Conversation with Ashley Schmitt on Helping New Content Creators Succeed on Substack

Haters are often misunderstood. Not every critic is a hater. And not every hater is as detached as they appear. More often than not, what looks like negativity is attention. Focused attention. People rarely invest energy in what is irrelevant to them. They watch. They comment. They react. That is n…

Insight: Boss Up Stop waiting. Start leading yourself. Let’s get straight to it. “Boss up” gets thrown around a lot. People say it like it’s motivation. But most of the time, it’s just words. Because real “bossing up” has nothing to do with talking. It has everything to do with how you show up. Wha…

At some point, you will be misunderstood. You will make a decision that someone doesn’t like. You will set a boundary that someone disagrees with. You will choose a direction that doesn’t benefit everyone. And in their version of the story, You become the villain. Not because you’re wrong. But beca…

One tells you what’s true. The other tells you when to move. You walk into the meeting, and something’s off. Nobody says anything. The agenda hasn’t changed. But the room is quieter than it should be, and the person who always talks first is staring at her laptop. A few days later, a different mome…