I Am Building An Undeniable Body Of Work, Will You Follow My Lead?

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I have constantly heard stories about people who would toil away in what seemed like obscurity for years on end publishing work product and throwing it up onto message boards, social media platforms or personal websites to have a bank of work and I never truly grasped it purpose. Its why?

I am starting to see it in greater detail now.

This concept first came to me when I would watch videos by YouTube creators like Ali abdaal who would do year in review videos or videos of how much they made in a calender year.

It became apparent to me that as they broke down their income streams for the year there were of course income streams that they were putting significant time and attention into actively growing. IN contrast what suprised me most was the large proportion of his income coming from passive income sources that came from his back catalogue of work. The effort that he put in years prior still paying dividends regardless of his lack of attention to that material after he initially pressed publish.

Now obviously this should not have come to be a surprise for me on the basis that this is a business model that has occurred for decades. Take musicians likeFleetwood Mac that still makes million annually from their music that they recorded decades ago. Authors…