Jason Leow

Recent tiny epiphany: I realised why I don’t have a hobby, why I didn’t seem to need one and it’s fine.

Because “business entertainment” - I get my entertainment from the game of business.

For me, it’s great fun. Fascinating, even. I listen, get inspired by the business ideas they share, and sometimes try it out on my own. I often create products like it’s a hobby, just for fun. If it goes viral, great! If not, I let it lapse. No pressure. I also explore business ideas, play with concepts and opportunities through my writing here, and have fun daydreaming. Fun is also why I keep making new products even though there’s already so many on hand.

I’m in it for the game.

All that sure sounds like a hobby, albeit an over-achiever sort.

But well, if it works, it works.

• Scheduled "Good morning" tweets till end of Aug
• RT and commented on other high follower accounts
• Scheduled 3rd tweets till end Aug based on good tweets I was inspired by today

• yet-to-launch official Seller Program by Carrd - you can start selling templates natively within Carrd. Finally! No need to hack together a mishmash of SaaS services (Gumroad, Flurly, Paypal) to sell templates...
• 10% commission by Carrd with every template purchase. Hmmm...is that considered high or low?
• Users click on a buy Carrd link, log in to their Carrd account, and then finish up the purchase from there to get instant access to the template. No more having to do it separately and manually add/transfer the template to the customer!

"There’s something about a physical artefact that lends more weight to the purpose you intended it for…An abstract intention actualised in a physical ritual, wrapped up with a sublime experience."

Because I too feel that with all my projects being digital, there’s a lack of tangible appreciation for it.

How I can create physical artefacts for my digital accomplishments:

• Print a custom notebook, t-shirt, stickers, pin buttons? - possible, but swags like t-shirts always becomes white elephants.
• Commission a medal/trophy? - effort needed, but if it can be like The Conqueror medals, will be awesome keepsakes!
• Start a Field Notes notebook or fancy journal for each of these projects - most feasible, can start today.
• Or follow @yongfook’s Moto Meter example on his open startup page and actually buy something I like/desire when I hit certain goals for each product!
What else can I do?

Add “…for now” to everything you say.

Instead of “I’m sad”, say “I’m sad…for now”.
Don’t say “I’m happy”, say “I’m happy…for now”.
Rather than “I’m rich”, say “I’m rich…for now”.

• cruises, attractions, musuems, public libraries
• bbq & campsite
• tour groups

Who’s having the most fun being themselves and get paid for it at the same time?

"You can escape competition through authenticity, when you realize that no one can compete with you on being you. That would have been useless advice pre-internet. Post-internet, you can turn that into a career." ~ @naval

If I am to be paid to be me, what would I do?

• Edited code, added new data
• Deployed new sandbox netlify site for staging sandbox to show clients
• Edited sandbox iframe in site to new netlify site

🔗 https://gist.github.com/ronaldsmartin/47f5239ab1834c47088e