The market will always try to turn you into vanilla, but then the market hates vanilla

A generous critic will give you feedback intended to improve your work without insulting you. However, most online criticism is of the hate mail kind, telling you that you have no business doing what you're doing. Ignoring this conformity-based criticism is essential because if you try to fit in and blend in, you become invisible and unremarkable. The market always tries to turn you into something ordinary like vanilla, but then the market hates vanilla. It is valuable to lean into your useful idiosyncrasies, even if it means facing chastisement and being different from others.

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