2 years ago, when I was still a full-time university student with not a single dollar to my name, I was given a particularly challenging assignment.
Not challenging in terms of “Oh my god I don’t know how to do this.” But challenging in terms of “I sort of know how to go about it, but they’ve given me way too much time to get it done”.
I can’t explain everything about the assignment, I signed an NDA after all—super cool, right?!
But this was the gist of it:
A local bank we worked with gave us access to a dataset of people who applied for a loan between 2014 and 2018. The dataset had all kinds of information, ranging from where they lived, what type of household they were a part of, how much they earned, how much they were looking to loan, how long the loan would be, some more stuff I won’t bore you with, and the most important one, whether they fully paid back the loan in time or not.
Based on this the task was to create a machine-learning algorithm that could predict how likely it’d be for new applicants to pay back their loan.
So everyone got to work.
Except I of course. We had two months to complete this assignment, so why would I start now?
That’s just stupid, right?
Yeah, that way of thinking was stupid.
Turns out learning all the intricacies of how to build such a model and train it properly takes a while. I didn’t know that when I started this assignment the weekend when we had to finish it.
Yeah that’s right.
The deadline was Sunday at midnight and my dumbass started it that Friday.
Needless to say it didn’t go smoothly.
I didn’t do anything else except work on this single task for 2.5 days straight. I had to drop a bunch of stuff that I wanted to test and add in order to save time and get it done on time.
That said, I did work with an intensity and focus that I’d never seen before—those so-called ‘deadline superpowers’.
Anyway, long story short.
I did everything, including documenting everything I did and my reasoning for it in a 5-page paper, and finished right on time.
And when I say ‘right on time’ I mean, 11.59 pm when the deadline was '11.59 pm’.
So while you could say that I did succeed and so there’s nothing wrong with procrastinating because those deadline superpowers will come and save you.
Well yes, in this case, kinda.
But it would’ve been nice if I started earlier and had more time to do what I wanted, deliver a better product, and get better grades overall—with a lot less stress and pressure.
Also, imagine if something went terribly wrong. What would I have done then?
Anyway.
Why am I sharing this?
Well, tonight’s the deadline to get my Email Extraordinaire before the price increase.
And I’d advise you to be on time.
I get messages every single time I do a promotion or a price increase. Messages from people who tell me that their card isn’t working, they aren’t home at the moment, or their dog at their wifi, or some other just plain that they forgot and the deadline has passed.
And every time I try to help out as many people as I can.
But once the deadline is over that’s it. I won’t make any exceptions. Not even if you reached out to me before the deadline. I’m doing you a favor to help you out. If you decide to wait until the last possible moment to get out your credit card and buy the product, that’s on you.
Don’t blame it on me for not assisting you fast enough.
So take this to heart and please for the love of both you and me. If you want to get the product, please do it now and don’t wait another 4 hours.
Here’s the link by the way: https://alexvandromme.gumroad.com/l/EE/EMAIL
P.S. Make sure you follow these steps:
1. Read every single word at the URL below to make an informed purchase
2. Buy it before tonight, December 1st at midnight CET (that’s in 4 hours) to get it before the price increase
3. Use code EMAIL at the checkout
And make sure you see the price change before entering your info
(I technically already doubled the price, but this discount code allows you to get the course at the original price until Friday, December 1st)
Here’s the link: https://alexvandromme.gumroad.com/l/EE/EMAIL