in the beginning of 2022 I was unemployed I started to generate some income from YouTube
this entire process helped me to learn ux better and generate revenue from it one of the mindset
that I adapted to is that good evening from Guadalajara I technically not just doubled
my income last year but I actually increased more than double because I started with almost nothing
I know there's a lot of video out there telling you how to make money fast for me everything
happens pretty slow I'm definitely not at the stage where I own this house this is an Airbnb
I'm also not a millionaire I didn't transfer my career in a month but I want to share a piece
of mindset that really changed me in 2022 and I hope that will be very insightful for you I want
to start by asking a very simple question what is your name my name or my YouTube name is Aliena Cai
now I want to imagine writing out your name right here somewhere in the air and after you write out
your name with your imagination I challenge you to add three more letters right after your name
which is LLC so for me Aliena Cai LLC LLC stands for limited liability company in the US and that
is a standard for naming your company in many countries this might be the first time you look
at your name with an LLC in the end and do you see anything different one of the mindset that I
adapted to is that I am working for myself before I work for anyone else and I want to challenge you
to think that this company which is your name LLC it is the full-time job that you have and
you will always have in your entire life before anything else so in the beginning of 2022 I was
unemployed and it wasn't a great time in the tech industry to you know get a job easily especially
as a ux designer so for a period of time I feel like everything is out of my control because I
was thinking about if I don't have a full-time job I don't have anything I'm not supposed to
do anything fun or enjoyable I'm until I find my full-time job and that was completely wrong
luckily I did one piece of work that is totally within my control which is this YouTube channel
I started to generate some income from YouTube and at the same time I can use YouTube as a channel to
do personal branding this almost forms a system because every time you guys want to ask for a
topic I want to make video on that but I want to First learn it myself and I need to make that into
a tutorial video and this entire process helped me to learn ux better and at the same time help
me to build a personal brand and generate revenue from it by the way I think the best time to build
your personal brand is when you're unemployed or when you are strongly doubting your current job
or want to transfer into a new industry because the point of you wanting to change your life is
a very strong indication that you see yourself in a better State and I want you to see this
as setting the foundation for your future brand here's the thing there's only one person in the
world that's trying to be the best version of you and that is you but there's Millions other people
out there trying to be a great version of designer for Google or for Apple when you think of yourself
as a brand you no longer constrain yourself with one thing you are your name and that name stands
for a lot of things other than that one label you want to become and only if you build a great brand
for yourself other companies will run after you as a partner or as a potential employer but you don't
need to run after anyone else and once you get rid of that label you might be able to find a lot
more opportunities other than the ones that you are trying to be in my case it was making videos
in 2022 I was also able to build some leadership experience because I have my brand and then hire
some people to work for me from time to time and learn that hiring people and working as a leader
is completely different from the skills that you will learn from school or you will learn from the
boot camp but these skill set will help you to build a successful brand and then scale later on
in your life I know many of you are working in the tech industry or want to get into the tech
industry I heard a lot of people using the term tech slavery which and I don't think it's a great
time to think about your job if you are working with a company it is not just you working for
a company that company you're working toward is really your client it is your brand collaborating
with that company to build better reputation add asset and generate Revenue but your Revenue Source
doesn't have to come from one single company you can diversify your portfolio if you want
to talk business and plus you don't have to earn money based on hourly rate I know not all of you
come from a developed country me neither so many of us don't have any Financial education growing
up probably the only financial education I got is study hard so that you have a good job later on
in your life and then you won't be worried about anything and I think this mindset is no longer
true in the 21st century because if you are able to watch my video you have all the two you needed
to learn things online for free and create your personal brand online for free and then start a
business online for free and at the current moment I no longer think of myself as someone just a ux
designer I want to build Aliena Cai LLC and this company is what I'm working for regardless of my
title because from my experience especially during the pandemic I learned that my full-time job will
always be building the best life for myself so this five-year Tech could still be a big thing
but when AI or bring computer interface comes up maybe art is the next thing you never know
but what I know for sure is that we will always be working for ourselves in order for us to have
more valuable experience and live longer I hope this video is a little bit inspiring for a lot of
you that's trying to find a new job that's trying to transfer your career just think about you are
working for yourself and whatever you're doing and learning right now is building asset for your
company plant a great seat for your future company and one day I'm sure you'll see it grow all of us
eventually are business women and businessmen I hope you feel comfortable hearing topic like
this if you want to learn more about how I handle business money let me know in the comment section
below a lot of the videos you folks requested are under making but again I'm on vacation I
enjoy this before doing work that's my choice I haven't shared this with you all but I'm
definitely a digital Nomad I travel and work all the time and I love it just look at this View
if you like this video you also like this video coming up next I'm Aliena Cai I'm a self-taught
UI ux designer entrepreneur don't forget to follow me and I will see you in this video