What is "no hands in front of you, and art is pressed as a pedestrian"?The phrase "don't leave your hands in front of you, dominate your craft" means to maintain your unique skills or strengths, no matter what the situation.
This reminds me of Feng Jicai's ** "Divine Whip".
The story tells the story of a folk martial artist in the late Qing Dynasty, Silly Er, whose kung fu was all focused on the braid at the back of his head, and with this stunt, he defeated the local martial artists and even defeated the challenger from Japan, so he was hailed as the "Divine Whip" by martial arts people.
In a dinner with his predecessor Liu Sishu, Liu Sishu revealed the origin of the stupid two family studies: "Originally, your family practiced kung fu on the head, and they were all bald, and later the Qing army had to keep braids when they entered the customs. Things are forced to come here, if you have the ability, you will change, and if you can't do it, you will die. Your ancestor changed his kung fu to braids and created braids. This change has become a unique job again. This quote makes the truth: when faced with changes in the environment, only those who can adapt and innovate will survive.
When the Eight-Nation Coalition entered Beijing, Silly Er joined the Boxer Rebellion, but his braids were broken in a fierce battle. However, a few years later, a righteous man with marksmanship like a god appeared on the rivers and lakes, and people found out that he was the fool of the year. He has changed from a "divine whip" to a "divine spear", and although the braids are no longer there, his divine skills are still inherited. This once again confirms the truth that even if the external situation changes, as long as the core skills or strengths are maintained and improved, they can still gain a foothold in new fields.
Silly Er finally revealed the mystery: "No matter how good the ancestral things are, they have to change what should be changed." No matter how it changes, it won't be difficult for us, and any new gadget can be played at home. It has to be a unique job. This quote tells us that no matter how times change, we need to maintain the ability to innovate and adapt, and only in this way can our "unique work" allow us to gain a foothold in the new environment.
For friends who do self-determination, we can also get inspiration from it. What kind of unique skills do you need to do **self**?I think it's about updating more and maintaining high-quality content output.
For example, I have released 3,000 issues from 2019 to 2023, and I will continue to update it at this frequency in the future. While ensuring quality, maintain the frequency of three to five shifts a day. I believe that in another ten years, this will also be a "unique job" for me.
Therefore, no matter what industry we are in, we need to find and hone our "unique skills" to cope with the ever-changing environment and challenges.
Why should creators avoid exclusive signings?An exclusive contract means that your work can only be published on one specific platform. The advantage of this approach is that the platform usually offers a certain guaranteed income. The downside is just as obvious, and that is that your work can't be widely disseminated. After all, in the current self-leading field, no platform can occupy an absolute dominant position.
Some netizens asked in the background whether a certain platform wanted to sign an exclusive agreement with him, whether it should be accepted. My observation is that exclusive authors across platforms tend to underperform. Why?
We are in the Internet era, which is fundamentally different from the traditional ** era. In the traditional era, you might write an article and submit it to a magazine or newspaper. They own the copyright to your article, and others who **want**, must take it from them. But in the age of the internet, a single creation can be distributed multiple times. What does this mean?
If yours doesn't perform well on one platform, it may be popular on another. This is the truth that "the east does not shine and the west shines". Now everyone can see the problem of signing exclusivity: even if your ** performs well on the signing platform and obtains the traffic support of the platform, it is a question whether the support can last and how long it can last.
And, what do you do after the exclusivity period ends?Did you miss the best time to promote?Therefore, my personal advice is that unless you specifically need money, it's best not to sign exclusives. It can even be said that if you are really short of money and hope for this guaranteed income from the platform, I am afraid that the platform will not be willing to sign with you.
When you need help, it's often hard to find someone willing to lend a hand. In this world, there are more icing on the cake, and less is charcoal in the snow.
So, it's best to focus on creating quality content and publishing it on all platforms simultaneously.