A creator shares why authenticity beats polished content. He sold his company and has no regrets, but the real advantage comes from posting your genuine stories, flaws, and regrets instead of chasing volume. Vulnerability works.
So I go to this event, My First Million, in Austin. It's like this podcast. And that day, the vibe in Austin was different. I just wanted to tweet about my story. And I sold my company. And arguably, yeah, I sold it for less than what I could have. But I told the story about how I didn't regret it because it opened up other opportunities. And it's just funny because that same night I went to this event and I met this guy, Sam Parr. I look up to him. He's like a G. And the guy's like, hey man, I follow you. I'm like, shit, really? Like, as if I didn't know. But anyway, and I read your story today about regretting to sell your company. I thought that was really cool. And I thought that was really cool that he told told me that. And sometimes I forget that in social media you don't want to be perfect all the time. There's a place and time for that, but it's better if you just tell your story. Because in a world where there's so much likes and so much volume, you're not going to beat people by volume and ChatGPT threads and creating more and more content. But you are going to beat people by authenticity and by showing who you actually are. So if you have a story, you regret something, you have flaws, that becomes your unfair advantage. And that is the one thing that you should keep and keep posting.
