There’s a great book you need to read or listen to.
It’s called “The Compound Effect” by Darren Hardy.
https://www.amazon.com/Compound-Effect-Jumpstart-Income-Success/dp/0306924633?crid=3OSVTQBF1IFDZ&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.x9Ndr3OY9fTEDHYM9f5SgsGOvvl0hJt_ZBiQFdgm4KhN1IIPAfpMU7FvJH1Nv7dlNTvL2zC4l0DOGhaQoPoDA_lTHsHvVY2rKr6_cYNGAecvc_H2lqKiSQf2xnFUkzHT_kOXOtHDZpy6V7V49cA7nfDIK8IB6HlSdTYNLGRpvdGLS5opdT-HVOO73PRzjv21JKMr_vwvr6emS097Lqd8EMMCoI59lmRbMrxlo967E2Q.vMfwydKrq4Mvx-2F3q-9RpooClk4MM_zyy2XBndy2vQ&dib_tag=se&&&sprefix=the+compound+efect,aps,427&sr=8-1&&&&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl .
It starts like this:-
It’s time someone told it to you straight. You’ve been bamboozled for too long. There is no magic bullet, secret formula, or quick fix. You don’t make $200,000 a year spending two hours a day on the Internet, lose 30 pounds in a week, rub 20 years off your face with a cream, fix your love life with a pill, or find lasting success with any other scheme that is too good to be true. It would be great if you could buy your success, fame, self-esteem, good relationships, and health and well-being in a nicely clam-shelled package at the local Walmart. But, that’s not how it works.
We are constantly bombarded with increasingly sensational claims to get rich, get fit, get younger, get sexier… all overnight with little effort for only three easy payments of $39.95. These repetitive marketing messages have distorted our sense of what it really takes to succeed. We’ve lost sight of the simple but profound fundamentals of what it takes to be successful.
The message is mostly true.
You can earn $ 200,000 annually by spending 2 hours a day online, but you would have spent a lot more time than that to reach that stage.
Some people spend years getting to that stage.
Almost no one gets there in less than 6 months , but it can be done if you’re lucky, pick the right niche to start, and have a great mentor.
What the book is really about is that what we have done regularly compounds over time to get us to where we are today.
Changing those little habits to point in the direction we actually want to go will get us there because they also compound.
It really comes down to choices .
Do you want to go for a walk or stay home and drink that coke?
Will you send that email or watch Netflix?
All those simple little choices make all the difference.
Read the book, or listen to it as you go on your next walk.
Regards, Brent.
You know the one.
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You know the one.
That idea for a product, or and email, or a blog post, or something that’ll make you rich .
Spoiler Alert: You’ve already had hundreds.
You either rejected them or forgot about them.
Everyone has hundreds if not thousands of ideas almost every day, but they never act on them or record them, so they drift back to the Universal Mind and are handed to someone else.
Eventually, someone acts on the idea that you’ve forgotten you had, and makes a living from it.
Of course you don’t have the time or energy to act on every idea you’ve had, but you do have the time to record them so you don’t neglect them.
Your phone has a voice record function and a notes function.
Get in the habit of recording your ideas as you go.
Make sure you give enough detail to prompt you later.
If you don’t want to use your phone for this, carry a note pad and writing tool.
When you’re going through your list for inspiration later the trick is to think, how can I make this work , not that won’t work.
Run a little brainstorming session for each idea, if nothing leaps up it hasn’t marinated long enough.
Move on to the next one.
That’s where this one came from.
https://school.wm-tips.com/plrprosp .
Regards, Brent.
Or who you are if it comes to that.
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Or who you are if it comes to that.
Online, people only know what you tell them , and most of what they tell you is lies.
I’ll get back to that, but for now, here’s proof that they don’t know where you are.
Logging into an old FB account today, I was met with “Incorrect password. Your password was changed 3 months ago.”
Not by me, it wasn’t, so I went down the “Change Your Password” route.
In my inbox, I got a notification that my password had been changed, and Meta correctly advised me that I was in Adelaide.
I received another email from Meta, with the same timestamp, informing me that someone had logged in from Darwin.
