Earn $2K/Month in 90 Days Despite Crazy Schedule
This writer built a $2,000/month side hustle in less than 90 days—despite having one MASSIVE problem: An insanely busy schedule with little free time. For context, Brendon had: • A full-time job • Kids playing hockey • A home needing repairs As you can imagine, building a lucrative side hustle would be tricky. Luckily?
Timer Reveals How Little Time You Actually Work
Working on a timer is an easy hack to realize just how little time you actually spend working
The Internet Rewards Niche Content at Massive Scale
Weekly reminder: The internet lets you be niche at scale (and rewards you heavily for it)
Turn Business Mistakes Into Paid “Mistake Dividends”
I can quickly name a handful of strategic mistakes I’ve made in the last year trying to scale my business: ...
AI Lets You Write Anything; Most Lack Direction
AI makes it possible for you to write anything you want. The problem now is most people have no clue what they actually want.
Six Years In, Still Learning Writing From Cole
Insane how much I still learn about the art of writing from Cole after nearly 6 years
Write Anywhere, Anytime: Make Every Moment Productive
Another simple tip to writing consistently: Write anywhere and everywhere. • A busy bar • Riding in an Uber • Waiting in line for coffee Turn writing into something you do in any moment. And not just something you do behind your desk at 8 AM.
Ignore Imagined High School Judgments; Start Writing Online
Stop letting the imaginary opinions of your high school friends keep you from writing on the internet
Stop Fearing Judgment: They Don’t Care, nor Matter
2 realizations that helped me overcome the fear of being judged: • No one is thinking about me nearly as much as I think • And if they do judge me, I don't want to be friends with them anyway Don't let the...
Mediocre B Players Are the Real Threat to Success
I recently stumbled upon this quote from Frank Slootman (CEO of Snowflake), and I can’t stop thinking about it: “Mediocrity is the silent killer. Organizations are not getting killed by their C players. Everybody knows who they are, and performance eventually is...
Execution Beats New Ideas: Focus on What You're Doing
Daily reminder to self: You don't need any new business ideas You need to better execute the ideas you're already working on
Delete Instagram, Focus on Daily Learning for Wealth
Money advice I would give my 22-year-old self: Pick a topic, read about it every day, and write about it on Threads Actually first, delete Instagram from your phone. It is poisoning your brain and making it harder for you to make money. You...
Outgrow the Past: Embrace Change, Leave What's Holding You
Advice I wish someone gave me: People will say “you’ve changed” because they don’t know how to say “you’ve grown.” So if you’re looking for permission to outgrow someone or something, this is it. Not everyone will be a part of...
Measure Growth Against Your Past, Not Others
Compare yourself to nobody except the person you were 2 years ago and the person you could be 2 years from now.
Seven Year‑long Reads for Mastery, Mindfulness, and Success
7 books worth spending 52 weeks on: 1. The Goal by Eli Goldratt 2. Mastery by Robert Green 3. King, Warrior, Magician, Lover 4. Meditations by Marcus Aurelius 5. Awareness by Anthony De Mello 6. Efficiency by Wall Street Playboys 7. Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon...
Writing: The Essential Tool for Personal Growth
I'm convinced that writing is the ultimate tool for personal growth. • Clearer thinking • New friendships • Learning new topics • Increased awareness • Keystone daily consistency • Foundational skill you can apply anywhere Hard to find anything else that comes close.
Skip the Fluff: 9 Essential Books for Writers
I wasted over 1,000 hours reading useless books on writing. ...
Apply One Book, Don't Just Read Many
You're better off reading 1 book and spending the next 51 weeks applying it than you are reading 52 books and never applying any of them.
Cherish Every Age, Choose Joy Over Bad Moods
For whoever needs to hear it: Smile more. There’s almost never a reason to go about your day in a bad mood. And to prove it, think about this: currently you would *cherish* the opportunity to live a day as younger...
One Daily Habit Fueled My 8‑Figure Digital Success
In 2020, I was an employee stuck on Wall Street. Today, I run an 8-figure digital business. Here's the daily habit that helped me escape (with 11 tips to help you get started):
Only Consume Content that Solves Problems or Sparks Creation
I hate to break it to you, but 95% of reading, planning, and brainstorming is procrastination disguised as productivity. There are only 2 reasons to consume content: 1) It’s providing an answer to a problem that will remove the current bottleneck...
Wealth Grows By Sol
If I could tell every 20-year-old in the world 3 things, I would tell them this: 1. No one cares what you do, they care what you can do for them. Your wealth is a direct measure of the amount of value...
Enforce Standards Daily to Stop Performance Drift
I have a clear goal for my portfolio of digital writing businesses to hit $10,000,000 in annual revenue this year. But as an organization, we need to become the versions of ourselves capable of achieving this. ...
Your Ego and Skill Gaps Are Your Biggest Hustle Hurdles
Starting a side hustle is great for many reasons. But the most important is realizing 99% of the time, the bottleneck to its success is: • Your ego • Your lack of skills In other words, it's THE most potent tool for personal growth.
Working Hard to Stay Put, Not to Grow
Most people are doing way too much to stay in the same place but not nearly enough to grow.
Track a Daily Number for 30 Days, Improve Anything
How to improve at literally anything: 1. Pick something 2. Define it with a number 3. Write that number down every day for 30 days Some ideas to try: • Reps • Steps • Calories • Pages read • Screen time • Words written • Hours of sleep •...
Reset with Basics: Writing, Exercise, Food, Sun, Meditation
No one will tell you this, but you can solve almost every modern-day problem with writing, exercise, clean eating, sunshine, and meditation. Every time I face a mental health dip, it’s always when I’ve drifted away from these basics. So...
