Is starting an ethical online business still sufficient??

[Mysterious Stranger]

So I want to earn tons of money, but at the same time, truly truly help other people. 

In the modern era, seems like an ethical business would just drown from the noise of click-baity, life-hack, easy money businessnesses. 

I was thinking of starting an Onlyfans agency (I'm an OF agency manager for the last 3 years) so i have a HIGH PROBABILITY of becoming right if I started an agency. BUT ITS NOT ETHICAL. 

what I really want to do is start a Blog or a Newsletter. Teaching philosophy, spirituality, self improvement to hypermasculine men. 
I've been doing it for the past year, but not getting any traction at all. But then again, this is what I really want to do, I want to earn a living doing this and will surely help a lot of people. 

[Artsy]

What's your process for teaching philosophy & self-improvement? 

 

What does "gaining traction" look like tangibly? 

 

What would your vision for an "ethical business," look like in the perfect sense?

[Lyubov]

You have to align with the universe / reality and get very open to things unfolding as they are. There are a million influencer types all marketing to men more or less what you wanna do (help them with fitness, making quick cash, get girls, escaping the matrix, etc). Set your intentions and go with the flow without any instance or expectation for how things should turn out. Notice what you do throughout the day when you’re really in your flow. To be honest I’ve come to realize there are really no secrets when it comes to this. You set your intentions, put energy into what you want to and try your best to live as authentically as possible (middle way). Stay conscious and responsible. Things will unfold how they unfold. 

[Mysterious Stranger]

5 hours ago, Artsy said:

What's your process for teaching philosophy & self-improvement? 

 

What does "gaining traction" look like tangibly? 

 

What would your vision for an "ethical business," look like in the perfect sense?

1. Newsletter/Blog Weekly. Then repurpose it into tweets and reels. 

2. Attaining 1000 paid subscribers to my Blog/newsletter

3. You give out insanely valuable insights to your 1000 true fans, then in return they pay you monthly. 

@Artsy

[Mysterious Stranger]

2 hours ago, Lyubov said:

You have to align with the universe / reality and get very open to things unfolding as they are. There are a million influencer types all marketing to men more or less what you wanna do (help them with fitness, making quick cash, get girls, escaping the matrix, etc). Set your intentions and go with the flow without any instance or expectation for how things should turn out. Notice what you do throughout the day when you’re really in your flow. To be honest I’ve come to realize there are really no secrets when it comes to this. You set your intentions, put energy into what you want to and try your best to live as authentically as possible (middle way). Stay conscious and responsible. Things will unfold how they unfold. 

@Lyubov Thats super vague bro. Just saying "do your best" doesn't lead to any tangible results. Can you be a little more practical?

[Lyubov]

1 hour ago, Mysterious Stranger said:

@Lyubov Thats super vague bro. Just saying "do your best" doesn't lead to any tangible results. Can you be a little more practical?

Sure. By do your best I simply mean you need to check your belief system and see in what ways you are self sabotaging yourself. Do you believe you are worthy of success? Do you hold back because you second guess everything you do? Are you putting energy into what is important and not into what isn’t? What’s keeping you from just showing up every day and making clear and balanced decisions form the information you have in any given moment? I would say simply cutting out a lot of self sabotage, taking responsibility and getting clear on what you wish to put energy into will put you on the path that’s authentic for you. Few things in life are a linear path and much of what we do is a learning process, we weren’t born with an instruction manual for every possible situation and thing we will encounter in life. Success is defined by you , and when you have defined that put energy into what you know is right and true in the present moment that aligns with what you believe is success. 

Edited February 14 by Lyubov

[Ulax]

@Mysterious Stranger I respect that you don't want to do something unethical.

My first advice would be to change your question. I would ask "Is starting an ethical online business still sufficient if I have relevant rare and valuable online business skills". 

Many people don't have rare and valuable skills in their field. Further, they don't seek or don't know how to achieve rare and valuable skills in their field. So, their results in their field are far below what they could be.

My second advice would be to ask "How do i achieve rare and valuable skills in a field".

Here is my answer.

Firstly, make sure you have good theory on what skills matter for success in a given field, and good theory on how to attain said skills. For example, in your desired field, perhaps a good book on marketing, blog-writing, engaging writing.

Secondly, make sure you are engaging in deliberate practice regarding those skills. Deliberate practice being practice which designed to systematically improve performance. For example, instead of having goal of just writing blog posts, someone picks one aspect of blog posts to focus on improving. Perhaps they pick the aspect of writing engaging sentences. They find good theory on 'writing engaging sentences'. And then they practice applying the theory until writing engaging sentences becomes second nature. That way you are making sure your relevant skills are improving, and therefore the quality of your product is improving.

Thirdly, try and find competent feedback on your skills. This can be by reviewing your blog-post/ newsletter analytics, or using a coach. Issue with using a friend/ family is that they might accidentally mislead you regarding what is actually effective.

The result of consistent and extended following of these three steps will lead to you acquiring rare and valuable skills. And, with those rare and valuable skills you will have a rare and valuable product. And a rare and valuable product has a much higher probability of doing well.

'So good they can't ignore you' by Cal Newport is a book I would recommend for more on this.

Edited Sunday at 02:25 PM by Ulax