Comments on: Squandering Free Time http://www.john-carlton.com/2006/10/03/squandering-free-time/ insight, tactics, advice and mutterings on copywriting, marketing and living life deep... from the most ripped-off world-class ad writer alive... Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:05:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Patrick McEvoy http://www.john-carlton.com/2006/10/03/squandering-free-time/#comment-18136 Patrick McEvoy Mon, 20 Nov 2006 19:57:44 +0000 http://www.john-carlton.com/2006/10/03/squandering-free-time/#comment-18136 I just discovered this post and have you ever hit the nail on the head! Last week I was speaking to group of CPAs in Florida who on average work 2,500+ hours per year. None of them need any more money or new boats...but they still don't understand that they could use some marketing to dump their crappy "D" clients and get more "A" clients who LOVE to pay well so these guys could take an extra 1,000 hours a year off their schedules. You're right...when I'm on my death bed, the last thought I have won't be..."I wish I had spent another 200 hours at the office last year!" Patrick McEvoy President Rainmaker Gateway http://rainmakergateway.com I just discovered this post and have you ever hit the nail on the head!

Last week I was speaking to group of CPAs in Florida who on average work 2,500+ hours per year.

None of them need any more money or new boats…but they still don’t understand that they could use some marketing to dump their crappy “D” clients and get more “A” clients who LOVE to pay well so these guys could take an extra 1,000 hours a year off their schedules.

You’re right…when I’m on my death bed, the last thought I have won’t be…”I wish I had spent another 200 hours at the office last year!”

Patrick McEvoy
President
Rainmaker Gateway
http://rainmakergateway.com

]]> By: Karen http://www.john-carlton.com/2006/10/03/squandering-free-time/#comment-12539 Karen Fri, 06 Oct 2006 04:55:58 +0000 http://www.john-carlton.com/2006/10/03/squandering-free-time/#comment-12539 I just stumbled upon your blog after the call with Rich Schefren tonight. Your blog thoughts are SO RIGHT ON!!! During the last 2 years, several close friends and family members have faced menacing illnesses that rocked us all off our feet and out of any remote comfort zone. But there is more. Three years ago I had the privilege of being a non-ghost writer for a pioneering cancer doctor in New York. Writing his book was the most challenging writing I have EVER done in my life... You and your readers would understand this! Trying to capture and weave together his "personal collage" of inspiration drawn from the world of athletics, jazz musicians and cancer patients, caretakers and colleagues. I took the doctor's cryptic journal notes, and 200 pages of other notes from conversations with him, plus his chapter headings and 24 colored markers and spent the night in prayer at a nearby monastery, quietly trying to find the right voice to capture his unique "song" to the world. The results are quite different. Not prose. Not poetry. Easy to read. Can start anywhere in the book, yet there is a consistent theme and voice to it. Insightful. Inspiring. So What???? In light of how heartfelt and passionate the pain loss joy and realization of what is really important in life seemed to be to you, I wanted to let you know about this new book, only published last month. in writing it, I was moved to tears, laughter, joy! So many rich and deep things I learned from working with this doctor in writing the book, all of which I found myself referring to often during the last two years. Yet I have not been able to show anyone the book, or even share its title, until last month! The site is www.comesunday.net (The book is Come Sunday). This is not a sales pitch. I get no money for this site reference. It is just a beautiful book -- ENJOY!! (I will be giving a copy to my friend's parents who just lost their only son after his courageous battle that resulted in living two years longer than doctors expected and being able to enjoy his only daughter's first two birthdays! Maybe Come Sunday, Living Life with Heart will be an inspiration or comfort to others -- preview: www.ComeSunday.net Enjoy the journey!! -Karen I just stumbled upon your blog after the call with Rich Schefren tonight. Your blog thoughts are SO RIGHT ON!!! During the last 2 years, several close friends and family members have faced menacing illnesses that rocked us all off our feet and out of any remote comfort zone. But there is more. Three years ago I had the privilege of being a non-ghost writer for a pioneering cancer doctor in New York. Writing his book was the most challenging writing I have EVER done in my life… You and your readers would understand this! Trying to capture and weave together his “personal collage” of inspiration drawn from the world of athletics, jazz musicians and cancer patients, caretakers and colleagues. I took the doctor’s cryptic journal notes, and 200 pages of other notes from conversations with him, plus his chapter headings and 24 colored markers and spent the night in prayer at a nearby monastery, quietly trying to find the right voice to capture his unique “song” to the world. The results are quite different. Not prose. Not poetry. Easy to read. Can start anywhere in the book, yet there is a consistent theme and voice to it. Insightful. Inspiring. So What???? In light of how heartfelt and passionate the pain loss joy and realization of what is really important in life seemed to be to you, I wanted to let you know about this new book, only published last month. in writing it, I was moved to tears, laughter, joy! So many rich and deep things I learned from working with this doctor in writing the book, all of which I found myself referring to often during the last two years. Yet I have not been able to show anyone the book, or even share its title, until last month! The site is www.comesunday.net (The book is Come Sunday). This is not a sales pitch. I get no money for this site reference. It is just a beautiful book — ENJOY!! (I will be giving a copy to my friend’s parents who just lost their only son after his courageous battle that resulted in living two years longer than doctors expected and being able to enjoy his only daughter’s first two birthdays! Maybe Come Sunday, Living Life with Heart will be an inspiration or comfort to others — preview: www.ComeSunday.net Enjoy the journey!! -Karen

