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@KevinSzabo14 Most people use AI to replace thinking instead of to speed up the parts they're already good at, which is backwards.

I’ve made over $125,000 with copywriting. Most people trying to hit $10k/month are skipping the one thing that separates beginners from pros right now. AI. Here are 3 tips to start earning with it:

agree with all that. the one thing that kills people is they write the script then never actually use it because they think they're "too good" for it now.

5 Steps to solving 99% of sales issues: 1) Actually have an offer not just "buy my thing" 2) Have a written script 3) Practice the script daily (don't allow off script sales) 4) Respond to leads immediately 5) Sell to richer customers Actually do them rather than nod along.

before. 50 site visits a week. zero meetings booked. after. same 50 visits. 8 meetings booked. what changed. an ai agent started qualifying visitors 24/7. no sales team overhead. just better conversations at scale.

@matt_gray_ seen this play out a lot. the push founders usually hit a wall around 10-20k MRR and can't figure out why hiring doesn't fix it

A pattern I’ve noticed: there are founders who push vs founders who design systems. The first group stays busy. the second group builds something that survives them and creates true freedom.

@thedankoe most people quit because they expect results before they've actually built anything worth promoting

Competition is largely an illusion. 95% of people don't even try to do great things. 0.1% of the people are loud, so you overestimate how many people there are. The rest get stuck worrying about competition and quitting after 2 weeks.

@kaleighf pretty sure people said the same thing about calculators and still managed to do meaningful work

I'm very curious where society is going to land on this conversation about LLMs being a "thinking partner." Is it more honorable to do the work unassisted? Does it the work matter more/become more valuable when it's in it's purest, most organic form? (I lean toward yes)

@Codie_Sanchez how many of them are actually shipping something customers care about vs just reorganizing and talking about it?

Somewhere right now, a competitor's CEO is talking about AI every week. Reorganizing around it. Shipping. Showing the team how to use it. Building a smaller, faster machine. Yours isn't doing that? Get out.

@GrammarHippy most people skip the mechanism part and wonder why nobody believes the claim. that's where conversions actually happen.

Re-position your offer. • Vitamin -> painkiller. • Big claim -> mechanism. • Improvement -> new opportunity. This alone can double or triple your income. Easier said than done. But we’re not looking for easy. Are we?

@agazdecki yeah the ones who actually make it are just the ones who don't quit when everything falls apart on a tuesday afternoon

Building a startup is chaos 24/7, things will break, plans will fall apart, unexpected problems will hit you out of nowhere. That’s just part of the game. Keep going.

true but most people know this already and still don't do it because changing feels harder than knowing. the real bottleneck is usually just starting one thing instead of waiting for the perfect moment.

The person you’ll be in 5 years depends on: - The books you read - The people you spend time with - The food you eat - The habits you adopt - The conversations you engage in today. Each choice is a step toward the future you.

@gregisenberg the hard part isn't creating a company, it's finding someone who actually wants to pay for what you're building

The marginal cost of creating a company is approaching zero. And when the cost of creating something approaches zero, the number of things created approaches infinity. That's just math. We're about to see an explosion of new companies over the next 10 years.

hard disagree. being smart doesn't automatically fix your brain chemistry or trauma. some of the sharpest people i know are stuck in loops that logic alone won't break.

noticed something. websites that convert hard always have one thing in common. someone talks to visitors before they leave. not via email. not via form. right there. right then.

@thejustinwelsh the "less obligation" thing is underrated because more money just means more people asking for your time anyway

Things that quickly made my life better: - Cutting my expenses in half - Saying no to work I didn't enjoy - Protecting mornings for deep work - Spending less time with draining people More money is great, but less obligation is better.

@RyanHoliday yeah but most people just complain about the obstacle instead of actually doing any of this stuff

We can always (and only) greet our obstacles -with energy -with persistence -with a coherent and deliberate process -with iteration and resilience -with pragmatism -with strategic vision -with craftiness and savvy -with an eye for opportunity and pivotal moments

@Nicolascole77 how many of your clients actually stuck to one bucket vs jumping around chasing whatever got engagement that week?

