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How to Make a Living Writing

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Is it possible to make a living writing? If you  had asked me that 3 years ago, I would have said "hell no." "There's too much competition, I'm not a good enough writer, I don't have an "in" in that artsy-fartsy whatever club..." "Maybe you can...but not me." - (Young, naive Tom's internal monologue) Luckily, while I […]
In the following article, I'm going to show you how to (ethically) manipulate Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) program to rank higher and sell more books. But before we get to the meat and potatoes of this article... Warning and Preface I believe it was George Washington who once said: "with great power comes great responsibility." As […]
Get this: In 2012, 391,000 books were self-published in the US alone. That number increased to more than 458,564 by 2013 (a 17% increase in self-published books year over year). If this pace continues (and it looks to), in 2015 there will be 1,728 books self-published daily, or about one book published every minute. Oh, and […]
Fact: 1/3rd of all self-published authors earn less than $500 a year from their publishing efforts. Take that in for a moment… $500. That’s not even enough money to pay for a single month’s rent in most major cities. This makes sense when you consider that 80% of books tracked by Nielson Bookscan sold fewer than […]
Since its founding in 2009, Uber has grown to be valued at more than $18 billion. It's one of the fastest growing startups in the world. Here's what that looks like, relative to other major tech startups (and their billions in value): If you're not familiar with Uber, they're a ride-sharing company that allows people to easily grab a […]
Last week, I wrote about starting fires. I believe that a great idea is a spark... And that a spark can turn into a great fire that can change our lives, as long as we bring the resources and hustle necessary to make that happen. How then do we expose ourselves to great ideas?  The short answer: Books. […]

Starting Fires

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In 2007, I read a book that changed my life. While the book itself is simple (borderline elementary now that I've gone back to reread it years later), there was a single idea that I couldn't shake at the time; one that still sticks with me today. Before I explain what that idea is, I […]
Passive income. The holy grail of online (and offline) business. Everybody talks about it, but the reality is most “passive” income isn’t passive at all – instead it forces the creator to continue to spin the wheel (at least intermittently) to keep the money flowing… Well, in 2014 I did something mostly by accident that […]
I love the start of a new year. The desire (and energy) for positive change; the ideas that become goals (and eventually reality); the seemingly limitless opportunities that beg us to step up to the plate, at least to give it a try...at least this once... The beginning of every year is a time when aspirations collide with unconquerable […]
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