share these things because when I was starting out I wished somebody would, and while I read everything I could find on the subject, nobody was quite saying what I wanted to hear (and so I was determined to do it myself and pass it on to the next kid)
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there are a bunch of things I've learned along the way that I'm happy to share with others for free if it helps them along their own respective journey → help other people in turn. trying to think now about what the most important/interesting things are...
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I think I wasted a few years trying to talk to a General Audience. In 2010, I'd to write blogposts that copied the style of Tim Ferriss's blog titles (when he already had an audience). I wasn't super deliberate about trying to copy him; I was just learning-by-imitation
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on retrospect, that's like starting a small business and copying the style of megacorps. you end up getting the worst of both worlds
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[naval voice] when you're still a nobody, don't try to write for everybody. you'll just be another nobody. and there's already a somebody writing for everybody. instead, be the rare nobody who writes for *somebody*. then you become somebody to somebody.
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Replying to @visakanv
oh my god [naval voice] is a great format and i'm definitely stealing it
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visa is stretching (hips) 🪔 Retweeted visa is stretching (hips) 🪔
roleplaying other people is lots of fun if you do it in a wholesome wayhttps://twitter.com/visakanv/status/1227100451977322496 …
visa is stretching (hips) 🪔 added,
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Replying to @visakanv @QiaochuYuan
hey actually maybe you should host a twitter party where each person has to pretend to be someone else lol
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i am into this and i have also thought about a more hardcore version where pairs of people actually swap accounts for a day and see if anyone notices (didn't
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anyway i'm gonna sit on this, waiting for the right idea about how to phrase the prompt
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