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LM: #281: Head down, step up

September 16 2024 – 10:00am

You’re not your degree. You’re not your title.

As a creator, you are what you make.

Since what makes others interested is having done something interesting, the work is the network. So the best way to network is with your head down.

Put your head down and make something others will respect. Write a book, or write a blog. Build a company, or a short campaign. Make something tangible others can look at and see that you care about something and have stepped up to do something about it.

When you’re done, people can point to that thing and say:

Big or small, when you make something, you make yourself.

Aphorism: “For some men, the stronger their desire, the more difficult it is for them to act.” —Gustav Flaubert

Book: The Dictators (Amazon) is a side-by-side comparison of Hitler’s Germany and Stalin’s Russia.

Best,
David
P.S. Thank you Jim Fitzpatrick for interviewing me on CBT News.

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