Hey There.So today, I want to talk about value. I don't know where this essay will take us, but let's see what that brain of mine spits out this time.Ever since I started participating more seriously in the Creator Economy, OK Creator hobby, since I haven't made any money, I've been wondering what it means:Keep providing value, and things will pay off in the distant future.OK, so grinding. But what is value? Cash? Free blog posts? Sharing knowledge for free? On Twitter, some say that value isn't sharing links to your blog posts, ...When you ask people what value is, they shrug with their shoulders or avoid the answer altogether. Some will say: Value is what readers find helpful. But is it really?Isn't value something subjective? What's valuable to me might not be valuable to you and vice versa.I could go on and on and spin in circles, but if you ask me what providing value in the Creator Economy is:I don't have a clue what you're talking about.And I've been writing online for almost two years now. Pretty consistently. We are way past 200+ posts. Does my writing provide value? Some pieces, yes. But each essay, blog post offers a different kind of value to each reader.So if the value is something highly personal, how do you know you are providing value as a writer? Unless readers write to you: Oh gosh, this was really good, I'm in a similar situation myself, and this writing really helped me. That's a clear indication that they got value out of my writing. But again, what one reader got out of the piece is not equal to what the others did.I've you are a business selling seeds to farmers the value you provide is straightforward: We sell you seeds so you can grow up your own food & sell it for a higher price.But in the online writing/Audio/Video, ... making the concept of value is murkier. I have no clue what kind of value the Life Experiment newsletter brings to the readers. Yet, for whatever reason, more and more people are reading it.So maybe I don't know what value is because I'm lacking feedback from my readers? Could be.Or maybe the value in the weekly Life Experiment newsletter is me cleaning my head every Monday evening and dumping my thoughts on you pour reader. (That's clear value for me 😂 )Also, the concept of value isn't something that's "constant" in time. It changes with time. Value depends on the context of our lives. If you are not on Social Media, you don't care about fancy software that allows you to schedule Tweets. Or, at some point, you stop using Twitter all along and decide that such software provides no value to you anymore.So talking about providing value to me makes no sense. So what if we flip the statement from:Provide value over and over again until word spreads around the world.To:Be consistently interesting enough that people will want to read and consume your work.That's something I can put my name under. For now 🙂
🔬 Weekly experiment 21, 2021
If there's anything you walk away with from this issue is: Questions all assumptions/statements others make. Look upon the world with your own personal lens. Be open-minded.But also ask yourself:
What does value mean to you?
How are you providing value to others, to this world, to your relatives?
As with everything, there are no wrong answers.
Stuff that's better than YouTube or whatever else you consume.
We've got a few essays, threads, and conversations again:
Oh, and there's this new page design on the Digital Brain tab. Yes, more rabbit holes are coming up soon, can't wait for you to get lost in them 😉Don't worry. I copy-pasted the above design from another web page. As all good developers do 😉Don't forget to experiment and cheers till the next experiment.ZigaP.S. Sharing is caring, so forward this newsletter to at least two friends. The friend who subscribes to the newsletter after you forwarded it to them has to send you a bag of gummy bears in return. Plus, send pics, or it didn't happen 😉
