This one's a two-parter.

PART ONE

At my conference last year, Tom Woods Show guest Ali Rak, who defeated the maskers in her blue county in Maryland, explained to the assembled audience exactly how she did it, and why we shouldn't consider causes hopeless even if we seem outnumbered.

Well, she has another happy story.

As I've mentioned before, there are two aspects to my School of Life, the first of which is plenary sessions for the whole membership, on topics that help us improve our health, our finances, our parenting, our kids' education, our money management -- and dozens of other things that make us more secure in a society dominated by people who hate us.

The second aspect is our small groups, where we pool our knowledge and our contacts and help people achieve their goals much faster than they could on their own.

And that's where Ali's happy story comes in:

"While I joined my accountability to get a side hustle going," she tells me, "an opportunity for a new job came my way which I had to go for. Not only did my group help me get the job but it also aided me in negotiating [$X] more for my salary offer. It’s been a huge blessing to have my accountability group!"

(I would love to disclose what X is, but a certain agency won't let me tell you because it thinks you have an IQ of 45 and will conclude, "I must be GUARANTEED to get that much higher of a salary myself if I join.")

Well, good for Ali!

PART TWO

At my Christmas party last weekend, William Davis won the Traveled the Farthest to Be Here Award -- all the way from the Northern Mariana Islands, the little-known U.S. possession where Julian Assange was first taken upon his release.

William is a professional copywriter, which means he writes words that sell.

And this coming Tuesday night, for one of our plenary sessions, he's going to teach my School of Life membership how to write a sales letter.

A good sales letter can run you an arm and a leg. The expense may very well be worth it, but since you may not have a spare arm and leg, I think -- in the understatement of the year -- you MIGHT find it useful to know the basics of this critical skill.

You can give us a try for $1.

Now before you rush off and sign up, it's only fair that I caution you: you could put that $1 toward three-quarters of a pack of Doublemint gum.

It's unfair of me, I know, to put these excruciating decisions to you: (1) joining a community that's helping its members navigate a hostile world to become healthy, wealthy, and wise -- including, this Tuesday, a session on the key business skill of writing an effective sales letter (all of our live sessions are recorded for later viewing) -- or (2) three-quarters of a pack of gum.

Do not rush into this. Gum can be very flavorful.

Choose wisely:

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OR

https://www.OneBuckTrial.com

Tom Woods