"How can I get my name out there as a ______?"
This is one of the most common questions people ask me. They want to know what social media network to sign up for or what event to go to. If they only did the right things, they think, their name would be "out there" and they could finally be something.
The answer to their question is deceptively simple, but never what they want to hear.
This is one of the most common questions people ask me. They want to know what social media network to sign up for or what event to go to. If they only did the right things, they think, their name would be "out there" and they could finally be something.
The answer to their question is deceptively simple, but never what they want to hear.
To get your name out there,
get yourself out there!
get yourself out there!
You want people to think of you as a writer/insurance agent/life coach/filmmaker/whatever? You have to actually be that thing. No one is knocking on doors to discover if someone is thinking about being somebody.
If you want to be a writer, write. If you want to be an insurance agent, talk to people about insurance. If you want to be a filmmaker, make some films. Then talk about it to everyone you know -- talk about the thing you actually did instead of the things you could do if only you had enough attention.
No one deserves an audience. It's a privilege. There's no magic bullet: you have to get out there to be out there.
If you want to be a writer, write. If you want to be an insurance agent, talk to people about insurance. If you want to be a filmmaker, make some films. Then talk about it to everyone you know -- talk about the thing you actually did instead of the things you could do if only you had enough attention.
No one deserves an audience. It's a privilege. There's no magic bullet: you have to get out there to be out there.
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