This
guy
built
a
10
million
business
thanks
to
one
simple
skill
writing
What's
even
crazier
is
that
he
started
this
business
while
he
had
a
9
to
5
job
and
didn't
quit
that
job
until
he
was
making
a
million
dollars
a
year
He
invited
us
into
a
studio
in
Miami
Florida
to
tell
us
exactly
how
he
made
his
first
dollar
and
his
exact
routine
to
build
a
million
dollar
business
while
he
had
a
full
time
job
Wake
up
at
4
30
a
m
Write
for
two
hours
Get
back
to
my
desk
at
7
a
m
Do
my
blackrock
work
during
the
day
Log
off
as
soon
as
I
could
And
then
build
in
the
evenings
Before
the
success
Dickie
was
crushing
it
by
all
accounts
New
York
City
Wall
Street
six
figure
job
But
deep
down
he
was
unhappy
slaving
away
at
a
job
that
gave
him
no
freedom
Then
one
day
he
wrote
a
tweet
that
changed
his
life
forever
That
was
how
I
earned
my
first
5
000
I
didn't
have
20
000
100
000
Twitter
followers
at
the
time
In
this
video
Dickie
shares
his
exact
blueprints
on
how
to
master
the
10
million
skill
of
online
writing
how
to
scale
your
writing
business
to
800
000
a
month
and
the
best
way
to
get
to
10
000
a
month
as
a
beginner
The
fastest
way
to
monetize
is
actually
I'm
Pat
Walls
and
this
is
Starter
Story
Thanks
for
having
me
Pat
what's
going
on
man
Welcome
to
the
shipyard
Appreciate
you
being
here
Tell
me
about
who
you
are
and
what
you
built
I'm
Dickie
Bush
Two
years
ago
I
was
a
Wall
Street
hedge
fund
trader
working
60
hour
weeks
under
fluorescent
lights
trying
to
make
90K
a
year
That
led
me
to
start
writing
online
Now
two
or
three
years
later
I
am
a
full
time
writer
with
a
portfolio
of
writing
based
businesses
on
pace
to
do
10
million
in
2024
Break
down
all
the
businesses
that
you
run
So
it's
a
portfolio
right
now
of
four
businesses
The
first
is
Ship
30
for
30
which
is
a
community
powered
writing
course
that
helps
beginners
who've
never
written
anything
start
writing
online
That
one
does
about
3
million
per
year
The
second
is
the
Premium
Ghostwriting
Academy
which
helps
beginner
freelance
writers
to
position
themselves
as
premium
ghostwriters
That's
a
Evergreen
Group
coaching
model
That
one
does
about
5
million
a
year
Then
we
have
Write
with
AI
which
is
a
paid
newsletter
for
training
AI
writing
tools
to
become
your
personal
writing
intern
That
one's
on
pace
to
do
500K
this
year
And
then
the
last
one
is
TypeShare
which
is
a
SaaS
business
with
everything
you
need
to
start
writing
online
Templates
analytics
hosting
all
that
in
one
place
So
all
four
of
those
they're
in
the
writing
area
They
all
kind
of
build
on
one
another
And
three
years
ago
I
didn't
know
how
any
of
this
worked
Tell
me
a
little
bit
about
your
backstory
and
how
do
you
get
into
entrepreneurship
So
my
backstory
you
could
trace
back
to
when
I
was
pretty
young
I
had
a
handful
of
obsessions
luckily
hit
an
athletic
streak
which
allowed
me
to
play
football
in
college
at
Princeton
studied
math
and
computer
science
there
And
then
as
a
sophomore
I
got
an
internship
at
BlackRock
I
was
like
wow
this
is
the
coolest
thing
ever
This
is
a
dream
job
I'm
going
to
go
work
for
a
hedge
fund
That
led
to
taking
that
full
time
job
When
I
graduated
I
was
checking
every
single
box
I
got
good
grades
on
track
to
be
22
years
old
making
180
000
in
New
York
City
I'm
like
I
did
everything
right
Amazing
18
months
later
I
was
doing
well
at
the
job
But
if
I
showed
up
at
5
a
m
and
worked
till
8
p
m
I
might
make
10
more
money
But
if
I
worked
as
little
as
possible
I
would
make
the
