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This is spot on. I share this worldview too. Here are my thoughts I try to live by: 1. Know the type of person you are: We are all creatives and contributors

by ak39 9y ago

This is spot on. I share this worldview too. Here are my thoughts I try to live by: 1. Know the type of person you are: We are all creatives and contributors at our core. We all measure our self-worth by how much we give instead of how much we take. This is part of our natural human wiring - to want to belong deservingly to a village of individuals who pull their own weight. So, if you are not creating in your natural sphere of strengths, or you don't feel you're contributing to feel worthy of your own esteem you need to sit down and think. Fix this immediately. 2. Be prolific: To be good at whatever you're creating or contributing, you have to be prolific. Genuine quality comes only through quantity. A shit ton of it. Keep hacking, keep swimming, keep sucking. 3. Judge progress, not outcomes: Judge your own evolution. Have I done better than yesterday? Do I suck less than last year? Yeah? You are golden. The dangers of comparing your own outcomes with someone else's is that you betray and cheapen your own timeline, your own history, your hard struggles and the victories over your own debilitating handicaps. Appreciating your history as the backdrop of every milestone is the essence of healthy self-esteem. Just keep swimming.

candiodari 9y ago
Can you give a few examples, other than apps, that one could make and reasonably sell ? Maybe it's just me but I don't see any real opportunity in this.
- yetihehe 9y ago
  - Grow vegetables - Make tools - Make cakes - Build houses - Build machines - Create gardens There are many possibilities, you could earn reasonable money from any of above examples starting from small business and not needing to learn that much before you start.
  - candiodari 9y ago
    How would you make money from any of those ? I do not have a lot of area available, and a storefront is entirely out of the question. Especially cupcakes sounds interesting, as I'm quite confident I could automate that.
    - yetihehe 9y ago
      - Grow vegetables - sell them on local small markets. As you wrote, this requires some area, but you could try indoor farming in your basement. - Make tools - you could sell them online as artisanal tools or just make good quality hand tools and after advertising on some local fairs you WILL have clients. - Make cakes - this really requires a storefront but I'm sure you will find some programs to accelerate small business or something. I don't know where you live but in Poland it is rather easy to start such business as unemployed, you just need to write sensible businessplan. - Build houses - yep, this one requires some investment in tools and advertising, but some advertisements on craigslist or something like local small ads pages should be enough. - Build machines - this requires more investment and technical acumen. I've included this as a possibility. - Create gardens - garden designers almost don't require investment, you just need some design skills. Start as employee/apprentice with some near design firm and get experience, then you can open your own business. This is not tutorial how to create, this is only listing of example venues for making money from creating. You should find some venue usable to you by yourself.
- ak39 9y ago
  If you're looking for business opportunities, look for "dirty" jobs. They are everywhere and in every field. Find them, do them, do them well enough to know why no one wants to do them. And only then get creative about doing these jobs without getting dirty. A "dirty" job is anything that needs to be done but is considered beneath many.

by ak39 9y ago

candiodari 9y ago

Can you give a few examples, other than apps, that one could make and reasonably sell ? Maybe it's just me but I don't see any real opportunity in this.

yetihehe 9y ago
- Grow vegetables - Make tools - Make cakes - Build houses - Build machines - Create gardens There are many possibilities, you could earn reasonable money from any of above examples starting from small business and not needing to learn that much before you start.
- candiodari 9y ago
  How would you make money from any of those ? I do not have a lot of area available, and a storefront is entirely out of the question. Especially cupcakes sounds interesting, as I'm quite confident I could automate that.
  - yetihehe 9y ago
    - Grow vegetables - sell them on local small markets. As you wrote, this requires some area, but you could try indoor farming in your basement. - Make tools - you could sell them online as artisanal tools or just make good quality hand tools and after advertising on some local fairs you WILL have clients. - Make cakes - this really requires a storefront but I'm sure you will find some programs to accelerate small business or something. I don't know where you live but in Poland it is rather easy to start such business as unemployed, you just need to write sensible businessplan. - Build houses - yep, this one requires some investment in tools and advertising, but some advertisements on craigslist or something like local small ads pages should be enough. - Build machines - this requires more investment and technical acumen. I've included this as a possibility. - Create gardens - garden designers almost don't require investment, you just need some design skills. Start as employee/apprentice with some near design firm and get experience, then you can open your own business. This is not tutorial how to create, this is only listing of example venues for making money from creating. You should find some venue usable to you by yourself.
ak39 9y ago
If you're looking for business opportunities, look for "dirty" jobs. They are everywhere and in every field. Find them, do them, do them well enough to know why no one wants to do them. And only then get creative about doing these jobs without getting dirty. A "dirty" job is anything that needs to be done but is considered beneath many.