AfzalNFT: Not For Trade
NFT might die as a trade but will live as a tech. Recently Rolling Stone published an article about how NFTs are dead sparking a debate, so I thought this might be the right time to write about a topic that I wanted to talk about for some time which is how the majority of the people who aren’t from the NFT space have this perception about NFT which is not very much true. To be literal an NFT stands for Non-Fungible Token and the definition is: A non-fungible token (NFT) is a unique digital id...
AfzalExcellence - Technical vs Creative
Technical excellence executes. Creative excellence experiments.There are two distinct forms of excellence: Technical and Creative.Technical excellence pertains to mastery of tools and techniques.Creative excellence involves harnessing creativity and intuition.Most tend to excel in either one, but only a few shine in both. Technical excellence plays a vital role in executing brilliant ideas, whereas creative excellence is essential in conceiving these ideas. The two forms of excellence are int...
AfzalGrowth - Random vs Compound
What people call success is sometimes randomness and often times a compound of failures.There are two types of growth, one that lasts and the other that fades. Compound is the one that lasts and random is the one that fades. If we zoom out the whole world is nothing but randomness and probability. So what exactly is the random vs compound growth I’m talking about? To dig further let’s proceed with a vague example: There are two businessmen in the same business, Businessman A has been in the b...
Designer.
AfzalNFT: Not For Trade
NFT might die as a trade but will live as a tech. Recently Rolling Stone published an article about how NFTs are dead sparking a debate, so I thought this might be the right time to write about a topic that I wanted to talk about for some time which is how the majority of the people who aren’t from the NFT space have this perception about NFT which is not very much true. To be literal an NFT stands for Non-Fungible Token and the definition is: A non-fungible token (NFT) is a unique digital id...
AfzalExcellence - Technical vs Creative
Technical excellence executes. Creative excellence experiments.There are two distinct forms of excellence: Technical and Creative.Technical excellence pertains to mastery of tools and techniques.Creative excellence involves harnessing creativity and intuition.Most tend to excel in either one, but only a few shine in both. Technical excellence plays a vital role in executing brilliant ideas, whereas creative excellence is essential in conceiving these ideas. The two forms of excellence are int...
AfzalGrowth - Random vs Compound
What people call success is sometimes randomness and often times a compound of failures.There are two types of growth, one that lasts and the other that fades. Compound is the one that lasts and random is the one that fades. If we zoom out the whole world is nothing but randomness and probability. So what exactly is the random vs compound growth I’m talking about? To dig further let’s proceed with a vague example: There are two businessmen in the same business, Businessman A has been in the b...
Designer.
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In creative domains, all that matters is what you create(Output), not how much time you took or what tools you used(Input).
People really admire tough hustlers who are always working and for whom life is all about hardworking and there’s clearly nothing wrong with hardworking. Productivity, grind, and hustle are very glorified nowadays, but do they really make you successful? The answer may vary but in creative domains, the answer is no, in creative domains what makes you successful is what you create(output), not how much time it took you to create, or what tools you used(input).
Naval Ravikant talks about this input-output hypothesis which basically says that the output is not same for everyone even if the input is same, for example, a construction worker’s reward for working 2 hours will not be the same as an engineer working for 2 hours. You won’t get rich renting out your time, to become wealthy seek work that is tracked by outputs and is judgement-driven.
Even if you are in a creative domain but are employed or freelancing you might yet again be trapped in the input trap because most of the creative industry pay for hours or productivity and not for what you are creating, no matter what domain you belong to you can rarely escape the input trap by being employed or freelancing, to escape the input trap you need to build your own craft and audience to whom the only thing that matters is your output. One other way to put it would be if you are a creative you should be judged by your creativity, not by productivity.
Thank you!
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In creative domains, all that matters is what you create(Output), not how much time you took or what tools you used(Input).
People really admire tough hustlers who are always working and for whom life is all about hardworking and there’s clearly nothing wrong with hardworking. Productivity, grind, and hustle are very glorified nowadays, but do they really make you successful? The answer may vary but in creative domains, the answer is no, in creative domains what makes you successful is what you create(output), not how much time it took you to create, or what tools you used(input).
Naval Ravikant talks about this input-output hypothesis which basically says that the output is not same for everyone even if the input is same, for example, a construction worker’s reward for working 2 hours will not be the same as an engineer working for 2 hours. You won’t get rich renting out your time, to become wealthy seek work that is tracked by outputs and is judgement-driven.
Even if you are in a creative domain but are employed or freelancing you might yet again be trapped in the input trap because most of the creative industry pay for hours or productivity and not for what you are creating, no matter what domain you belong to you can rarely escape the input trap by being employed or freelancing, to escape the input trap you need to build your own craft and audience to whom the only thing that matters is your output. One other way to put it would be if you are a creative you should be judged by your creativity, not by productivity.
Thank you!
View on web | Substack | 𝕏 | Instagram | LinkedIn
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