2024 03 28
Bare apple tree in winter with a pretty sunset above. Chicago, Illinois. February, 2024. © Clayton Hauck
I’m a writer now! In learning how to make a living at my new profession, I stumbled across this bit of wisdom from Jason Zweig of the WSJ who says there are three (3) ways to be a professional writer:
Lie to people who want to be lied to and you’ll get rich.
Tell the truth to those who want the truth, and you’ll make a living.
Tell the truth who those who want to be lied to, and you’ll go broke.
Please come back tomorrow to read my breakdown on 50 ways to get insanely rich without doing a lick of work. I swear this list is vetted and is a favorite of Warren Buffet and Sir Edmund Blackadder. Blackadder did a ten-part Masterclass breaking down how he’s made over $20 billion and only let in 24 students who each had to pay $1 million, which he donated to charity because he’s a Sir. I was fortunate enough to be one of the class members and will release my gained wisdoms in tomorrow’s blog to you, dear reader who wants to be lied to, in exchange for one page view to help inflate my depressed ego — see you tomorrow!
-Clayton
PS- this Zweig nugget is brilliant and applies to life in general, not just writing. It was mentioned in Morgan Housel’s book Same as Ever, which I will hopefully go into more in a future blog entry. It’s full of amazing wisdom, most of which can be found on his company blog. His previous book The Psychology of Money is fantastic and highly recommended as well.
