It doesn't work anymore

I love discovering new hacks, tips, tricks and all sorts of cool new stuff online. Especially when these things seem to be super easy to implement.

And the internet is full of those things. Every day there are hundreds of new new things ready to be discovered.

And it's always the same thing. They don't work. At least not for me.

Well, maybe they have worked in the past but the thing with this kind of stuff is that it's just like insider trading.

The moment an insider information becomes publicly available it stops working.

People already cashed out long before you even got your hands on that new new thing.

The moment an insider information reaches the masses it stops working. Because when too many people do the exact same thing it stops working.

Like building an email list by giving away free ebooks and hoping to make a few sales in the future.

Or writing on Medium and hoping to piggyback on the already existing audience of millions of readers.

Or sending automated direct messages on Twitter welcoming new followers to get the conversation going.

Or offering your ebook for free on Amazon for a few days and hoping for a few sales once you start charging again.

And you know, none of these things work anymore. Because everybody else out there is already doing the exact same thing. This stuff might have worked in the past. Before it became public.

Well, most of it actually still works. But only if you do it differently. If you do something no one else is doing. The thing is this..

You need to stand out or no one will notice. You can't just do the exact same thing everybody else is doing. This stuff won't get you noticed. Why? Well, because everybody else is already doing it.

And that's the real challenge. You need to make your brain sweat. You need to do things differently. You need to come up with new ideas. New things. And new ways of doing things.

And if you find something that works for you, go all in on that. Be that guy who's popular for one sentence long Medium posts. Or that gal who is known for her 20 pages long Medium posts. It doesn't matter.

What matters is that you try to be different. And consistent. What matters is that you try to stand out.

That's the only way to get noticed. That's the only way to build your brand. That's the only way to build an audience from scratch.

By finding your own way of doing things. And by doing something no one else is doing. And not by doing what everybody else is doing..

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"97% of the people out there won't care about what you do. Act accordingly."
"Money is not for buying things. Things don’t make us happy. Money is for buying ourselves some freedom to do the things that make us happy."
"Being unrealistic is the most realistic thing you could do."
"You just need one person who cares about what you do. And that person is you. And no one else. It all starts with you."
"We always think we have enough time. Until we realize there's no more time left."
"The only way to stay ahead of the curve is to create your own curve."
"Be the dealer. Don't be the junkie. The dealer always wins. And the junkie always dies."
"The only person you should try to please is your 80 year old self."
"It's hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel when you keep your eyes closed.."
"Most advice doesn’t work. Because most advice comes from people who’ve never even done the things they're taking about. And that's dangerous."
"Being able to build something out of nothing is the most important skill. For what? For everything!"
"Why are people who write about millionaire habits not millionaires?"
"No one will magically find out about you."
"The things you don't want to do are usually the things you should be doing. They're almost always the things that will get you where you want to be."
"Don't let other people's reality be your reality.."
"Today it's easier to get started than ever before. That's why most people give up so easily. Because it was so easy to begin with."
"When you hate your job you'll never be able to do more than just mediocre work."
"Don't listen too all the life advice out there. It's all B.S. Just like this right here."
"No one starts as an expert. We all start from the bottom. And have to work our way to the top."
"The only thing that will ever lead to quality is quantity. To do it over and over again. That’s the only way."
"Be a Warrior, not a Worrier!"
"New ways of doing things never work. Until they do. Just like old ways of doing things always work. Until they dont."
"Constantly thinking about things won’t get you anywhere. You'll never find a solution just by thinking about it. You've gotta start doing."
"Not getting it right is part of the process of getting it right."
"How long does it take to change the world? As long as it takes to change yourself. So probably your whole life."
"Focusing on results won't get you results. Focusing on the actions that produce results will get you results."
"It's easy to forget all the things you have when all you do is to focus on the things you don't have."
"Perfection will only hold you back"
"Never listen to anyone who has never done what you're doing or want to do. Ignore your parents, your friends and pretty much everybody else."
"Trading time for money is not freedom. It’s a prison. The only way you’ll ever be able to make more money is to trade more of your time."
"The only way to beat the system is to know the system. Inside out."
"It's not what you do on your good days that will make you. It's almost always what you do on your bad days that will either make you or break you."

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