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@ Jake Woodhouse
2024-01-15 19:39:10Wow.
Mind blown.
Just last night I had the pleasure of speaking with Pablo for the first time.
After only a few minutes on the call, he’d had time to explain what he was already building, and why an article of mine had spurred him to reach out.
Love it.
This is the power of content.
This is the power of community.
This is the power of belief.
For 45 minutes we flew through a series of fascinating concepts, showing clearly that his insights are simply years ahead of anyone else I’ve spoken with yet, and leaving me more excited about the potential of Nostr than ever before.
What a ride this last few weeks have been.
So how have I reached this point?
My coach Mark Moss recently told me, that regardless of one’s choice of platform, there is no future without content.
I couldn’t agree more.
As he says, we’ve moved from a) “it’s not what you know, it’s who you know”, to another process of b) “who knows you?”
What had been holding my content flow back however, was this strange feeling of irrelevance.
Why bother putting all my energy into building a YouTube account, to one day be cancelled?
Do I really want to burn myself out responding to thousands of comments on Twitter, addicted to answering notifications?
Was sharing literally every single part of my day on Instagram, a strategy I actually enjoyed?
But along comes Nostr.
This feels different.
A key step no doubt was deciding to delete all my status quo social media apps.
Thank you Piriya for the inspiration.
This I couldn’t recommend more to people.
But then I started a new habit.
Get up before my kids, everyday, and scratch the creative itch I’d been feeling to write.
Feel into it.
Where does my meditative mind take me?
What thoughts are appropriate to expand on publicly?
How can I show the impact my mindset has had?
These articles this last week have been the creative output of this process.
I endeavour to continue.
Indeed, as we closed the call last night, I promised Pablo I would be happy to focus exclusively on posting content on the new client he is about to release.
Nostr is the uncensorable foundation.
This is what I had been looking for.
Here is a place I know that my creative output can never be taken away from me…
What a problem it solves!
Another important reflection, is not only had Pablo read an article of mine, he had also been tagged in a note I posted by another Nostr user.
I’d shared an idea about an uncensorable equivalent of Anchor to host podcast RSS feeds.
The tagger knew that Pablo had been working on something to solve that problem.
Bingo.
Having multiple eyeballs on a single idea is well worth it.
In fact, as I reflect on the meditation work I’ve been doing, this is an example of a thought I had had attracting into my life a person already solving that problem.
Fascinating.
This shows brilliantly why I like to think of content creation as akin to leaving digital breadcrumbs.
You just don’t know who might be watching.
Perhaps they’ll follow your trail…
Is there a possibility to build this product together?
For sure.
But let’s not get ahead of myself.
What’s the first step?
For me: content, content, content.
Use the product, continue to share my most prominent thoughts, and pave a way for other creators to see just how Nostr can be used to solve the platform risk problem.
Boom! What a start to the day writing this has been.
Frankly, if this doesn’t show you the power of content, community, and using our thoughts to manifest our future… Then I am sorry, I am not sure you’ll ever see it.
Until tomorrow!
Best, Jake
Ps - over the years I’ve been as bad as anyone at sitting around with ideas, procrastinating, and not putting into action what I can feel is a good concept. Really listen to your body. Home in on the most reoccurring thoughts that you have. I am fast realising that being more preceptive with myself, is not only a far superior internally-driven strategy setting process, but a skill that can be developed. Fun times ahead!