38 Weeks to Get Rich
Welcome to the “38 Weeks to Get Rich”, where each week we’ll break down a section from Naval’s iconic tweetstorm and interviews on the topics of wealth, freedom, money, status, and happiness.
The full PDF is available here.
What follows is my summary & key takeaways to help you digest the 127 page document.
Week 9: The Internet Has Massively Broadened Career Possibilities
The Internet has massively broadened the possible space of careers, by allowing you to scale any niche obsession.
The fundamental property of the internet is that it connects everyone.
And that is a superpower. Nothing has existed (outside of the internet) that will let you connect with some many people. Whether it’s email, twitter, webpage, etc. you can connect with billions of people.
The internet allows you to scale any niche obsession.
It could be like people who collect snakes, to like people who like to ride hot air balloons, or someone who’s obsessed with miniature cooking. Before the internet, there may not have been anyone in your town that shared that same interest. But with the internet, you can instantly share thoughts, pictures, and videos with people that have your same passions; regardless of physical location.
Location no longer dictates your job.
50 years ago, if you grew up in a small fishing village, or in a town with one manufacturing plant, you and most the people you lived with did that thing for work. The small town didn’t really care that you had a completely unique and somewhat obscure skillset. You had to confirm to the few jobs that were available to you. But today you can be completely unique.
You can go out on the internet, and you can find your audience. A audience that would have never existed in your small town. And you can build a business, and create a product, and build wealth, and make people happy just uniquely expressing yourself through the internet.
Escape competition through authenticity.
The internet enables any niche interest. And the great news is because every human is different, everyone is the best at being themselves.
Basically, when you’re competing with people it’s because you’re copying them. It’s because you’re trying to do the same thing. But every human is different. Don’t copy.
And so the more authentic you are to who you are, and what you love to do, the less competition you’re gonna have.
Normally that would have been useless advice pre-internet.
Post-internet you can turn that into a career.
Next week we’ll cover chapter 10, and discuss the importance of Playing Long-term Games With Long-term People.
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