Naval Podcast: The Internet Has Massively Broadened Career Possibilities
The fundamental property of the Internet is it connects every human to each other human on the planet. You can now reach everyone. Whether it’s by emailing them personally, broadcasting to them on Twitter, etc. It connects everybody. That is its superpower.
The Internet means that you can find your audience for your product or your skill. No matter how far away they are.
The Internet allows whatever niche obsession you have to scale.
If you just want to reach 50,000 passionate people like you – there is an audience out there for you.
Each person can be creatively superb at their own, unique thing.
The Internet enables any niche interest - as long as you are the best at it - to scale out. The great news is because every human is different, everyone is the best at something: being themselves.
Escape competition through authenticity. Don’t copy. Don’t imitate. Just do your own thing. No one can compete with you on being you. The more authentic you are, the less competition you’ll have.
There are no substitutes for people. People are completely unique.