Like so many other Mediumites — why do they call us that anyway, it’s like we’re the termites of the Kingdom of Medium — I read Tim Denning’s article dubbed “Ten Habits of Smart People That Get All the Best Money-Making Opportunities in Life”. Unbeknownst to me, I already had every single one of these habits in a dusty box labeled with masking tape & colored pencils called James’ Success War-Chest. I also found a Deadpool toy inside and put it next to my laptop. Here’s the story of what happened.
March 1st I woke up, poured coffee, turned on my personal desktop and powered up my work laptop. Of course, because we’re so addicted to everything that has a screen these days, I opened up Medium. It wasn’t the first screen I looked at, that was the Microwave timer. Tim’s article was the first thing that popped up under “Recommended Reading”, it always is. And impulsively I clicked his latest article “Ten Habits of Smart People That Get All the Best Money-Making Opportunities in Life” since sometimes I’m smart but I clearly don’t get all the best money-making opportunities in life.
As I started reading through something strange started happening. I could feel the caffeine flowing through my veins, the lights in my living room started glowing brightly, the morning sun started beaming through my shaded floor-to-ceiling windows — I felt a wave of energy hit me like Snowpiercer pummeling through shitty box office earnings. Fatboy Slim’s “Rockafeller Skank” started playing on it’s own in the…
