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E128: Last night I went to the 2023 Forbes Top Creators List Launch. Most people who tried to come were turned away. Somehow, I was let in.

Here's what I learned and what it was like.

#creatoreconomy #creatorlessons #forbes #lessonslearned

Transcript:

Last night I went to a very special event. A very exclusive event. From, from your favorite publisher, Forbes. The event was called the Forbes Top Creators List Launch. I made it to this creator event. Somehow, somehow your boy made it. Somehow I made it. And I'm going to talk about what I learned at this event, what it was like.

I'm going to give all the details. I don't hold anything back. And then I'm going to answer the question at the very end of this podcast. I'm going to answer the question. Do you need events like this to be successful, to make it as a creator?

Episode 128 of the Edward show. Let's jump into it.

There were two big lessons. That stuck out to me at this event. Maybe three. Maybe three. Let's say three. Let's say three. Three big lessons that stuck out to me at this event. So, the first speakers were Drew Afualo, and Drea Okeke. I'm definitely mispronouncing their names. They're big creators. And hosts, podcast hosts.

I don't know who they are, but I know that they're big. They have tens of millions of followers each. They're making millions of dollars each. As creators, they said the number one most important thing was authenticity. I agree with that. That's something that I found. I think my TikToks are a lot more likely to go viral when I am at my most authentic, when I feel like I am really keeping it real, when I am just off the cuff, free flowing, in the zone, speaking.

That's when my content does best. Someone that I follow, someone that I like a lot, said that good content is just energy transference. And so you want to be in a good... Place to transfer your energy. You want to be in a good zone. So you have good energy to transfer. And what these creators said on the stage corroborated that that was less than one.

Less than two. Let's go, let's go deeper. Let's go deeper. Lesson two. This is from Matthew Rife, very well known comedian. I put him speaking on my Instagram story and some friends were like, I love that guy. Wow. You're seeing that guy.

Matthew Rife, he's blowing up, making tons of money, he's doing multiple shows a day as a comedian. And he said he's sleeping two hours a night. Maybe some nights he's sleeping one. He's able to get such little sleep because his life is very exciting, however it's very draining. And he's like, you know, I'm 29.

This is my shot. I worked for years to get this shot and I'm going to make the most of it. And I'm not going to sleep if that's what it takes. And it was just cool hearing that because you guys know, you guys know me. I put out a video a day, a podcast today. I haven't missed a day. In over a year for the tick tock and I have never missed a day for the podcast.

I put out a weekly newsletter, haven't missed a week in many, many weeks and I'm going hard. And for me on day on some days I'm like, Oh my God, I can't believe this workload. This is crazy. And it's just, it's refreshing to hear from a fellow creator. Who is doing so well and who is working so many hours, who doesn't have a life.

He's like, I don't have a life. You hear this from people like MrBeast too and a lot of the top creators. You think they're living the most glamorous life. It's a lot of work because you work so hard to get to a point where everyone wants you and then everyone wants you and you want to jump on as many opportunities as you can.

So you make the most of. The shot that you are given. Is this the best method? I don't know. Some people would say double down and just focus on what you're best at and what you like d