]]> By: Tom Tolman http://www.john-carlton.com/2006/10/03/squandering-free-time/#comment-12487 Tom Tolman Wed, 04 Oct 2006 21:11:40 +0000 http://www.john-carlton.com/2006/10/03/squandering-free-time/#comment-12487 John: The last time I saw my younger brother was last Christmas at my sister's house. He was 53, healthy and a wildly successful businessman. He died in a car accident on New Year's eve and completely turned our tight knit, loving family upside down in a heartbeat, especially my parents. Your advice should be well heeded by all. Love the ones you are with-while you can-hug them and tell them so-it's never too late. Peace. Tom Tolman John:
The last time I saw my younger brother was last Christmas at my sister’s house. He was 53, healthy and a wildly successful businessman. He died in a car accident on New Year’s eve and completely turned our tight knit, loving family upside down in a heartbeat, especially my parents. Your advice should be well heeded by all. Love the ones you are with-while you can-hug them and tell them so-it’s never too late. Peace. Tom Tolman

]]> By: Tim King http://www.john-carlton.com/2006/10/03/squandering-free-time/#comment-12483 Tim King Wed, 04 Oct 2006 19:52:23 +0000 http://www.john-carlton.com/2006/10/03/squandering-free-time/#comment-12483 I too have heard the saying, "Follow your bliss." I prefer to say, "Pursue your passion," those things that are truly important to you. Maybe retiring to the coast might be sweet, but only if you actually have a passion for the coast. I don't. My passions are creativity, stories, and family. -TimK I too have heard the saying, “Follow your bliss.” I prefer to say, “Pursue your passion,” those things that are truly important to you. Maybe retiring to the coast might be sweet, but only if you actually have a passion for the coast. I don’t. My passions are creativity, stories, and family.

-TimK

]]> By: Seth Chong http://www.john-carlton.com/2006/10/03/squandering-free-time/#comment-12463 Seth Chong Wed, 04 Oct 2006 12:30:31 +0000 http://www.john-carlton.com/2006/10/03/squandering-free-time/#comment-12463 As gay as this would sound, I feel like kissing you like what the french man did to 'Ricky' in "Talladega Nights". Ugh, that sounded bad. But I guess you understand what it means behind. Keep rockin, master. As gay as this would sound,

I feel like kissing you like what
the french man did to ‘Ricky’ in
“Talladega Nights”.

Ugh, that sounded bad.

But I guess you understand what it means behind.

Keep rockin, master.

]]> By: Lyndon Antcliff http://www.john-carlton.com/2006/10/03/squandering-free-time/#comment-12459 Lyndon Antcliff Wed, 04 Oct 2006 08:53:28 +0000 http://www.john-carlton.com/2006/10/03/squandering-free-time/#comment-12459 That really pisses me off. "Money will solve problems that not having money creates" I wish I said that. I know I will sometime in the future, haha. I'm coming out of a broke period, lost all my money. Hit the wall, through the wall. Wall falls over and hits you on the head. You simply get up and do it again. Lesson learned. Time is the most expensive asset we have and yet it's free. That really pisses me off.

“Money will solve problems that not having money creates”

I wish I said that. I know I will sometime in the future, haha.

I’m coming out of a broke period, lost all my money.

Hit the wall, through the wall. Wall falls over and hits you on the head.

You simply get up and do it again. Lesson learned.

Time is the most expensive asset we have and yet it’s free.

