You were very close to having that again if I recall, and we missed your account and posts.
I think it starts with knowing what you'd truly like to do for a living, and build on that, without expecting to be fully in your moment. It may seem like Liam Brown is fully present, but I can guarantee you that if he brought a camera to create content, he's not fully present. Regardless, it can still be fulfilling and fun.
But I'm wondering, are you working on a full automation solution for content creators? Because that too could bring you the life you desire. Working on your laptop allows you, on your free time, to dedicate your life to the activities you love. Maybe take that walk to nowhere, without having to record any of it at all ;).
Last thing, just leaving this here: I am planning my exit strategy for Linkedin.
I think it’s a great platform for professional and entrepreneurial opportunity creation and capture as well as problem space immersion fundamentally.
You can’t replicate the network effects with your own website and Substack is primarily a platform for creatives, not the whole business/industry stack/ecosystem.
What I would suggest caution with, in regard to getting rid of it as a black and white goal, is assuming that you can account for all the ways in which it might be useful to you in the future - either as a product of time having passed and the emergence of new goals in your life, or the development of new skills or tools or platforms dynamics that fundamentally change your relationship with the platform - how you use it, how you feel about it, what you get out of it, etc.
I personally like LinkedIn for the fact that it tends to serve up opportunities I never would have conceived or strategised for myself, as well as being a strong source of signal for the world of business.
One thing I am sure of from conversations and observation over the last few weeks is that people can have polar opposite experiences of the same platform - in part due to the algorithm and in part due to how capable they make themselves at using it.
That’s not to say it’s necessary or even worthwhile - that depends on your goals.
I don’t think it’s about my goals in this case. I can reach my goals without it. It’s more about the need it doesn’t fulfill and the values I have that aren’t met. At the top of my value list is freedom, and I feel LinkedIn limits me and restrains me. It’s outdated and doesn’t serve modern careers.
In addition to that, LinkedIn has become a place of no-value content and nothing frustrates me more than someone wasting my time with a post I actually thought would go somewhere and end up being so ridiculous (and many more words I’d like to use but won’t). I hate Facebook, left it 15 years ago, and this platform has turned into it.
LinkedIn is a good platform for business, but it’s also a place where every person seems to be a big deal ;p.
I will have a decision soon, but not in a hurry as I don’t really use it much anyway. For those who find value there, keep going! I’m sure many do find business there.
LinkedIn says, “This is me,” when in reality I am a multidimensional person you cannot box in.
Careers used to look like one path, but today we have careers, side businesses, and multiple interests (even if they are all professional), this is expanding still. Adding them all makes things confusing because you can only be one thing. Plus, you are not allowed to create several profiles.
You can’t explore another career path if your online profile is focused on one path while the CV you send says something different. (plus the above)
Today, I consider the world my market. I am an international child and may want to move, but LinkedIn (don’t let it fool you just because it’s online) restricts even this. You don’t appear in other markets beyond your local one, even if your profile has a different location. The algorithm keeps me in my local area, and knows where I am, and I appear in searches for those local companies, which aren’t relevant to me. How do I get out? Of course it’s possible, but it usually means working against how the platform is designed, which makes it much harder. So therefore doesn't support me.
Once you have a colleague in your contacts, you will appear on other colleagues’ feeds, and they will appear on yours when your mutual contact interacts, whether you like it or not. (I have clicked “Not interested in this author” so many times; it’s a never-ending story.) I am forever tied to a something.
I could go on with this list, but I think I’ve made my point. And hope this gives you some clarity to the stuggles, if that helps in anything you're working on :)
I think he is fully present in the experience of creating and sharing his adventures. That may at times not make him fully present in the adventure itself, but it seems he is truly fulfilled and fully immersed in the high sensory experienced he has chosen to pursue. Have a watch and see what you think.
And yes, I am experimenting with building out solutions for content creators, I'll share more as I progress!
I'm very intrigued by the LinkedIn exit strategy - what is it?
But that strategy seems to have some holes. So I’m still in thinking stage. Do I need it for something I’m missing? To what purpose? What can I exchange it for IF it fills a great purpose? (My own website? A place here?)
How do I keep my network (those I want to keep)?
It’s the last one that’s tricky I would say. But gone, it will be!
You were very close to having that again if I recall, and we missed your account and posts.
