Eric Siu explains why staying relevant means constantly reinventing yourself. He points to The Rock and MrBeast as examples of people who evolved their careers, and notes his own podcast shifted toward longer conversations and news coverage to keep up.
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You have to keep reinventing yourself. So like when you look at The Rock, even in WWE Rock, there's so many versions of The Rock. I don't know if you watch this, but like he had an evolution in the WWE, right? Like first he started out, nobody liked him, and then he joined a group called The Nation, right? And then later he became like the corporate Rock where he joined like Vince McMahon. Then he actually went to Hollywood and became an actor. He owns like tequila brands now. And then now he's back in the WWE. He's constantly reinventing himself. That's why he stays relevant, right? MrBeast, like he's gone from spectacle videos, like short videos, quick cuts and everything, to not as many quick cuts. Now there's storytelling, now there's emotion, there's different formats. He's constantly reinventing Even in this podcast, we've reinvented it. We're having longer conversations now. We're talking about news, and we're going to have to continue to reinvent. Otherwise, people aren't going to listen anymore.