Mark Daily Wins: Reward Writing with Calendar Xes
Great tip on consistency here. We are simple dopamine chasers. Which means every time you write, you need to reward yourself. The easiest way to do this? Print out a giant calendar. Make a big red X over each day you write and publish.
Stop Watching Your Portfolio, Start Building Skills
It’s a great time to stop looking at your investment account and get back to building skills.
Early Caffeine‑fueled, Phone‑free Writing Boosts Productivity
Current morning routine that is working well: • 5 AM wake up • Hydrate with electrolytes and creatine • Craft my own double espresso • Write by hand for 90 minutes • Walk to cafe to cram second espresso • Write again for 60 minute • Leave...
Saying No Is the Entrepreneur’s Greatest Skill
Found out (the hard way) that the most important words in entrepreneurship are “No. No. No.”
Earn $5K in a Struggling Industry, Prove Them Wrong
Can you make a ton of money in a struggling industry? Most will say no. But most are wrong: Dustin recently landed a $5,000 ghostwriting client. The industry?
Morning Handwritten Pages Dissolve Creative Blocks
All of your creative problems will melt away with 3 handwritten journal pages, first thing in the morning, before you touch your phone.
Time, Energy, Attention: Stop Wasting Them Forever
You have three finite resources: time, energy, and attention. And 99% of people waste them. • Doomscrolling • Watching the news • Checking notifications • Comparing themselves to others And every time you waste them, they're gone forever.
Block Days to Deep‑Dive Into Emerging AI Tools
Your weekly reminder: Clear your entire calendar to immerse yourself in new AI tools for multiple days
Hours, Not Talent, Separate the Smartest
The smartest people I know are nothing special. Here's the only difference: How long they've been playing the game. I realized this after 500+ hours studying the smartest people I look up to. 7 more realizations I had (that most people take decades to...
Choose One Goal: Anything Possible, Not Everything Simultaneously
Mantra that serves me well: You can have anything you want. But not everything. And only one thing at a time.
A Balanced Daily Rhythm: Sleep, Focus, Exercise, Social
All roads lead back to 9 PM bed time, 5 AM wake up, 4 hours of deep, focused work creative work first thing, work out mid day to break it up, admin & calls in the afternoon, hang with friends...
Online Writing Fueled My Digital Business Exit
Writing online is how I built a digital business and quit my corporate job on Wall Street. This is the roadmap I wish I had when I first got started:
5 Essential Writing Tools That Built My $20M Business
Writing online is how I built a LinkedIn audience to 154,000 and a $20,000,000 digital business. But my writing tech stack is simple. I never start writing without these 5 tools:
Act on What You Know, Not Seek More Info
You don’t need more information. You need to take more action on your currrent information.
Own Your Future: No Limits, No Rescue
No one is coming to save you And there is no speed limit The only mindset you need to build in 2026
Make Bad Habits Hard, Good Ones Easy, One Change
Personal growth 101: Make it harder to do things you want to stop doing. Make it easier to do things you want to start doing. Only do one of those things at a time.
Writing Daily Turned My Wall Street Job Into 8‑Figure Business
One simple daily habit helped me: • Quit my Wall Street job • Become an entrepreneur • And build an 8-figure digital business The habit? Writing online. But when I first started out, I was a horrible writer. So I spent 1,000+ hours studying how to write...
Spend Money on Quality, Comfort, and Growth Essentials
A handful of things that are worth the money: - Eight Sleep - One $5000+ watch - Blackout curtains - Bamboo sheets - Uber Black - Home espresso machine - 1:1 skill tutoring - High-level masterminds - Standing desk - Herman Miller chair - Specced out MacBook Pro - Home sauna &...
Consistency Builds Competence, Confidence, and Credibility
3 things consistency breeds: 1. Competence. Do anything long enough and you will get good at it. 2. Confidence. Do anything long enough and you’ll reinforce an identity. 3. Credibility. Do anything long enough and your track record speaks for itself.
Ghostwriting: Paid Skill‑Boost That Can Replace Your 9‑5
Ghostwriting is a *massively* underrated side hustle: • You get paid to learn • You get paid to network • You get paid to improve your writing skills I did this all under the radar while working my 9-5—helping me escape my job on...
Create Value, Stay Humble, Avoid Comparison, Wealth Awaits
4 truths I try to remind myself of daily: 1. You matter way less than you think 2. Your wealth is a direct measure of the value you create for others 3. There has never been a better time in history to...
Happiness Thrives when You Stop Comparing Yourself
The happiest people I look up to spend absolutely zero time comparing themselves to others.
Recovery Across Body, Mind, Spirit Drives True Performance
14 thoughts on recovery: 1. There are three types of recovery: physical recovery, mental recovery, and spiritual recovery. 2. You are either working or recovering on all three dimensions. There is no in between. 3. You can operationalize recovery on three dimensions: your...
Earn $10K Fast by Selling Writing Services
Made my first $10,000 on the internet not with digital products but by selling a writing service. This is the quickest way to monetize online. And tomorrow, I'm sharing the exact roadmap I'd follow if I had to start from scratch in...
