Strategic Possibilities

As a writer, have you ever felt like people "don't read anymore?" 

Are you concerned that it will be tough to build an audience online because it is incredibly flooded with "text" and on top of that most people are focused on video content or memes?

While a lot of it might be partially true, there are things you can do to grow an audience as a Fiction writer. You just have to get more creative just as all artists have had to pivot and try new ideas throughout history.

And with every new medium and technology comes new opportunity.

Pinterest isn't anything new. It's been around for a few years. But most fiction writers still haven't recognized the potential to use Pinterest to grow their audiences.

Here's how.

Writing a book and self-publishing with Amazon is a MASSIVE opportunity today. Whether you want to leave a legacy for your future children's children's children's to read or whether you want to start another stream of income or whether you just want something that's an upgrade from a business card for work, your book is literally right under your finger tips.

But like with everything, it is easier said than done. If the idea of sitting down to pump out 100+ pages of a book seems daunting, that's ok. Because there is another way you can build an audience, and generate an income before your book is even out!

So listen to this podcast and find out how other professional authors and writers are developing their books.

For the humble and modest, it can be tough to decide "what you are good enough at" to monetize. But rest assured that there is a skill or piece of knowledge in all of us that can help us create a separate stream of income.

Whether you want to create a YouTube channel or sell your knowledge as a course, or become an expert or authority figure in a specific field, check out this podcast to brainstorm some valuable ideas that you can start working on today.

The opportunities are limitless on the internet. And today is the day to get started.

If you've ever wanted to learn about Stock Options (Calls and Puts) you've probably done your research and found answers from various websites.

You've probably heard of the "buying a house" metaphor or "insurance" story for examples. But if you're like me, those didn't truly help you understand how they work.

In that case, check out this episode because you're going to find the easiest way to separate and understand the two types of stock options: "Calls and Puts."

You don't need to be an expert or even do any math. It is simple logic.

Read an interesting article on The Wall Street Journal regarding how COVID and Quarantine are changing businesses. Most of it is obvious enough already. Restaurants have gone out of business. Airlines need help. Retail stores are still keeping their stores shelved. Gas companies lost revenue. Hollywood is just now starting to get back into movie production.

But even beyond that, one question that arises is how will managers and executives be measured? It would be easy to just hope that everyone accepts a "hit to their annual bonuses" but that's not how it works. Their "underperformance" due to a force majeure impacting the bottom line isn't necessarily acceptable by most managers or executives.

So the question arises, how else can managers and executives still keep a portion of their bonuses despite their downturn if not measuring the bottom line results?

The article mentioned some ideas to turn it around and look beyond just the bottom line of profits.

I can't find the article now, but here are some thoughts around the article.

Many people have probably listened to Warren Buffett or Charlie Munger thinking they may share some secret that helps them get rich. And while they share some amazing wisdom that has helped them become massively successful in books like "Essays of Warren Buffett" or "All I Want to Know is Where I'm Going to Die so I'll Never Go There." 

But after reading a lot of their work, I began to wonder why their lessons may help some people and not others.

For example, Buffett and Munger often talk about getting rid of errors and making investments as close to a sure thing as possible and risk elimination. Or another example is Buffett often talks about the concept of compound interest and how every penny can grow. But if you don't have the ability to multiply every penny 10X, then what do you do?

You won't find the answers to "then what do you do." But you might find an idea that can hold people back and thereby avoid the trap.

Amazing book so far with some incredibly practical wisdom from two of some of the most successful investors on the planet. Peter Bevelin does a great job bringing together the ideas and wisdoms of Buffett and Munger into this incredible book "All I Want to Know is Where I'm Going to Die so I'll Never Go There."

You can purchase the book below through Amazon.

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When it comes to explaining nature, money, physics, and many other important things math has tremendous power. And there is tremendous power if you can harness the power of math.

But looking beyond the tangible numbers, there are things such as subjectivity, opinions, human behavior, and more which completely alter and change the predictions of many calculations. And there are also things in nature that math doesn't always make sense for.

For example, if you take 500 Skittles in one hand, and 500 skittles in the other, their consistencies may be completely different. 500 Skittles doesn't explain it all. They may have different weights, quantities of colors, quality issues, and more... Maybe an entire pile is smaller than the other. So perhaps there are many things that are wrongly measured.

Let's consider when the concept of math can fail, and look into this other concept that might give you an interesting point of view of how 1 + 1 = 3.

The majority of us can always give even a bit more. And this isn't just coming from the "overdeliver to your customers/24/7 hustle mentality" perspective. A lot of times you can give more to yourself.

For example, in fitness. Ever hear about how some people break through plateaus? There are some people who need a rest, and other's who just need to give a little bit more to break through their barriers. They just need to get out of their comfort zone a bit more.

And one question to ask about this is where else can this carry into your life? Where else can you give yourself just a bit more? Maybe a bit more sleep? A bit more alone time? A bit more social time? Giving to other's is wonderful, but this is a great podcast to evaluate the question, what more can you do for yourself or push yourself even a bit more just to become a greater you.

This is a very biased review as I have read and listened to quite a bit of his content. But this added to his interesting story through a visual experience. All I have to say are positive things and great takeaway lessons from this awesome series.

To watch the show for yourself, check out the series "Choose Yourself: The James Altucher Story" through the link below.

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