If it wasn’t me, I was asked to let them know.
How can they simultaneously get my location right, and 3,000 km away?
I know that Adelaide and Darwin are in the same time zone, but they are not on the same Longitude or Latitude.
Do these companies know where you are?
Maybe, maybe not , who can tell?
If you use a VPN, it’s even less likely that they’ll have a clue.
If you want to use a VPN but don’t want to pay for one, use the Opera web browser , it has one built in that’s free.
Anyway, enough about where you are, what about who you are?
As I said, the Internet only knows what you tell it.
That’s why I never use Google or Apple to log in to any site.
Always and only email .
Often a fake email as well.
Fastmail allows you to generate as many fake email addresses as you like, and they’ll be redirected to your selected email address.
Any site that won’t let me use an email address I don’t use.
It’s 1984 , and it’s not just the Government watching you; it’s also big Tech.
Regards, Brent.
When you listen to successful people, not just online marketers, they’ll tell you about all the stuff that didn’t work.
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When you listen to successful people, not just online marketers, they’ll tell you about all the stuff that didn’t work .
I used to drink with a self-made millionaire occasionally.
He owned the pub where we drank, and at least three others in the same town.
He owned two major transport companies , a car dealership, a truck dealership, two petrol stations, and several other businesses.
He tried to buy a bank , but couldn’t quite get all the shares he needed.
He had also gone bankrupt twice .
He told me once that he’d been watching me and said I wasn’t pushing hard enough.
He said I needed to go broke at least once to learn how to be successful.
That scenario wasn’t something to aspire to with a family and a mortgage to support.
However, he had a point.
Most people don’t take risks at all and lead very safe lives.
They also never achieve much.
Some people take massive risks, and some of them have massive success, but that’s not guaranteed .
The secret is that when you take a risk of any size, no one but you knows if it fails.
Other people only recognise success, so until you’re successful, you can take all the risks you like and learn from what doesn’t work.
Regards, Brent.
P.S. One thing that you took a risk on, then never did anything with, is a PLR product.
You bought it because you could see that it did have a lot of appeal and people would buy it, but that stopped there.
Once you took delivery, you didn’t do what you thought you would.
There are reasons for this.
You got interrupted and never got back to it.
You realised that the effort to make it yours was too great.
You weren’t quite sure what to do with it.
Etc. I’ve done the same, and I have Mb of PLR to prove it.
That’s why I made this GPT.
It was for my benefit, really, and it works great .
However, I decided that you might appreciate some assistance with your saved PLR goodies.
https://school.wm-tips.com/plrprosp You can now turn your PLR into products that people will want to buy.
Simply upload your PDF to the GPT, then ask as many questions as you’d like.
Between you and ChatGPT, you’ll have a unique product in minutes.
Look around you.
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Look around you.
Everything you see inside your home came from somebody’s imagination first.
The only things that didn’t come from a Human’s imagination are almost everything in nature .
Almost because some have come from a Human’s imagination and have been modified in some way from nature.
But imagination, on its own, isn’t any use at all because without action, it would all stay imaginary.
It’s only fraudsters who try to fool people that something imaginary has substance, like cryptocurrencies, or royalty who get convinced that a particular cloth can only be seen by intelligent people.
So, imagination is crucially important , but it can also be misused, and we are seeing a lot of that at the moment.
Just because you imagine something doesn’t make it true .
Sometimes imagination is just fantasy, and will remain so regardless of how many others join your fantasy.
That doesn’t negate the value of imagination; it does mean that you need to validate your imagination with facts and reality.
When everything checks out, then you can turn your imagination into a reality through the activity that leads to it.
The best way to put your imagination to good use is to look at successful products and imagine how they could be made better or combined with a different product to create something different.
Regards, Brent.
There are several things to enjoy about the Tour de France.
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There are several things to enjoy about the Tour de France.
The scenery is always worth watching go past.
The age of some of the castles and where they’re built is always amazing for me.
How they hauled all of that stone to the top of the hills and mountains is fascinating, and must have taken ages.
The skill of the builders impresses me because these things are still standing after centuries.
