Fame
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Fame
From a practical distance, achieving public success scanned to me as belonging, which is ironic, because what I’m talking about is actually separation: an elevation of my own standing above the crowd. This must be one of the most common misapprehensions about fame, while somehow also being the most cliché.
via Haley Nahmam
The peak of my influence was also the peak of my misery.
August Lamm • My Year of Tech and Relaxation
very common
when Elon is asked during a business summit on how someone could emulate him, he replies “I’d be careful what you wish for…I’m not sure how many people would actually like to be me…the amount that I torture myself is next level, frankly
On Elon Musk
Microfame is the best kind of fame, because it combines an easier task (be famous to fewer people) with a better outcome (be famous to the right people).
-Byrne Hobart
“Style is what you do with what is wrong with you.”
“I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it's not the answer.”