The future belongs to people with digital street smarts.
Thinking of things like:
• Online writing
• Audience building
• Attracting top-tier talent online
•Using platforms like UpWork
• Sourcing and curating information
Avoid processed information like you avoid processed food.
Just as walking around the edges of a supermarket helps you find quality food, there are ways to source high-quality digital information.
There’s sourcing guidelines are a good start.
hive.blog/covid19/@transisto…
People with digital street smarts don’t just build skills.
They build leverage.
For example, knowing how to lead a team of software engineers is more profitable than writing all code yourself (even if learning to code makes you a better manager).
(h/t @CantHardyWait)
When you put something out consistently, for years, you start to build up serendipity. If you can just show up week after week it will grow and good things will happen.
(h/t @david_perell)
Groups of people don’t agree on what’s cool or interesting. They agree on what’s easy. That's why 'consensus' is just another way of saying 'average.'
Source - @david_perell's Friday Finds