I’m a starving artist who can’t afford to buy ads to acquire more leads — I create digital art using MSPaint. MSPaint is an “ancient technology” compared to Adobe. It’s simple to use, but it is not user-friendly. It may not be meant for designers but it’s more than just a “PrintScreen + mark it” software. I use it to create personalized art — and…

Understand its nature to help you stand out and get what you deserve — Standard procedures exist to help a business function most efficiently. While that helps the company, it doesn’t help employees showcase their creativity when it comes to improving current processes. As an employee who does repetitive tasks, I find ways to get the job done much faster than the current processes…

I’m a parent who’s learning to be a better parent — Parenting is physically demanding, especially when you’re new to it. The exposure to tiredness is consistent. Then after a while, it gets to a point where it becomes the norm. I remember wishing I had more time for sleep or more “me” time, but that also faded. What happened? I…

Your ability to take and manage risks is the key to fast-tracking your career growth. — The best rewards almost always come with high risks. But as humans, we are wired to be risk-averse. It’s how our lizard brain keeps us safe. However, if we keep aiming for “safety”, we rob ourselves of innovation. We stay as-is because challenging the norm seems like a complete waste…

Resist the urge to start your own — I don’t have an army of loyal readers, and yet, I have to admit I still considered starting my own newsletter. Reading articles about how you can generate extra money from it, was a fact I cannot ignore. In addition to the extra money, I also agreed with writers who…

Beginner insights you can leverage on audience-buildingcof — Views and reads are the kind of attention you crave as a newbie writer. However, this craving is hard to satisfy when nobody knows who you are. A platform’s algorithms can be unfavourable. But, that doesn’t stop you from trying different tactics to get the attention you need. I considered…

Job security is a need that elicits a fear-driven approach that limits career growth — Remember that time when you only had two weeks left to stay with the company. Did the job feel a lot less stressful? Maybe because any failure you commit during that period wouldn’t matter anymore. You have the freedom to screw things up without worrying about getting fired. Now, imagine…

My two-year-old daughter changed the way I enjoy vacations. — The stench slipped through my daughter’s diapers, then through my mask, which, proves why wearing masks doesn’t do much in terms of filtering gas. But, the moment the smell hit my senses, “Dad-mode” was activated! Diapers! Wipes! Those were the two things that I can only think of. As I…

You don’t figure out life by imagining your way through it — you figure it out by participating in it. — When you become the best of the best, what else is left for you to be better at? It’s a question that is very hard to answer. Even the best of the best don’t know what the answer is. This was the thought that came up when I saw a…