Success Triggers by Ramit Sethi – Testing Methodology

One thing that I can change just to test it out is my response to, “What do you do for a living?” For one, I don’t really “work for a living”. I don’t worry about making money. I just do what I want to do. I could say I experiment with different types of work from freelancing to online ventures. I have my own blog website and I experimented with publishing music on YouTube and Spotify. I find online business appealing because you can do it by yourself in your own time and you can experiment with different ideas, products, or services. I’m not sure what kind of response this would get. I remember back when I said I was looking into making money through music and had some songs on YouTube, more people were interested. But, that’s not my main focus now. I still am interested in it, but it’s not like a full-time endeavour of mine. Anyway, I could experiment with my response to this question.

I could also test out different activities in the evening so that I can stay up later without the voice bothering me. I haven’t tested out listening to music or a podcast late in the evening. The reason is simply because I didn’t have headphones to listen to it. I will get some by the end of the month (still waiting for it to be delivered), so I can experiment with music/podcasts then and see how it affects the activity level of the voice.

A third thing I could experiment with is finding ways to get into the habit of producing music. I could set a goal of spending x amount of time at a certain time each day (or just a few days a week) and outline the steps. Like first, I could look for a song to cover. Or if it’s an original song, I could start with making a basic background tune with piano. And then, I could work on some lyrics. Well, I don’t know what order would work. But, I could test out different patterns. I could also test out producing the song all by myself vs. getting it mixed/mastered by a producer and see how each one performs on streaming services.

Ooh, I just thought of another idea. I could test out two different activities at once. I could try producing music in the evenings to see how the voice acts and to see if I could make a habit of making more music. I could also see if it helps me to wind down to sleep.

Ramit suggests testing out anything you do to see if it has a different result from trying it another way. I think this is a good idea for anything that gives mediocre results. But, I don’t see the point of doing it with everything. Some things already go well. For example, some people enjoy a morning run and know that it works well for them. So why switch the time of day, or the type of exercise if it’s already going well? I guess you could experiment. The worst case is that it doesn’t work out so well, so you switch back.