Thanks for reading! I’m Chad Frick.

I’ll tell you real quick who I am, what I write about, and why I write.

Who is Chad Frick?

When I started this blog in April 2024, I was a 22-year-old living in Tampa, Florida, working for a tech startup in the music industry. I’ve since quit that job and moved back home to start a music career of my own. I grew up in DC-area Maryland with my three younger brothers, and graduated from Clemson University with my best friend from high school.

I studied business management and history in college and was far more interested in interacting with other people than with my course material.

To answer questions relating to my name being Chad: yes, I was a fraternity president. No, I never played lacrosse.

My goals revolve around getting rich to buy the house my grandfather built, becoming and being a good father, and building a wealth of experiences and skills like The Most Interesting Man in The World in the old Dos Equis commercials.

What do you write about?

Be Great discusses relationships, meaning, values, and purpose, with some history, finance, philosophy, personal reflections, and general life outlooks mixed in. It mainly aims to advise young men to assume personal responsibility, take risks, become more, and lead a more fulfilling, interesting, and exciting life.

Why do you write?

I feel compelled to write, and fulfilled in doing so. I notice myself growing while doing it. Writing:

• Promotes self-awareness and growth, through introspection and self-reflection.

• Develops critical thinking. Writing requires that you organize ideas, evaluate arguments and objections, and structure a traceable, logical narrative. My arguments must have a foundation and legs, otherwise no one will read them.

• Serves as documentation. Writing is recording a personal history. Why did we graffiti “Chad wuz here” with a #2 pencil on the desk back in school? We want the world to know we were here, and often need to remind ourselves that we’re here, and we did something about it. By writing, I will be able to look back years from now and remember who I was.

• Grows you into a more effective communicator. (Reading does this too).

• Acts therapeutically. Being able to rely on yourself to understand and navigate your stresses is valuable.

I write to recommend others do the same, develop my perspectives, and hopefully impart some wisdom upon anyone willing to read.

Frequently Asked Questions:

1. What’s the goal with this newsletter?

I have never written publicly, and doing so requires that I grow into a better writer. I can no longer get away with leaving works incomplete. Having others read my writings invites scrutiny, feedback, criticism, and it raises the stakes. Writing becomes a more serious responsibility when others can access it.

I aim to write thought-provoking, inspiring, and humorous content to entertain readers, and to eventually become a full-time writer. Being a writer has always been synonymous with being broke, but I’d like to become a wealthy writer, to make my parents proud, be able to pay to do things I enjoy that cost money, and eventually advise others on doing so.

I also enjoy becoming friends with people interested in the same topics as me.

2. What software do you write on?

Beehiiv. I recommend it, and they don’t pay me to say that (yet). They have all the tools to write and grow a newsletter under one roof - if growing an audience is your goal, Beehiiv makes it hard to fail.

3. What is your process for writing?

There’s no standard process. Generally, I write a collection of incoherent thoughts in my Notes app or on a piece of paper throughout the day, then sit down at night and structure them into what I’m trying to say.

4. What’s next?

Subscribe and read along to find out 💯

That’s it. Find me on Instagram @chadfrck, and please send me an email at [email protected] if you have any suggestions or feedback. I need ‘em, so please send ‘em! 

Thanks for reading!