Ask JF: How Do I Get Attention In a Crowded Field?
I’ve been asked this question by everyone from bloggers to actors, artists to entrepreneurs and corporate aspirants to movement makers.
How do I make a mark when it seems everything that can be created, said or done has been created, said or done by someone else?
Short answer.
No field is too crowded to make a mark when you’re remarkable. Click here to tweet!
In fact, the very existence of a robust market filled with competition and a near cacophony of voices is a signpost of demand, which in business, is a good thing as long as you do one big thing…
Become the signal, not the noise.
There are two things you really need to own, hone and cultivate if you want to burst onto a massively crowded scene.
First -
Embrace your eyes, ears and filters.
The way you see the world is unlike anyone else. Put 100 people in a room, surprise them with a dramatized alarming incident, then interview them after and you’ll get 100 different stories about what happened. 100 people see the exact same thing, but experience it and process it differently. The filter you bring to any experience literally alters what you believe you see and hear. Often on the level of gross distortion.
This may not serve you well in eyewitness scenarios, but in everyday day, the unique perspective you bring to any situation can be become a huge asset. Your unique world-view and life experience makes you experience circumstances differently. It allows you to see possibilities and connections that nobody else sees.

















