Building a personal brand in 2026 is idiotic.
This is the era of the necked bearded one man AI empire, ran from mothers basement.
The age of the no-face creative introvert.
No sun. No human interaction. No dancing for likes.
Just a chat interface and a dream.
this girl might be a fucking genius
she built a relationship page around the same couple photo on every post, posts simple "rules we made after a fight" slideshows and then plugs an AI advice app on the last slide
no face
no filming
no audience needed
just:
-> one stock couple pic
-> relatable relationship content
-> same slideshow format every post
-> app plug as a "bonus tip"
the page only has 524 followers and it's already at 343k+ likes, top post did 1.7M views
she basically turned one beach photo into a full app distribution channel
this is the kind of slideshow use case i find way more interesting than random AI slop
Whenever you get worried about not achieving your goals just remember there’s plenty of room at the top because the majority of people are just whiny, overweight in debt, little bitches. You’ll blow past them so fast it’ll be like they’re standing still (because they are).
Nightmare Mode Protocol –– my notes
30-60 day sprint: Complete deprivation of stimulants
The Idea:
- The brain has no context on the source of dopamine and whether or not its beneficial for you. It doesn’t care where it’s coming form, it just knows it feels good
- When the brain receives a lot of dopamine from a certain activity, it craves more of it and loses interest in everything else (no matter how important it is even if that thing is important for basic survival)
- You can reset the standard and direct what it finds pleasurable by depriving yourself of other stimuli
Allowed downtime activities:
(1) do nothing (2) consume books (3) consume relevant content or documentaries (4) workout (5) meditate (6) make healthy stuff to eat (7) self/care grooming (8) clean room to reasonable degree, not OCD (9) Quick meetings / dinners / lunches with people I can connect with (10) listen to music but limit it to specific time, because its a strong source of dopamine for me as well (11) Time with animal
Personal Notes:
The only thing that will move you forward during this season is pure work and focus to get good at what you’re doing.
Eliminate EVERYTHING that interferes with your dopamine levels for a 60 day sprint, let the only outlet you have for satisfaction be your personal growth and work — naturally become obsessed with work
This is especially important in these early stages, where the work produces very little dopamine. You’re in the early stages of learning and need to brute through the work to suck less and less until you’re good enough for the work become rewarding. Then it will become very rewarding. Rewarding enough to allow space for other pleasurable things like watching movies/shows, having social media, or dating life and still be able to keep behaviors it in check.
Productivity stimulants like caffeine and nicotine are acceptable. Occasional indulgence in a sweet dessert for dinner is also acceptable but def minimizing sugar throughout the day knowing my body is going to reach for anything it can during this time to get a hit.
@marclamonthill@OfficiallyIce Can we please dedicate a segment on patreon where dumb and dumber (Newark couch) have to do research PRIOR to the podcast to make a case for their conspiracies and not just give low iq one sentence rebuttals with zero basis???
@jforjacob@10figsorgay@OceanNiro@30GotNext He can't. The anti Messi crowd are now resorting to conspiracy theories because the goat debate is dead and fucking buried.
Refs got it right yesterday...end of