same
amount
And
that
kind
of
messed
with
me
because
I
couldn't
apply
the
level
of
effort
that
I
wanted
to
because
my
incentives
weren't
there
If
I
wanted
to
work
harder
if
I
wanted
to
bring
more
intensity
nothing
would
happen
And
that
was
a
freakout
moment
where
I
said
time
to
go
find
something
I
could
do
that
with
So
you're
working
your
dream
job
on
Wall
Street
making
good
money
What
was
your
turning
point
that
got
you
into
writing
online
I
witnessed
someone
I
worked
with
ask
for
permission
to
go
to
their
son's
Little
League
game
And
he
was
probably
37
38
years
old
And
his
boss
said
no
So
if
I
do
everything
right
for
14
more
years
I
might
be
sitting
here
having
to
ask
for
permission
to
go
to
my
kid's
Little
League
game
Uh
oh
I
got
to
get
out
of
here
I
didn't
quit
right
away
which
I
think
is
a
big
mistake
a
lot
of
people
do
because
then
I
would
have
been
operating
from
a
place
of
scarcity
the
entire
time
Instead
I
said
how
can
I
look
for
ways
to
passively
pursue
new
opportunities
I
started
a
newsletter
inside
BlackRock
as
a
way
to
get
my
name
out
there
more
After
three
or
four
months
of
doing
that
I
said
why
am
I
capping
myself
with
people
working
in
this
company
when
I
could
use
social
media
and
the
internet
internet
do
the
same
thing
and
unlock
millions
of
new
eyeballs
And
that
is
what
led
me
to
starting
my
newsletter
in
January
of
2020
which
was
kind
of
my
gateway
into
writing
online
Dickie
is
the
perfect
example
of
someone
who
was
able
to
turn
a
simple
idea
into
a
million
dollar
side
project
while
still
working
a
nine
to
five
job
But
that's
because
he
was
working
on
the
right
idea
and
had
a
solid
blueprint
on
what
to
execute
on
every
day
And
that's
why
I
built
Starter
Story
a
library
where
you
can
access
over
4
000
business
ideas
breakdowns
and
blueprints
that
real
entrepreneurs
use
to
turn
a
simple
idea
into
a
million
dollar
online
business
That
way
you
can
study
and
get
inspired
by
what's
already
working
instead
of
trying
to
reinvent
the
wheel
So
if
you're
serious
about
building
a
profitable
side
project
and
you're
still
working
a
nine
to
five
job
then
head
to
the
first
link
in
the
description
description
and
we're
going
to
give
you
a
free
breakdown
of
160
solopreneur
business
ideas
to
help
you
get
started
on
your
journey
Much
love
and
hope
you
guys
enjoy
the
rest
of
the
video
All
right
so
tell
me
about
the
early
days
of
writing
online
getting
your
start
So
I'm
still
working
on
Wall
Street
but
realized
okay
a
lot
of
the
work
that
I
was
doing
on
a
daily
basis
was
kind
of
made
up
I
went
from
working
12
hour
days
down
to
three
or
four
and
spent
the
rest
of
a
10
hour
workday
learning
reading
immersing
myself
into
different
things
and
then
writing
in
my
newsletter
hey
here's
what
I
read
this
week
here's
what
I
wrote
here's
what
I
listened
to
here's
what
I'm
thinking
about
following
everything
that
I
thought
was
right
but
I
had
something
like
250
subscribers
And
so
I
committed
to
a
30
day
personal
writing
challenge
where
I'm
going
to
write
and
publish
something
every
day
for
30
days
and
at
the
end
of
this
challenge
if
it
doesn't
work
I'm
going
to
go
out
to
find
something
else
Day
27
I
hit
publish
zero
likes
zero
comments
zero
retweets
went
to
bed
thought
okay
cool
this
is
almost
over
like
what
am
I
going
to
do
And
at
the
time
I
was
working
on
a
different
side
project
which
was
SaaS
that's
the
better
business
model
whatever
Went
to
bed
woke
up
that
post
got
retweeted
by
Naval
