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I think the trait I most look out for in people is the ability to model people other than themselves Eg I personally hate calendars, routine, structure, etc but it’s not hard for me to imagine that someone might love it, thrive on it, the same way I love what I love
as a result I struggle to remember the last time I’ve been surprised by someone being different than me. Being 3sd deviant/outlier does make it easier to imagine other kinds of deviants. Even being left-handed helps, I think
Just asked wife “can you think of a time where I said ‘oh my god this person is so weird I don’t believe it” or ‘can you believe this person?’”. and she burst out laughing and said no. And she has an encyclopaedic memory of our past conversations
changing topics for a sec 10 years ago I posted some t-shirt ideas on Facebook for fun, like a dozen of these a bunch of people really liked them and asked to buy them so I got them made ended up selling thousands of tshirts idk why people say business is hard https://t.co/g1lzjsWgEu
I posted about having $1000 in savings at 16 (actually 17, got the year wrong) and multiple people thought this meant my parents were rich they were not; I made the money myself, organising concerts. it’s not that hard. idk man. just read and think and talk to loads of people https://t.co/WdUth2fTRO
anyway! our first gig was a great success! we booked a small-ish venue, called several other mid-tier bands that we liked and admired, charged a fair price, publicized it. I believe about 100 people turned up. I think I pocketed like $300 for it, which was amazing to 17yo Visa https://t.co/Vbh0T9V9c2
you don’t need startup capital for this sort of little thing if you’re willing to take the time to talk to people until you find people who’re willing to let you use their venue for free, or let you pay them afterwards, or will give you $ in preorders, etc