If you read the term personal development carefully, it is obvious that it’s about becoming someone rather than doing something. But after a while, those two words lose their meaning. They become just a pointer to the meaning that we assign to them. What comes to your mind when you hear the term personal development? […]
And what to do about it. When we are producing and marketing, we tend to look at our craft from our own perspective. Unless you build something for yourself and market it to yourself, that’s a mistake. That’s a typical mistake that software engineers do. As a result, they end up with overcomplicated software that […]
You must have heard the story of the elephant and the four blind men. Four blind men touch different parts of an elephant and argue with each other what the elephant is like. One of them likens it to a tree, the other one to a hose, yet another one to a sheet, and so […]
Yesterday, I wrote a post about setting being goals and cultivating personality traits to achieve our doing and having goals. I shared the big five personality traits, the 13 virtues of Benjamin Franklin, and a link to 600+ primary personality traits. One of the personality traits that I want to develop is resourcefulness. When I […]
Yesterday, I received an excellent comment to one of my posts. The question is relevant to all of us but mostly to the first time entrepreneurs. “Could you elaborate more on how following the opportunities that appear and following each of them is in line with not getting distracted?” “As an example in the last […]
There was a scene in the movie Social Network. Mark Zuckerberg and his team moved into their first office. They placed a big screen in the lobby showing the number of registered Facebook users. That number was going up continuously and motivating everybody in the team. Business Dashboards A similar practice is popular among executives […]
In yesterday’s post, I explained why Medium’s subscription business isn’t sustainable. In essence, it satisfies neither readers nor writers. I’m a big fan of Medium, and I want it to succeed. That’s why I’m going to share alternative income sources for Medium in this post. Current Model Is Good for Users But Unsustainable I’m not […]
If you look at my archive, you’ll see at least a dozen posts on Medium. Almost all of those posts are praising Medium. I take Medium seriously, use it as the single source of traffic, and learn a lot of lessons from my Medium stats. It’s an excellent platform for readers, writers, and humanity. In […]
Medium Can Be the Pillar of Your Content Marketing Strategy I expect two groups to read this post. People who are interested in Medium and the art of writing People who are interested in marketing I’m writing this post for the people who are at the intersection of both groups. Some people in the second […]
In the last six weeks, I was focused on two numbers to measure the success of my blog. These are the weekly growth rates of my Medium following and the number of my email newsletter subscribers. My weekly goal for both figures is 10%. That goal is at the ambitious side and I have a […]
