Let Me Tell You a Story…

An Honest Reflection of Content Creation Today Once upon a time, all stories began with “Once upon a time.” It was the way things were done. If you heard those first four words, you were about to hear something that was related by one person to another. The story had gripping words and something called a plot. In the plot, there was usually a challenge that had to be overcome. Sometimes there were two challenges that had to be overcome. This is also how heroes were created. Sometimes there was a moral to the story. “Don’t do this, or this will happen. And that outcome is bad.” Or “do this, and you will be rewarded.” This is also how human history was relayed from one person to a group for millennia before we became “technologized.” I have always been a writer. I began with learning to read when I was…

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No Turning Back

By Michael Neely | April 19, 2020

Your Commitment to Success is Sometimes All You’ve Got On March 30, 2020, I woke up at 3:27am. The Corona virus was just gearing up. I took a job as a web developer in Miami and was, in my opinion, doing well. On March 13, 2020, the “bosses” disagreed with me and let me go….

How Many Times Do You Write Your Goals Each Day?

By Michael Neely | June 6, 2017

Every personal leadership book I have ever read tells me to write my goals daily. But let’s get real. How many of us actually write our goals daily? I never wrote down my goals daily in the past. I also never achieved much either. One day, I began writing my goals. It seemed like some magical power I…

Why Getting Rich and Famous are Essential to Your Entrepreneurial Success

By Michael Neely | May 18, 2017

Getting rich and famous are almost taboo these days. Like a lot of busy solopreneurs these days, I have a few tools that are in auto-pilot on my Twitter feed @michael_neely. Yesterday, I saw the article “5 Wrong Reasons for Becoming an Entrepreneur” by Jayson Demers on my feed from Entrepreneur magazine and I had to read it. I don’t keep…