We’re all content creators now. You, that girl walking her dog in the park. Dan Bilzerian. All of us. All of us are writers, photographers, TV producers, image editors and publishers rolled into one. And that’s a great thing. Andy Warhol said that in the future everyone will be famous for five minutes. What he …
These days everyone wants to be a creative. When I use that term, by the way, I am using it very loosely to include not just artists but also entrepreneurs, YouTubers, even coders. Very broadly a creative is someone who makes something that wasn’t there before. Whether that new entity is a book, a symphony, an event …
Mental strength—let’s face it, we could all use a bit of that. Mental strength is necessary to get us through tough times and to help us do what needs to be done. One of the main reasons that people fail at things is that they lack mental strength. Yes, you can dress it up in …
In episode 40 of The Modern Casanova podcast, I take stock of the recent content I’ve been producing, and talk about why I’ve been getting into the subject of how to build your personal brand, and how this connects with my writing on dating and other topics. Basically, the link that connects all my work …
We are hungry. We are determined. In many cases we are ravenous. We want it now. Who doesn’t? After all, ff you want it at all, why would you want it ‘at some unspecified point in the future’. That doesn’t make any sense. No. ‘Now’ is the only unit of time that makes sense to …
Imposter syndrome is feeling like you don’t ‘deserve’ to write articles or Tweet or create videos or other content about a certain topic. It affects everyone. But as long as you are speaking honestly from a truthful place no one can tell you what you should or shouldn’t talk about. All of us tend to get …
Your personal brand online is built one piece of content at a time. It’s a simple lesson, but it’s not necessarily intuitive if you’re new to online business. All my life, I wanted to work for myself. All my life I wanted to not have a boss, to not have to go into an office. All …
It’s coming . . . soon
The robots are coming for your job. It might sound like I’m quoting a line from a science fiction movie but it’s true. Even though new OECD research that indicates fewer jobs may go than previously thought, 66 million are still at risk from computerisation across 32 countries. And what’s worse, the majority of those who stay in …
Fame is obligatory – Hank Norman That quote is the most important thing on Twitter right now. Fame is obligatory. There is no other game in town. Why? Because fame means that you’re known. People have a perception of you, a sense of what you’re like. Maybe they feel like you’re a friend, even if they’ve …