a
handful
of
other
kind
of
high
profile
people
it
had
4
000
or
5
000
likes
I
dropped
my
newsletter
at
the
bottom
and
went
from
250
subscribers
to
1
000
And
the
big
takeaway
that
I
made
at
the
time
was
you
never
know
what's
going
to
go
viral
you
never
know
what's
going
to
work
you
just
have
to
keep
showing
up
and
hitting
publish
And
that
set
the
flywheel
that's
been
spinning
ever
since
So
now
you
got
a
little
bit
of
popularity
on
Twitter
how
do
you
actually
turn
this
into
something
that
makes
money
The
viral
post
was
a
breakdown
of
Bology
Bology
The
result
of
that
was
people
who
wanted
me
to
write
a
thread
on
them
were
now
reaching
out
to
me
saying
hey
I
really
like
these
worldview
creation
threads
that
you've
been
putting
together
would
you
be
willing
to
do
one
for
me
And
I
had
someone
reach
out
to
me
he
approached
me
he
said
would
you
do
this
for
me
I
showed
sure
he
goes
okay
how
much
should
I
pay
you
And
here
I
am
I
have
no
clue
I
don't
want
to
say
something
because
I've
been
doing
this
for
free
I
don't
want
to
say
something
that
would
get
him
to
say
no
So
I'm
like
look
I
don't
know
what
to
say
I
don't
know
what
to
charge
how
about
this
I'll
go
do
this
for
you
you
just
let
me
know
how
valuable
it
is
at
the
end
of
this
and
you
pay
me
that
much
He's
like
sure
great
go
for
it
I
was
going
to
ask
for
250
but
again
I
didn't
ever
say
that
So
I
spent
the
weekend
Saturday
Sunday
just
immersing
myself
15
hours
all
the
way
down
the
rabbit
hole
and
I
put
together
a
really
great
product
for
him
Emails
me
back
like
two
days
later
he's
like
dude
this
is
amazing
thank
you
so
much
I
can't
wait
to
use
all
this
can't
wait
to
tell
my
friends
like
hey
you
could
go
do
this
for
them
Putting
you
in
touch
with
my
assistant
who
will
help
coordinate
payment
So
his
assistant
emails
me
and
says
hey
where
can
I
pay
you
I
spun
up
a
PayPal
sent
her
the
link
and
then
5
000
to
my
account
the
next
day
I
thought
it
was
a
typo
and
so
I
sent
him
a
message
like
dude
dude
that
was
so
generous
do
you
mean
to
send
this
much
And
his
response
was
like
dude
this
was
amazing
is
that
enough
for
you
Like
there's
plenty
thanks
so
much
like
anything
else
you
need
I'm
happy
to
help
And
that
was
the
very
first
time
in
many
years
I
felt
that
I
again
again
had
something
where
more
effort
more
intensity
led
to
more
results
And
that
completely
broke
my
brain
of
wow
the
attention
that
I
generated
from
writing
led
to
a
business
opportunity
that
paid
me
5
000
we're
clearly
onto
something
here
So
you
make
your
first
5
000
with
ghostwriting
what
happens
next
Over
the
next
week
or
two
had
a
couple
more
people
reaching
out
where
I
was
probably
on
pace
to
make
10
000
a
month
But
to
scale
up
a
ghostwriting
side
hustle
beyond
5
000
to
10
000
as
a
side
hustle
is
very
difficult
So
I
zoomed
out
and
said
what
was
the
input
that
led
to
this
opportunity
Well
it
was
writing
and
publishing
every
day
for
30
days
on
my
own
So
I
tweeted
out
hey
I
just
completed
a
30
day
writing
challenge
it
changed
my
life
Would
anyone
be
willing
to
do
this
with
me
Because
I
knew
that
was
intense
intense
I'm
gonna
need
some
accountability
if
I
wanna
do
it
again
Again
I
was
terrified
to
charge
money
because
it
was
like
literally
a
Slack
accountability
channel
like
how
much
would
someone
be
willing
to
pay
But
there
were
so
many
responses
that
I
couldn't
just
make
it
free
So
it
was
50
and
you
got
your
money
back
if
you
completed
all
30
days
People
loved
it
The
Slack
