Why waste money on expensive resources when you can get amazing value for cheap? — Since I quit my civil engineering job to become a full-time writer, if there’s one thing I’ve realized, it’s this: being a freelancer is not an easy job. You decide your work hours and set your own deadlines. …

How I gave up comfort to embrace uncertainty and saw 10x growth in finances and fulfillment. — “That was the most intense two months of my life!” I wrote this in my journal after finishing the first draft of my fiction novel. All my life, I’d always wanted to be a writer. But until now, I’d only written short articles and stories all over the internet. When…

There’s nothing more powerful than small steps compounding to give HUGE results with time. — In April 2020, an estimated 122 million Indians lost their work due to the coronavirus pandemic. On a worldwide scale, this statistic was no different, with almost 112 million jobs affected in the first quarter of 2022. If these statistics shock you, please remind yourself that relying only on your…

These would have made me rich! — Your 20s are a weird time of your life. The choices that are open to us are endless. These open roads can get quite overwhelming at times. Thoughts like these keep plaguing our minds: Is it time for me to get married? Am I ready to have kids and start…

Start planting the seeds for a *rich* lifestyle today. — “In the end, we only regret the chances we didn’t take” — Lewis Carroll Consider your life when you’re 40 years old. Envision earning a lot of money for doing precisely what you enjoy. You have a big house, a loving family, and enough leisure time and freedom to book…

These will make you rich. — “Success” has different definitions for different people. I started my freelance writing career in December 2020. Since then, I’ve earned more than $80,000 US by working less than ten hours a week. I’ve also worked with sub-contractors and paid them a salary much bigger than the paycheck from my previous…

A checklist for what you need to stop doing immediately if you want to be a successful (and rich) writer. — If you look at the profiles of hugely successful online writers, you’ll see they have some things in common. I recently went on a binge, reading the posts of some of the writers I admire the most. Based on what I saw (and analyzing the hate comments they got on…

Get better ideas, hook your readers, and develop a unique storytelling voice. — I grew up reading Ruskin Bond’s stories. From the comfort of my room, he’d take me on a virtual tour of cities, villages, and the mountains and rivers of India. His words would show me how beautiful the world looks. His words contain magic. I always wondered if I could…

You won’t be able to put them down until you find out what happens at the end. — Picking a thriller is hard. Once you’ve read several books of the genre, you start anticipating twists, and new books fail to surprise. I know because I’ve been in the same boat. In 2021, I read mostly thrillers. Now, I’m so tired of the same old plot points that some…