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Princeton grad. BlackRock trader. Making $180k at 22. But the biggest "jaw-drop" moment in my 20s? Getting this $5,000 PayPal payment from a stranger on the internet. Here's my full story (and how you can do the same):🧵
After college, I was checking every box: • Princeton grad • NYC finance life • BlackRock trader • 22 years old on track to make $180k But then I witnessed something that changed everything:
A 38-year-old colleague asked for permission to go to his son's Little League game. His boss said no. I thought: "If I do everything right for 14 more years, I'll be sitting here having to ask permission to go to my kids' game?" Uh oh.
But I didn't quit right away (a big mistake most people make). Instead, I looked for ways to passively pursue new opportunities while working a full-time 9-5. My schedule: • Wake up at 4:30 AM • Write for 2 hours • BlackRock during the day • Build in the evenings
I started a newsletter inside BlackRock. After 3-4 months I realized: "Why am I capping myself with people in this company when I could use social media and unlock millions of new eyeballs?" That led to starting my own newsletter in January 2020.
After 9 months, growth was slow. So, I committed to a 30-day writing challenge: Write and publish something every single day for 30 days on 𝕏. If it didn't work, I'd find something else.
On Day 27, I hit publish. Zero likes. Zero comments. Zero retweets. Went to bed thinking, "Cool, this is almost over." When I woke up, the post had been retweeted by Naval and others. 4-5k likes. I went from 250 subscribers to 1,000 overnight.
Then the DM that changed everything: Someone wanted me to write a thread about their work. When they asked how much I'd charge, I froze. I had never made a single dollar online.
Afraid to quote a price and get rejected, I said: "I have no clue what to charge. This would be my first time. How about I do it and you pay whatever value it provides?" (I was going to ask for $500...)
At the weekend, I went ALL IN. Spent Saturday and Sunday immersing myself in their content. 15 hours diving deep into every article, interview, and keynote I could find. I delivered. Their response? "This is sooooooo good! Super helpful."
Then came the payment question. They asked, "Where can I send the payment?" I sent my PayPal and $5,000 hit my account. Here's what I responded back to him:
$5,000? I thought it was a typo. I messaged them: "Did you mean to send this much?" Their response: "Dude this was amazing, is that enough for you?" That moment completely broke my brain about the potential of ghostwriting.
As I continued writing, my 30-day writing challenge turned into my @ship30for30 program with @nicolascole77. Today, we've built multiple 7-figure businesses: • Ship 30 for 30 • Premium Ghostwriting Academy • Write with AI • Typeshare
If you take away one thing from this thread, let it be this: You never know which post, thread, or article will change your life trajectory forever. • Start writing today • Put in the work • Hit publish But if I was restarting today, here's what I'm bullish on:
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