Barrett Brooks

Life happens in seasons and cycles. Arranging habits into routines is the best way to consistently do your best work… But every cycle of routinized work should eventually be broken. Nathan Barry wrote for more than 600 days straight before he finally allowed himself to break the cycle. James Clear takes at least a one […]

What do you do when you get up in the morning? What about before you go to bed at night? I know my most productive days happen when I wake up after 8 hours of sleep, run, eat breakfast, read, and then write. When I’ve done all of that before starting my workday, I’ve already […]

“Is there anything I could ever do that would make you not love me?” Lewis Howes says to his best friend. This was Lewis’s way of prefacing what felt like an impossible conversation: telling his closest family and friends that he had been raped by a man when he was a child. And once he […]

We’re lucky to see thousands of examples of businesses in our work at Fizzle, and personal development and internet marketing are by far the most common topics we see. The world doesn’t need another “personal development” or “internet marketing” site. There are plenty of other problems to solve, and those two problems have been tackled […]

It seems everyone in the world of entrepreneurship wants to be a “solopreneur” these days. The fame and glory go to the entrepreneur who is able to find a way to make enough money to travel the world, buy a big house, and publish a monthly income report to prove it. For some people, this […]

Being in the arena is hard. Sure, being nobody helps when you’re starting out, but eventually you’re more than a nobody. The more you build your body of work, the more people tend to pay attention. As you gain an audience for your work, at least two types of people will begin to emerge. The […]

The concept of living for the weekend has always been a tragedy to me. We tell ourselves to grin and bear it throughout the work week. Tolerate the work. Watch tv to pass the time. Wait for the weekend to arrive. The alternative is to find and do interesting work that matters you. What would […]

Here’s the best SEO advice I can give: make the most helpful content you know how to make, with good structure, and centered on topics your audience cares about. Everyone wants the one magic bullet or easy button. News flash: it doesn’t exist. There is no magic to the SEO game. If you’re looking for […]

It can be easy to fall into the trap of wanting attention for your work, especially early in your career. How many readers do I have? How much press coverage have I received? How many of the senior executives at my company know who I am? These are all the wrong questions for one simple […]

Writing is a super power. I don’t care whether you’re an accountant, an artist, or a chef. If you know how to write, it means you can share what you know. And when you share what you know, people come to respect you for your craft. Here’s the thing: writing is terrifying. I got the […]