Outsider to Insider in 6 weeks
Dear Friend,
On a beautiful summer afternoon, 2 years ago, two young men started the same business. They were very much alike, these two young men. Both had grown up on the same street. They had the same first name, and they even shared the same middle name. Though one moved away, and the other stayed. One started a business at 18 and after 6 years of effort decided to quit. Both were now in their late 20's, and, as many new business owners are, filled with ambitious dreams for the future.
Recently these two men had coffee after two years apart.
They were still in much the same place. Both had started detailing, both had initial success.
But there was a difference.
One man was still operating a business after two years. The other was working a job.
Have you ever wondered, as have I, what makes this kind of difference in peoples lives? It isn't a native intelligence or talent or dedication. It isn't that one person wants success and the other doesn't.
The difference lies in what each person knows and how he or she makes use of that knowledge.
And that is why I am writing to you about the value of confidence in social settings. For that is the whole purpose of these newletters: to Give you knowledge -- knowledge that you can use in your life.
A Newsletter Unlike Any Other
You see, This newsletter is unique. It's combining 49 years of experience, (10 from my own life and 39 from two books that deeply influence me) It's the only weekly newsletter that blends developing social skills, creativity, and storytelling into a unique cocktail. With 28-32 Newsletters already written there is a beautiful binge bank available for you to sample, along with a 6 week course to help you develop your confidence in social settings.
Each Saturday, the newsletter offers a broad range of topics in how to get along with people, (confidence, likeability, enthusiasm) Creativity, and storytelling. This newsletter gives you all the tools you need to develop these skills. When you need them.
(Applied) Knowledge is power
Right now I'm looking at all the newsletters already published. Filled with Actionable challenges and ways to go outside your comfort zone.
How I started a service based business
How To Create A compelling Vision for your life
7 Ways To Be Creative And Avoid a Boring Life
How To Get Organized in as little as 2 hours a week
3 Quick and Easy Steps To Make Others Feel Important
And that's just 5 of the 29 Newsletter already published.
Over the last 10 years I’ve learned how to gain confidence in social settings. Combining the best ideas from Shaan Puri, Chris Voss, Dale Carnegie, and Frank Bettger. If you've never read this newsletter before you can't imagine the world that will open up to you by reading and applying the ideas within it. (it may just double your happiness, and your income)
Much of this information is hard to find. Because most people aren't listening to one book 10 times over 10 years. (allowing it to change the very fabric of their being) Or listening to one podcast 21 times in the last 2 month. So you get the best of this investment of my time, and get 80% of the benefits.
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Or you may prefer to accelerate your learning with a 6 week Outsider to insider course walking you through how to improve your confidence in social settings.
About these two friends I mentioned at the beginning of this letter. They started for the first 20 years of life together. So what made their lives in business different?
Knowledge. Useful Knowledge. And its application.
Especially with people. One developed confidence in social settings. and invested in his growth. The other did not.
An Investment in success
I cannot promise you that success will be instantly yours if you read the newsletter and buy the course. But I can guarantee that you find the newsletter always interesting, always reliable and always useful. (and if you don't I'll Venmo you a dollar)
Sincerely,
Daniel
Hey Everyone--
It's Daniel.
Talking to strangers get a bad rep. but it shouldn't. New friends are a treasure.
It feels great to laugh with a new friend while the time in line at the DMV flies by. Or giving a compliment to someone you see at the gym and then having a 30 second conversation before your next set. Or having a great conversation with a friend you haven't seen in a while. It's so good to meet new friends, and see old friends and catch up. That's how it used to be all the time.
But things Changed.
You started being told to watch out for strangers. You're connected to so many people via social media but no one really knows you. Covid made meeting in person weird and some never recovered. You lost control. And looking at your phone is easier than talking with someone you don't know. The avalanche of people who walk around with wireless headphones in, Saying, don't talk to me, I'm too busy for you. all this cluttered up your time so you don't have the real friendships you long for.
And Google Apple and meta just let it happen.
Now talking with strangers feels like an interruption. rather than a joy. Something you dread. something that takes time, time you don't have because of all the other things pulling at you. Rather than delight in it, you deal with it.
And yet, talking with strangers remains a wonder. Thanks to social skills people go from strangers to best friends. People find significance and belonging. They find best friends and find life-long partners. It's reliable. Its simple. It makes it easy for two humans to share their love and for millions of people to earn a living.
So good news, the magic is still there. It's just obscured. Buried under a mess of bad habits, fake people, and neglect. Some from people, some from machines, a lot from negative beliefs about meeting new people.
Talking with strangers deserves a dust off. A renovation. Modernized for the way we live today.
With Outsider to Insider in 6 weeks we've done just that. It's a redo, a rethink , a simplified, potent reintroduction in how to talk with strangers. A fresh start, the way it should be.
Outsider to insider in 6 weeks is our love letter to talking with strangers. And we're sending it to you on the web.
-Daniel
This is a self paced course.