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It's a story as old as the world: trying to get noticed while doing essentially the same thing as the successful kids, but lacking that essential element of luc
by bumholio 8y ago
It's a story as old as the world: trying to get noticed while doing essentially the same thing as the successful kids, but lacking that essential element of luck or genetics, that last second on the chronometer, that "in" preexisting social circle.
It's the life of all those trying to enter into high risk, highly coveted careers that afford celebrity: authorship, sports, politics, music or film. The field might be changing but the game remains the same: humans mostly value what other humans happen to value, the other 99.99% comparable but unknown products are simply discarded.
- WilliamEdward 8y agoThe problem is trying to do the exact same thing as someone else. There has never been a business or method of making money in the history of capitalism that has survived by being an exact copy of another business or method. Even businesses with the same model as a bigger one, eg: small vs large car repair businesses, are able to function by having a different pricing point, location, etc. No one seems to understand that this applies to your job too. You're never going to be as successful as someone else by doing the exact same thing as them, because they got there first. Find your niche.
- ForRealsies 8y agoI agree, big fan of Creatives finding their niche. People in general have a tendency to half-ass everything. Find a niche, find the dedicated userbase that is so starving for content that they consume the aforementioned half-assed work happily. Then serve them up a Filet Mignon and blow their minds.