How I learned to write a bio that now attracts readers. — In the last two months, my followers have increased by 620% from 59 at the end of July to 424 by the end of September. The rate of increase is even faster in October. A key driver of this growth has been a 6-month study I carried out into bio…

Suddenly my views doubled, my earnings shot up 48% and my followers increased by 26% over the previous month. — The kicker was a single story. The number of views went insane after only 3 days. It gathered fans at a rate I’d never seen before. The secret was the way the story was written. I had started to use a formula that I call Creative Thinking. Come with me…

The way you set yourself up makes a big difference to whether you succeed or fail. — Your first, and possibly most important decision as a writer, is to figure out how you will measure success. If you don’t know what success means to you how, will you ever know whether or not you’re successful? This seems like a simple question but many writers tie themselves in…

How successful entrepreneurs use tools like Backcasting and the Expectation Effect to make their businesses take off. — My first attempt to start a business bombed out for several reasons. I was attempting to clone someone else’s business without even knowing how well it performed. I had no idea of the size of the niche. And there was little likelihood of any repeat business. …

I started businesses during the recessions of 1980/1 and 1990/1 and both businesses did well. — The simple reason why recessions create opportunities for alert entrepreneurs is that businessmen and women are worried because they cannot foretell their futures. Their worry is your opportunity. All you have to do is find a way to give them a new crystal ball. The important point is to understand…

I work on the principle that if I have a good reputation readers will read my writing and recommend my stories to others. — My first, and major concern when I write is always, “am I connecting in meaningful and helpful ways with my readers?” I am not really interested in literary style, but I am interested in clarity and feeling. I want my readers to be able to easily understand what I am…

During 25 years of coaching myself and others to be happy and successful, the one missing link on the road to achievement has always been a lack of appropriate action. — I get fed up with people telling me, “Knowledge is power”. Knowledge is simply knowledge, it is the use we make of knowledge that gives us power. Put more simply, you have to take action in order to make knowledge work for you. Knowing is not enough, it is “doing”…

Human beings are tribal animals by nature, we have learned to be that way for mutual protection — socializing also gives us other important benefits. — You don’t have to be a “party animal” to benefit from socializing. I still dread going to parties, but I go anyway — why? Because I have learned that there are many instances where I benefit by having friends. I also benefit from the connections that I make on social…

Rules dictate our behavior. Most rules are imposed on us by others, but you can benefit greatly by imposing rules on yourself to help you achieve your goals. — I’ll come clean upfront, I don’t like rules. I’m someone who is always looking for ways to circumvent rules. My early life experiences led me to believe that authority figures and bullies often used rules to make my life a misery by the overbearing way they used rules to force…