Being the most skilled in a field won’t get you recognized. What gets you recognized is how good of a performer you are, how entertaining you can show off your skills. The most skilled are often not the best performers.
Some of the best performers aren’t even in the top of their fields.
Becoming mainstream and increasing popularity was never about being the most skilled, it’s about being the best performer.
What people want is not to see how skilled you are, they want to see how entertaining you can be. They want to see how you perform with the skills you have.
They don’t want a showcase, they want a show.
If you’re an artist, developer, writer, craftsman. etc., then you must learn to perform. Learn to put on a show and you’ll never not get noticed.
Here’s my inspiration for the day.