Stop Acting Like You're Famous
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.
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
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
Nat Eliason • It's Still a Long Game
What’s one creative thing you’d do today if social media didn’t exist?
Whatever your answer is—go do that instead.
Because at the end of the day, going viral doesn’t mean anything.
The house always wins.
Keep creating and repeating (on your terms).
Distribute your work as widely as you can. Do whatever it takes to call attention to it. Art needs an audience. There are no unknown geniuses.
Derek Sivers • How to Live: 27 conflicting answers and one weird conclusion
Howard Aiken—the inventor of the earliest general purpose computer—was never worried about people stealing his ideas. “If your ideas are any good” he’s quoted as saying, “you'll have to ram them down people's throats.” And yet, we think that the moment that we hit the dance floor, all eyes will be on us. The moment we hit publish, the world will ta... See more
Zac Solomon • Freedom in Obscurity
Having 'potential' in your mind, feels better than failure in reality. This ego-cushion prevents millions from creating their life's work. Once you feel it- physically- that cushion becomes painful, like a tumor you have to remove. And you only get it out one way. By identifying not with goals, but with output. You should feel dead inside if you ha... See more
