In another thread, @Katie James writes: "The unbroken rule in every group I'm in but this one is 'Don't talk about money' Which sort of sucks because earning money is a necessary part of life." Even in this group, we don't talk money all that much. Let's change that. I don't even know where to start. But in the interest of getting money talk off the ground, I'll take a stab at a first money topic, one that's not too intimate but that can still be enlightening (we can build up to intimate). So here's my question for you. Answer it based on your gut feeling, not logic: ====>>>> How much money is there in the world? In other words: Is money a finite quantity, like real estate or diamonds, so that if you get some, somebody else has to be denied? Or is money effectively infinite, where we can all have as much as we are comfortable with, like air or sunlight or ideas? Let's talk money. If you're game, write in the comments below how much money you think there is in the world, because getting clear on this can help you make more money. And like Katie says above, that's a necessary part of life.

Yesterday I wrote a post about unwritten rules that strengthen groups. That post got... 10 likes and 5 people to comment, in a group of 483 members. Maybe it was a particularly bad or irrelevant post. In any case it seems like a good time to talk about written rules. I recently joined a Facebook group. The group is about the same size as Daily Email House, but it's much more engaged. People are enthusiastically introducing themselves in the group as soon as they join (as did I)... ... spontaneously writing up new posts and starting new discussions all the time... ... commenting on others' posts all the time. How? Simple. The group has written rules stating that you have to introduce yourself when you join, and participate once you're inside, or you will get kicked out. And the moderators follow through on these rules. What do you think about that? Please comment below. Or don't. But I've decided to start doing the same: Periodically and randomly and brutally removing people who don't participate inside Daily Email House. Your choice.

This morning I watched a video about unwritten rules in baseball. (Bear with me if you know nothing about baseball or care nothing for baseball.) I had no idea, but baseball has had, for 100+ years, dozens of unwritten rules about player conduct, for example: - You cannot flip your bat after you hit a home run - You cannot have a beard (all teams, once upon a time, New York Yankees still today) - You cannot score from second base on a single if your team if the game is a blowout and your team is winning Now here's what got me: These unwritten rules are enforced BY THE PLAYERS THEMSELVES ON THE PLAYERS THEMSELVES... often by members of your own team! If you break one of these unwritten rules, odds are great that you will be beaten up, ostracized, or sometimes worse (eg. have a 100mph baseball launched at your face on purpose). Here's what else got me: - If you're a big star and you break a rule in a big moment, exceptions are made - If you're young or inexperienced, then you will be consistently and brutally punished by other players for breaking a rule I remember reading in, I believe, Robert Cialdini's Influence about the importance of hazing rituals to form a sense of in-group identity. That's what this reminds me of. Seemingly arbitrary rules, enforced by group members, as a way of reinforcing the importance of the group and of recommitting their loyalty to that group. Now I've really never belonged to any group, unless that group is the group of outsiders who don't really belong to any groups. But without getting too weird about it... I'm curious: What seemingly arbitrary rules have you experienced or seen in real-life groups you've been a part of? And in online groups you've been a part of?

Am I writing too much for my opt-in? I've seen the other opt-in pages here and it's a lot simplistic, brief and to the point. I'm just a content creator who happened to stumble into the world of daily emailing, so any advice is appreciated :)

I'm curious what you think: Why do sales calls typically convert at 20%-50%... ... while sales pages typically convert at 2%-5%? If you had to put it down to just one thing?