An Incredible Quote from Naval Ravikant
Andrew Hitz
The following is an excerpt from TEM253:
Here's this week's quote. Four words and it is powerful. This is from Naval Ravikant and it is:
"Escape competition through authenticity."
That is brilliant. The number of times in my life where I've said this much in only four words is exactly zero.
The only way to escape competition is to not be fungible or interchangeable. And the only way to not be fungible is to be yourself. That's the only thing you've got over the rest of the world and the only thing that I've got over the rest of the world is that I'm me. Double down on whatever it is that makes you, you.
That's what being authentic means.
But keep in mind that as soon as you have the courage to be authentic, people will come for you. There will be downvotes on YouTube and 1-star ratings on Apple Podcasts and replies to your tweets questioning why you had the audacity to think that anyone else needed to hear those thoughts.
This is because people who are authentic and true to themselves and have the courage to actually show that to other people are a direct threat to people who don't have that courage. So know this is coming, but also keep in mind that it is truly the only way to escape competition and to get traction in the music business and in the world in general.
So as Seth Godin likes to say, go make a ruckus.
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