I'm letting you breathe, what more do you want?

Published: Thu, 06/13/19

"So Cameron signed on to write Rambo: First Blood Part II and Aliens simultaneously -- while also doing rewrites of The Terminator. With a calculator, he divided the amount of time he had by the number of pages he had to write and spent the next four months jumping between three different desks, putting on different music for each script."


So reads page 61 of a book I enjoy called:

"James Cameron Interviews"

Not the most exciting title.

But it's about an exciting bloke -- James Cameron.

He's the crotchety control freak behind the first two "Terminator" movies (yes, I am aware he was sued or something for plagiarism with Terminator, don't bother me with trifles, I'm writing...), Aliens, and True Lies -- all huge Hollywood blockbusters. He also did Titanic and Avatar which, while I was bored by Titanic and thought Avatar dorky, I can't argue with their results -- two of the highest grossing movies in history.

Anyway, I'm a big fan of the guy's work ethic.

And, especially, of his "the beatings will continue until morale improves" style.

But mostly, I like his work ethic.

Specifically:

His philosophy of not being a perfectionist, but a "greatest."

i.e. "I only want to do something until it's great not perfect."

Anyway, why am I bringing this up?

Because this is exactly the attitude to have if you want to win in email, too.

Forget perfectionism.

Forget trying to please others.

And, yes, forget trying to be "liked.” Frankly, nobody *likes* Cameron -- actors go home crying, crew members accuse him of abuse, and he even once made his own brother, in the movie "The Abyss", shoot a scene 25-feet underwater, eyes open, with a live crab in his mouth just to get the perfect realistic shot of a corpse with a crab crawling out of its mouth...the joke about James Cameron's dictator-style on set was "I'm letting you breathe, what more do you want?"

Forget all that.

I have always admired James Cameron's work ethic.

His drive to make movies.

And, his desire to be great at what he does.

And you know what else?

These are the kind of *customers* I like, too.

For example:

I have talked to a lot of "Email Players" subscribers. Especially the ones who have been with me since its launch in August 2011, going on 8 years straight. And, there's one thing they almost all have in common:

This same iron-fisted work ethic.

An ethic that keeps them writing daily.

Selling daily.

And, yes, making sales daily.

Those are the kind of customers I like. And, I try to repel all others -- like opportunity-minded people who can't commit to anything, new product junkies who own everything but implement nothing, and people who are looking for a "lazy" way to build their businesses.

Is that you?

Then get thee behind me, Chuckles.

Go haunt Facebook 24/7 with the rest of the fluffpreneurs.

Otherwise, "Email Players" may be a fit.

Or not.

Only one way to find out, and that's to use it.

But before doing that, read the letter carefully first, here:

http://www.EmailPlayers.com

Ben Settle