Tripled followers and Medium earnings in February. — Are you looking to expand your reach and build a bigger following on Medium? Are you interested in building a digital writing business? I had to look twice at my statistics on Medium. This past month I tripled my followers and tripled my earnings. Last month I wrote an article…

And left a six-figure salary on the table — Before I started a family, I was a consultant and serial gig worker. In 2009, I got married and life took a different path. My wife and I met online. eHarmony. We were both running our own small businesses and single parents. We each had one young child, only 6…

It has now been almost 14 years, and here are a few reflections. — My wife and I met on eHarmony in early 2009. We lived 600 km (400 miles) apart in rural western Canada. We were both single parents with a 2-year-old each. We were also both running small businesses. We knew there was a distance to bridge, and in more than just…

Culture and thinking through our materials, doo-dads, and doo-hickeys. — Last year my mom passed. Much of the globe was still in COVID lockdown. She was an avid reader, writer, and knowledge seeker. She didn’t have a degree but was trained as a journalist. She was also an excellent editor. In her 70s and right up until she passed she…

Almost 300,000 impressions in 7 days and counting… — Just over a year ago, I left a 6-figure salary and a decade-plus career. I walked away and set out to become CEO of my own time and energy. I began building a digital writing business from scratch. The bread-and-butter for anyone building a Digital Writing and Content Creation business…

Using ‘Thinking About Thinking’ to distinguish your digital writing — We’ve all seen it. Maybe even written some of it… Obvious, almost empty content. It’s dull, cheap-filler, and worth every eye roll 🙄 Medium, social media, and blogs are full of Obvious content. This content comes sounding like the classic ‘essay’ from elementary school: “What I did over my summer…

The only certainty in life is uncertainty — Do you know what is happening next week on Wednesday at 7:04 PM? No? Yea, me neither. Although we could potentially make some predictions, assumptions, suppositions, and otherwise. Maybe we could analyze some data? However, here’s the fundamental issue with “data”… It’s 100%, always, and forever more, based on the…

A Free email course to increase rest and rejuvenation — When I left a corporate public sector career one year ago — something returned to me that had left me for about a decade. It’s like a magic elixir, super potion, rejuvenator. Want to know what it is? SLEEP Medical experts and leading research emphasize the absolutely crucial role that…

Tips to triumph over any digital cold sweats — What are many people’s two biggest fears? Death and Public Speaking. Is there a new contender in the Digital Age: The fear of writing online? Maybe it feels like stepping onto a virtual stage… with an unseen audience? Are you waking up in a cold sweat thinking that publishing your…