A few years ago my friend, Ramit Sethi, invited me to record an interview. He flew me out to New York, had an entire studio rented with a huge team and thousands of dollars of fancy equipment to record it. I remember feeling awestruck that my blogging friend was putting in such production values in […]
How to Be Prolific
I’ve written a lot of stuff here in the past ten years. 1254 articles. Four books (and another on the way). Five courses. Hundreds of videos. Additionally, I’ve written at least another 100-200 articles for other publications over the years. Being prolific has two main benefits: Talking with fledgling writers, the biggest struggle I see […]
Five Steps to Become a Better Writer
Writing matters. It matters for your career. Even if you’re not a journalist or J.K. Rowling, being able to communicate clearly will determine how people see you. Writing matters for your life. Futuristic visions from the early days of computing imagined a world without text, where everyone had video calls. Instead, we got text messaging […]
How to Make Stuff People Will Pay For
Every person earns a living by making stuff people will pay for. If you’re an entrepreneur, artist or programmer, that reality may be obvious. You create products, pieces or code and sell them to people who need them. But accountants, janitors and teachers are also makers. Accountants create understanding of financial flows for their clients. […]