A high income doesn't automatically make you wealthy.
If your spending rises every time your income rises, you're just running faster on the same treadmill.
If you're trying to make money online, stop collecting skills nobody is asking for.
Find a problem.
Find someone willing to pay to solve it.
Then learn the skill.
Over 220 former startup unicorns lost their billion-dollar status this year.
Companies that last raised money before ChatGPT existed are down 68% in value, on average.
The AI boom didn't lift every AI-adjacent company. It just moved the money.
Red Bull barely talks about energy drinks.
They show you people doing insane things.
The product becomes part of the story.
That's attention through association.
The internet doesn't reward originality as much as people think.
It rewards recognition with a twist.
That's why a familiar idea can outperform a brilliant one nobody understands.
@garyvee Comparison isn't necessarily insecurity. Sometimes it's useful information about what you want just don't let it become the thing driving your life.