Somewhere in the back of your mind, you already know your expertise is worth more than your salary suggests.
These letters exist to make sure that suspicion becomes impossible to ignore.
Build something of your own. Something that earns. Something that’s actually yours.
That idea lingers in your mind. But you’ve never seen someone like you do it.
And that gap, between knowing you’re capable and believing the path is real, is costing you more than you think.
Because you keep giving everything at work but your income stays the same. One more year.
These stories will help you see it
→ The friend who is a successful engineer but is ignoring the calling to build a cool side project.
→ The acquaintance who is always exhausted from work and shows you the contrast to want to build a dope life and monetize it.
→ The friend who mastered office politics to climb fast, and makes you reflect on what you should do if you aren’t built for that game.
Every Sunday, I send one letter to several hundred resourceful professionals who know they’re capable of more.
Not a compilation of the best 3 quotes of the week.
A letter. The kind you write to a friend who’s genuinely capable of more, but hasn’t seen it yet.
Personal, direct, and built around one idea: that the path becomes real the moment you see someone like you actually walking it.
Each letter follows the same structure:
→ A story that makes the possibility feel real. I write about friends, colleagues, acquaintances — professionals with real expertise sitting on possibilities they haven’t seen yet.
→ A concrete monetization example. Some weeks I’ll break down exactly how the person in the story could turn their expertise into income online: what they’d sell, what the numbers could look like.
→ One question you’ll carry all week. Every letter ends with a single question designed to make you uncomfortable in the right way. The kind of discomfort that precedes a decision.
Gabriel Monti
The Online Maverick
This isn’t for people who want shortcuts.
People who want to see, week after week, what it actually looks like when someone takes their expertise seriously and builds something independent with it.
Not theory. Just stories that make the possibility feel real and earned, because it is.
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You were born for more than routine. Let me remind you every Sunday.
P.S. Still not sure? Here’s the truth: You can keep consuming generic business advice that tells you what to do but never moves you to actually do it.
Or you can let these letters challenge you—move you, provoke you—in ways that lead to real action.
The choice is yours. But if you’re still reading this, you already know which path calls to you.
Stay Maverick,
Gabriel
Questions I get asked before people subscribe
How often will I receive these letters?
Once a week. Every Sunday around 10 AM (CST). No random mid-week emails. No promotional spam. Just the weekly letter.
What if I don't like it?
There’s an unsubscribe link in every email. One click and you’re out. No hard feelings.
Will you try to sell me things?
I have paid offerings. If I think something I’ve built could genuinely help you, I’ll mention it at the bottom of the letter. Briefly. Without pressure.
The letter itself exists to give, not to pitch. It’s how I’d want to be treated as a reader, so it’s how I write.
Are these the same as your articles?
No. The articles on my website are more educational and publicly accessible. The letters are personal, weekly, and go only to subscribers. Different tone, different purpose.
What kind of stories do you share?
My own journey (factory engineer to Online Maverick), painful lessons from failed projects, moments of realization.
Sometimes I share stories of people I know, professionals with expertise they’ve never thought to monetize, sitting on possibilities they can’t yet see. All real.
I'm not ready to build online yet. Should I still subscribe?
Especially then.
The letters aren’t instructions for people who’ve already decided. They’re for people who are still figuring out whether this is real, whether it’s for someone like them, whether the quiet pull they feel is worth following.
That’s exactly where these letters meet you. And week by week, that question tends to get a lot clearer.
How can I share these letters with others?
Every letter has a forward link at the bottom. If you know someone who’s good at what they do and quietly wondering what else is possible, send it to them.
You’re also welcome to tell people about this page so they can subscribe here.