30 October 2023

why i'm such a failure in life - losing hope

30 October 2023 · 14:44

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Summary

While making his third apple pie, he compares repeated failures in cooking, investing, art, and YouTube with eventual breakthrough successes. Cooking becomes a resilience metaphor: repeated failures are acceptable if persistence eventually produces a breakthrough. After three hours, his third apple pie has torn pastry and broken crust, but excellent honey- apple filling; rating: 6.2/10.

Insight

He continues streaming for love of the craft despite declining views, but debates 20 profitable viewers versus 10,000 low-paying ones.