SpaceRuns 🛸👽🏃🏼‍♀️: Building During the Bear

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Today on #SpaceRuns*, I popped into @STB_radio "Building During the Bear," hosted by @mladek_eth + @flourish_firm. Here are 3 things I learned: 🧵 * 🛸👽🏃🏼‍♀️ = where I join Twitter Spaces while running + and curate top 3 takeaways without a notepad twitter.com/i/spaces/1yNGaNnrkNlJj?s=20,

1. Everyone is still figuring something out; but established folks are both better + bolder for doing it in public. - Should I rename my newsletter? - How many platforms is too many before you cannibalize your own quality? - Is this the right hook; or should I A/B test?

Take note. These are the most confident movers in the space. Those who open their process up to share are the most well-positioned to receive unexpected insights from unexpected places. PLUS, the vulnerability you expose to your community makes people want to help even MORE.

2. Find your why, and build a circle around it. We talked shop about motivation, dedication, and what it means to develop a habit. Whatever the underlying reason is that you run insane distances or host a #twitterspace every day, understand WHY you're in the game.

Next, you are the sum of your 5 closest people. Who you spend time with influences you to an immeasurable degree. Build a crew that not only supports, but advances you. If you are dedicated to a craft, find friends who are better than you. Chase. Fail. Embrace the suck. WIN.

3. To dox, or not to dox? LinkedIn, a native platform for a former corpie like me, is new to plenty in web3. Challenges include not only leveraging for traction, learning the lingo, etc. -- but also, do you use your "real" name, or online identity? Does it matter?

I felt this SO hard. Changing my handle from @Eva_Ducati (10 yrs in) to @kaylan_sliney was crushing. I had my reasons, but sad it was forced. I look forward to the day we can take web3 ethos into stodgy old places and say HEY. THIS IS US. JPEGs *are* identity, and this is mine.

Bonus commentary: - @davidgoggins continues to reign supreme (see, e.g., toooo much of my other content) - The best compliment I've ever received was on this Space: "If you were an NFT, I'd sweep the floor." MADE THE 10° RUN WORTH IT, Y'ALL. We out. ✌🏼

You can read the unrolled version of this thread here: typefully.com/Kaylan_Sliney/620fnfG