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	<title>Michael Cheney Blog&#8220;How dare you Cheney?&#8221; The &#8220;pussygate backlash&#8221; continues&#8230; &#8211; Michael Cheney Blog</title>
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		<title>&#8220;How dare you Cheney?&#8221; The &#8220;pussygate backlash&#8221; continues&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2015 04:48:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Cheney</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s amazing the reaction words can have. I sent an email over the weekend with the subject (brace yourself) &#8220;Time for a pussy clearout&#8221; where I told people to get off my list if they were freebie-seekers, time-wasters or tyre-kickers&#8230; The result (and replies) were an education in human psychology. I had people saying they [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<p>I sent an email over the weekend with the subject (brace yourself) &#8220;Time for a pussy clearout&#8221; where I told people to get off my list if they were freebie-seekers, time-wasters or tyre-kickers&#8230;</p>
<p>The result (and replies) were an education in human psychology.</p>
<p>I had people saying they loved my emails.</p>
<p>Some people thought my use of language was inappropriate.</p>
<p>And some people voted with their fingers and unsubscribed &#8211; 117 of them to be exact.</p>
<p>The end result &#8211; less pussies on my list.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t want sensitive people on my list who can&#8217;t hear the abrasive truth about doing business online.</p>
<p>And if they don&#8217;t like my marketing style or tone of voice then they should go elsewhere where they can get 50 shades of vanilla until the cows come home.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t write what I do for shock value.</p>
<p>I write what I write because it&#8217;s who I am.</p>
<p>And I&#8217;m not going to change that for anyone.</p>
<p>I had one guy reply back and lecture me on why me using that language was the wrong thing to do.</p>
<p>But he missed the point entirely.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t want whingers like that on my list.</p>
<p>Period.</p>
<p>So it was exactly the right thing to do.</p>
<p>When you dare to be yourself and not worry about what others think amazing things happen.</p>
<p>Your confidence and belief shine through.</p>
<p>Like-minded people love you more.</p>
<p>And you repel people who are not suited to work with anyway.</p>
<p>So it&#8217;s a win-win.</p>
<p>But it takes balls of steel.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s a cool place to be when you can just relax, be yourself, not have to bow down to anyone and make a whole truckload of money in the process by building up an army of raving fans who &#8220;get you&#8221; and saying &#8220;Adios&#8221; to those who don&#8217;t.</p>
<p>And it starts with having your own product.</p>
<p>Tomorrow I&#8217;ll be pinging you an email about how to get your own product.</p>
<p>It may or may not contain &#8220;offensive&#8221; language.</p>
<p>But it will certainly be written from the heart, be zero fluff and be true to who I am.</p>
<p>Until then &#8211; have a great day.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>(c) Copyright 2015. All rights reserved. Please do not try to copy or swipe this because even my lawyers have lawyers.</p>
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