Morning Message #19

On work and seeking joy through it

I'm often asked how to find work in crypto. Not sure why since I don't have a full-time job in the space, but I do somehow make things work. I've failed at nearly all of these at some point. You learn from these mistakes and correct them.

Marketing yourself does nothing if the below are broken.

Reasons you might be treading water:
‣ Not networking enough
‣ Underutilization of people who actually like you
‣ Clear lack of experience
‣ Creating a niche for yourself without putting in the work
‣ Not showing your work through content
‣ Not building case studies for yourself
‣ Sitting on the sidelines - benching yourself will obv hurt
‣ Too little focus on building a single skill
‣ Stretching yourself too thin between many fragmented skills
‣ Misunderstanding how the space (and its people) works
‣ Not enough shots on goal
‣ You overbooked yourself and people can see it

More 🌶️ reasons:
‣ Not going to enough IRL events
‣ Not a member of the right (for you) communities
‣ You chose the wrong focus
‣ Scarcity mindset/limiting beliefs