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A good friend of mine set up a community for content creators. He invited me to it a long time back. I was ignorant and said “no, mate.” Then over a year later I started to feel lonely as a creative person. I reached back out to him to see if I could join his group. Surprisingly, he said yes.

The crazy thing is while I can earn that amount of money, unless I enjoy the process, I don’t. Most of the time the companies who will pay me $1000 for a blog post don’t allow me to write what I care about, so I simply say no, despite the tempting payday.

That group changed everything. I didn’t feel lonely anymore. There were other creative people who suffered from the same flawed character I did. One of those community members was a guy named Todd. I loved Todd’s work but never really spoke to him.

If you’re waiting for a book deal, or a magical job promotion, or to be discovered, then it ain’t going to happen. Sorry. Only hard work and daily practice can turn your work into what looks like a big break.

Let me share a live example. I’ve had a dream to launch an education program for years. I’ve tried several times and failed. One time I signed up a total of two students. The rest? Crickets.

Jeff Goins was right: you need a network to expand your creativity. Otherwise, you’re limited to the 3–5 skills you’re amazing at, and held back by the other skills you don’t have and probably never will.

After complaining about my terrible failures as a wannabe teacher, my friend said to me “you know Todd is perfect for you.” So, I sent Todd a message. We connected. He was a match. We built a business together. The guy is a freaking WhizKid. Everything I can’t do, he can do. Now we’re well on the road to creating a decent sized business together.

Build a skill around it. At the start, nobody will want access to your skill — that’s okay. Keep going. My writing skill wasn’t a skill in the beginning. People had no problem telling me how bad my skill of blogging was. I tried to ask people early on to pay me for my writing. Nobody would pay me.

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From an ethical perspective, bees have a brain and nervous system, and have been shown to demonstrate emotions and even exhibit pessimism, which is a significant sign of intelligence.

Commit to 1 hour of active practice per week towards a skill you want to master. Practice for 12 months to become good. Practice for 2 years to become great. Practice for 5 years to change the world in some tiny way with your skill.

After several years of practicing the skill, the demand increased for it. It started with website owners asking me to write free blog posts. Then a few marketing companies reached out to me and offered small amounts of money — around $50 a story — in return for articles on business.

I got a second big break after Business Insider picked up another story of mine. I thought my life was made again. This story repeated over and over. The big break was never a big break at all — it was a tiny step forward in the direction of my process.

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“Your network equals your net worth” is cliche advice most people ignore. When a LinkedIn guru makes you want to vomit because they say “let’s network” like a robot, you ignore this advice. I did too. But cliche advice is bloody powerful.