I agree. I tried selling books, but it felt like the articles were just marketing funnels to the books. Still, I didn't do real copywriting.
After a while I changed to donations Because the idea was to help people. And my day job pays 6 figs.
After a while I changed to donations Because the idea was to help people. And my day job pays 6 figs.
Please breed if you can ;-) Hum, I mean, transmit who you are to other, infect them with greatness, however you can (books is a great idea, teaching and mentoring as well).
FWIW I think there's an ethical way to profit, but we have to be willing to wait for the value we created to actually materialize in the real world. A not-so-rare case, I think, is people donating large amounts to their mentors, once they "get there", once they're established and earning enough (likely 2-5 years after the mentorship or transmission took place; sometimes way more).
You certainly can't live from those returns. Some of them might be fabulous though, if what you transmitted was really life-changing. I guess. Never been on that side of things (gave, did not receive) but I'm thinking putting out the value is the mission, and anything else is a secondary concern (just keep that day job to pay the bills).
Have a great one.