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Marko Schmitt's avatar

“I’m a big dumb meathead who fell in love with deep ideas.”

Dan, you are an inspiration to all of us who a grappling with the great ideas and using writing to help us find our way.

Jimmy Lemon's avatar

Saving this to come back to later and spend some more time with your thoughts. I’m on a 100 day writing challenge, so I appreciate the perspective.

https://jimmylemon.com/p/100-day-challenge-10-update

Jan Pocai's avatar

You are actually a force of nature.

It seems like you have singlehandedly redefined the long form article writing

And there is a growing tribe of successful creators inspired by those writings

Absolute boss

TOMMY's avatar

Really enjoed reading this piece.

I think pattern recognition is such an underrated meta skill. Its useful in almost everythinh. And it helps build broader perspectives.

Tahnee Woolf's avatar

On behalf of all original-thinking, niche-busting soccer moms in their 40s everywhere, thanks for this epic article. 😉

WYLLW's avatar

I love your point on not having to pick a niche. I find it helpful as creator who is starting out to just write about ideas that I find interesting and give my own perspective on the topic. I find it important to appeal to the audience and have a balance of being an artist as well as running a business. Otherwise, my message wouldn't get out there.