How do I become a YouTuber?
How do I make videos?
What should I talk about on my channel?
What...
Wait, I'm just gonna stop you right there
I am NOT gonna answer another of your questions on YouTube
And before you get all mad about it
Hear me out. There are several reasons why.
First of all, I'm not a smashing-it YouTuber myself
I'm still climbing up the ladders, kind of halfway there
So I don't kind of feel like in the right place to give you advice on this
Even if I am
I am extremely busy
As you can tell from the dark circles.
They're just getting darker and darker every single day
But that I'll put aside the main reason why I am NOT gonna talk about making videos to anyone
anymore is simply because I've done it so many times already
Sitting down with people over dinner, replying personal messages, getting back to email
getting into detail on how to set up your channel...
choose your microphone, camera, your lighting settings, how to set the composition, etc, etc
I've done it so many times
And it's not that I mind spending my time on this
Actually I love sharing. I love talking about this.
What bothers me is like out of the 10 or 20 people that I've got back to on these questions...
On the top of my head, like only one person actually started his own channel
So for the 9 rest or the 19 rest that haven't
Guys, what a waste of my time, honestly
So if you want to start a channel, start a channel.
Quit asking. Get down to it.
Just Do It !
Wait, that sounds advertising
Impossible is nothing.
So just...
Do it
Couldn't think of another phrase to phrase it.
I love working with doers. They turn ideas into entities.
They walk the walk. They're go-getters
They're always on the go
I like sharing with these guys and girls
Cuz you know they're gonna turn this conversation that we're having now into something real before the next time we meet
And that makes you excited
I like to think of my college martial arts coach.
Yeah, I've learned a little bit of Kung fu myself
He's this really cool and straight guy with a ponytail looks like ancient Chinese
Whenever he's here at practice
he teaches us the basics and then he makes his practice for hours
Whenever I ask him a question, he asks me back
Have you practiced a hundred times yet?
Uh.. No, coach
Then come back when you've done so
He never gives us easy answers
He always makes us find out on our own
His philosophy is simple.
He'll tell you the basics
But you got to do the work yourself
He makes you practice repeatedly countless times
And a lot of times, along the way you just figure it out yourself
And even if you don't
after so much practice, he's like...
So you've done it a hundred times?
Yes, coach
Show me
And he goes like
That's your problem.
You're exposing your head to your enemy
So tell me what are you gonna do about it now
That's right
Just without the Bruce Lee sounds
After all that practice, he gives you this tiny little tip that makes you all of a sudden realize what you've been missing out all along
And if it weren't for all that practice, we wouldn't have understood the significance and the difference of these tiny little details
Coach never gave us easy answers
He made us earn them so that we would never forget
And the same is with everything
Today's video is not talking about being or not being a YouTuber
It's about taking action, putting things into practice
You can only take away as much effort you put into it
If you sit down with me, we talk about how to set up your camera, your lightings, the composition, how to make your thumbnail stand out, etc.
You wouldn't understand to the fullest 'cos you haven't got your hands on it yourself yet
If I gave you an amount of ten, you'd probably take away like four or five or even less
The more you've done it yourself, the more you'd understand
And I guess that's probably why MBA programs in the States require that you have a three to five year work experience before you apply
So now when somebody asks me advice on how to start a channel I simply give them the basics
Go get a Googla account. It's tied in with your YouTube account
Go to youtube settings and click on "create a new channel"
Just follow the steps. It's easy
Voila! Simple!
Change your profile, your photo, your banner, and the next thing...
Make five videos before the next time we meet
Ciao
Bye
Go!
It's the same with everything
You got to do your own bit
You got to put in your effort before you start to really learn something
Peace