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Learn more about online marketing and how to grow your presence in the high-paced modern world. Includes insights about the nature of life in the 21st century…
There’s a simple way to understand the psychology of jealousy: People naturally group each other into different ‘leagues’. Once you’re known to be in a certain league, people expect you to stay in your lane. You will be subject…
There’s a concept that’s really obvious to people who have success but for some reason flies over the heads of most people: In everything you do you have to go BIG. So many unsuccessful people complain that online marketing…
“Wahhh life isn’t fair! I come from a poor family this is impossible for me. No one gave me anything, I don’t know about any of this business stuff I’ll never make it waaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh!” Do you really think that people who grew…
Based on the quantity and types of messages I receive on X, I think I have a unique insight into a common problem that most beginners have: obsessing over irrelevant minutiae and ignoring the things that really matter. Here’s why…
The problem with internet marketing is that most internet marketers are simply not creative people. When one person finds something that works, EVERYONE copies it until it doesn’t work anymore. It happened with Buzzfeed-style…
If you’re on this side of the internet then you already know that the Standard Life Path of 401k contributions and climbing your way up the corporate ladder is a one way ticket to misery. One thing that a lot of people aren’t…
[Begin internal monologue of someone who wants to do something big but can’t motivate themselves to do it] This is stupid. Who the hell am I to think I could accomplish something like this. No one I know does anything noteworthy…
Most people believe you should adapt to the world around you. As always, most people are wrong. It’s significantly easier to change the world (or at least your tiny corner of it) than it is to change core aspects of your…
Spending lots of time in high-achieving online spaces is a mixed blessing. On the one hand, you get the benefit of learning from legitimate experts. And you’re using the natural human tendency to conform to your peer group in a…
Laziness is a universal human failing that can creep into your life in different ways. The worst is when you somehow manage to convince yourself that being lazy is actually somehow a positive personality trait. (see below if you…
News you should be paying attention to Matt Mullenweg tells (trolls?) Automattic staff, saying he’s back in control after CEO ouster from TechCrunch. More drama/mental illness from the C-Suite at WordPress. Nothing new here. The…
Parasite SEO is a powerful tool for online marketers. The concept is simple: post your content on powerful domains that you don’t own so that it will rank higher and faster than it would if you posted it on your own domain.…