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Indexed issues, last 90 days
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Sep 30, 2026
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Latest issues

  1. Issue · Sep 30, 2026

    When Self-Improvement Starts Teaching You to Dislike Yourself (opens the original)

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  2. Issue · Sep 29, 2026

    Don’t Quit Your Job Too Soon—I Learned This the Hard Way (opens the original)

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    A few book sales, customers or promising YouTube views can make you believe it’s finally time to quit your job. I made that leap—and learned a painful lesson.My Minecraft fiction books took off on Amazon without promotion. The income increased month after month, so I left my shelf-stacking job believing that growth would continue.Then the market changed. Readers moved on, the platform changed and the income disappeared. I eventually had to find another job, which was more heartbreaking than rema

  3. Issue · Sep 28, 2026

    The Responsible Thing Might Look Irresponsible (opens the original)

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  4. Issue · Sep 26, 2026

    The Project Failed—But It Wasn’t Wasted (opens the original)

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    What do you do when you put your heart and soul into a project and nobody seems to want it?Perhaps you wrote a book that isn’t selling, created videos nobody watches, built a website nobody visits or launched a product nobody buys.I know how disheartening that can be. I’ve spent late nights building websites and products I was convinced would succeed. I even promised my wife that certain ideas were going to make money—only for nothing to happen.The usual advice is to keep going. But persistence

  5. Issue · Sep 25, 2026

    Would You Still Want This If It Never Became Your Escape Plan? (opens the original)

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