The article centers around the concept of achieving success by securing ‘unfair’ advantages, not in an unethical way, but by strategically combining wisdom and focused effort to outperform competitors.
It highlights the difficulties faced by creators in today’s competitive environment, comparing them to insignificant dots in a vast landscape. The author emphasizes the need to stand out from the crowd to gain traction.
The article suggests that those who succeed often possess these ‘unfair’ advantages, not due to injustice, but because of a superior combination of strategic thinking and dedicated work. It implicitly advocates for developing such a skillset to reach one's goals more efficiently.
It’s tough to make an impact with your creations these days. It always was, but these days especially.
You are a tiny grey dot in a sea of dots.
You work hard to create something fresh. You share it. It might get some interest and a few likes.
Big whoop.
You wonder whether you should give up. All this work for very little response is quite defeating.
It feels like you are running in a hamster wheel with ever greater intensity, but the same results.
To make a dent, to gain this ‘traction’ thing, you simply cannot be another grey dot. You have to be different in some way.
What is that way?
Something I’ve had to get comfortable with is the idea that those who succeed have ‘unfair’ advantages.
If they didn’t, there wouldn’t be such a thing as relative success, and we’d have nothing exciting to pursue.
I’m not talking about unfair in the sense of ‘injustice,’ though some do it that way too.
I’m talking about figuring out how to think and act in a way that combines wisdom and intensity so that you gain ground more quickly and efficiently than your furry, hamster-faced competitor.
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