Articles - Darius Foroux

How to look broke & be rich

January 22, 2026 No Comments

When I worked at a large IT advisory firm in London, there was a guy on my floor named Will.

Cheap suit. Messy hair. Wrinkled shirts. Beat up shoes.

And he had one of those old brown messenger bags that your history teacher rocked in high school.

We called him “the Postman.”

Will didn’t look ambitious at all. He didn’t talk big. He didn’t try to impress anyone in meetings. While others competed for airtime and visibility, Will just sat there, took notes, and went back to his desk.

At the end of the year, it turned out that he won an award. Not just any award.

The guy tripled his sales target and had the highest performance in the entire division.

For a few days, all eyes were on him. People suddenly wanted to know his secret. He shrugged it off.

“I got luck, I guess.”

He was so good at deflecting attention. And within weeks, everyone had moved on to the next loud personality.

Career Advice, Wealth Building, Writing

24 Small Ways Writing Make You Wealthy

January 15, 2026 No Comments

When I was in grad school, I was obsessed with David Ogilvy.

At the same time, I was watching Mad Men, the show starring Jon Hamm about the advertising world.

People often said Ogilvy was a major inspiration behind the show. That idea fascinated me. Advertising wasn’t just selling. It was art.

So I read everything Ogilvy wrote.

When I graduated, I tried to turn that interest into a career. I applied for jobs at ad agencies. Every single application was rejected. At the time, it felt like a dead end. Looking back, it taught me something that stuck.

Ogilvy believed deeply in writing as a career skill. He put it bluntly:

“The better you write, the higher you go in Ogilvy & Mather [his agency]. People who think well, write well. Good writing is not a natural gift. You have to learn to write well.”

Career Advice, Guides

How to get in the top 1% in 12 months

January 12, 2026 No Comments

Most people want the lifestyle of the top 1% without actually becoming a person who belongs there.

They look at the bank accounts, the freedom, and the calm of successful people and think, “I want that.”

Then they look at their own life and can’t help but think that they should be further ahead. They are tired of struggling year in year out, with nothing to show for.

Their bank account, house, social life, and habits… it’s the same as last year. And yet, they want to have the life of a top 1% person.

Productivity, Writing

How AI Challenged Me to Improve My Writing Skills

January 8, 2026 No Comments

Like you, I have a love/hate relationship with AI.

I love how AI helps with research and answering my questions. I hate the idea that it can do my writing for me.

Not because I might become insignificant or that AI might replace me.

No, I hate that AI is always there on my left shoulder, saying, “Hey bud, why won’t you let me do that writing for you?”

Well, bud, it’s because I NEED to write, otherwise I become a lazy, unstimulated, and anxious person.

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