Sure, some of them are ruins, but some of them are not.
Then there are the mountains themselves.
Australia is a relatively flat country; although it has some mountains, they are not particularly high by global standards.
Of course, the whole point of the race is the cyclists themselves.
The team tactics, the crashes, and the power of these young men make for a scintillating couple of hours.
It’s not just because I’m a cyclist myself, I have been watching this long before I got my first bicycle, but it is certainly more interesting now.
Well, what can we learn from this?
You have to take some risks to win.
You can’t win without a team supporting you , although sometimes you have to go alone.
There will always be challenges and mistakes.
Success comes to those who make the fewest mistakes , or the ones that impact the result the least.
Winning a stage can be great, but that doesn’t always translate to a better overall result.
Consistency beats short bursts of brilliance.
There’s probably more than could be extracted, but I think that’s enough from me.
Let me know what you think.
Regards, Brent.
It is also the most egalitarian place to make a great income.
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It is also the most egalitarian place to make a great income .
Unfortunately, many people in that industry don’t recognise where their income comes from.
That’s because they think they are being paid for their skills, but they’re not.
I’m talking about sports people here.
A highly skilled and entertaining athlete in the darts niche is unlikely to be paid the same as a mid-level professional soccer player.
The reason has to do with the fan base and the cost of TV rights.
The more popular the sport, the more money there is to pay the players.
Similarly, actors are paid based on their personal fan base, not the total fan base for movies.
Then we cannot forget writers .
It’s possible to make a good living without being a well-known author, but the income gap between those at the top and the rest can be massive .
However, it’s all about entertainment.
People pay to be entertained.
That could be reading, watching movies, going to sporting events, etc., but it’s all entertainment.
There is a message in this for me and you.
Be more entertaining.
You can still provide value, but it needs to be entertaining, at least some times.
Regards, Brent.
Now, this isn’t a prompt for writing the book or whatever.
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Now, this isn’t a prompt for writing the book or whatever.
What it does is create a scaffold for writing what you want.
So, copy paste this, edit to suit your needs and see what happens.
Please write a book outline with a title, subtitle, and description on the subject of running a profitable dairy farm. Write in the style of an American farmer. Please cover the daily routine.
This is what I got from ChatGPT:-
Sure! Here’s a book outline written in the style and voice of an experienced American dairy farmer—practical, plainspoken, and packed with real-world insights.
📘 Title: Milk Money: How to Run a Profitable Dairy Farm Without Losing Your Shirt
🧢 Subtitle: Hard-Earned Lessons from a Life of Early Mornings, Muddy Boots, and Moo-La
📝 Book Description: This ain’t no shiny brochure from the government or a textbook from some ag college. This is the real deal—straight from a boots-on-the-ground dairy farmer who’s been through droughts, floods, mastitis outbreaks, and milk price crashes and still came out ahead.
“Milk Money” lays out how to build and run a dairy farm that actually turns a profit—and still lets you get a little sleep and maybe take your spouse out to dinner now and then. We’ll walk through what a real day looks like on the farm, how to make the books work, when to invest, and when to hunker down. From managing your herd to dealing with the milk truck guy, this book covers it all, no bull.
Whether you’re just dreaming about owning a few Holsteins or you’re already knee-deep in manure and need to find your way out of the red, this book will help you work smarter, not just harder.
📚 Chapter Outline:
1. So You Wanna Be a Dairy Farmer?
Romantic vs. Reality
The commitment it takes
Capital, land, and guts
2. Choosing Your Herd Wisely
Holstein, Jersey, or mixed?
