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The skill that makes your content impossible to ignore.

The skill that makes your content impossible to ignore.

We all struggle with this

Stephen Stanberry
December 9th, 2025

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Hey friend!

Let me tell you the truth about writing online.

Most people think great writing comes from talent.
Or time.
Or inspiration.
Or some creative magic they have not unlocked yet.

I used to think the same thing.

When I started sharing my stories, I would stare at the screen for hours.
I wanted to sound smart.
I wanted to look polished.
I wanted to say something that would make people think I had my life together.

But nothing felt real.
Nothing landed.
Nothing connected.

Then one night something small happened.
I was writing a post about being a father.
My son had asked me “daddy are you tired”?
He said it softly, almost like a question he was afraid to ask.
And I froze.

I realized I was trying so hard to build a business that I was forgetting the reason I wanted one in the first place.
FREEDOM!!!!
Presence.
A life that felt like mine.

I wrote about that moment.
Not the polished version.
Not the content-friendly version.

The real version.
The version where I felt stretched thin.
The version where I questioned if I was losing myself.
The version where I wondered if I was building a dream or running from one.

I posted it.
And something shifted again.

People responded.
Not because it was perfect.
But because it was true.

This is the skill that makes your writing impossible to ignore.

Not grammar.
Not hooks.
Not fancy language.

Presence.

Writing from the exact emotional place you are standing in right now.
Not the place you want to stand later.
Not the place you think sounds impressive.

Presence is the difference between content and connection.

Writers who master presence are:

✔ Remembered
✔ Trusted
✔ Referenced
✔ Shared
✔ Hired

Because presence builds resonance.
And resonance builds demand.

So here is the real lesson.

Write from the moment that is alive inside you.
Write from the thing you are resisting.
Write from the question you are afraid to ask.
Write from the truth your past self needed to hear.

That is where your writing power lives.
Not in sounding good.
In sounding real.

Talk soon
Stephen