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people who really bet on you will bet on you consistently. people who are fair-weather fans will show sporadic interest in betting on you, based on the public evidence and social proof surrounding you at a moment in time.

Companionship content isn’t consumed just for information or entertainment, but as a proxy for having company around, a way to mitigate the awareness of lacking it, or to make an otherwise dull task enjoyable — with a companion.

Common backgrounds of the most successful people I know:

- did what they wanted to do, relentlessly

Companionship content is the most durable in its closeness to human experience, to being around people . When we search for a YouTube video to watch, we often want the best companion for the next hour and not the most entertaining content.

“You have to be willing to be nobody to have a chance to be who you want to be.”

To get status, you have to give up status. You have to sacrifice some existing status to make it back and more. This is especially true in creative fields and high-upside opportunities. Writers, musicians, actors, directors, entrepreneurs must all do their time in status limbo