The Origin Story of Justin Welsh’s $8,000,000 Solo Business ↓ Quick heads up that Justin Welsh has launched his Black Friday Sale! His Content OS changed my approach to Twitter and led to my first-ever product sales. Get it now at the lowest-ever price. Justin Welsh, the content Daddy himself, inspires people worldwide to run their own solo businesses with massive profit margins and minimal time. But the problem is, you can’t look at how he currently runs his business to know how he got...
about 1 month ago • 5 min read
Kieran MacRae Take stock of the week ↓ Happy Friday! How has your week been Reader? I hope you managed to make a little progress on your goals this week. I was doing my Friday reflections in my journal and thought of you. Do you ever stop to look back at what you achieved? It’s too easy to keep racing ahead without taking a beat to admire what we’ve accomplished. So here are the four prompts you can use in your journal for your Friday Reflections: What went well this week? I achieved… What...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Kieran MacRae These 3 Habits Are Killing Your Motivation as a Writer↓ Image credit – Midjourney People think being a profitable writer is about skills, networking, and hustle. But it’s about patience, motivation, and a willingness to help people. I started writing back in 2015. After 12 months in the game, I earned $1000. After 24 months, I had earned $25,000, and it was all because I kept my motivation to keep trying. Without motivation, you give up before all the benefits kick in, and never...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
Kieran MacRae The Mindset That Held Me Back for Years ↓ Something curious happened after I sold my first writing business. There I was, planning my next move, sitting with a healthy six-figure paycheck in the bank, and then… I choked. Utterly convinced that my success came from a random stroke of luck, I began looking for a teacher. Someone to show me how to grow an online business. So I started watching videos about “5K of Passive Income by Blogging”, and “Your First $1000 Weekend” even...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Kieran MacRae Don’t Learn How To Write. Learn How To Focus. ↓ I’ve been on a near-spiritual journey these last 8 weeks where I have transformed my productivity. I’ve gone from taking a full week to create one newsletter to producing three articles in a single 90 minute session. I feel like a new man with a herculean mind that continues to get sharper and stronger. The secret came in three parts Humbling myself to my actual writing hours Gradually improving those hours Following strict rules...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read
Kieran MacRae June 15th I Wrote Every Day for 270 Days. It Was a Waste of Time ↓ Like many writers, I adore Seth Godin’s writing. He has shown up daily for over 10 years, which is astounding. I wanted a piece. I committed to writing a blog post every single day for 1 year. I started writing short, punchy Seth Godin style posts. After 270 posts — I got crickets. Then I missed a day. No big deal, I started my streak again. I got five more days in and missed two days. Then I quit. This was about...
2 months ago • 3 min read
Kieran MacRae October 14th If You Want To Get Ahead, Steal Like an Entrepreneur ↓ Photo by Martin Zaenkert on Unsplash I have a confession. I’m a no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing thief. My success as a solopreneur has come from those who came before me. I’ve stolen, tweaked, and imitated my way to success. Fortunately, all the great entrepreneurs and creatives I know are thieves. If something works, you take it and make it your own. Steal a working business model. I did. There’s a difference...
2 months ago • 3 min read
If you have 3,000,000 newsletter subscribers and sell more than 20,000,000 books, you know something about writing. Yes, I am talking about everyone’s favorite habit daddy, James Clear. You know him as the habits guy, but did you know that in 2010, he was making a living from creating niche sites and apps? You can see him talk about it in the 2010 version of his blog on Archive.org. What I want to know is, how the hell do you go from making niche sites to writing a book so popular that...
3 months ago • 3 min read