channel
was
blowing
up
and
I
wanted
to
figure
out
if
I
was
gonna
actually
charge
money
for
this
what
do
I
need
to
deliver
So
I
held
over
50
one
on
one
interviews
ended
up
packaging
everything
that
I
learned
from
those
interviews
into
a
much
better
product
and
charged
99
for
it
And
then
that
made
30
grand
in
December
You're
trying
to
make
a
little
bit
of
money
online
You
have
this
product
that's
working
but
you're
still
working
your
full
time
job
Tell
me
about
that
experience
I've
realized
I
have
a
scalable
vehicle
that
I
can
dump
a
ton
of
effort
into
I
partnered
with
Nicholas
Cole
to
come
on
and
transition
this
from
just
a
Slack
accountability
channel
for
99
to
a
full
immersive
30
day
digital
writing
education
And
so
that
was
all
of
2021
Wake
up
at
4
30
a
m
write
for
two
hours
be
at
my
desk
ready
to
log
in
for
my
7
30
a
m
BlackRock
call
do
that
during
the
day
log
off
as
soon
as
I
could
and
then
build
Ship30
in
the
evenings
By
the
end
it
ended
up
working
So
2021
Ship30
did
a
million
like
90
margin
I
had
hit
my
goal
of
doubling
my
full
time
job
income
from
my
side
hustle
FaceTimed
him
said
hey
this
has
been
awesome
but
I
really
want
to
take
my
kind
of
life
trajectory
in
another
direction
Thanks
for
everything
And
it
ended
up
working
out
luckily
Yeah
You
had
this
amazing
story
about
how
you
built
this
business
just
from
writing
online
But
tell
me
why
is
the
skill
of
writing
important
When
you
recognize
that
the
foundation
for
every
single
piece
of
content
every
product
every
video
every
podcast
is
writing
it's
the
most
applicable
skill
And
so
if
you
can
learn
that
plus
learn
to
write
in
a
persuasive
way
or
in
a
compelling
way
you
basically
write
your
income
ticket
for
the
rest
of
your
life
Because
you
can
apply
it
to
any
business
you
can
apply
it
to
any
venture
you
can
apply
it
in
any
company
Schools
do
such
a
horrible
job
teaching
it
People
leave
it
in
the
real
world
and
go
what
is
writing
going
to
do
A
thesis
statement
and
like
a
five
paragraph
essay
and
a
word
count
But
that's
totally
not
what
writing
is
What's
your
advice
for
becoming
a
good
writer
and
a
great
writer
So
I
can
help
with
becoming
a
good
writer
because
that's
all
I
consider
myself
But
the
best
writer
I
know
is
Nicholas
Cole
who's
my
business
partner
He
wrote
a
book
called
The
Art
and
Business
of
Online
Writing
which
is
the
first
book
I
read
on
writing
on
the
internet
I
think
it's
the
number
one
book
any
person
should
read
who's
interested
in
writing
on
any
kind
of
social
platform
It's
going
to
give
you
a
full
crash
course
of
everything
you
need
to
know
So
that'd
be
my
first
piece
of
advice
It's
after
this
video
Go
on
Amazon
check
that
book
out
And
then
my
second
piece
of
advice
would
be
always
zoom
out
from
the
lens
of
it
doesn't
matter
who
you
are
how
much
time
you
spend
on
it
The
reader
does
not
care
about
any
of
that
They
care
about
what
the
writing
can
do
for
them
And
if
you
write
with
that
what
we
call
an
empathetic
lens
putting
yourself
in
the
reader's
shoes
and
say
how
can
I
create
something
that
they're
going
to
stumble
into
with
a
problem
I'm
going
to
solve
their
problem
And
I'm
going
to
solve
it
as
quickly
as
two
minutes
by
the
end
of
this
Twitter
thread
or
tweet
or
long
form
It's
really
just
solving
people's
problems
problems
and
figuring
out
how
you
can
do
that
in
the
most
concise
clear
compelling
way
I
think
when
a
lot
of
people
think
of
writers
they
think
of
not
necessarily
making
a
lot
of
money
