It’s been a crazy week.
My dog got mauled at the park.
I woke up to my room being flooded from a burst pipe.
And I celebrate 4 wonderful years with my girlfriend Jen.
While I laid on my sponge of a bed, contemplating my next move, I couldn’t help but shrug my shoulders and say to myself…
“Well that’s life.” 🤷♂️
And then I picked up a mop.
It’s eventful times like these I remember this quote:
“There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen." -Vladimir Ilyich Lenin.
While Lenin is talking about the Russian revolution, it’s also very similar to being an online creator.
Sometimes you’ll have weeks where…
Nothing seems to happen.
Your work is barely recognized.
Everything feels stagnant.
—But you keep publishing. You keep posting. And you keep writing.
Until one day…
Suddenly, all your hard work explodes into virality.
Your work gets picked up by a large account.
People start sharing your writing.
Your inbox is inundated with replies.
Success!
It’s the classic “overnight success” story.
Except, there’s nothing ‘overnight’ about it.
Similar to how a leak slowly accumulated until it flooded my entire room…
Your consistent work as a creator is like a waterfall splitting a stone.
It’s not the power of the water that splits the stone in half, it’s the persistence over time.
Til’ next week,
Brian “Flooded” To
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The AI guide is slowly picking up steam and more folks on Twitter on finding out about it!
I updated my cover banner + pinned tweet!
It feels like it’s been nearly a year since I updated my cover banner. With this latest update I’m going to be focusing on refreshing my entire brand.
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