Winning with no talent

I've never been a talented kid.

What took people 1 week to learn, took me months to learn.

Things came naturally to them. But to me, I had to grind for it.

When people saw me play they'd tell me how good or talented I was.

But what they didn't see is the hours I've put in behind the scenes just so when I got the opportunity to perform in front of them, it would feel like second nature to me.

It was the same thing when I started writing.

At first I sucked at it (compared to other people).

A normal person usually likes to read, journal, and text.

I'm none of those people.

I like to talk to myself in my head (I swear I'm not crazy…).

So when I started writing, I wrote how I thought—you can imagine just how horrible the writing was.

I didn't realize that a big part of persuasive writing (the type of writing we use online) was based on psychology and human behavior.

But then I spent a few thousands of dollars on writing courses to help me out.

They helped.

I got better at writing. I grew faster. Made some money from it.

But then I became complacent. I stopped experimenting. I didn't want to keep improving. I thought I had writing figured out.

That's when my progress started to plateau.

But after seeing my friends who kept growing and making more, I became jealous.

I blamed the algorithm for everything.

Started thinking that the world was out to get me.

But then I realized that I was the problem.

The reason I stopped seeing the results I wanted was because I became complacent.

Since then, I wanted to do something new. But never knew what to do.

But a few days ago, I remembered something all the big creators swear by 1 thing:

Work in 90-day sprints.

"That's it. I know what to do next!" I thought to myself.

So in the next 90 days, I decided to challenge myself to write 90 long forms.

They're going to be a mix of personal stories, threads about topics I'm interested in, and 'value' posts.

But the 'value' posts will be done in a different way.

They won't be "How-to's" or frameworks or a series of steps.

But rather, they're going to target specific beliefs that you (and I) have.

The goal behind this challenge is to experiment with different topics and experiment with different forms of writing (because the person who exposes themselves to different forms of writing learns faster than the one who only practices one form of writing)

Why am I telling you this?

Maybe you're in a similar state to where I was:

• Your progress started to plateau

• You're not seeing the results you want

• Started to get bored of the typical routine that you have

Then try to challenge yourself and join the 90-day challenge.

Even if you only write for 30 days in a row, you'll become a much better writer than if you were posting 1 long form a week.

So far, I've written 6 long forms and gained 20 followers and got invited to join someone's podcast.

I must be doing something right… right?

Unfortounately I have to cut this email short.

I got to go. My friends are waiting for me to go out with them.

Speak to you next Sunday :)

— Hussain

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PS:

If you're wondering how I'm finding ideas for the next 90 days. I'm using my system 10x Your Creativity.

It helped me write 4 long forms in 1 day by choosing 1 specific emotion.

If you want me to help you do the same thing:

https://10xyourcreativity.carrd.co/

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PPS:

This is going to be the last email where I promote the mentorship, then I'm closing it.

So if you were on the fence, this is your calling.

I'm taking a jump of faith