Another year down, hundreds of blog posts published on this site, and one list of the top 10 Take Your Success articles of 2017. Wow, that was fast.
This recap post is an excellent segway into the new year because my loyal, long time readers can get a list of the best posts while any new readers can catch up on what they’ve missed.
If you go back through all of the content, you’ll see that the beginning of the year I focused mostly on career and personal development articles. And then I transitioned into where I feel most at home, publishing content on entrepreneurship and money. That’s my sweet spot.
It’s also been a little over a year since I launched the top book recommendations category, which has received a ton of love from you guys. I don’t know if that means you’re nerdy and buying these books after reading the summary or lazy and just reading the spark notes—but whatever it is I’m going to keep posting them when I get time to read a book.
Overall I’ve had a heck of a year with Take Your Success in 2017 and I’m always grateful for your support.
Alright, let’s get into it. Evaluated roughly on views and shares (and a mix of my personal opinion), I bring you the top 10 Take Your Success posts of 2017:
1. 15 Signs Your Job Is Ruining Your Life
Around the start of 2017 I hammered home the motto that you need to do work you love if you want maximum job satisfaction. Prestige and money can never stack up to on the job happiness. And ironically you’ll become more known and well=paid in your field when you’re working on your passion.
2. What Is Success?
The word “success” is in the name of this website and everyone around you wants to be successful. But where many of you go wrong is you haven’t identified what success is for yourself. And how can you be successful if that’s the case?
3. 15 Alternatives To College That Make Complete Sense
The wiser I get, the less I believe college is the right answer for most 18-year-olds who just graduated high school. Unless you need a college degree for your field (like doctors) or your parents are paying for it, take a good hard look at your different options because only one is going to leave you with close to $100,000 of debt and potential unemployment.
4. How To Build A Personal Brand That Precedes You
Think personal brands are only helpful if you’re a celebrity or athlete? Think again. This article explores how every professional can benefit from establishing a reputation that precedes them. And I wouldn’t be a good marketer if I didn’t take this opportunity to plug my new personal brand website BrianRobben.com.
5. How To Land Your First Social Media Client
Fired up and fresh off closing more than 10 clients for my digital marketing company Robben Media, I wrote this post in the fall to help out someone trying to break into the social media consulting space. It also has one of my most “interesting” videos in it, too. Check out the fun.
6. 10 Careers For People Who Love Helping Others
Are you one of those people with a heart of gold? You belong in one of these 10 careers named in that article. It’d be a shame for you and the people in your community if you didn’t put your natural talents to work.
7. What’s The Best Business Idea For Beginner Entrepreneurs?
If I can inspire some beginner entrepreneurs to start on the right path where they’re actually going to make money, then I’d feel good about myself. That’s the goal of this post, to share business advice that I fortunately learned myself. I easily could have picked the wrong path like many young entrepreneurs.
8. 9 Reasons Young Adults Are Insane Not To Invest In The Stock Market
Look, investing in the stock market can absolutely change your life if you do it right and are patient. I’m talking about a drastic change like moving from poor status to middle-class status, or from middle-class status to wealthy. When your money works for you, you got a good thing going.
9. Why 1 Bitcoin Can Be Worth $100,000 In A Few Years
2017 has to be the year of Bitcoin! It exploded across the globe and is now in headlines every day as the price goes up and down. While it’s a whole lot more expensive than prices just a few months ago, this article and video analyzes why the value of one Bitcoin may be worth far more in the future.
10. 18 Things I Wish Someone Would Have Told Me When I Was 18
Age brings wisdom and I’m no longer 18 years old. But I dug deep to write these life lessons that are tried and true no matter how old you are. If you’re 18 and truly internalize this information though, the world is at your fingertips.
Promise me that going into 2018, you’re going to take your success!
Did you like this list? Be sure to also check out last year’s Top 10 Take Your Success Posts Of 2016 or the year before’s Top 10 TYS Posts Of 2015.
