Learn how to better write and promote your articles. — The fact that I published my first article on July 8, 2021, and it has been one year of writing on this platform, quite slipped my mind. I had planned on writing a casual post on July 8. But damn, I missed my one-year anniversary. Sorry, Medium. But better late…

If you are knowledge-hungry, you can’t miss this website and the blogs. — I never intended to discover a treasure trove this way. But, again, serendipity rules! I was watching a two-hour-long podcast of Kunal Shah with Shane Parrish. Kunal Shah is a serial entrepreneur. He is the founder of companies like CRED and FreeCharge. …

It will help you appreciate whatever phase of life you are in right now. — I was reading a book before going to bed and then I read this line. It amazed me as much as it made me jump out and grab a highlighter. “You’ll never get that freedom back again once people start paying you attention, and especially not once they start paying…

I just need to fix my habit of writing and build some strategy around it. — This past week has been a blast. Oh god, it can’t be any further from the truth. It all started when I sat down on Saturday to write the weekend issue of my newsletter. But the words just didn’t flow. I thought I was just procrastinating. …

Some random thoughts dumping, for the most part. — First of all, I assume it’s a lot easier than writing along with your 9–5. But that doesn’t mean it’s a cakewalk. I have been writing on this platform for well over a year. I love it. The community, stories, and Medium’s minimalistic editor I am currently typing on. Without…

Here’s what he wrote about a popular growth strategy on Medium. — There’s this long-running debate on whether follow-for-follow is the right thing to do. In case you don’t know what it means, here’s a simplified overview. Suppose you are a new writer and want 100 followers in order to qualify for the Medium Partner Program. You go out there and write…

Plus, five tips on getting your first century of followers fast. — I don’t think follow-for-follow works anywhere. On Medium. On Twitter. Or on Instagram. It will only bloat the numbers that appear on the screen. It’s a vanity metric. There are many more actionable metrics that you can chase instead of this. We will talk about them later in this article. …

Contrary to popular advice. But it may be the only missing ingredient in your writing. — I will keep this article short as you’ve already known what I wanted to say by the cover picture. I vouched for small sentences. But one day I saw this picture on Twitter. It looked promising. There’s a flow. Everything looks natural. Instead of writing short sentences, write a mix…

You are badly brainwashed if you think hard work and grind are the only things that will make you successful — Today’s world has over glorified working hard and hustling and grinding and whatnot. They sound sexy and give you dopamine hits for fifteen seconds until you swipe up in the search for something new. We all know what an utter waste of time that is. …