observe this at 3 x speed. I'll watch the final "dun dun DUN dun dun DUN" music by 11:59 March 17, 2014.

For today's quote: "'Why are we here?' There is a whole group of us shattered by that question." ~ Gerdjieff in Meetings With Remarkable Men

Challenge 2 Completed + Challenge 3: Teaching Sales And Marketing ("Thirty years and 10,000 drinks later")

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HEY. You know how... there are just those times where you obliterate your objective?

Where you just barrel through and make things happen?

Let me explain...

Guru Mastermind's logo fades on screen. Then, back to Eben's smiling face. This marks the end of the seminar. The outro plays: "dun dun DUN dun dun DUN!"

I vibrate in my chair, stairing at my VLC media player playlist... because... I did it. I just watched 50 hours worth of a seminar at once.

50 hours of Eben Pagan and Wyatt Woodsmall "seizuring" on stage. From my fast (3-4 x speed) playback, of course.

50 hours worth (17 hours realtime) of their fast voices. 17 hours of hearing voices compressed (but at normal pitch) by 4 times.

17 hours of Wyatt's right pupil. 17 hours of sitting catatonic in my chair as the NLP master unconsciously put me, the audience, into a trance.

I love my life.

Work after this was probably the best day ever. Nothing but smiles from me at this poitn.

So. In summary...

Sunday was a raving success.

Monday was interesting. (Though I forgot to ask 100 pain/pleasure questions.) -- I did an exercise where I delegated to a co-worker.

And. Now. Tuesday's fucking exciting... I have 9 MIT lectures downloading onto my GPX mp3 player now. I expect to do something fun with this soon.

For today's challenge, I commit to recording 30 minutes of video on Sales & Marketing by 03:00 Mar 19. You'll have the next blog post by 12:00 Mar 19, 2014.

("A 14-year-old boy takes his first drink of Jack Daniels and likes it. Thirty years and 10,000 drinks later, he's an alcoholic. Positive Feedback." in 80/20 Sales and Marketing)