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1. Are You Digging Or Shooting?

2. One of my favorite movie quotes is
from the Clint Eastwood movie, "The
Good, The Bad, and The Ugly."

3. It's where Eastwood's character (the
famous man with no name) and his
buddy are about to dig for the gold
they've been searching for.

4. It's hidden in some graveyard.

5. Clint says, "There are two types of
people in this world. Those with
loaded guns, and those who dig. You
dig."

6. Naturally, this is easy to apply to pretty
much any society.

7. Those who own all the means of
production (and control all the cops
and the military) and those who do all
the work.

8. However, if ALL you have is some
extremely simple "two types of
people" argument, it's pretty limiting.

9. Since humans are so complex, no
matter WHAT kind of distinction you
make, we all fall under both categories
at one time or another, sometimes at
the same time.

10. On the one hand, you could be the guy
with the gun (or the guy in charge).

11. But in another situation, you could be
the guy digging (or the one doing the
work).

12. Most of the time, these types of
"distinctions" are two sides of the
same coin.

13. Like in economics, they talk about
"supply and demand" as if they are
two separate things.

14. But if you are at your job, while
consuming ANY kind of product (using
your smartphone, drinking a pepsi,
whatever) you are simultaneous both
supply AND demand.

15. One of the biggest "arguments" on
forums that talk about any type of
persuasion (sales, relationships, etc.,)
is the difference between "inner
game" and "outer game."

16. But you simply cannot have one
without the other.

17. It's long been known that "form
follows function" as well as "function
follows form."

18. Meaning if you're happy, you'll smile.

19. But if you FORCE yourself to smile,
you'll start to feel happy.

20. Maybe holding that muscle pattern in
your face REQUIRES certain memories
in your brain to start being triggered.

22. Who knows.

23. Even if you FORCED yourself to believe
that inner game and outer game are
TOTALLY separate, it would be
impossible to work on both.

24. For example, if you had a sales job,
and you ignored all the "inner game"
stuff like self confidence,
assertiveness, etc., and ONLY focused
on the words you were saying,
something pretty cool would happen.

25. You'd start to change the words you
said, and how you said, based on your
feedback (sales, appointments,
whatever).

26. Pretty soon you'd start getting more
success.

27. Which would automatically BOOST
your confidence.

28. By practicing ONLY outer game, you
naturally increase your inner game.

29. And by ONLY practicing inner game
(doing mental drills, journaling, etc.)
you'll naturally increase your outer
game.

30. Now matter HOW you intend to
communicate with others, by focusing
on inner OR outer game, you will
DRAMATICALLY improve your results.

31. The good news is it's easier than most
people think.

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