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Paul Musso, PhD's avatar

Any old rave clothes leftover in the warehouse? Haha. Awesome article man, thanks for publishing it.

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Madeline Owens's avatar

i LOVE LOVE LOVE this!!! a much needed read.

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Michael Kane's avatar

yea he's great

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Gareth K Thomas's avatar

“...people don't follow ideas, they follow people who share ideas.”

Loved this one, Dan. Thank you.

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hope isa nshuti's avatar

I feel elevated whenever I read your posts, they are life changing.

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SLART's avatar

I feel the same way

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Sam's avatar

Yo how do you make your art?

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William Meller's avatar

One thing I’ve learned is that your audience watches how you think, not just what you post. The people who grow are often just more comfortable showing how they wrestle with ideas out loud, instead of trying to sound like experts all the time.

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Su Terry's avatar

Good insight William!

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Afiq Sapuan's avatar

Never really thought about the 1-week timeline to create a digital product. I've built my educational email course in a week — This gives me an idea to record a 30-60 minute training on how to get this done.

Thanks a bunch, Dan!

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Prof. Tola's avatar

Thank you Dan. I am excited and looking forward to the personal brand challenge. I have two questions, does it matter if you use your name to build your personal brand or something that is not your name? Secondly, can launching a book club, a weekly book club + accountability group be a product? I love reading and sharing and I love building community and want to start a $10 monthly book club group that meet weekly. Thank you for your response in advance

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Jared Daniel's avatar

When you go to a concert, you are inspired and uplifted by the artist performing. Someone who is good at their craft, someone who has developed a high level of skill over years, and it's a thing of beauty to observe.

You're doing the same level of inspirational work with your writing, Dan.

Thanks.

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Prof. Tola's avatar

I concur

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SLART's avatar

I love your writing Dan, I’d love some help elevating my Art brand.

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SLART's avatar

Pull the other one fake Dan Koe

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Ashraf Muhammad's avatar

It is quite awesome

Thanks for writing it for us

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Freedom/ Future's avatar

Your story resonate a lot with me. Go dan koe.

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Nenad Milcanovic's avatar

Wow, this is fresh perspective on personal branding. So many interesting ideas in this article. Thanks!

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Laurie Marbas, MD, MBA's avatar

@DAN KOE FYI there is a fake account using your information and profile picture soliciting people. It is responding to comments on your new book post. I did report it to Substack.

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Justified Talks's avatar

This is breathtaking. As a new creator on Substack hoping to get my content creation skill together, I will say this really helped me bunch. Thank you for publishing this Dan

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Anwesha Chowdhury's avatar

Wow just wow. Fantastic writing!! The whole blog post resonated with me

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