Hey! this is Overpass insights my name is Eric and I make apps now today
if you're having trouble releasing your app you need to move your goal forward
all right so yesterday I did a short video about how if you've released an app to the
App Store or the Play Store if you release any bit of software at all you should be very proud
of yourself because not a lot of people do it I mean millions of people have I mean millions of
apps are out there but yeah a lot there's so many more people who talk about releasing something and
never actually do I'm sure you've spoken to them I've spoken to them you know when they found out
you're an app developer they say oh I got this app idea I don't know if I want to tell you because I
don't want you to steal my idea and you're like dude you know I just I don't I don't want to
steal your idea this you know it's execution is way more important than just an idea but so they
have this idea but you know they they haven't invested any money into hiring developers or
learning the skills to actually develop themselves or or they may have started development but they
haven't released it because their goal is not or their reward is not to actually release the
application their goal is to have a Million Dollar application that's you know that makes makes them
billions and everybody likes and is super popular and there's a lot of things and that goal and that
reward that is outside of their control right so in the end they don't ever release anything and
really what you need to do is like your goal should be get that thing live get that thing
out there and then you can start looking at okay what's working what's not working what do we need
you know what do I need to change or what you know what what you know what kind of keywords we need
the screen are the screenshots working you know are people finding it through search if they're
not finding it through search you know what can we do with the search you know the name the keywords
all this stuff if they're finding it through search but they're not downloading it what can
we do about the screenshots in the description what's making them why are they not making that
download decision at that point but before you go live you don't know anything everything is just
academic so you know actually have some putting something out there is important now a few years
ago I was doing on this channel I was doing the daily overpass every single day I was putting
out a video it was kind of this thing where I thought you know I was doing a weekly one for a
couple years and then I thought you know what if I could do it every single day I'll bet I could and
so I I started doing five days a week and you know at the first couple weeks it was it was difficult
like I was thinking I don't know anything else to talk about but then I got better and better
at it and I started doing it every single day and the thing was at the time the goal was not
to put out like really high quality content which is like to share my thoughts each and every single
day like you know if I could get a video out to you know if I get a video out in a day it's a
good day right if I get to the gym that day it's a good day right the things that I have some sort
of control over if you read Atomic Habits he talks a lot about this setting you know goals
and rewards about that are actually achievable and over time they start to compile or you know Darren
Hardy's book The Compound Effect he talks about this too like just doing those one things that
you do have control over so with the videos doing on a daily basis after a while you know it was it
was I started to get more subscribers started to get more views which was cool but then I started
to I started to get into my head and I stopped producing like the Gold stock being just get a
video out there it started to be like what could I you know what like it started to be less like me
sharing my thoughts like whatever I want to talk about it's like I started thinking what do you
guys want to hear about like what what do you guys want me to talk about and then all of a sudden it
like it changed and it became Less Fun it became less achievable I started chasing the likes and
the nice comments and all of a sudden I started to do the same thing that the app developers do who
never release anything or to come app developers I think you're not an app developer unless you've
actually released something right so the app developers would never actually release anything
I'm doing the same thing I'm starting to chase something that I don't have control over like
I don't have a controller whether you guys like this or don't like this or you know you say
something you know like Eric this is a really bad video today I'm cool with that right you know yeah
I just have to be you know the goal for me is to to is to produce the same thing happens you know
for going to the gym I've so many times in my life I thought okay I'm gonna get healthy I'm
gonna start going to the gym and I would go for maybe a week you know maybe like you know a few
times a week and then it just petered off because my goal was not get to the gym today and I'll feel
really good after I go to the gym today my goal was I'm gonna get thin or I'm gonna lose weight
or I'm gonna put on lots of muscles and when that doesn't happen you lose your motivation
the reason I put this video out here today is just talk about how you know if your goal is way out
here you need to move it forward your goal should be the next thing to do like even if it's you know
you know today I'm going to write a blog post so today I'm going to work on this function
that that's been bothering me for a while today I want to get this bug out of the way
that's been you know keeping me from actually opening up the coding window is causing me to
procrastinate and push that back I'm going to sit down and I'm gonna do whatever whatever you
have to do Pomodoro Technique force yourself to sit down for 25 minutes and then take a
break or whatever and focus on this one thing without getting distracted that should be the
goal that should be the reward at the end of the day I am so ranting on this today
but it's something I've been thinking about a lot lately you know it's you know
for me a good day is if I could get to the gym you know I got to the gym today I feel really
good you know if I get a video out that's pretty good because it's not it doesn't happen so often
anymore because I've gotten a lot lazy in that way you know if I could do it put in like release
something for a client or get you know or to do something really cool which is impresses
a client that makes me feel really good too but again it's more you know whether or not they're
impressed again is outside my control but I really really try so anyway I just thought
I'd share my thoughts with you guys on this for those guys who have not actually gone live yet
it feels really good to get something out there on the App Store it really really does I mean
and even though it's not you know they're not breaking or even you know if you guys want to
start a YouTube channel or whatever the goal should not be you know you put some a couple
videos out there it's like oh it's not getting any views I quit it's like no the goal should be
producing you know you're the only thing you have control over is what you create and if you create
something that you like then you know then you just you know you can't control how other people
receive it so just a little bit of a rant today I hope you guys having a great day hope your your
week is going really well that is it for today I'll talk to you guys again next time