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Influencer or MASTER ?

What must ultimately motivate you is the work itself and the process. Public attention is actually a nuisance and a distraction. – Mastery

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Nov 28, 2025
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Ever noticed how the loudest people on social media produce the least actual work?

Because they’re addicted to the wrong drug: validation. They’ve made applause the goal instead of mastery, and once you do that, you’re cooked.

Most people treat their work like a performance. They’re not building skills or creating value. they’re fishing for likes, retweet…

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