I like your "new" voice. Which I assume is a manifestation of your more authentic self. Can relate to all this as I try to figure out what caseyschorr.com and this new identity "should" be ... which I'd be lying if I said wasn't a personal brand. Probably falling into some of the same traps. I'll try to remember your line which I love: "The market needs to understand what you do. It does not need to understand who you are."
I clicked on a link to exit my Gmail app and opened this sub stack app just so I could applaud this line "Go inside, lock the door, and keep that shit to yo-self.".
In general, a thought provoking post of an idea. I kinda think of your meanderings as a portal into a future retirement transition that won't come for a while but expect I'll encounter many of the same things when it does.
1. Similar to investing, safety in the short term is different than safety in the long term. In the short term the safest strategy is not to offend expectations. Over the long term, the safest strategy is to be creative and real. In investing inflation will kill you in the long term if you keep all your money is savings.
2. Your points on identity may be even more relevant for low income employees. The long term grocery store cashier who feels irreplaceable at work. Fear of failure can anyone in a holding pattern, but might be most dangerous for low income employees.
1. That's a very interesting analogy. My investing strategy is pure vanilla... so not sure how that fits your analogy!
2. I feel like this happens to so many people who feel safe/comfortable in low leverage work. They many times, give up so much upside in exchange for that certainty.
Over the short term in investing the safe strategy is to hold your money in a savings account. Slightly riskier would be bonds. Most risky would be equities.
Over the long term inflation is the real threat, so the least risky strategy is to hold equities for the long term and the most risky strategy is to have money in a savings account.
Solid advice. I am a Realtor, and I know a lot of other Realtors; it baffles me how that's all many of them are. They are 'always on,' and it's exhausting to watch. You don't see HR people, CPAs, and Lawyers post about their jobs every damn day. They just do their job and then live their life (hopefully). I rarely post about my real estate activities (except on my business page). I highly recommend reading the book Thrive by Ariana Huffington; it helped me establish healthy boundaries and live a better life.
Yes... there are certain jobs that come with the requirement that you advertise yourself. But then, when you see everyone around you doing it, it becomes an arms race of more-more-more until everyone it's trying to outcompete each other (while losing the plot).
I also think it's perfectly fine to advertise yourself like this. The problem occurs when the boundaries disappear and you're consumed by this other persona.
I like your "new" voice. Which I assume is a manifestation of your more authentic self. Can relate to all this as I try to figure out what caseyschorr.com and this new identity "should" be ... which I'd be lying if I said wasn't a personal brand. Probably falling into some of the same traps. I'll try to remember your line which I love: "The market needs to understand what you do. It does not need to understand who you are."
I clicked on a link to exit my Gmail app and opened this sub stack app just so I could applaud this line "Go inside, lock the door, and keep that shit to yo-self.".
In general, a thought provoking post of an idea. I kinda think of your meanderings as a portal into a future retirement transition that won't come for a while but expect I'll encounter many of the same things when it does.
I was pretty fond of that line myself 😅
I'm happy to serve the role of what your future self may encounter.
I loved this Rick. Lots of good food for thought. I feel grateful that since I don’t need to make an income anymore, I can be as illegible as I want.
Yes, your career can be illegible too. That's a big bonus.
Reading this gave me two thoughts:
1. Similar to investing, safety in the short term is different than safety in the long term. In the short term the safest strategy is not to offend expectations. Over the long term, the safest strategy is to be creative and real. In investing inflation will kill you in the long term if you keep all your money is savings.
2. Your points on identity may be even more relevant for low income employees. The long term grocery store cashier who feels irreplaceable at work. Fear of failure can anyone in a holding pattern, but might be most dangerous for low income employees.
1. That's a very interesting analogy. My investing strategy is pure vanilla... so not sure how that fits your analogy!
2. I feel like this happens to so many people who feel safe/comfortable in low leverage work. They many times, give up so much upside in exchange for that certainty.
Over the short term in investing the safe strategy is to hold your money in a savings account. Slightly riskier would be bonds. Most risky would be equities.
Over the long term inflation is the real threat, so the least risky strategy is to hold equities for the long term and the most risky strategy is to have money in a savings account.
Solid advice. I am a Realtor, and I know a lot of other Realtors; it baffles me how that's all many of them are. They are 'always on,' and it's exhausting to watch. You don't see HR people, CPAs, and Lawyers post about their jobs every damn day. They just do their job and then live their life (hopefully). I rarely post about my real estate activities (except on my business page). I highly recommend reading the book Thrive by Ariana Huffington; it helped me establish healthy boundaries and live a better life.
Yes... there are certain jobs that come with the requirement that you advertise yourself. But then, when you see everyone around you doing it, it becomes an arms race of more-more-more until everyone it's trying to outcompete each other (while losing the plot).
I also think it's perfectly fine to advertise yourself like this. The problem occurs when the boundaries disappear and you're consumed by this other persona.