This is a great story with excellent spot on advice. I think your problem is one of authority and credibility and it starts with the title.

Medium is full of self help articles written by people who are simply BSing. If they don't already know and trust your writing why listen to you. You solve the problem well within the story because you back up every rule with a quotation. But the reader doesn't get far enough to know that because they never even click based on your title.

"My" doesn't work in this title. It merely highlight the fact this is one person's personal opinion. Your subtitle doesn't help because it suggests personal observations from your life which isn't really what your story gives.

Instead within the story you appeal to authority with quotations. This is awesome and what you need to highlight in the title.

7 No Bullshit Rules for Life Inspired by Maya Angelou

And backed up by 6 other brilliant people

That's just a very rough idea, I'd play around with that general concept.

Also, I'd jump right in and start with the quote cutting your intro sentence entirely.

Name dropping works on Medium. People need a reason to trust you before they want to read.