Fantastic Builders and Where to Find Them, 5th Installment
A “creator” is someone who becomes a fountainhead of value through personal development, shares that value in public, and makes a creative income doing so.
Dan Koe • The Art of Focus: Find Meaning, Reinvent Yourself and Create Your Ideal Future
Some creative professionals can get by without even having to sell anything in particular to their 1,000 True Fans. Maria Popova, for example, makes a living publishing essays on literature, art, and science on her site, the Marginalian. Most of Popova’s income comes from asking fans to help support her work directly, without expecting anything ext... See more
Cal Newport • The Rise of the Internet’s Creative Middle Class
The most successful sub-categories we’ve observed are those that start as “side hustles” but can eventually evolve into lucrative careers. A great example of this is Substack, a platform that makes it easy to start an email newsletter subscription.