What to look for in breeding stock
AI vs. natural breeding
Keeping cows healthy = keeping money in your pocket
3. Barn Talk: Setup That Works
Designing a layout for efficiency
Milking parlors, feed storage, and manure management
Why ventilation and bedding matter more than you think
4. Daily Life on the Farm
4:30 AM – Rise and Shine
5:00 AM – First milking
7:00 AM – Feeding and herd checks
Midday – Repairs, paperwork, pasture rotation, calving checks
3:00 PM – Second milking
Evening – Cleanup, prep, and emergencies
How to structure help (family, hired hands, seasonal help)
5. Feeding for Profits
Ration balancing without a PhD
Silage, hay, grain, supplements
Getting the most milk per pound of feed
6. Milking: The Main Event
Equipment that saves time and money
Cleanliness and mastitis prevention
Milking schedules and cow comfort
Dealing with the dairy inspector
7. The Business Side of the Barn
Understanding milk pricing and co-ops
Budgeting and managing cash flow
Keeping good records (yes, it matters)
How to read your own P&L without hiring a CPA
8. Diversifying to Stay Afloat
Cheese, ice cream, raw milk, farm tours
Raising beef calves or selling bred heifers
Agritourism and farm stands
9. Troubleshooting: When the Cow Pie Hits the Fan
10. Long-Term Planning: How to Grow Without Going Broke
11. Tales from the Milking Parlor
Real stories, funny mishaps, and hard-won lessons
Advice I’d give my 20-year-old self
🪶 Tone & Style:
Friendly, plainspoken, with a few jokes and sayings thrown in like any good front porch conversation
Honest about the hard stuff, but always hopeful
Written for folks who respect hard work and want to do things right
Would you like me to start drafting a sample chapter or the daily routine section in full next?
Now, what I would do with this is paste it into Claude and start working on each chapter.
Get Claude to write the chapter, then edit it to make it better .
But, you could also paste it into something like Word, Google Docs, etc. and fill in the details yourself.
Using AI to help you isn’t cheating, nor is it producing low-value content.
It can, and some people are bone lazy.
They will fill platforms with crap, but the platform owners are fighting back.
They will trash anything that doesn’t provide value to their customers.
How you use it is up to you of course, but working from a framework makes sense to me, and you can change things around, delete sections, add more, but you will have something to work with.
Enjoy the output from the prompt.
Regards, Brent.
We had three grandies with us today.
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We had three grandies with us today.
The usual 2-year-old plus two cousins due to a Student Free Day at their school.
As is normal, I was doing some simple things on my computer because thinking isn’t an option when there are three little girls running around.
However, the eldest one is a budding author, at 10.
She’s already shown me books she’s written, and she loves reading.
Reading is great training for writing .
The two older girls were sitting on the arms of my chair and providing prompts for ChatGPT to make images from.
I told them to come up with an image prompt and I’d get a T-Shirt made for them.
We have two T-Shirts coming.
The 10-year-old then spotted me checking the stats on my Amazon books, and asked if she could put some books up.
Now she knows what she needs to do to get started, and I’ve promised to help.
She may be the first person at her school to be a published author.
If a 10-year-old can see the potential of self-publishing and is prepared to slowly type out the story she’s hand written, do you think you could?
Admittedly, she’s not thinking of money, just getting a book published.
For your first one that’s probably the right goal.
Get something done.
Regards, Brent.
P.S. The book is approved.
Go here:- https://amzn.asia/d/6M0HDeM .
We all know that the AI tools are liable to lie, totally make stuff up, and hallucinate.
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We all know that the AI tools are liable to lie, totally make stuff up, and hallucinate .
They also can get all sorts of great information for you, but this method I’ve found works extremely well and uses the AI tools propensity to fake it.
Have you guessed?
Writing humorous fiction.
The more absurd the better.
Tell it to make things Pythonesque and you get great output.
Not ridiculous enough, ask it to pour it on .
I’ve just finished putting together a three book series on fake case studies.
For those I used Abacus.ai, it did a great job, but couldn’t manage the book covers.
I got ChatGPT 4o to do those for me.
Then I asked Claude to write a fake self-help book for me.
It did a brilliant job.
It reads like so many self-help books you see, but the concept of what you have to do to attain success is totally outlandish.
Again, ChatGPT 4o made the images, but I asked Claude to write the prompt for ChatGPT.
Claude writes better long-form content than ChatGPT, but Chatty does better images.
I can’t give you a link to the case studies yet because Amazon hasn’t finished processing, but there will be a link later.
Have a play, see what they can do.
Regards, Brent.
