💵 I'm not solely a content creator - are you?

I recently read this email from Eddy Quan (@waronweakness)…because I enjoyed it so much, I’ve copied and pasted it below for you to read.

Let me know if you agree with his take or not - would love to hear your thoughts on this one.

Something no guru will ever tell you:

​

Being a content creator is worse than having a full time job where you clock in at 9am and clock out at 5pm.

​

It’s an all the time job where you clock in the minute you wake up and clock out the minute you fall asleep.

​

You see… when you have a regular job, you have a human boss.

​

And just like every other human, this person isn’t grinding all the time.

​

He spends time with his family, he sleeps, he takes vacations and so on which means he doesn’t have the luxury to be at your neck every minute of every day.

​

But when you’re a content creator? Your boss is literally a robot that never takes a break.

​

Creators call this robot the algorithm.

​

This is why I’ve stopped identifying myself as a content creator. Yes… I need to create content in order to grow my business but my end mission is not to become a “content creator”.

​

The problem with a lot of these gurus who sell you the dream of being a creator is they fail to tell you the reality of what involves….

​

It means you need to be CONSTANTLY putting out content in order to gain and maintain the attention of the masses.

​

This is why a lot of the creators you look up to….. The ones who have several hundreds thousands of followers if not millions…..

​

Are really just monkeys who work a robot that never sleeps.

​

So since it’s Sunday, here’s the question I recommend you ask yourself:

​

“Is this the kind of lifestyle I really want?”

​

In other words…

​

Do you really want to build yourself a lifestyle where you can never take a break from the algo?

​

One that requires you to dance in front of an audience like a literal monkey in order to squeeze out every second of attention that remains in the creator economy?

​

I dunno about you but that sounds like fame and celebrity….

​

Both of which are things I’ve never ever wanted. Not even for my worst enemy.

​

No.

​

I got into this game for freedom. I got into this game to build a business that allows me to work to live and NOT

Live to work.

​

I look at a lot of these big time content creators and all I see are lost souls who are desperate to throw their phone into the ocean and never have to create another piece of content again.

​

Anyway, bit of a ramble today.

​

My mission from here on out is to show you how to break free. Not just break free from your 9-5 but from the algorithm that never sleeps.

​

And that means showing you how to be a cash maker who creates a little bit of content rather than a content creator who can’t take a break.

​

Your man

Eddy “content creator is overrated” Quan