15,000 Daily Steps Fuel My Creative Success
I can point every good creative outcome back to my daily habit of taking at least 15,000 steps per day
Obsessive Single‑Task Focus: My Superpower to 8‑Figure Success
Growing up, I thought I had a flaw. Until I realized it was a superpower: I've always done 1 thing at a time and *obsessed* over it. As a kid, these were my 4 obsessions: • 1st-4th grade: Runescape • 5th-6th grade: Speedcubing • 7th-8th grade:...
Ask Open‑ended, Not Finite, Questions for Richer Conversation
The single best “conversational” tip I’ve learned in the last few years: Stop asking “finite” questions that require someone to filter the ideas that come to mind. For example, don’t ask for “the BIGGEST mistake” someone’s made. Ask for “SOME of the biggest...
Sunday: The Most Productive Day for Entrepreneurs
If you run your own business, Sunday is the most effective & productive workday of the week.
Organic Traffic Demands Years of Daily Content Creation
Everyone wants to own a business built on organic traffic (rather than paid ads). The problem is, no one wants to write organic content every single day for 3 years.
Write for Free, Charge for Implementation, Scale to Millions
How I generated my first $5,000,000 on the internet: Selling digital products. But it took me 4 long years. This 5-step roadmap would have got me there faster: 1. Write for free. You want to start by writing for free. • Write on social platforms for...
Measure Growth by What You Reject and Embrace
A few of my go-to reflection questions when I want to measure my progress: 1. What opportunities am I saying no to today that I would have begged to have had years ago? 2. What problems do I have today that I...
Six Brutal Lessons to Transform Your Digital Business
January was a tough month for my digital business. But it taught me 6 harsh lessons: 1. Do not turn off transactional businesses 2. You only have a problem if you're doing the basics and they are not working 3. How an A-Player responds...
Simple Digital Breaks Boost Calm, Happiness, and Presence
4 small changes that made me calmer, happier, and more present: 1. Removing all social media from phone 2. Never comparing myself to someone else 3. Not using my phone for the last hour of the day 4. Being completely tapped out of the...
Own Your Future: No Limits, No Rescue
No one is coming to save you And there is no speed limit The only mindset you need to build in 2026
90 Minutes of Daily Writing Solves Many Problems
Writing every morning for 90 minutes will solve a significant number of your current problems
Three Growth Vehicles Reveal Your Hidden Deficiencies
Last month, I turned 30. So I've been reflecting on all the ups and downs I experienced in my 20s. There are 3 “vehicles” for personal progress. And taking on each will make your deficiencies *glaringly* obvious. But the average person is doing...
Embrace Bad First Drafts: Quantity Beats Perfection
Reminder to self: Your 50 reps of anything will be terrible. It does not matter what you start. You will look back and cringe at all of them. And that's the point. Quantity, then quality.
Three Simple Habits for Consistent Daily Progress
3 simple "Work Habits" that help me make progress every single day: 1. Did I work for 90 minutes in the morning without any distractions? 2. Did I define one single "A+" task and knock it out? 3. Did I block 30...
From Fired to Thriving: Mentorship Sparks Success
Last January, this writer got fired. And 2 days later? My team & I started mentoring him. And Warren's been running his digital business full-time ever since. Just look at this small handful of wins he's collected so far: • 3 sales calls & 1...
Prompt
Mastering the art of writing high-quality AI prompts will be one of the most valuable skills to develop over the next 5 years
Morning Writing Routine Transforms My Whole Life
It’s absurd how much better my entire life becomes when I am consistently writing for 90 minutes every single morning
Founders Must Cut B‑Players to Kill Mediocrity
Your most important job as a founder: eliminate mediocrity. And here's my favorite quote on this from Frank Slootman: -- "Mediocrity is the silent killer. Organizations are not getting killed by their C players. Everybody knows who they are, and performance eventually is...
Scaling to the Moon This Year, Sharing Insights
Excited to scale this to the moon this year and share our learnings along the way📈
Quick Decision-Making: 8 Mental Models to Cut Mental Tax
Every unmade decision sitting in your head is a tax: • It drains your focus • It consumes mental energy • It sabotages your conversations The longer it festers, the more it infects your life. Here are 8 mental models I use to make any...
AI Empowers Elite Workers to Replace Mediocrity
The cost of being average has never been higher. It's no longer a question. AI helps businesses eliminate mediocre employees. But it's not that AI is replacing workers. It's that ultra-talented team members (now armed with significantly more leverage) can play the role 5...
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 •...
Good Prompts Turn AI From Hype to Writing Upgrade
I used to hate AI. I thought it was all hype. But now I write with it every single day. Here's how (with prompts): 1. Make AI your writing upgrader When I first started using AI, I thought it was overhyped. Turns out, I was just...
Ask Open-Ended Prompts, Not Single-Answer Questions
The single best “conversational” tip I’ve learned in the last few years: Stop asking “finite” questions that require someone to filter the ideas that come to mind. For example, don’t ask for “the BIGGEST mistake” someone’s made. Ask for “SOME of the biggest...
Organic Traffic Demands Years of Daily Content
Everyone wants to own a business built on organic traffic (rather than paid ads). The problem is, no one wants to write organic content every single day for 3 years.
Start Your Day with 10‑Minute Gratitude Priming
I start my morning with a simple habit: (It's a bit “woo-woo” but works) The 10-minute Tony Robbins "Priming" exercise. This 1 easy habit is how I reverse engineer a good mood and start the day with momentum. I start by visualizing 3 things...