Archive for the month September 2019
According to writer Joseph Epstein, “81 percent of Americans feel that they have a book in them — and should write it.”
If you look at the number of published books every year, you’ll see that less than 1% do…
The ability to communicate effectively – saying what you want to say in a way that another person understands it – is a superpower.
It does not come naturally to most of us.
We learn it through our family, school,…
I write the first draft of my blog posts in a doc that I have named Collection of Posts.
This doc is filled with ideas, observations, and new learning – anything I think I can write about.
Having this doc…
That is why it is super important to have someone who is watching you from outside.
Someone who you trust enough to be able to accept honest feedback from.
In the absence of such a person, it is easy to…
On Sep 25th, 2019, Dan Price, the co-founder, and CEO of Gravity Payments, a credit card processing, and financial services company stunned all his employees at his company’s Idaho office by giving them each a $10,000 raise.
This wasn’t the…
Early-stage startup founders and new business owners have a lot on their plates.
They deal with customers, hire and manage employees, and take care of administrative tasks.
In this hustle-bustle, they forget to pay attention to two really important things.…
I receive a lot of queries from those who want to work with LinkedIn.
This is because they see that I have been a LinkedIn Evangelist.
They believe that I can help them by referring.
Truth is I can.
And,…
We live busy lives.
It is good to be busy.
Because lucky are those who find what they love and are then able to spend time on it.
If you find yourself in such a situation work as hard as…
A friend, who is among the top copywriters in the industry, has an email list of more than 3000 focused subscribers.
These subscribers are marketers and copywriters who signed up on the website for a business he ran.
He is…
People who love you selflessly can do anything for you.
But not everyone loves you selflessly.
Even when you are with those who are outside your selfless love circle i.e. the entire world, love can help you sail through.
Love…
If you have ever tried to follow your heart,
Do your thing,
Swim against the current,
You would definitely have had some unwanted advice, some foolish criticism.
Most likely from people who know nothing about what you do.
And, God…
You need to complete an article, project or a client video before you can create the world’s best.
Works for most of us because we are not out to create The Next Great American Novel.
I wonder if Ritesh Agarwal…
An entrepreneur is someone who sets up a business and takes risks usually financial hoping to make profits out of it.
Then how is anyone who is not setting up a business, an entrepreneur?
You see, the future is ahead…
Do you remember the good old days?
When you enjoyed your work?
When writing brought you joy. When designing was love. Times when you were just learning, curious and in a state of flow like a child.
Then over time,…
The traditional blog design is ripe for change.
More so if you blog professionally or for a business.
Why?
Because the blogs are not what they were in the beginning.
Blogs started as online diaries before they became the space…