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Listen to Your Own Damn Advice

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The Cobbler’s Children Have No Shoes

That’s an old saying to describe how we’re so busy helping others that we often go without that which we should have in order to serve as good examples.

Who would trust a shoemaker who’s kids had no shoes?

Now apply this to your online business.

If you fail to give yourself permission and time to create blog posts, your traffic goes down and so does your lead generation. In technical business terms, this is what we call “bad.”

If you fail to take your own damn advice, you come off as a hypocrite, and nobody trusts hypocrites with their money. Also bad (see, the second time I use technical jargon, I remove the quotes).

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9 Responses to Listen to Your Own Damn Advice
  1. Laurie Foley
    April 22, 2011 | 2:55 pm

    OMG, MM. Best T-shirt ever AND you said “parity.” You are a geek after my own heart. I'm taking my own advice right now, thanks to you.

  2. Jayorban
    April 23, 2011 | 5:43 am

    I love the shirt too it's sweet, and I agree with your comments practice what you preach. It is good to get advice from various pro's in your field, on the other hand we all have our own brains and need to figure out what works for our particular situation and go from there. Cool video.

    • Michael Martine
      April 23, 2011 | 7:41 am

      ” …we all have our own brains and need to figure out what works for our

      particular situation and go from there” <– Truer words were never spoken.

  3. Christian
    April 23, 2011 | 11:20 pm

    OMG you're talking to my soul!

    • Michael Martine
      April 23, 2011 | 11:28 pm

      Yay, I get to have one of those “you're doing it right” days. Thanks. :)

  4. Michael Martine
    April 23, 2011 | 11:28 pm

    Yay, I get to have one of those “you're doing it right” days. Thanks. :)

  5. Button Badge
    April 26, 2011 | 7:00 am

    always happy to check out your blogs~

  6. Phantomic_claudiu
    May 6, 2011 | 12:33 pm

    Nice shirt :)

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