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this story is about me but at the end of
it it's about you and this is the story
of determination 689 days ago exactly I
was walking down the street at night
frustrated with my job frustrated with
my life I had this desire to travel see
the world and make videos so I quit my
job bought my first camera and a one-way
ticket to Kenya and before heading to
the airport I tried something new
yesterday I'm gonna make one video
that's one minute long that's it and put
that video on a Facebook page with no
followers people told me this was a bad
idea people told me YouTube is better
people told me I'm not a video maker and
as much as I tried to prove people wrong
they were right I was not a good video
maker this shot is bad this shot has no
storyline jfu like burning calories and
this one has a bad microphone people
were making money on YouTube and on
Facebook I was losing money and little
did I know that I was heading towards
the darkest loneliest time of my life
day after day after day hello from
Austin Texas you can't see me today's a
special day I spent 10 hours making a 1
minute video day after day after day
nobody watched nobody cared nobody
shared I almost quit even after I gave
it my best every day but I didn't quit
the next day I made another video I am
cheap that's why I like Thailand it's
very cheap and that video people
actually like really liked it went viral
overnight millions discovered my project
then I started to gain you get how to
make videos you'll learn how to be
better this is a real bulletproof vest
you make better videos
you tell better stories you become
better yourself and as you're busy
filming this you look back only to see
millions of people behind who sire
videos 1 billion times you look back and
what are these people stole your heart
you read the Commons and the presidents
of countries wrote them you read your
messages people who are about to suicide
say thank you for saving my life
and when you read that message you
realize it was a good thing you never
quit even the day your dad went to
surgery you never quit the day you lost
followers the day you got sick the day
your numbers went down it's a good thing
you never quit that day
whoever said YouTube was better they
were wrong Facebook works and now I make
money - whoever said this was a bad idea
they were wrong this saved a life I said
this story was not about me it's about
you because one day you'll walk down
that street down that road frustrated
with your life frustrated with your job
asking yourself what do I do what do you
do I don't know I know what you don't do
you don't quit because only then can you
succeed 1 billion times
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