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I watched the movie, “The Wild Robot” last night and it got me thinking about the act of creation. Within each of us lies a spark—a primal urge to create. One of the greatest things you can do is to recognize that spark, feed it, and let it blaze from a tiny flicker into an unstoppable fire. But to transform that spark into a raging fire - the kind of creative fire it takes to successfully make an animated movie like “The Wild Robot” - you need help. And AI can help.
There comes a time for every creator when you need to close your computer and go out into the world. Feel the earth under your feet. Hear the hum of life around you. And open yourself up to serendipity.
I’ve written before about the qualities to look for in a long-term business partner. But how do you find one? In the last year, I’ve learned the secret. Tara and I now have multiple projects going with high-quality partners and plenty of creative momentum. What’s the secret? Fair warning - you’re going to laugh cause it’s so stupid simple. Here’s the secret: Tell people what you’re doing, or (if you haven’t started yet) what you're planning on doing.
As a leveraged creator - someone who follows the path of: Create assets → scale them with free leverage → earn your freedom - it has become impossible to ignore how artificial intelligence can empower you - creators - to build whatever you want.
It was a big week. The producer Tara and I partnered with sent out our movie script to some of the biggest comedy directors you can think of. By any measure, getting eyes on our writing at this level is a win. And it got me thinking about how we got here. The most obvious observation I have looking back is how much all the progress we’ve made over the last three years was invisible. Not only was it invisible, but much of the time it actually felt like failing.
I can now code despite never learning how. It’s a breakthrough that’s been on my radar for over a year. I touched on it in a post from August 2023, about the importance of judgment and taste in a world of infinite leverage. That world is now here. New tools are coming online each day to hand the power of code to creatives. What a time to be alive!
For the longest time, how people built wealth was a mystery to me.
I remember hearing friends talk about owning “equity,” building “leverage,” and creating “assets.” I would nod along, pretending I understood what they were saying. I didn’t. But I wanted to learn.
So, I started researching the mental models of wealth creators, and I found something startling… the secret to getting rich was actually pretty simple.
This is it, in a nutshell:
Build assets that work for you after you’re finished working on them.
And so, that’s what I’m doing.
My name is Thomas Waschenfelder. I’m a writer and creator who is fanatic about learning and executing ideas that improve my life. I’m not a financial planner. I’m not an investment adviser. And I’m not wealthy (yet).
I’m simply here to share the best of what I’ve learned about how to use your creativity to build assets that disconnect your inputs (time) from your outputs (value).
And the best place to build assets is right here, on the internet. You’ll discover how to harness AI tools to unleash your creativity and build digital assets that compound over time. You’ll carve out a piece of internet real estate to call your own forever.
How do you start? It’s easy. Sign up for my newsletter and join thousands of others who want to build assets on the internet to buy their freedom in the real world.
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