]]> By: Gerry Byrnes http://www.john-carlton.com/2006/10/03/squandering-free-time/#comment-12453 Gerry Byrnes Wed, 04 Oct 2006 05:58:07 +0000 http://www.john-carlton.com/2006/10/03/squandering-free-time/#comment-12453 Well said, John. I lost a brother over 30 years ago to cancer. He was 27 at the time and it was hard. Now I am sitting on my own time bomb. I am in remission after radiation treatment for prostate cancer, but every six months my PSA reading continues to climb slowly but inexorably, probably like Tiger Woods' dad. I'm not a young guy so I'm as prepared as one can be. I'm just wanting to finish your course and the AWAI course in time to get some benefit from both, some legacy for the family. Gerry Byrnes Well said, John. I lost a brother over 30 years ago to cancer. He was 27 at the time and it was hard. Now I am sitting on my own time bomb. I am in remission after radiation treatment for prostate cancer, but every six months my PSA reading continues to climb slowly but inexorably, probably like Tiger Woods’ dad. I’m not a young guy so I’m as prepared as one can be. I’m just wanting to finish your course and the AWAI course in time to get some benefit from both, some legacy for the family.
Gerry Byrnes

]]> By: Robert Lehrer http://www.john-carlton.com/2006/10/03/squandering-free-time/#comment-12452 Robert Lehrer Wed, 04 Oct 2006 05:06:23 +0000 http://www.john-carlton.com/2006/10/03/squandering-free-time/#comment-12452 Great point John, that we all should contemplate. Many of us are so busy running around like chickens with our heads cut off that we don't take the time to savor our most important relationships. Paul McCartney wrote a song called "This One" that touched on the very subject you just embellished on. It says that there is no better time to say whatever you have to say to your loved ones than NOW. This solo tune of Paul's sounds like a Beatle song. Unfortunately, I also have a friend suffering from cancer at far-to-young of an age. Thankfully, we have appreciated each other for 35+ years but your point is well taken when I think of my family and other friends. All the best to you and yours. Rob Great point John, that we all should contemplate. Many of us are so busy running around like chickens with our heads cut off that we don’t take the time to savor
our most important relationships.
Paul McCartney wrote a song called “This One” that touched on the very subject you just embellished on. It says that there is no better time to say whatever you have to say to your loved ones than NOW. This solo tune of Paul’s sounds like a Beatle song.
Unfortunately, I also have a friend suffering from cancer at far-to-young of an age.
Thankfully, we have appreciated each other for 35+ years but your point is well taken when I think of my family and other friends.
All the best to you and yours.
Rob

]]> By: Marta K. Tollerup http://www.john-carlton.com/2006/10/03/squandering-free-time/#comment-12450 Marta K. Tollerup Wed, 04 Oct 2006 01:45:34 +0000 http://www.john-carlton.com/2006/10/03/squandering-free-time/#comment-12450 John, How right you are. I am so thankful for the family I have. My father lost his mother and years later his only brother in car accidents and before he was 20 his father to cancer. I was 6 years old when my uncle died. I learned what death was growing up on a farm. I knew I would never see him again. People you love can be gone in a second. I recognized early in my life, perhaps because I experienced loss so young, how precious my parents and siblings are. My brother and sister and I made a pact when we were home from college one summer, that we would start saying "I love you" to one another, our parents and grandparents and anyone else we cared about. And always when we said fare well to hug one another. I remember the first time I told my dad I loved him. I gave him a big hug too and he just chuckled a little and said I love you too. That started it all. Nearly 30 years later we are still at it. Make a pact with yourself to tell your loved ones how you feel out loud. You will never regret it. John,

How right you are. I am so thankful for the family I have. My father lost his mother and years later his only brother in car accidents and before he was 20 his father to cancer. I was 6 years old when my uncle died. I learned what death was growing up on a farm. I knew I would never see him again. People you love can be gone in a second. I recognized early in my life, perhaps because I experienced loss so young, how precious my parents and siblings are. My brother and sister and I made a pact when we were home from college one summer, that we would start saying “I love you” to one another, our parents and grandparents and anyone else we cared about. And always when we said fare well to hug one another. I remember the first time I told my dad I loved him. I gave him a big hug too and he just chuckled a little and said I love you too. That started it all. Nearly 30 years later we are still at it. Make a pact with yourself to tell your loved ones how you feel out loud. You will never regret it.

]]> By: Matt Gallant http://www.john-carlton.com/2006/10/03/squandering-free-time/#comment-12449 Matt Gallant Wed, 04 Oct 2006 01:37:30 +0000 http://www.john-carlton.com/2006/10/03/squandering-free-time/#comment-12449 John... I honestly believe you are THE WISEST MARKETING GURU in the biz... Your words of wisdom in your newsletter and on your blog always go WAY BEYOND marketing... And I for one, ENJOY THAT STUFF MORE than the "money stuff"... Keep it flowing my friend, Matt John…

I honestly believe you are THE WISEST MARKETING GURU
in the biz…

Your words of wisdom in your newsletter and on your blog
always go WAY BEYOND marketing… And I for one, ENJOY
THAT STUFF MORE than the “money stuff”…

Keep it flowing my friend,
Matt

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