Personal Story + Advice

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Use a personal story to give advice on a specific topic.

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Mastering X unlocks Y.

Unfortunately, we don’t get taught how to do this.

For the past X years, I have been [explain what makes you a credible source of information on this topic].

Here are X pieces of advice that will help you [restate Y + 2-3 more benefits].

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Advice #1: One sentence.

When we’re first starting out, we think X matters.

It’s not until we fail multiple times that we start to think, “What, specifically?”

It took me X amount of time to realize X wasn’t what was impacting my growth.

Y was.

Focus on Y.

Advice #2: One sentence.

We are taught there are only 2 ways to solve X problem.

• Do this

• Do that

But as you continue on your journey, you’ll learn that neither of these accomplishes your goal.

What you need to do is [3rd road].

Advice #3: One sentence

How do you overcome X if you’ve never done Y?

A few things that helped me:

• Action step

• Action step

• Action step

Advice #4: One sentence.

A quick story:

The hardest part of my journey was when X happened. I was experiencing [list 3 pain points].

Then, I met [credible person/].

They taught me X isn’t what matters. Y is.

As soon as I started focusing on Y, everything changed.

Advice #5: One sentence.

Change happens slow, and then all at once.

In the beginning, don’t be surprised if you experience [list 3 pain points].

This is part of the process.

The people who [list 3 benefits/rewards] had to go through that too.

And they have scars & war stories to prove it.

TL;DR - Advice for changing from X to Y

• Advice #1

• Advice #2

• Advice #3

• Advice #4

• Advice #5

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2. Here’s another similar thread you might enjoy: [link]

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