Stuart Doney

"They Laughed When I Sat Down At The Piano But When I Started To Play!" - John Caples If you are looking to learn copywriting. Study this piece. It is a masterclass in selling through a story. The power of the title alone makes me want to read on.

@ItsKieranDrew I agree, AI made me lazy. I notice a reduction in how I was thinking, but recently I've been putting pen to paper - more than I ever used to before. Seen a massive improvement

I regret to inform you that writing with AI is making you stupid.

@theandreilucian I've just started writing — genuinely shocked at how much my thinking has improved.

Clarity doesn't come from thinking. It comes from writing. Write to think. Don't think to write.

@stijnnoorman Writing is such a powerful skill, you should learn the skill.

5 tweets a day. 30 comments a day. 2 hours of writing a day. It costs $0 to do. But it will make you a lot of money.

@danmartell Focus is a skill you need to practice on daily. If you can’t focus straight for 2hours, start small and increase it by small increments.

You’re dangerous when you’re focused.

@HutchyKC True

@StuartDoney Confidence is the result of keeping promises to yourself when no one else is watching.

You beat fear with small steps that compound. Push yourself slightly outside your comfort zone every day. Do this for 3 months, and you'll be shocked at who you become. I was.

@chris__harvey__ Exactly. I’m realising that now. Clarity comes from starting.

@StuartDoney Starting with half info is sometimes better than waiting for the full thing

The gap between 'I know enough to start' and actually starting is where most side projects die. I've been sitting in that gap for months.

@Pradeepkannanj I’m going through this right now. The best thing I’ve found to do is to take small steps each day to push yourself out of your comfort zone. This action will compound over time. In a few months, you will be a totally different person.

Most people cannot start a business. Most people are scared. Most people wait for the “right time.” Most people overthink every step. Most people choose comfort over growth. Don’t be like most people.

@Nicolascole77 Great advice. I’m about to start a writing challenge for the next month. Consistency will be the key to improve my writing.

People who chase outcomes rarely stay consistent. People who fall in love with the process are consistent forever. This is why I became a writer—I can write until the day I die.

@alidougru Only use it for spelling and gammer checks

Be honest: Do you use AI for your posts?

@trwsenti Sacrifices have to be made if you want to change your life. You can’t keep doing the same things and expect a different outcome.

"I want financial freedom." Cool. But will you: - Sit alone for 6 months while your mates are at the pub - Keep going when the first 2 months produce zero results - Learn a skill that's boring before it's profitable - Ignore everyone who tells you it won't work - Spend your evenings building instead of scrolling Because wanting it isn't the hard part. Doing the boring work nobody sees is.

@KevinSzabo14 People can overcome rejection and it becomes irrelevant

If you’re scared of rejection, business isn’t for you.

I believe we're in a bubble - the price of AI has to go up. OpenAI lost $14B last year. Anthropic just raised $30B in February. Yet both sell subscriptions from $20/mo. Anthropic is already throttling Claude usage at peak times through token limits. How is it viable to sell $20 subscriptions while burning through that kind of money?

Do you believe there will be an AI bubble?

@ItsKieranDrew I believe it all come down to writing. Writing helps you build clarity

Some of my best investments in the past 5 years: 1. Writing coaching 2. Business coaching 3. Hiring an expert to help with systems 4. Hiring a full time virtual assistant 5. Using money to buy back time to write a book Money is energy. Make it move.

@Dwriteway This is so true. Over deliver for your clients.

Fastest way to grow your business; Help one real person really well. Nothing builds your business better than satisfied customers.

@bloggersarvesh Thank you for sharing - will definitely try these out

BREAKING: If you're not using Claude for SEO in 2026, you're already behind. Copy these 7 prompts:

Just got home from a 12-hour shift in a kitchen. The next hour is dedicated to writing and journaling my thoughts. Showing up consistently every day will compound. This is how you grow!

@quietoperatorl I totally agree.

This is right. And it’s even more right than most people realize. Writing isn’t a communication skill that happens to sharpen thinking. Writing is thinking made visible. The moment you try to put a vague idea into a sentence, your brain is forced to decide what you actually mean. Most people discover they don’t know what they mean until the sentence demands it. That’s why the professional who writes clearly thinks clearly. Not the other way around. The writing didn’t document the thinking. The writing produced it. The act of structuring a thought into language is the act of thinking. Everything before that is just a feeling with potential. And here’s the compounding effect nobody talks about: the professional who writes clearly once starts thinking more clearly all the time. The structure migrates from the page into the brain. After six months of leading every update with “what changed” instead of “what I did,” you stop needing the prompt. Your brain starts organizing information that way automatically. The writing habit rewired the thinking pattern. Every other skill has a ceiling. Technical skills get outdated. Domain expertise gets commoditized. But the ability to take a complex situation and make it simple enough for someone else to act on has been the most valuable human skill for five thousand years and hasn’t depreciated once. AI made it more valuable, not less. In a world of infinite content, the person who communicates with clarity and structure is the scarcest resource in any organization. Not because they know more. Because what they know actually reaches the people who decide what happens next.

I believe that writing and communication are the top meta skills to learn. They don't just help your career -- they sharpen your mind too