That’s right—follow-up Friday episodes are back!
I wanted to talk about something that crossed my mind after this week’s conversation with Ali Abdaal. And this is a result of “competition.”
When you start to build a business and do competitive research, you come across people who are already doing amazing things in the space. You come across people who are amazing writers. You come across people who write just the most beautiful emails in the world. You come across people, like Ali, who have incredible storytelling capabilities and who have the ability to create very professional videos. And you always wonder to yourself, “Man, why can’t I do it like them?”
And sometimes you’ll try to do it like them—but that’s almost never the right choice. You’ve got to check yourself before you wreck yourself, and that’s what I want to talk about today.
You’ll Learn
- Why I got a little jealous of Ali’s YouTube success (despite having my own popular channel)
- The author whose books I tried to mimic when I was writing Will It Fly?—and why that was a bad idea
- Why you need to figure out what makes you special, and then lean into it
- How to ask your audience for the input you need to tap into your superpowers
