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10 Rules to Make Your Writing so Persuasive People Can’t Ignore It
All good writing is persuasive by definition.
Think about it. Would you read something that’s not enticing? With the millions of ways we can keep ourselves busy in today’s world, I certainly won’t.
I only read something when it’s so persuasive I can’t ignore it. And as a writer, my goal is to produce the same type of writing.
In fact, I believe every single word, sentence, and paragraph you write must be persuasive. Otherwise, it’s a waste of your time. Think of…
- Email subject lines you write at work
- Text messages you send to your partner, friends, co-workers
- Ads of the things you’re selling on social media
- Jobs you apply to
I can go on like that for a while. The idea is that you always need to be persuasive otherwise people won’t read your writing. And writing that gets ignored is bad.
The rest of this article contains 10 rules I’ve learned from writing persuasively. You can use these rules to inspire others to take action simply with your words.
4 Principles to Invest Wisely and Avoid Common Market Pitfalls
Investing in the stock market is dangerous. How do you invest wisely when there are so many investing and market pitfalls that take away investors’ money?
It’s like the Brothers Grimm fairytale about the seven poor little goats. In case you forgot or never heard it, here it goes.
Once upon a time, there was a family of seven little goats who lived in the forest. One day, their mother left to go shopping and when she was gone, a wolf appeared at the door looking for dinner.
He tricked the seven little goats into letting him inside, which they of course did because he disguised himself and talked nicely to them.
When the goats let him in, he ate them all. Except for one little goat who managed to hide.
The mother came back and found the little one, but the others (including the wolf) were gone.
She was furious and determined to take down this wicked wolf. She hunted him down and used a pair of scissors to cut the wolf’s belly open, and the six children jumped out miraculously unharmed.
This story has a happy ending. But when big bad wolves trick us into giving them our money, we don’t see that money again.
In this article I’ll share 4 principles you must be aware of if you want to avoid financial wolves.
10 Harsh Lessons From 10 Years Of Entrepreneurship
A while back I stumbled upon a Twitter post with a list of harsh writing advice. I can’t recall what the advice was, but I thought to myself, “I could do one of those on entrepreneurship.”
Building a business is hard work.
Data from Fundera says that 70% of small businesses fail by their 10th year.1Source: Entrepreneur
When I started my first business in 2010, I was blessed to work with my father and one of his business mentors. I didn’t have to figure a lot of things out on my own, which drastically improved my learning curve.
So every time I run into young and inexperienced entrepreneurs who don’t have any mentors around them, I’m willing to help if they want. This post serves that purpose.
These are the tougher lessons about entrepreneurship that most people are not aware of when they start. If you’re appalled by these things, it’s probably not for you. But if you don’t mind them, you will likely do well.
Wise & Wealthy: Money stress and 10 entrepreneurship lessons
Welcome to Wise & Wealthy: A weekly newsletter full of proven ideas to become smarter and wealthier. I send this every Monday.
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#54 – January 30, 2023
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Wise: Money stress
Over the past few months, I’ve been receiving more emails from readers who worry about money.
I think it’s something so many of us are dealing with.
The first step to overcoming money stress is not to assess your finances or read personal finance books because those things won’t make you feel any better.
Money stress is an emotional issue, and so it needs to be addressed emotionally.
The first step is acknowledging the fear and understanding why it exists.
When you do that, it becomes easier to retake control of your life and slowly work towards creating financial freedom.
This could be done by acquiring new skills, starting a business, or investing in stocks or real estate. Not only through saving.
I talk more about this path in my new article.
↳ Read This if You Have Money Stress
Wealthy: Harsh lessons
A while back I stumbled upon a Twitter post with a list of harsh writing advice. I can’t recall what the advice was, but I thought to myself, “I could do one of those on entrepreneurship.”
When I started my first business in 2010, I was blessed to work with my father and one of his business mentors.
I didn’t have to figure things out on my own, which drastically improved my learning curve.
So every time I run into young and inexperienced entrepreneurs who don’t have any mentors around them, I’m willing to help if they want. Today’s other new post serves that purpose.
These are the tougher lessons about entrepreneurship that most people are not aware of when they start.
↳ 10 Harsh Lessons From 10 Years Of Entrepreneurship
One interesting thing
My online course, digitalbusiness.school, is open for registration until this Sunday.
Some readers assume you need to have a specific business idea before you start. That’s not necessary at all. You can still get started even if you don’t know what type of business you want to start.
This is true for many things in life. Remember: You don’t need to know exactly where you’re going when you start a new endeavor.
What matters is that you have a sense of direction… and most importantly, that you START!
Thanks for reading! I hope you found this edition of Wise & Wealthy useful.
All the best,
Darius
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