How Writing Online Made me a Millionaire

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Published 2021-02-04
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In this video I'll be talking about why starting a blog and writing in general can be a lifechanging experience.

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All Comments (21)
  • Somebody once told me, "You'll quit worrying about what others think about you when you realize how rarely they actually think about you."
  • @Informative1
    My father used to say, "perfectionism is a disease." As a psychiatrist, now, I can't agree more.
  • @Carlymday
    This legit made me cry - somehow you spoke to all the fears and doubts that have held me back the last decade. I write for other people's blogs for a living and have desperately wanted to start my own blog for so long. I have the domain, I've started a travel blog for my partner and I which is doing well, so I know how to do it - BUT every time I feel drawn to create my personal blog I feel like nobody would want to read about me. What would I write? What will people think? Will I look stupid? This video spoke directly to those thoughts and gave me the motivation to just bloody do it Thank you for this inspiration/motivation/butt-kicking!
  • I met my fiance 10 years ago because she read my blog at university, that had like 5 readers a month.
  • @d4630
    This man is insane. Imagine forging a fully-fledged, million pound social media career as a side project while obtaining a MEDICAL DEGREE FROM CAMBRIDGE where you graduate top of the class. Absolutely amazing!!
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  • @BOOKTOOK
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  • Ali: How Writing Online Changed My Life Me: How Watching Ali Changed My Life šŸ˜³
  • @jonbbradie
    At some point, every ā€œexpertā€ was a beginner too. Nobody is an expert straight out of the box.
  • I started a blog a few months ago and I can already feel so many benefits from it! It has 1) made me more confident in my writing skills and made my childhood dream of becoming a published fiction author more plausible, 2) made the idea of starting a YT channel less scary, 3) improved my typing speed, 4) clarified my thought process and 5) made me aware of how many things I have to share with the world - and by extension it has showed me how wonderful of a life I'm actually living that I get to do these things. And all of this is just on top of the skills I've learned about webdesign, coding, etc. Which I'm sure will come in handy regardless of what I might end up doing in the long-term future.
  • @royalrajput504.
    When referencing corporate America, he said ā€œThey donā€™t really care about you as they make it seemā€ realest thing he said...Iā€™ve seen experienced it first hand in the DMV. Black ppl arenā€™t really respected in corporate America. Glad that he was able to get out of there and become his own boss REAL SOURCE INVESTMENT is my REDEMPTION
  • @dylanlau2389
    I started a blog at the start of this year inspired by Aliā€™s Podcast and nobody reads it but even still it has changed my life. For those needing a kick, just do it.
  • @mirantaskran475
    I believe that now is the time to start building up your future , one thing people donā€™t understand is itā€™s never too late to start somewhere , usually I got for top ROIs and that was how Re-al-so-ur-ce-in-ve-st-me-nt was discovereed
  • I'm one of those people who's super scared of this kind of thing, even writing this public comment has me worried lol. this video helped me quite a bit. Thanks!
  • @bunelaboyle5953
    ITS NEVER TOO LATE TO START PREPARING YOURSELF FOR A BETTER AND MORE FINNCIALLY SAFE FUTURE , THE TIME TO BEGIN IS NOW , START SOMEWHERE START ANYWHERE #REALSOURCEINVESTMENT
  • @Jareina58
    I literally just found your channel 12 minutes ago and I cannot express how grateful I am that youā€™re producing this content. This video was exactly what I needed to hear
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