What? You seek something? You wish to multiply yourself tenfold, a hundredfold? You seek followers? Seek zeros!
Today I will multiply my value a hundredfold.
It's like the query letter problem that I just mentioned, magnified a hundredfold. You might be good at telling a story, but that doesn't mean you know anything about marketing. Or layout. Or editing. Or publicity. Or selling your books for foreign markets. Everyone can point to a few examples of people that have done very well for themselves self-publishing. But honestly, those folks are lucky as lottery winners.
If you know two languages, the level of your intelligence is multiplied a hundredfold in other people's eyes.
Abandon wisdom, discard knowledge, and people will benefit a hundredfold.
Do not be afraid to cast yourselves into the arms of God; whatever he asks of you, he will repay a hundredfold.