Avoid fame
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Some people think they need to be Twitter famous to start a successful business. But I think fame is a trap; you should avoid it if you can.
Avoid fame Avoid fame Some people think they need to be Twitter famous to start a successful business.But I think fame is a trap; you should avoid it if you can. It reminds me of this old interview with NOFX (the punk band): Interviewer: "Do you wish you gotten bigger in the 90s?" Fat Mike: "No way. Because once you get really big, you can’t hold on to it. You can’t sustain that level of popularity. Our level of popularity we can sustain. Our crowds have never gone down. We sell out places all the time, the same clubs we always play where if you look bands who did go the MTV way they were big
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