if you looked at the very first stream or video of any of the top 50 streamers and then you went
and looked at the latest stream or video they've released what do you notice is different? What
do you think will be different? You'd probably see a big increase in production quality better
thumbnails titles and their editing is much tighter but there is something I notice every
time that i don't think many others do something that is far more important than your editing or
production quality and that is their confidence i decided that i'm better than all of you at
video games you see confidence is key nobody is born confident nobody is simply gifted with the
ability to speak and keep people engaged with what they are saying it is something you learn
through experience and practice and as someone who wants to be a content creator it is something you
need to learn through experience and practice in order to be successful you might think
you don't need to improve this that you're already a confident and comfortable person
but i guarantee that every single person has room for improvement but we will cover both being
underconfident and overconfident today as well as give you actionable tips to improve
how you speak and present yourself on camera there are time codes in the description to skip ahead to
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if you don't instill the confidence they will not waste it on you because on the side of youtube are
thousands upon other people to click confidence doesn't mean being loud or excited it doesn't mean
being arrogant or over the top it just means you have an air or an energy that shows you believe
in yourself and what you are saying if you're in a group of friends and you tried to tell a joke but
you stuttered a lot maybe you paused hesitated it throws off the timing and it lacks confidence the
group of people might not laugh or even hear you this is why it is crucial to practice and build
your own confidence because if you don't believe in yourself then nobody will believe in you
before we talk about how to build confidence as a content creator and specifically talk about
one of the major ways you can ruin your own confidence i want to talk about a fear i have and
a lot of creators have that actually hurts their growth and that is the fear of being overconfident
or arrogant overconfidence and arrogance are incredibly dangerous mindsets and if you don't
have that little voice in your head keeping you humble telling you that you still need to
improve and pushing you to work hard then you will struggle more than someone who lacks confidence
someone who comments on this video saying they are anxious and need help
i can give dozens of tips to help them and if they take action they will improve
but someone who comments on this video saying i've tried everything i've done every tip and i'm not
growing this all comes down to luck well i can't help them because nine times out of ten when i go
look at their stream they don't have a schedule they barely speak their footage is low quality
they change games every stream at the end of the day they refuse to believe the issue is with them
because they are overconfident in their own skills being confident is important and it is
always better to be a little overconfident when performing don't let anyone tell you otherwise
but so is being aware of the places you need to grow finding that balance is crucial so let's talk
about how you can improve your confidence with my favorite tip of all time if you've watched this
channel at all over the past year you've heard it before but i swear it is the most important piece
of advice i can give you for gaining confidence becoming used to your own voice your own face and
becoming a better content creator and a presenter in general if you have heard it before do not
comment down below about it because i haven't mentioned this tip in about eight months now
and if i haven't mentioned this in eight months that means you've gained 60 000 new subscribers
who might not have heard it so don't come after me it's important to do this tip i want you to grab
a camera or your phone and record yourself for 10 minutes without any preparation at all don't
put any music in the background turn off any games no videos to react to just sit down and talk about
anything directly to camera and try to be engaging and entertaining by yourself don't stop talking
for the entire 10 minutes and then just hit done but don't watch it back go about your day go get
some food take a walk give yourself the stranger and live your life until the next day and then
when the next day does come around sure watch your footage back and i mean watch it turn off every
other distraction and watch the entire 10 minutes don't fast forward don't look away and if you feel
like you need to fast forward to look away then congratulations you have room for improvement
when that video ends don't wait don't prepare just grab the camera or the phone and start filming
yourself for another 10 minutes and repeat this every single day for weeks for months every single
day within a week you'll notice you'll be able to talk longer within a month you'll notice how much
more confident you've become on camera i promise it is incredibly powerful and every entertainer
streamer presenter and i think generally person should do this whenever i give this tip some
people say i watch my vods isn't that the same thing lj and i always say absolutely not this tip
allows you to practice safely because nobody else will see it only you will see this footage nobody
will judge you and most importantly you have to talk without distractions or help from things like
a chat or a game which means you learn much faster the reason i am saying this tip again is that it
really is the best for building confidence and on-camera talent if you've heard this tip before
and you haven't started doing it i want to ask you honestly why can't you afford 20 minutes a
day to practice the most important skill you need as a content creator without any risk of being
judged by others i know it is scary to be judged by yourself but learning to self-critique and
becoming comfortable in seeing your own content is crucial for becoming an entertaining content
creator that said i do think it's funny because i believe a lot of confidence building isn't doing
specific things like that tip it's actually not doing specific things that ruin your confidence
let's talk about two major examples the first is incredibly common and almost every single person
watching this video right now is doing it and that is comparing yourself to others if you spend your
time comparing yourself to other creators you are going to go mad either you'll compare yourself to
people more established or better than you and feel bad or worse you'll compare yourself to the
people less experienced or worse than you and you'll feel good about other people struggling
neither of these things pushes you to improve and neither of these things reflects you your journey
is completely different from mine and every other streamer's journey you cannot compare us to each
other it's like if i compared my very first youtube video to harris heller's latest video
or my very first stream to ludwig's latest stream or if i compared my latest stream to your latest
stream it is such a wide gap that it makes me feel terrible or it makes me look down on others
the actionable tip here is if you want to look for a comparison the only comparison
you should make are to your past self was this stream better than my last stream was this 10
minute recording better than my last 10 minute recording how can i be better than my past self
that shows growth and gives you places to improve without bringing other people in to make yourself
feel bad or feel good comparing yourself to others is one of the worst things you can do but it isn't
the absolute worst the absolute worst thing you can do to ruin your own confidence as a creator is
coming right up but first i do want to throw it out there if this video helps you out at
all consider subscribing to the channel or checking out the other content first if you
found this interesting at all i make videos weekly on all sorts of topics such as twitch and youtube
growth or just general content creation and as you can see being more confident in yourself
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powerful ways to actually get you to subscribe plus it is free and really helps us out so what
is the absolute worst thing you can do to ruin your own confidence as a creator well the worst
thing you can do to ruin your own confidence as a creator is actually talking down to yourself what
the brain is a very weird and very powerful ball of squishy meat you sit there and say to yourself
i suck i suck i suck i suck i suck then you will suck negativity creates more negativity and don't
get me wrong it is incredibly difficult to shift your thinking i have an acute anxiety disorder
and have dealt with major mental health issues my entire life so i completely understand negative
thoughts being intrusive and hard to control i am not saying you need to start pretending to see
sunshine and roses everywhere or be a 100 positive person but a slight shift from i suck my content
sucks two this stream wasn't the best but i tried my best and i really liked this part right here
and this part here was really funny as well now i can see where i can improve and want to improve
next time this tiny small insignificant shift in thinking and how you approach a bad event or a bad
stream goes such a long way to making it better next time because the truth is i make terrible
videos all the time you guys know i do because you watch them and tell me they're terrible but
the worst videos i make are always when i am in a terrible mindset when i don't believe in myself
but the best videos i make are when i believe in myself when my community has lifted me up when my
friends and family have supported me and said hey lj you don't suck the actionable tip here is next
time your brain says i suck try to correct it even if you are lying to yourself say i don't suck i'm
a beginner i am improving and i'm trying my best and if you keep shifting that logic to be more
positive and you keep working well you'll slowly start to have more confidence as long as you do
the 10 minute recordings every single day i'm making it a challenge for all of you to do that
and hey if you want to learn other places you can improve then why not click this video here it has
32 tips that you can do right now no matter how many viewers you have to make a more entertaining
and engaging stream mark yourself out of 32 and let me know in the comments you guys next week