This is a big reason why I started my latest blog–to help, teach, and inspire.

When I first started writing with the intent of making money online, I often chased after certain topics because they were potentially lucrative even if they weren’t exactly scintillating topics to write about. I never wrote junk just for the search engines (though I’m not sure if that was about integrity or just a self-preservation instinct that suggested outputting crap wouldn’t be profitable for the long run , but I wasn’t always creating the best content I could. I didn’t quite understand back then that success was tied to helping people solve their problems.

Now that I’ve made it, so to speak, it’s a pleasure to pick and choose what I write about based on interest rather than what I think ad clicks might be worth.

I do try to remember not to judge others too harshly just because I’m financially in a place where I can be choose the moral high road. While there are lines I would never cross, I do believe that to some extent, integrity is a luxury.