You never know who's paying attention

You never know who’s paying attention:

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You never know who’s paying attention.

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You never know who’s watching.

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When I started this experiment of creating a blog, I had no expectations.

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It was an experiment to see if I could get to 100 blog posts in a year, nothing else.

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When I started, I did not foresee how much I enjoy writing, but also what I’ve been able to create.

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610 unique pieces in 16 months.

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I have no idea if any of them have resonated with people, but that won’t stop me.

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I know all you need is one.

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All I need is one of these pieces to hit with the right person at the right time and everything could change.

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That happened to me already.

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Was scrolling Twitter the other day when I came across a tweet thread from one of my idols in my industry.

Sara Nayeem, who’s a partner at a biotech hedge fund in New York, wrote a thread on how biotech VCs invest in companies. 

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Side note: she’s a hero of mine. As a brown female partner who used to be a doctor and loves sharing her insights into the world of biotech, she inspired me to create my own content. 

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I replied to her post with a blog series I wrote years ago when I started in the biotech industry on this exact topic - How do healthcare venture capitalists analyze companies.

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She immediately retweeted it to all her followers so I followed up with her and have a meeting set up in a few weeks.

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When I created that blog series, I did it so others who were entering my industry could learn what I wish I knew before I started as a VC. 

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I had no expectation of it ever going anywhere, let alone being retweeted by an industry hero of mine years after she inspired me.

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There’s a few lessons in that

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1 - you never know who’s paying attention.

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2 - all you need is one. This one blog series and interaction could change my life forever.

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By creating, there’s no downside. Worse comes to worst, I created something for myself I could refer back to when I forget how to do my job (which is every day). 

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Best case my life could change.

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I could meet a hero of mine.

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So when you create, don’t have any expectation.

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Do it for yourself.

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Teach yourself.

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Through that, you may teach someone else that could change your life forever.

Because you never know who’s paying attention.

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