Stop Chasing Followers: Why Real Influence Comes from Mastery

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Chase Jarvis

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4.8 • 641 Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2024

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, I break down why chasing followers is a dead end and why the real path to influence lies in mastering your craft. Let's cut through the noise and focus on what truly matters in creative careers—producing meaningful work that resonates. Drawing insights from Robert Greene's "Mastery" and Austin Kleon's "Show Your Work!", we explore how a commitment to excellence and consistency can naturally build genuine influence.

Some highlights we explore:

The pitfalls of fixating on follower count
How mastery leads to unique insights and lasting influence
The importance of visibility and sharing your work
Practical steps to shift focus from followers to mastery

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey, I got a favorite ask.
0:05.0	I think you could stop chasing followers
0:08.0	for the sake of followers.
0:09.0	You know where the real influence comes from?
0:12.0	It comes from mastery.
0:13.0	It comes from mastering a craft
0:16.0	and then building a community around that craft,
0:19.0	not in chasing empty numbers.
0:22.6	Got to cut through that noise for a second, right?
0:24.1	The term influencer gets tossed around.
0:26.2	It's so strange, I feel like it gets tossed around.
0:32.2	And you'd think that amassing a huge following is the only path to success and creative careers.
0:34.6	But is that really the thing that we're chasing?
0:38.6	Or are we chasing being excellent at something, sharing our values art with the world and building a community around our art and what we want to be and
0:44.4	or become in the world the journey right you know i've been in this game for quite a long time and i can
0:49.0	tell you with absolute certainty that fixating on influence for the sake of influence is an absolute dead end.
0:55.8	It boggles me that people desire to become an influencer in anything.
1:01.0	Just, Mama, please make me popular.
1:03.3	Now, I think the real goal is creating meaningful work that connects with others such that you can connect with them.
1:09.8	This is about connection, right?
1:11.6	That's the goal.
1:13.6	Friends, I could not be more excited to share today that plunge.com.
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