I think it starts with knowing what you'd truly like to do for a living, and build on that, without expecting to be fully in your moment. It may seem like Liam Brown is fully present, but I can guarantee you that if he brought a camera to create content, he's not fully present. Regardless, it can still be fulfilling and fun.
But I'm wondering, are you working on a full automation solution for content creators? Because that too could bring you the life you desire. Working on your laptop allows you, on your free time, to dedicate your life to the activities you love. Maybe take that walk to nowhere, without having to record any of it at all ;).
Last thing, just leaving this here: I am planning my exit strategy for Linkedin.
I think it’s a great platform for professional and entrepreneurial opportunity creation and capture as well as problem space immersion fundamentally.
You can’t replicate the network effects with your own website and Substack is primarily a platform for creatives, not the whole business/industry stack/ecosystem.
What I would suggest caution with, in regard to getting rid of it as a black and white goal, is assuming that you can account for all the ways in which it might be useful to you in the future - either as a product of time having passed and the emergence of new goals in your life, or the development of new skills or tools or platforms dynamics that fundamentally change your relationship with the platform - how you use it, how you feel about it, what you get out of it, etc.
I personally like LinkedIn for the fact that it tends to serve up opportunities I never would have conceived or strategised for myself, as well as being a strong source of signal for the world of business.
One thing I am sure of from conversations and observation over the last few weeks is that people can have polar opposite experiences of the same platform - in part due to the algorithm and in part due to how capable they make themselves at using it.
That’s not to say it’s necessary or even worthwhile - that depends on your goals.
What are they?
I don’t think it’s about my goals in this case. I can reach my goals without it. It’s more about the need it doesn’t fulfill and the values I have that aren’t met. At the top of my value list is freedom, and I feel LinkedIn limits me and restrains me. It’s outdated and doesn’t serve modern careers.
In addition to that, LinkedIn has become a place of no-value content and nothing frustrates me more than someone wasting my time with a post I actually thought would go somewhere and end up being so ridiculous (and many more words I’d like to use but won’t). I hate Facebook, left it 15 years ago, and this platform has turned into it.
LinkedIn is a good platform for business, but it’s also a place where every person seems to be a big deal ;p.
I will have a decision soon, but not in a hurry as I don’t really use it much anyway. For those who find value there, keep going! I’m sure many do find business there.
I hear you. What needs doesn’t it fulfil and in what ways does LinkedIn limit your freedom?
LinkedIn says, “This is me,” when in reality I am a multidimensional person you cannot box in.
Careers used to look like one path, but today we have careers, side businesses, and multiple interests (even if they are all professional), this is expanding still. Adding them all makes things confusing because you can only be one thing. Plus, you are not allowed to create several profiles.
You can’t explore another career path if your online profile is focused on one path while the CV you send says something different. (plus the above)
Today, I consider the world my market. I am an international child and may want to move, but LinkedIn (don’t let it fool you just because it’s online) restricts even this. You don’t appear in other markets beyond your local one, even if your profile has a different location. The algorithm keeps me in my local area, and knows where I am, and I appear in searches for those local companies, which aren’t relevant to me. How do I get out? Of course it’s possible, but it usually means working against how the platform is designed, which makes it much harder. So therefore doesn't support me.
Once you have a colleague in your contacts, you will appear on other colleagues’ feeds, and they will appear on yours when your mutual contact interacts, whether you like it or not. (I have clicked “Not interested in this author” so many times; it’s a never-ending story.) I am forever tied to a something.
I could go on with this list, but I think I’ve made my point. And hope this gives you some clarity to the stuggles, if that helps in anything you're working on :)
Yes, thank you 🙏🏼
I think he is fully present in the experience of creating and sharing his adventures. That may at times not make him fully present in the adventure itself, but it seems he is truly fulfilled and fully immersed in the high sensory experienced he has chosen to pursue. Have a watch and see what you think.
And yes, I am experimenting with building out solutions for content creators, I'll share more as I progress!
I'm very intrigued by the LinkedIn exit strategy - what is it?
I would like it to be: delete and never look back
But that strategy seems to have some holes. So I’m still in thinking stage. Do I need it for something I’m missing? To what purpose? What can I exchange it for IF it fills a great purpose? (My own website? A place here?)
How do I keep my network (those I want to keep)?
It’s the last one that’s tricky I would say. But gone, it will be!