# [[The Creator Journey in 3 Steps]] Course:: [[Part-Time Creatorpreneur]] ## Summary > [!abstract] Summary > There are three stages in the journey of a creatorpreneur, and you can stop at any time. > > In Level 1, you're learning how to get going - how to start creating what you want to create and how to get over the fear of beginning. Soon after you get started, though, you have to make a decision about whether you want to keep going. > > If you decide to keep going, you're in Level 2: Getting Good. In this level, you learn to hone your craft by increasing the quantity of what you're doing and making 1% improvements in quality each time. After you've gotten "good enough" (as judged by both you and your audience), it's time to make a choice about whether you want to continue with your creative hustle as a hobby or as a business. > > If you decide to start thinking of it as a business, then it's time to enter Level 3: Get Smart. And that's what this course is about. ![[The Creator Journey in 3 Steps 2022-08-19 11.13.42.excalidraw.png]] %%[[The Creator Journey in 3 Steps 2022-08-19 11.13.42.excalidraw.md|🖋 Edit in Excalidraw]]%% ## Log Three stages of a creatorpreneur's journey: - Stage 1: Get Going - This is more for getting started and getting over the fear of starting. - [[Part-time YouTuber Academy|PTYA]] is more suited to this audience. - Stage 2: Get Good - Improving your work - Stage 3: Get Smart - What this course is about ![[creatorpreneur-3-stages.png]] There are choices between stages 1 and 2 and another between 2 and 3. Choice 1: How serious are you? - Break up with your creative hustle - Casual relationship: I'll make videos whenever I feel like it. - However, you can't really expect much from this relationship if you're not truly committed. - Serious relationship - Then you progress to Get Good, Stage 2 Get Good - Quantity + 1% improvement increments in quality - The more of the thing you do, the better you get at doing it. You don't get good by obsessing over one video at a time. - How do you know when you're good? - Internal barometer - The cringe test: Do I cringe when I watch back something I've published? - External - YouTube: Comments, likes, retention, etc. - The object is to get "good enough", not to be the best ![[creatorpreneur-hobby-business-scale.png]] Choice 2: Hobby vs business? - Hobby - It's about me - Business - It's about the audience. - Me having fun is not the primary objective of having a business. - If you choose Business, proceed to Level 3. If you want to treat it like a hobby, this course is not for you. Level 3: Get Smart - The starting point for the course.