I spent 7 months learning from a 7-figure writer. Here's everything I learned.

I took a writing course with Dickie Bush in 2021.

Since then, I’ve purchased his other courses and even the exclusive community called the Captain’s Table.

Why did I invest my money to learn from him?

Because I can see that he’s just like me — an average person who tried to study hard and work hard. But then in 2020, he started to take a different path.

He was a Blockrock trader and quit to become an online writer.

Now, his life is completely different.

I’m not trying to follow this path in pursuit of worldly desires.

Alright, maybe a small part of me does. Yet, I don’t see anything wrong with it as long as I don’t hurt anybody. I want to shift my focus to the bigger things in life.

To not worry about my time and money.

To live a meaningful, not necessarily an easy life.

To make an impact on at least a few people.

Here are 5 lessons I learned from him:

Nothing happens, and then everything happens

I always remember the story that Dickie says when he was featured in Tim Ferris’ newsletter.

At the time, he was getting a haircut and had to ask his barber to stop because he couldn’t believe what he saw.

Tim Ferris had just quoted one of Dickie’s tweets.

Since Tim had tons of followers, Dickie’s content got more eyes and people started following him.

It was the beginning of yet another momentum for him.

But before that was slow growth. He spent 9 months writing on a blog. Then another 9 months of writing on Twitter.

He never had any big wins but he kept pushing.

In just a few months, he 10x-ed his audience.

This teaches us that as we accumulate skills, the journey becomes easier.

Overnight success is a lie.

You have to keep doing something even if you feel like nothing is happening.

Then one day, everything happens.

How much you make is an indicator of the value you provide

Dickie’s relationship with money is another thing I resonate with.

I used to think that money is the root of evil. As someone who belonged to the middle class, I thought that rich people were bad. I thought of them as greedy. They wanted more money even when they already had enough.

Learning about entrepreneurship changed the way I see money.

Money is the measure of how much value you bring to the world.

Dickie was able to provide value by ghostwriting for someone influential.

Steve Jobs provided value to the world by bringing a new world of tech.

Elon Musk provided value by creating electric cars.

This is why entrepreneurs make a lot of money - not because they keep wanting to take people’s money. They have the skills and abilities to change people’s lives.

The bigger your impact, the more money you make.

When I read this article, everything became clearer to me.

You can be a nice person.

You can have a decent job.

You can even have a lot of skills.

But if being nice, and having a decent job and skills will not help one person, then what value can you provide?

A doctor earns more because he can heal the sick.

A garbage collector doesn’t earn as much because many people can do the same thing.

I’m not saying there’s something wrong with this.

I’m saying we need to start looking at money from a different lens.

Become fully in charge of your situation.

Everything is either your fault or the fruit of your labor.

The best way to fail is to blame everything or everyone else but yourself.

You can blame your partner for being late.

You can blame the traffic for your bad mood.

You can blame the weather for not being productive.

But does it make you feel better or are you convincing yourself otherwise because you know you could’ve done better?

Dickie has proven that he can take 100% responsibility for the outcome of his life.

Instead of blaming the algorithm change for the decline of his impressions, he chooses to post more and beat the algorithm.

Instead of blaming his team for a low-profit month, he finds a way to make double the next month.

It takes discipline and willpower to cultivate this attitude.

Monotonous consistency leads to tremendous change

The hard part about being successful is not doing the hard things.

It’s doing the same, repetitive, boring things for a long time.

People always want to have fun.

They want the sexy stuff.

They want overnight success.

And that’s the reason why they are not successful.

James Clear said,

People will listen not because of your big ideas, but because of how well you can talk about them.

One of the things that make Dickie’s content stand out is the insane simplicity.

He speaks in his normal speaking tone but can dissect everything in simple words. It feels as if he knows exactly how to help you because he was in the same position.

He resonates with your pains and struggles. He can articulate it well because he reflects on it enough.

The funny thing is that this only happens as you keep writing.

To End

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