It takes several years of repetitive effort to become truly comfortable and skilled at creating digital content.

“unless you're like a prodigy or like inherently good at a thing plan on it taking three to five to ten years before you feel comfortable”

Building a base of support and maintaining a daily grind is essential to creating future success.

“the base that we built silently and the time that we spent building that base is what allows us to make the plays that we make now that daily grind that vlogging that vining that building of your brand that at points was silent or unliked or or you know not respected as much as it could have been”

Designers should consider returning to individual contributor roles periodically to maintain deep skills and empathy as the field rapidly evolves.

“I think it's actually pretty hard to empathize if you are not working in that way or you're like not always like testing all the tools and trying stuff. But yeah, like it's it's an interesting time to be a designer and if I had not worked in this environment, I don't know if I would have totally und”

Employees can increase their earnings significantly by choosing to stay at their current job and diagnosing potential improvements rather than constantly switching companies.

“These days, I actually think that there is a real value you can have to increase your salary or overall pay by more like 25 to 50% if you stay and you diagnose as opposed to you skip and then you guess.”

Wrestlers should proactively learn all aspects of the production to ensure they can contribute effectively and avoid being unprepared.

“i wasn't waiting to be told exactly what I needed to do and i just thought to myself i bet the people at the top of the food chain in this industry who were all aspiring to be working with probably did this or someone smarten them up to it i was like i'm going to get ahead of this”

Job seekers should avoid focusing only on being an impressive candidate and instead prioritize understanding and filling the specific needs of the organization.

“some of the biggest mistakes that I see people make on on the job market is is very similar to what we were talking about with promotions is thinking is focusing on how can I be the most interesting, qualified, exciting candidate rather than thinking what does this organization need?”

To maximize compensation, you must treat your job search like an enterprise sales process by focusing on discovery, building champions, and solving the company's pain points.

“I would love for you to treat more of these like a sales conversation, right? You are an enterprise solution, a consulting solution that is several hundred,000 if not millions of dollars a year. If you were to sell that product into an organization, think enterprise B2B deals.”

LA Knight believes in the necessity of self-promotion and acting to create leverage to advance his career.

“so my thought was well damn if I can't get in this door because I was trying to knock on that door for so long if I can get big somewhere else and get noticed somewhere else maybe finally that'll be my key in”

Individuals should seek to replicate the proven strategies of successful people in their industry before attempting to innovate or iterate on their own methods.

“my first step is always to replicate before I iterate.”