Role Models Succeed Through Experience and Intentional Effort
I'm convinced the people I look up to are nothing special They've just been doing it longer and work with more intention than I do
Two Hours with Claude Yields Massive Progress
With Claude, you are two hours of aggressive action away from making massive progress on quite literally anything
Five Tiny Habits Transformed My Body and Career
The difference between you and the person you want to become is quite literally 3-5 extremely small physical and mental habits. And these are the 5 most impactful habits I’ve built over the last 5 years (that helped me lose 100...
Start Your Day Phone‑Free for Clearer Focus
Money advice I wish someone gave me sooner: Don’t touch your phone for the first 60 minutes of the day Too many people lurch for their dopamine casino within the first few minutes of waking up. This immediately puts them into a reactive...
Shape Success: Design Your Environment for Growth
If you want to make progress, spend more time optimizing your environment. Make it harder to do the things you want to stop doing, and make it easier to do things you want start doing. Personal growth 101
Prioritize Speed: Build, Earn, Respond Faster, Not Recklessly
7 more work mantras that have served me well: 1. Speed is king Your goal as an entrepreneur is to: • Build things faster • Collect cash faster • Answer questions faster • Respond to people faster This does not mean act recklessly. But it does mean questioning...
Early Routines and Minimal Distractions Drive My Productivity
I am most productive with this system: - 5:30 AM wake up - Light mobility & cardio - 4 hours of focused writing - No phone usage in the morning - Only espresso & water until 11 AM - Meetings & calls only one day per...
Turn Every Problem Into a Progress Opportunity
My life got a lot better when I viewed every problem as an opportunity for progress. Flight delay? Time to flex the patience muscle Rude service worker? Time to flex the empathy muscle Unexpected fire at work? Time to flex the problem-solving muscle Instant...
Eliminate Toxic People; Build Wealth to Gain Freedom
Prune your life of miserable & mediocre people. Have zero tolerance for those who blame, gossip, complain, or criticize. These energy vampires are not adding value to your life in any way. And this is one of the best “reasons”...
Put Down Your Phone, Unlock Creativity and Happiness
You’re stuck you’re constantly on your phone. When you wake up. Before you go to bed. While you eat. While you walk. While you work. Whenever you feel the smallest sense of boredom. And so every time your mind almost...
Spend $1,500, Earn $20M: Email Playbook Free
In 2021, I was terrified of spending $1,500 on a single email marketing course. Thought it'd be a complete money bonfire. But that 1 investment helped me: • Sell to 10,000+ customers • Generate over $20,000,000 in revenue • Build a digital business so...
Boost Sales Fast with Referral Discounts and Tiered Rewards
Instant way to increase your digital product sales via referral: 1. Find a way to encourage people to talk about your product in public 2. Send a 50% off code to everyone who buys and say forward it to a friend 3. Create...
Treat Problems as Skills, Improve Yourself
My life got a lot better when I viewed every problem as a skill issue. Out of shape? Skill issue. Ugly bank account? Skill issue. Anxious thoughts? Skill issue. I affirmed to myself these would go away if I got...
Log Every Name to Strengthen Future Connections
Simple habit I recommend: track the name of every person I meet in a simple Apple Note. Gym staff, waiters, baristas, random people at WeWork, everyone. Goes a long way in building relationships, greeting them by name the next time...
Invest in Mentors to Accelerate Your Growth
If you want to make rapid progress, pay to learn from people ahead of you. Almost always the highest-return investment you can make. Every “power level” came immediately after I made an uncomfortably large investment in myself. The problems and...
Your Present Reflects the Sum of Past Choices
Daily reminder that you're exactly where you deserve to be based on the sum total of your previous actions and decisions
Flip the Narrative: The World Is Rigged for You
3 beliefs I will brainwash you into believing if you follow me: 1. Everything is 100% rigged in your favor. Your brain is an evidence-seeking machine. If you think the world is conspiring against you, you will certainly find evidence for that. So...
Turn Readers Into Buyers with Hook‑Story‑Offer
Most people think turning readers into buyers is a tough nut to crack. It’s not. Russell Brunson built ClickFunnels into a $1 billion company using a 3-part copywriting framework. Here's how to steal it. It's called the Hook-Story-Offer Framework—and it works in 3 parts: •...
Simplify to $100k: One Account, No Credit
Money advice I wish someone gave me at 22: Set a goal to stack $100k cash Until you have $100k cash, you are broke. The mainstream media will not tell you this because they want to keep you that way. Luckily, you have a...
From $50 Slack to $15M: Build Your First Digital Product
Ship 30 began as $50 for a Slack channel—and I refunded my first 60 customers. But since then, I've generated $15,000,000 with digital products. And on April 27th, I'm launching a bootcamp to help you build your first digital product. Hop aboard here:...
A Balanced Daily Rhythm Beats Misery Every Day
Hard to be miserable with 9 PM bedtime, 5 AM wake up, light cardio, 4 hours of deep focused creative work first thing, midday workout to break things up, admin & calls in the afternoon, end of day walk through...
Find Powerful Why's or Rethink Your Goals
If you aren’t making progress, you need to spend more time creating an intense, emotional set of reasons driving you toward your goals. Or, you need to be honest with yourself if you don’t have strong enough reasons for that goal,...
Eight Simple Buckets to Balance Every Life Area
The 8 buckets I use to organize my life: 1. Health 2. Thoughts 3. Wealth 4. Family 5. Friends 6. Fun 7. Environment 8. Business Covers all the bases and works well for me.