In the early 2010s, K-pop was a geeky pop niche known only to a few nerds outside of Korea. Then came Psy’s “Gangnam Style” which became the first video ever to reach more than one billion viewers on YouTube Today, “Gangnam Style” is one of the best examples of virality. Unfortunately, in today’s world, we cannot talk about this concept without mentioning Covid-19. This is also because the spreading of a virus and the spreading of content both work in similar ways.

How to survive distribution inequality as a digital creator! The top 5% of online creators capture 95% of the value. A real-life example of this is Medium.com: 1% of writers earn more than $ 3000 per month, and just some 0,1% of them earn several 10K per month. You see…

Stoicism is the western tradition of mindfulness. In the last couple of years, this ancient philosophy became popular among tech entrepreneurs. But for me, stoicism wasn’t loved at first sight. When I first stumbled over Marcus Aurelius’ famous book Meditations I first thought that I had been reading a fortune…

The ultimate guide for ambitious knowledge workers — This is my second post about the Zettelkasten Methode. If you want to learn more about the philosophy of this method click here: Is the Zettelkasten system the second brain you need? Offer: If you wish to build your Zettelkasten with Notion, check out my Zettelkasten Template. It is the…

If you are a knowledge worker. Taking notes is crucial. — In fact, almost every big thinker in history from Leonardo da Vinci to Benjamin Franklin did it. In this essay, I will tell you about the Zettelkasten system, which is a note-taking system that will take your career as a knowledge worker to a new level. The Zettelkasten is basically…

If the brain is your Operating System, Mental Models are the apps. We use them to better navigate reality. What are Mental Models? A Mental model is a specific thought process that we use to better navigate through reality - 🚀 Philipp Stelzel — Digital Creator (@dePAKES) April 18, 2022 …

A long, long time ago, in the year 2.000, young Philipp discovered a German gamer forum. Shortly after, he started publishing posts there. This was the first time that he wrote something outside of school. He was just 13. Just one year later he was the second most active member…

Easlo is a 20 years old digital creator from Italy. Last month he made $ 12.000, mainly by selling Notion Templates. And you too could do the same… With more than 20 million active users Notion is the hottest productivity app at the moment. In the shadow of this…

And Losing All Traffic Again — In 2013 my life felt like hell. At that time I was just starting to work on my Ph.D. Mainly because it was an opportunity to escape my desk job at a bank. Nevertheless, I started to realize that getting another degree wasn’t going to solve anything for me. Secretly…