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It’s so difficult to go from being an underdog to being successful (happens to 1% of people?), and it seems so unlikely when you’re slogging, that... when they get successful, it seems like only 1-5% of *those* are able to adapt and reorient
What got you here won’t get you there
What got you here won’t get you there
The relentless make it from stage 1 to stage 2
It takes self-restraint to go from stage 2 to stage 3
but most of the people who possess the self-restraint to go from stage 2 to stage 3 never make it past stage 1 (too restrained)
It takes self-restraint to go from stage 2 to stage 3
but most of the people who possess the self-restraint to go from stage 2 to stage 3 never make it past stage 1 (too restrained)
By my own back-of-the-napkin calculation, only 0.01% of people make it to stage 3
Considering at base rates, that’s probably a very generous estimate
It’s probably closer to 0.001% or maybe 0.0001%
Considering at base rates, that’s probably a very generous estimate
It’s probably closer to 0.001% or maybe 0.0001%
“From standin' on corners and porches just rappin'
To havin' a fortune, no more kissin' ass
But then these critics crucify you, journalists try to burn you
Fans turn on you
[...]
they want you to lose your mind
Every time you mad”
To havin' a fortune, no more kissin' ass
But then these critics crucify you, journalists try to burn you
Fans turn on you
[...]
they want you to lose your mind
Every time you mad”
people who pursue fame hoping to feel less lonely often find that superstar fame is lonelier than anything else - people pedestalize or demonize you, both of which are dehumanizing, and with potentially ruinous consequences
So does that mean that pursuing fame, or success that has fame attached, is a rigged game that you’re destined to lose? I don’t think so. You just have to face reality, have relationships that ground you, & you have to love the work. Don’t take it from me:
Back in my local blogger days, I stumbled into making content that legitimately felt important and ~relevant~ because so many people were into it
but they didn’t actually care about me or what I said, and I’m really glad I got out. It’s like drugs IMHO
but they didn’t actually care about me or what I said, and I’m really glad I got out. It’s like drugs IMHO
Upstream of *all* of this I think is the fundamental problem of loneliness in modern civilisation. The more I think about it, the clearer it becomes to me that it’s probably the most important problem for me to work on, given my skillset + background + POV
And my personal best-fit attack vector to strike at the problem of loneliness is to teach people how to make friends. You are all invited to join me on this. 🤓 The world gets less lonely every time you make a friend ❤️💪🏾
That said, an important thing to know about making friends, for people who aren’t good at it, is that you usually shouldn’t ask people “will you be my friend?” It’s too big an ask if you’re a stranger
