Malcolm Gladwell’s 10,000 hours rule is a sham. A big fat sham. According to Gladwell, it takes 10,000 hours to become “really good” at something. To put that into perspective, let’s crunch some numbers. 10,000 hours is around 417 days. Not reasonable to accomplish this 10,000-hour goal. If you practiced a skill for two hours a … Read more
What is the difference between self-publishing fiction and nonfiction? Assuming you’re outsourcing and doing no marketing outside of releasing the next book, there is a huge difference between fiction and nonfiction sales over time. I like to call fiction a firework and nonfiction a candle. For fiction, you get a huge amount of sales in … Read more
Yo, I wrote this like 5 years ago so laugh at me. While I was never a child to intentionally force myself into trouble, trouble seemed to find a way to cross paths with me. My relationship with trouble was interesting. We were like a separated couple, for months would not say words to each … Read more
So for the first time in a month, I hopped on the ol’ PS4 and one of the free games of the month was [easyazon_link identifier=”B00XWE54CU” locale=”US” tag=”onyxdefiant-20″]NBA 2k16[/easyazon_link]. As a sidenote, I don’t watch basketball and don’t know the dynamics of basketball. I have no idea what I’m doing in the game. The only thing … Read more
Recently, I have found myself farting around online for no reason when I knew I had things to do. Thanks, discipline. So what did I do to combat that lethargic feeling? Three super easy things for those who spend too much time doing things they shouldn’t be doing. Create a Schedule I’ve talked about this … Read more
Wars Change, Warriors Don’t [easyazon_image align=”right” height=”500″ identifier=”193689100X” locale=”US” src=”https://onyxdefiant.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/518HSc8W4eL.jpg” tag=”onyxdefiant-20″ width=”313″]The Warrior Ethos is a very fast read. I read it in its entirety in about half an hour. It essentially summed up the five years I spent in the Marine Corps in 90 pages, from living under shit conditions to eating bad food … Read more
First things first, what are PPL and RevShare? PPL When an affiliate program pays you for signups or registrations. A one-time payment that can scale depending on the location of the person registering. RevShare When an affiliate program pays you a percentage of every purchase a customer makes. This scales in time, most are for a … Read more
I called my mother on mother’s day and had a long conversation. One thing that came up was how easy college is and was. For some reason, whether it’s television and movies or real life, people seem to think that college is this incredibly difficult process that causes a boatload of stress. Maybe it’s because … Read more
Hey, what’s going on folks? Let me talk briefly about a new project I’ve been working on for about 2 months now. Basically, anybody that’s been watching the YouTube channel or has been reading the blog knows I’ve been doing books for about two years now coming up in a few days but I really … Read more
I’ve been on Reddit and TheFastlaneForum lately and it seems like so few people actively think about marketing their new masterpieces. Of those that do think about it, many find it the most difficult part of self-publishing. Without further ado, here’s eBook marketing for both first-time authors and self-publishers. The 4 Ps of Marketing Your eBook … Read more