Quality can be your niche
James Clear suggests that there is always room for quality, even in an over-saturated market. However, creating truly exceptional content is not as simple as going underground for a few years and emerging with a masterpiece.
Instead, it is important to reach for excellence by regularly updating and improving upon your work. Successful books like "Atomic Habits" and "The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck" evolved from years of tweets and blog posts.
In a world where overnight success is celebrated, yet hardly understood and rarely achieved, quality will always persevere. Stick with it — quality can be your niche.
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