develop visible talent
Inspired by Daniel's Talent Without Visibility Is Useless and Nick's reply to it, Some Things Matter Even If No One Sees Them.
Visibility makes dreams come true. The more you build seen talent, the more likely valuable virality sticks. Compound that growth with like-minded peers, emerging creative partnerships and innovations that can realize your mutual moonshots.
Start by subverting your abdication of responsibility to external loci like social media platforms, algorithms, and more. Train yourself to treat failure as a learning incubator, along the lines of Visa's tweet:
the job of an artist is to feel and to fail. everything else is logistics
Venerate the personal change of creation by letting more people walk away full-handed because an algorithm picked you. Share what makes you feel alive with those who would feel as or more alive through it. How much more enlivening and imperfect can your invisible, unseen, and private talents be in public?
Balance public and private work, combining intrinsic value with external visibility. Maximize the latter alongside other factors: learning, expression, enjoyment, and self-exploration. Nobody is guaranteed tomorrow. Distribute your goods far and wide to reap the rewards while you're still alive.
Speaking of distribution, Visa's tweet seems apt:
making the product is easy (allegedly), solving for distribution is hard
So does dearli.so's reply to Visa:
distribution is just another word for relationships
you can build the perfect thing but if you can't connect with people who need it, does it matter?