## Metadata - Author: [[brie-wolfson|Brie Wolfson]] - Full Title:: Flounder Mode - Category:: #🗞️Articles - URL:: https://joincolossus.com/article/flounder-mode/ - Read date:: [[2025-07-06]] ## Highlights > Kelly’s idea of “1,000 true fans” practically christened the creator economy with his 2008 insight that “if 1,000 people will pay you $100 per year, you can gross $100k—more than enough to live on for most.” ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01jzf7sdxyyax54a8vm9zdbryj)) > The people who become legendary in their interests never feel they have arrived. > Kevin Kelly ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01jzf7skdvsjsandq5zvgzv6c5)) Cabe pensar que este pavo era un lumbreras > **I started my career** at Google selling AdWords to small businesses, and finished my first quarter as the number three seller in North America. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01jzf7wbxxjrnka4df4a350dq4)) > I learned that Kelly doesn’t think in outputs. For him, doing is part of learning. “I don’t really pursue a destination,” he said. “I pursue a direction.” ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01jzf895scf4w0g6b6ccw7d144)) > “Greatness is overrated,” he said, and I perked up. “It’s a form of extremism, and it comes with extreme vices that I have no interest in. Steve Jobs was a jerk. Bob Dylan is a jerk.” ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01jzf8apnp7kdgyv16hswa1fpd)) > A recent xeet from Reid Hoffman reads, “If a founder brags about having ‘a balanced life,’ I assume they’re not serious about winning.” Jensen Huang says he wants to “torture people into greatness.” ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01jzf8bq4cbfsp3423sfwvbcs5)) > I imagined sharing my ambition to ‘have a good day, most days’ in a job interview—and decided to keep it to myself, because it probably doesn’t speak well of me. > But there I was, in front of a personal hero, whose most striking quality is that he seems to be having a nice day, most days. Why can’t we work and enjoy it? ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01jzf8g6t406k3wxvwss378ec2))