“I just believe that the interesting time in a career is pre-success, what shaped things, how did you get to this point?”
― Steve Martin, Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life
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“I just believe that the interesting time in a career is pre-success, what shaped things, how did you get to this point?” ― Steve Martin, Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life
Marc and I are both huge fans of Steve Martin’s autobiography, Born Standing Up: A Comic’s Life. Marc highlighted one takeaway: “He says the key to success is, ‘Be so good they can’t ignore you.’” TF: Marc has another guiding tenet: “Smart people should make things.” He says: “If you just have those two principles—that’s a pretty good way to orient
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It’s generally much easier to be a creator today than ever.
But there’s one big reason I don’t envy the people getting started in their online-solopreneur-creating-things journey today:
Expectations.
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But there’s one big reason I don’t envy the people getting started in their online-solopreneur-creating-things journey today:
Expectations.
I’ve been doing this for about a decade, and when I started, it was significantly harder to build an audience.
There were no highly optimized entertain... See more
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I can’t stress enough how important it is to meet people who are also starting up. There is that great Issa Rae quote about focusing on building community with the people who are next to you, in the trenches with you, and who have the same hunger as you. Few things in this world are as inspiring as watching the homies accomplish the big things they... See more