Tom Schmidt

• Develop non-replicable skills. Build relationships. Create original ideas. Navigate ambiguity. Lead through chaos. These remain valuable as everything else demonetizes.


• Prepare psychologically for post-scarcity. The hardest part won’t be material Abundance... it’ll be finding meaning when basic needs are solved. Start asking now: What would you do

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What’s scarce in this world? Time. Attention. Genuine human connection

T - Take Inventory of Your Natural Gifts ​

What comes naturally to you? Writing? Storytelling? Visual concepts? Business strategy? Don't focus on what you can't do...focus on what you do naturally.

A - Analyze Your Target Industry ​

What industry do you want to break into? Music? Film? Fashion? Business? Study what skills are traditionally required... See more

When you experience someone else’s genius work, a little part of you feels, “That’s what I could have, would have, and should have done!”

Someone else did it. You didn’t.

They fought the resistance. You gave in to distractions.

They made it top priority. You said you’d get to it some day.

They took the time. You meant to.

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Be an adventurer, an inventor, an entrepreneur, an artist. Suggest your own ideas instead of reacting to everyone else's. Be an active participant in life and contribute to the world around you. Make good conversation. Make good art. Make a good adventure. But above all, make something.

"If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it. The same is true of any endeavor: if the solution you seek doesn't exist, create it."

Make stuff only you can make. Stuff that makes you sigh in resignation after waiting for someone else to make happen so you can enjoy it, and realizing that’s never going to happen so you have to get off the couch and do it yourself