You've
been
able
to
make
a
lot
of
money
with
writing
What's
your
recommendation
for
writers
who
want
to
make
a
lot
of
money
The
fastest
way
to
monetize
is
actually
build
the
skill
yourself
and
then
borrow
someone
else's
audience
and
ghostwrite
for
them
That
was
how
I
earned
my
first
5
000
I
didn't
have
20
000
100
000
Twitter
followers
at
the
time
I
had
1
000
And
I
had
one
person
reach
out
to
me
that
I
could
charge
5
000
for
That's
by
far
the
most
sustainable
way
too
because
you
can
build
an
income
stream
that's
5
to
10K
a
month
month
That
doesn't
take
40
hours
to
do
So
you
have
enough
to
support
yourself
and
then
you
can
go
work
on
building
your
own
audience
on
the
side
So
that's
our
advice
to
anyone
who's
looking
to
write
as
a
career
It's
figuring
out
first
how
to
become
a
ghostwriter
and
then
you're
operating
from
abundance
of
I
have
enough
money
I
can
then
pursue
my
passion
project
or
write
about
this
topic
that
I
know
will
take
longer
to
monetize
than
starting
right
away
trying
to
sell
your
own
thing
Tell
me
about
the
tools
you
use
as
a
writer
Any
specific
tools
you
recommend
for
writers
writers
So
if
you're
spending
time
thinking
you
have
to
have
the
perfect
note
taking
system
and
publishing
cadence
and
content
calendar
and
editing
system
before
you
start
writing
that's
the
first
thing
to
avoid
Just
hit
publish
That's
the
best
tool
So
I
don't
really
have
any
kind
of
complex
organized
system
If
I
need
to
find
something
I've
written
in
the
past
I
just
search
my
own
Twitter
I
use
TypeShare
for
all
my
publishing
So
that's
a
shameless
plug
for
our
SaaS
that
helps
you
write
tweets
long
form
LinkedIn
carousels
for
Instagram
things
like
that
And
then
I
just
use
Apple
Notes
I
have
Apple
Notes
on
my
phone
syncs
to
my
computer
Anytime
I
come
up
with
an
idea
I
just
jot
it
down
wake
up
write
for
90
minutes
and
expand
those
ideas
So
there's
a
lot
of
advice
of
use
this
tool
use
that
tool
It's
going
to
end
up
being
kind
of
a
productive
procrastination
exercise
So
I
try
to
avoid
end
up
giving
too
much
of
a
prescription
on
that
All
right
so
we're
here
This
is
where
you
get
your
work
done
here
I
try
to
I
lock
myself
away
I
lock
the
door
behind
me
and
try
to
eliminate
all
the
distractions
I
lock
into
a
little
bit
of
a
cave
but
yeah
it's
good
Mix
it
up
What's
a
day
in
the
life
like
for
you
So
what
I
realized
is
either
be
in
a
full
build
mode
which
is
my
monk
mode
5
a
m
Wake
up
I
have
everything
scheduled
down
to
the
minute
working
out
twice
a
day
Every
single
meal
is
taken
care
of
in
advance
Going
to
bed
at
9
p
m
I
know
exactly
when
that's
going
to
start
when
it's
going
to
end
So
I
can
sprint
very
hard
during
it
And
there's
a
single
outcome
we're
trying
to
accomplish
That
only
happens
like
three
or
four
times
a
year
now
So
if
I'm
not
in
a
monk
mode
I
call
it
maintenance
mode
I
take
it
down
a
notch
notch
I
try
to
sleep
for
like
nine
hours
I
spend
more
time
at
the
beach
and
take
my
foot
off
the
gas
because
that's
where
those
ideas
actually
start
to
percolate
for
the
next
sprint
Tell
me
about
some
of
the
struggles
that
you've
had
in
your
journey
as
an
entrepreneur
even
going
back
to
some
of
the
days
when
you're
starting
If
there's
anything
that's
holding
someone
back
from
creating
on
the
internet
more
than
any
other
factor
it's
what
their
high
school
friends
are
going
to
think
about
them
If
they
see
them
on
Twitter
like
writing
it
clicked
with
me
that
those
people
are
far
too
busy
thinking
