you create authenticity, which is by nature, attractive.
I agree. For too long though, people have been driven by the algorithm life, which encourages not being yourself so that the platforms can generate more clicks. Number of clicks is a poor metric for what is valuable.
Someone who keeps slogging when he could stop is not wealthy but rather a rich slave...
It depends what the slog is. I will slog til I die - just hopefully on something I value :)