One of the many questions that constantly tortures me is this one.

One of the many questions that constantly tortures me is this one.
“Why does a person who’s been yelling in the media space for two years about what an awesome specialist/businessman/manager he is, at the end of a career stage/startup try to sell courses/consulting?”

In my model of the world, which may well be wrong. There’s this thing called “market value” and the ability to keep moving forward. Why, being a founder or a top manager, would you then go and make a course?

What’s more, I notice one very simple thing: the faster a person is growing right now, the less time they have to reflect on that growth, because you just don’t have time. Most of the people I know who raised a $30M Series B aren’t writing hundreds of posts, aren’t selling courses, or teaching everyone around them how to do business.

From this I draw a simple conclusion:
- either you’re already so badass that you can just give out all the info for free
- if you suddenly start trying to monetize — something’s off, and you’ve got no other growth point
- you’ve made it as a professional and you don’t need anything else, zen

But this has gotten firmly lodged in my head: any initiative outside your pro track is a reason for you personally to stop and think: why the hell do you need it. The answer is often — money.