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What Adam Sandler in Happy Gilmore taught me about content creation

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After recently watching Happy Gilmore for probably the twentieth time, it got me thinking about how we present ourselves as creators.

I found myself reflecting quite existentially on the impact that Adam Sandler’s character had on my view of where the world of content creation currently sits.

And I honestly think it’s all a little boring.

Overwhelmingly people are presenting as the “professional” version of themselves, especially on LinkedIn. This makes sense as we predominantly put out content to draw the viewer/listener into ultimately buying something from us.

We present as the authority.

We present as a leader.

But are we showing enough of ourselves to keep our content interesting?

In this episode, I go through a few key lessons I learned from Happy Gilmore about content creation.

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