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The Futur with Chris Do

339 - The Truth About Niching Down - With Chris Do

The Futur with Chris Do

The Futur

Design, Self-improvement, Education, Business, Marketing, Arts

5976 Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, I challenge the common belief that you need to niche down to succeed. Many creatives look at artists like Post Malone, who seamlessly transitions across genres, and assume they can do the same. But the reality is, these people mastered one thing before expanding. I discuss why copying someone’s success without understanding their journey is a mistake and why intentional practice and depth of knowledge are key. We explore the concept of the T-shaped skill set, the risks of diversifying too soon, and how social media growth favors consistency. If you’ve ever struggled with whether to specialize or go broad, this episode is for you.

Timestamps:

(00:00) - The problem with copying success

(00:39) - Post Malone’s career evolution

(02:12) - Why success leaves clues

(03:35) - Finding your starting point

(04:17) - The power of deep expertise

(05:00) - Social media and consistency

(06:15) - The restaurant analogy for niching

(07:01) - Outro and call to action

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Transcript

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0:00.0

The mistake would be to copy someone's ending when you're not studying their beginning because you're at the beginning.

0:19.7

Again, this monster rears its ugly head, should I need, shouldn't I?

0:24.1

Aren't there more examples of super hyper-successful people who aren't locked into a niche

0:28.9

that are doing really well and why are you, Chris, telling us we need to niche down?

0:33.2

Let's take, for example, Post Malone.

0:35.7

He's had a really interesting career arc and who knows where he's going to go next.

0:40.0

He first started out with rock, which I didn't even know about, and then he went into hip-hop,

0:44.6

and now he's doing country and he's dominating every category.

0:47.6

This man, this creative human being, has such versatility and a breadth of work and styles

0:53.0

that we kind of admire it and we see it

0:55.5

for like this ability to blend so many different things. The mistake that you would make is

1:02.4

you're not Post Malone. You're not the weekend. You're not 21 pilots. You can't be jumping

1:08.7

genres and mixing things up. And if you are, you won't be watching this channel because you're already rich and famous

1:13.8

and you have all the options in the world.

1:17.0

That was just a joke, by the way.

1:18.4

The mistake that most people make is they copy someone's ending versus their beginning.

1:24.2

Just let that sink in.

1:26.4

There's a long period of time when post Malone or the

1:30.1

weekend are doing their thing before anyone even hears about them. They could be in a basement,

1:35.4

working on some music, playing or DJing for a wedding or a birthday party. We don't know. So they

1:42.1

put in all this time and they start to refine their craft.

1:44.8

We only become aware of them when they become famous. And depending on where you're on the adoption

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