about
themselves
to
pay
any
attention
to
you
You
are
not
that
important
I
was
letting
the
imaginary
opinions
of
people
I
didn't
even
like
hold
me
back
from
getting
started
writing
When
that
clicked
for
me
I
go
okay
I
should
probably
just
hit
publish
on
this
And
I
remember
hitting
publish
for
the
first
time
and
no
one
read
it
Now
I
have
a
new
problem
No
one
cares
what
I
have
to
say
So
this
big
idea
that
the
whole
world's
going
to
laugh
at
you
is
actually
the
opposite
problem
which
is
actually
harder
to
solve
of
well
wait
no
one
cares
what
you
have
to
say
How
do
you
actually
put
something
out
there
that
people
want
to
engage
with
All
right
last
question
that
we
asked
to
all
founders
that
we
interview
on
Starter
Story
If
you
could
sit
on
Dickie's
shoulder
when
you're
just
starting
out
what
advice
would
you
give
them
So
the
first
one
we
talked
about
a
ton
which
is
if
the
current
vehicle
you're
in
is
not
leading
to
more
income
or
more
skill
if
you
double
your
effort
find
something
else
I
wish
I'd
have
made
that
realization
right
when
I
started
working
instead
of
waiting
two
years
The
second
one
was
once
I
made
that
realization
I
started
down
the
path
of
productive
procrastination
where
all
I
was
doing
was
reading
business
books
without
a
business
reading
writing
books
without
writing
reading
leadership
books
without
a
team
to
lead
None
of
that
actually
helped
me
do
anything
until
I
had
something
to
work
on
where
I
could
stop
learning
just
in
case
and
start
running
just
in
time
where
okay
I'm
starting
a
newsletter
I
need
to
learn
how
to
write
a
compelling
subject
line
Now
I
can
go
read
that
copywriting
book
jump
to
the
single
chapter
on
subject
lines
surgically
read
it
Now
I
have
that
skill
Now
I
can
move
on
to
the
next
thing
And
you
end
up
learning
so
much
quicker
when
you
have
a
project
or
something
to
work
on
that
provides
that
relative
context
And
then
the
last
one
is
that
the
people
you
look
up
to
are
no
more
special
than
you
or
more
talented
or
smarter
They're
just
more
than
likely
been
doing
it
for
longer
So
just
zoom
out
extend
the
time
horizon
and
you'll
end
up
getting
there
too
if
you
just
stick
with
it
And
then
I'd
say
the
last
one
is
there's
never
a
perfect
time
to
start
anything
That's
a
big
fallacy
I
had
that
was
once
I
quit
my
job
then
I'll
start
this
thing
Or
once
my
mom
gets
better
then
I'll
do
this
thing
Or
once
work
slows
down
or
once
I
move
jobs
that
never
ends
And
so
if
you
can't
get
started
on
something
today
thinking
there'll
be
a
better
time
in
the
future
that's
never
going
to
come
So
anytime
you
can
just
throw
all
that
out
and
say
how
can
I
take
one
step
forward
on
it
today
I
call
it
killing
your
once's
If
you
can
kill
all
the
once's
in
your
life
you'll
be
in
a
better
spot
Thank
you
Dickie
Dude
appreciate
you
having
me
Awesome
This
was
great
Follow
this
advice
and
you'll
have
a
10
million
business
ghost
writing
All
right
guys
that's
it
I
hope
you
like
this
video
Personally
I
think
the
coolest
part
about
Dickie's
first
business
is
that
you
don't
need
any
employees
or
insane
funding
to
start
All
it
really
requires
is
a
laptop
an
idea
and
a
couple
of
hours
of
work
per
day
So
if
you're
curious
about
building
a
profitable
side
project
head
to
the
first
link
in
the
of
160
solopreneur
business
ideas
just
like
Dickie's
So
you
can
get
started
on
your
own
journey
All
right
everyone
I'll
see
you
in
the
next
one
Much
love
And
again
thank
you
guys
all
for
watching
Peace