HUSL Today Presents: So you wanna start a blog??

Whether you want your blog to be rich in content or if you want to use it as a means to make you rich, I encourage you all to explore the rich vs poor dichotomy, which could serve as an eye opener for you.

1. Rich people play the money game to win. Poor people play the money game to not lose.

This is true for money and blogging because the principals can apply to either. Successful bloggers play the game to win; unsuccessful bloggers play to not lose. They don’t have the mindset to concentrate on the win and working hard to achieve the win; successful bloggers do.

2. Rich people think big. Poor people think small.

Successful bloggers literally think big. They think in terms of being at the top in their field or niche. They worked hard to grow their blog and their readership. Having a small blog never entered their minds. They wanted it to be big and successful. They also kept trying until it became big and successful.

3. Rich people focus on opportunities. Poor people focus on obstacles.

Successful bloggers look for opportunities. They do not think about the obstacles in their way, they simply work around them until they find success.

Writers also have a lot of trouble with this one. And fear is a main cause of focusing on what stands in the way instead of the prize that awaits. We all panic. To be a success this is one of the most important things we can change about our mindset.

4. Rich people are willing to promote themselves and their value. Poor people think negatively about selling and promotion.

How many successful people do you see who are afraid to sell and promote themselves? None of them. Maybe they were in the beginning, but once they overcame that fear, they began seeing success. The same is true for bloggers. Find a way to tell people about your blog. Promote yourself as much as possible and be confident about it.

5. Rich people choose to get paid based on results. Poor people choose to get paid based on time.

Think about this one for a second. What is your pay scale? Is it based on your time or your productivity. If many of us changed our pay scale from time to productivity we would get paid pennies! Ooops did I step on your toes??  Successful people concentrate on the result and set their own wage according to those results.

Most writers don’t focus on how long a project will take them to finish, they focus on the end result. Some projects can be done in a very short amount of time making an hourly wage very lucrative, other projects may take longer, but the writer and the client can be proud of the end result instead of how much time it took.


Remember, becoming successful should always be a work in progress.


Most successful bloggers can offer some tips for successful blogging. Some people develop methods based on experience. Others simply offer what they’ve been told—like post often, link often, and be yourself. I will be the first to admit that there are no "surefire" ways to make your blog successful. You will not hear me say "follow these 10 tips and become a millionaire blogger" because what works for one blogger may not work for the next one.