To get the most “return on investment” from your writing, it’s important to have a roadmap for success. I firmly believe the first six months on the internet, for any writer, should be spent exploring, practicing, and gathering data. For our clients at Digital Press, we would create these roadmaps for each individual at the onset based on an hour-long phone interview—but even still, we would explain that the first three months were largely about gathering data. We’d then author a handful of pieces with them in a variety of categories, and as data told us what people were engaging with, we would narrow down their topic areas from there to clearly define their 3 “content buckets.” The 3 types of “content buckets” I recommend are: 1. General Audience You should have one bucket that is aimed at universal topics. Things like positive habits, life lessons, productivity topics, etc., are big, broad categories that resonate with the widest number of people. How you make them relevant to you is by approaching them through your own specific lens. So let’s say you’re the VP of Marketing at a software company. You could write about: • Life lessons learned as the VP of Marketing at a software company • Or time management techniques you use day in and day out as The VP of Marketing at a software company This same logic applies no matter who you are. You could be a poet, or a foodie, or a master salesman, and there is still massive benefit in targeting universal topics through your own specific lens. 2. Niche Audience Your second content bucket should be hyper-relevant to your expertise. If you’re the VP of Marketing, then your niche audience is “marketers”—and refined further, maybe “content marketers.” When speaking to this audience, you have the option of: • Continuing to leverage these universal topics to broaden your reach • Or intentionally excluding general audiences by speaking directly to the intimate pain points your target reader is experiencing My recommendation is to do both. 3. Company/Industry Audience Your third content bucket is the environment and industry you exist within. • If you’re a violinist, you should be writing about the violin industry. • If you’re a music producer, you should be writing about the music production industry. • If you own a SaaS business, you should be writing about software as a service and the SaaS industry at large. • If you are a writer, you should be writing about writing (in your specific genre). This third bucket is usually the easiest to pinpoint, however it's an important one to add into the mix in order to be “seen” as a leader in your chosen category. For example, here are my 3 content buckets: 1. General Audience Life advice, personal development, and self-mastery as it relates to my own life experiences as a writer and entrepreneur (and previously as a bodybuilder and professional gamer). 2. Niche Audience • Beginner writers • New ghostwriters • Etc. 3. Company/Industry Audience How to monetize your writing using different vehicles: • Ghostwriting • Self-publishing • Building digital businesses • Etc. Now, it’s important to remember that your “content buckets” can, and most likely will change over time. When I first started writing on Quora, I experimented with a ton of different Niche Audiences before data told me what people really wanted to hear from me the most about. • I wrote about gaming • I wrote about bodybuilding • I wrote about big brand advertising campaigns • Etc. Eventually, I learned it was really my perspectives on writing and content marketing that attracted the most consistent attention as a “niche,” so I doubled down on that. And the rest is history. — These were the 3 content buckets I used for my clients at my ghostwriting agency. Becoming a ghostwriter is a perfect side hustle: • No need to quit your day job • Start small & grow at your own pace • You only need 2-3 clients to hit $10k/month And the best part? As a ghostwriter, you don't need: • Any followers • Any writing skills • Any sales experience To start landing high-paying clients and scale to $10,000/month. Check the link in my bio for a FREE 5-step blueprint to help you get started.

most people optimize for the feeling of success instead of the actual work that keeps it. that's why the fast growers tend to be the boring ones.

Many people want success but avoid the responsibility that comes with it. Success looks attractive from a distance. The recognition, influence and better income. But it also comes with weight. You now have more decisions to make, more people depending on you, more accountability for outcomes. Responsibility requires discipline, consistency and ownership, even when things go wrong. Not everyone is ready for that. Those who grow understand this early. They don’t just chase success, they prepare to carry it. Because in the long run, what you can sustain matters more than what you can achieve.

@matt_gray_ systems thinking beats hustle every time but most people don't have the patience to build it out

Underrated life advice: controlling creators chase growth. Systems Architects design independence. Only one of those paths gets easier as it scales.

@thejustinwelsh the "hard to replace" part is what most people skip. they stay comfortable instead of getting genuinely good at one thing.

A simple rule for work: Be easy to trust, hard to replace, and so good they never stop talking about you.

seen this play out so much with founders. the smart ones in the room often get stuck debating edge cases while someone less talented just ships and learns from real users.

The older I get, the more I realize intelligence is overrated. Intelligent people are more likely to overthink, overplan, and overanalyze. They hide behind motion that doesn't create progress. They fear the judgment of others if they're proven wrong. The truth is that intelligence is abundant. Courage is not. The people you admire are the ones who had the courage to act. They aren’t more talented than you. They aren’t smarter than you. They just took action when you didn’t. I often wonder how many extraordinary people wasted their entire lives waiting for permission that never came. Permission isn't granted. It's taken. You get to tap yourself in whenever you want. You can just do things. Courage beats intelligence.