Why Most Medium Writers Won’t Be Successful

Anthony Moore
The Post-Grad Survival Guide
7 min readApr 11, 2020

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Medium is a hard place to succeed.

It’s definitely not easy. But it is simple. And if you can follow these simple rules for success, you can see massive growth very quickly.

The problem is, most new writers will never spend enough time here to ever experience such growth. As Les Brown once said:

“Most people knock on the door of their dreams once, then run away before anyone has a chance to the open the door.But if you keep knocking, persistently and endlessly, eventually the door will open.”

If you want to be a successful Medium writer — earning thousands of dollars, getting thousands of subscribers, really making a difference with your work — there are a few things you need to know.

By Putting Out a First Draft, You’ve Already Done More Than 90% of Your Competition

There is a sharp drop-off rate for everything in life.

But if you can push through this dip, however — you can achieve truly extraordinary goals.

A while back, I took an online course on growing your business. Every day, each student (there were 900+ in my class) was required to leave a comment announcing they’d completed their daily assignment.

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Anthony Moore
The Post-Grad Survival Guide

Writer for CNBC, Business Insider, Fast Company, Thought Catalog, Yahoo! Finance, and you.