Focus changes everything — For two hours a day, every day, for the past three years, I’ve dedicated myself to honing a single skill. And the results: 34,000 followers on Medium. A Twitter following of 17,000. A newsletter with 15,000 subscribers. Here’s the kicker: 80% of this exponential growth happened within the last six…

My focus moving forwards — I always thought it was BS when people said your life could change in 6 months. As if. As if that could really happen to an average person. To someone like me. I’ve been writing on the internet for 2 years. For 2 years basically, nothing happened. Until everything happened. …

When nobody expects much, you’re on to a winner — I’m average. Like really average. I got above-average grades in school until I got to the part in school where things got hard and instead of leaning in, I leaned out and things crumbled. Entering university? I got Bs. Not bad. Not great. Not stand out like some of my…

That you can steal and use today — 20s : I have zero experience, maybe in a few years. 30s : I have a family now, maybe in a few years. 40s : I have a great job, maybe in a few years. 50s : I have little time, maybe in a few years. 60s : I have…

In less than 2 hours a day — I remember my first month on this platform, it felt like yesterday. I made $1.39 that first month, the next month I made $69 and I’m pretty sure I cried. I’d never made money from something I enjoyed before. It was a weird realisation. For years before I was trying…

The weird and wonderful story — Before we get into this, I just want you to know, that I’m nothing special. I’m not gifted, talented or above average. I graduated from a good university and got decent grades, I had a decent 9–5 and managed people for a while. But I’m not special. Perhaps the only…

And change your life — A world-class baker might spend 16 months perfecting a pastry recipe. Specifically the flakiness of the pastry. Maybe 716 iterations have gone into the right balance of butter and flour. Iterations to the degree of 1g. Each day she wakes up at 5 am, dials the oven to 190, throws…

It’s a matter of habit and priority — “I’ve been trying to get up earlier, so far, it’s not working.” I came across a comment on one of my articles. I stopped for a while. Pondered this thought. And hours later it came back to me, I loved the honesty of it. Because it’s true, isn’t it? Quite…

The exact steps I took — A personal brand can change your life. It’s changed mine for sure. In fact, I didn’t even realise I was creating a personal brand until I was 2 years in and realised that maybe I liked this online writing thing. I’ve created my personal brand whilst keeping my 9–5 and…