trust is the moat belief is how you create trust and the best storytellers are those who are able to create the most belief being a good storyteller is the most important skill you can have / work on / leverage rn, and i believe this really strongly

back to break, sorry this thought came up on my walk hope everyone is well. this market too shall pass (not related to op ofc)

got asked this the other day, but if i was younger again (im an unc) i would triple my focus rn on: - ai video creation & art - video editing - content creation (not slop, but as you're building something just showcase the process. share thoughts, etc) - writing (big, write a lot, and in your authentic voice) - poetry (think this is a nuanced one but it helps you take one thing, and convey different meaning into it. being good at poetry is like S tier storytelling)

think a16z is pretty midcurve but their recent pod with balaji was good in the value of the founding creator & founding engineer to me, the storyteller is more important (and valuable) in role than the founding engineer. so there's high leverage in devoting your time to this

if you have time to scroll on your phone, you have time to create things and improve